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Nov 22, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICMinistry initiatives push dentistry in SingaporeSINGAPORE: Singapore’s new Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong has announced further investment into the city-state’s dental infrastructure. Speaking at this year’s Dentist’s Pledge Affirmation Ceremony of the Singapore Dental Council, he said that his ministry will look into the possibility of enhancing its capacity to better support dental research and training. As a first step, the annual intake of students at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Dentistry will be raised from 48 to 80 by the year 2020. Read more
Nov 16, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICVietnamese minister praises oral health programme for children, admits problemsHANOI, Vietnam: The Vietnamese government is doing well in its efforts to improve the oral health of school children, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has said. Speaking at the Sixth Asian Conference on Oral Health Promotion for School Children last week in Hanoi, she revealed that 10 million school children are now receiving regular dental care through the country’s national oral health programme. Read more
Nov 1, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICDental students in New Zealand borrow most, pay back earlyWELLINGTON, New Zealand: Students of Medicine and Dentistry are not the ones to blame for the hundreds of millions of loans overdue under the Student Loan Scheme, New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said on Monday. In its 2011 report, released in October, the Ministry of Education in Wellington found that there are over 2,600 students with piling debts of more than NZ$100,000 (US$81,300) each, with pilots and serial students being the worst payers. Read more
Oct 10, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICLiberalisation of health care market in Malaysia encounters resistanceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Criticism about a new rule that will allow foreigners to fully own hospitals in Malaysia has been rejected by the country’s Ministry of Health. The government revealed it's intentions to liberalise the health care market during their 2012 Budget announcement last Friday, which professionals organisation’s claim could open up the sector for unqualified doctors or dentists and lower the level of health care. Read more
Oct 6, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICNew court ruling could mean end for fast food in Indian schoolsNEW DEHLI, India: The High Court in Dehli has ruled in favour of a public petition that urges the Indian government to take action for changing food policies in schools and colleges nationwide. The directive also suggests a sale ban on fast food in and within half a kilometre of school premises. Read more
Oct 5, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICDentists in Australia scrutinised over benefitsCANBERRA/ST LEONARDS, Australia: Investigations by the Australian Department of Health and Ageing are currently underway into the misuse of government funds for dental services provided to patients under the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme. It has been reported that more than 600 dentists nationwide are suspected to have received money from Medicaid, a government health programme, for dental work that was never done or lacked the required paperwork. Read more |
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