Malaysian gov’t admits to public health crisis

HONG KONG/LEIPZIG, Germany: The Malaysian government has released new figures that are underlining the crisis in the country’s public health and dental care sector. Speaking to senators at a parliamentary Question Time in August, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Rashid Shirlin said new records have shown that more than 350 medical officers have resigned from public service annually since 2005.

Aug 3, 2010 | ASIA PACIFIC

Australia: Oral health at stake in federal election

HONG KONG/LEIPZIG, Germany: Health experts in Australia have urged all political parties to make oral health a greater priority in the upcoming federal election. In a statement released by the National Oral Health Alliance, a non-governmental body comprised of several dental and health organisations, they also called for the development of a sustainable dental workforce to allow people better access to oral health-care services.

Jul 20, 2010 | ASIA PACIFIC

India quarrels over dental schools

HONG KONG/LEIPZIG, Germany: A technical committee has been set up by the Indian Ministry of Health to investigate the decision by the Dental Council of India (DCI) to refuse giving new dental colleges permission to start undergraduade courses this year. The application of over 40 new dental colleges, most of them private, were rejected by the DCI last month, according to a report in the newspaper Times of India. In addition, the registration of 42 already existing schools has not been re-newed.

Jul 8, 2010 | ASIA PACIFIC

Philippines include dental fees in senior tax exemption

HONG KONG/LEIPZIG, Germany: Philippine citizens above 60 years of age will soon have access to cheaper dental and medical services. A new law recently passed by Congress entitles seniors to exemption from the value-added tax of 20 per cent on goods and services, including dental fees. The law, known as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, will also provide seniors with free medical and dental services in all government hospitals, medical facilities and out-patient clinics.

Jul 5, 2010 | ASIA PACIFIC

Beijing dentists raise alarm over poor oral hygiene practices

HONG KONG/LEIPZIG, Germany: Dentists from the Beijing Stomatological Hospital have released new figures that indicate poor oral hygiene practices in more than 50 per cent of adults. According to the survey by the Hospital’s Oral Disease Prevention Department, less than half of middle-aged residents in the Chinese capital clean their teeth even twice a week and no more than 1 per cent of people use dental floss.

May 21, 2010 | ASIA PACIFIC

Filipino dentists demand salary upgrade

HONG KONG/LEIPZIG, Germany: The Filipino government has been called on to include public school dentists and assistants into the next update of the Salary Standardization Law III in July. The legislation, signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last year, aims to standardise basic salaries, allowances, benefits and incentives for approx. 1.5 million government employees. It also secures the annual increase of public salaries until 2013.

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