Public Oral Health Forum
@POHF_SA
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Organising the public oral health professions in the promotion and preservation of public oral health, worker rights and society's right to oral health.
South Africa
Joined February 2018
In addition, Dr Vava faciliated an organised panel discussion hosted by @heala_SA on the need to reimagine advocacy for #ncds and #foodjustice in a volatile and complicated landscape that is fast claiming victims as the #diabetes burden continues to climb with no end in sight!
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#DiabetesSummit off to a great start! Dr Vava, our President and Interim CVO, presented at the pre-conference training workshop on the need to integrate #Oralhealthcare in #diabetes management protocols at #primaryhealthcare levels, spotlighting the benefit for DM patients.
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The #DiabetesSummit2025 starts today! 🎉 Theme: Innovate for Impact – Transforming the Future of Diabetes in SA 📅 11–13 Nov | 📍 Radisson Hotel, JHB Join us at 2PM (Room Duduza) for: Advocacy for Diabetes Prevention & Care 🔗 https://t.co/MxqLEq5DFA
#InnovateForImpact #HEALA
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Bulela Vava – @POHF_SA “In diabetes care, see your patients, and your communities — as people first. Check in on their mental health, and don’t forget your own.” 🩵 #DiabetesSummit2025 #InnovateForImpact #MentalHealthAwareness
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Bulela Vava, from @POHF_SA, leads a panel on Challenges in Advocacy and Bringing in Voices from the Ground and Community Perspectives with: Kirsten de Klerk – SA Diabetes Advocacy Morongwa Ntini – @TAC Pholo Ramothwala – #LifeBeyond Shiara Pillay – @sweetlife_orgza
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Today at 12:30 PM, catch Nzama Mbalati & Dr Patrick Ngassa Piotie on @channelafrica1! They’ll discuss how policy, advocacy & collaboration can transform #PublicHealth in SA 💡 #DiabetesSummit2025 | 11–13 Nov | Radisson Hotel, JHB Register now: https://t.co/MxqLEq5DFA
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#MinamataCOP6 adopts 21 decisions, like ending use of dental amalgam by 2034. This opens "another chapter of the mercury history book" (Exec Sec Monika Stankiewicz) & leaves "mercury a little further behind" (COP-6 President Osvaldo Álvarez). Read more: https://t.co/8QwJBylzAI
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Ultra-processed foods are reshaping global diets, health, & the planet. Join us for the global launch of a new Series on UPFs & Human Health on 19 Nov. 🌍 Experts will unpack the science, policy, & politics of #UPFs. Register 👉 https://t.co/JRJDGKtQZ0
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📢 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! The Minister of Health, Dr PA Motsoaledi, invites the public to submit nominations of candidates to be considered for appointment to the Board of the OHSC for a period of 3 years. 📅 Closing Date: 7 November 2025 @16:00
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Three mental health breakdowns. One rural clinic. And a lesson in ubuntu in a time of scarce resources https://t.co/DDnudGSfzv via @Bhekisisa
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On a recent day, Indira Govender, a doctor in a rural community in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was busy with her weekly session at the local clinic when she witnessed three people breaking down mentally....
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More than 1,000 participants from governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies, civil society, Indigenous Peoples & youth are gathering at #MinamataCOP6 in Geneva to strengthen global action on mercury pollution. ➡️ Read the press release: https://t.co/g7WWvVOvTb
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On the eve of #MinamataCOP6, participants are already gathering in Geneva, ready to #MakeMercuryHistory. Tomorrow marks the official start, but work is already underway. Our first special event — Secretariat briefing on financial resources & mechanism: https://t.co/9aGVnqsUbN
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series that explored Mercury in Dentistry. The last of the webinars, titled: Beyond Mercury in Dentistry - The Future of Environmentally Sustainable Dentistry, brought international, regional and local voices to reimagine a new future for dental care, one without mercury.
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Today, the @minamataMEA #COP6 kicks off. As this important global meeting takes place, we would like to take our followers down memory lane as we reflect on the need to #phaseout dental amalgam in dentistry. Earlier in the year, we hosted an important three-part webinar
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The opening ceremony of #MinamataCOP6 started with remarks by our COP-6 President, #MinamataConvention Exec Sec, @UNEP Deputy Exec Director, & Swiss State Secretary. 🎥 YouTube livestream : https://t.co/USn7tuRQXg 🌐 Or watch it in all 6 UN languages: https://t.co/sBSA0u2C75
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President, Dr Vava, provides a constructive critique of clinical outreach care in oral health. In this piece, he calls on @HealthZA and provincial departments of health to prioritise oral health. @WHOSouthAfrica @RHAPnews
Opinion: "Outreach campaigns are not substitutes for a functioning oral healthcare system": On 26 October 2025, the Eastern Cape Department of Health concluded a three-day oral-health blitz, a belated celebration of Oral Health Month. The campaign delivered oral healthcare
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Opinion: "Outreach campaigns are not substitutes for a functioning oral healthcare system": On 26 October 2025, the Eastern Cape Department of Health concluded a three-day oral-health blitz, a belated celebration of Oral Health Month. The campaign delivered oral healthcare
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healthcare across the Eastern Cape and South Africa. POHF calls for access to dignified oral health services 365 days a year, close to where people live. See image for full statement. #OralHealthForAll #HealthEquity #POHF #EasternCape #Mthatha #OralHealthMatters #NCDs
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MEDIA STATEMENT The @POHF_SA commends the @HealthZA , Eastern Cape Department of Health, @operationsmile and other key stakeholders for a successful oral health outreach in Mthatha. This initiative shines a spotlight on the urgent need and growing demand for quality oral
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