The Model List of Essential Medicines, first published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1977, is a list containing medications considered to be most effective in responding to the priority needs of populations. The list only contains medicines that cover diseases with a high prevalence and a public health relevance. An expert committee reviews […]
During the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry, held this past September, Dr. Grace Kyoon Achan presented research investigating parents' perspective on their child’s experience with silver diamine fluoride (SDF). Dr. Kyoon-Achan, a research fellow at the Manitoba First Nations Center for Aboriginal Health Research (MFN-CAHR) based in the College of Medicine at the […]