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Oral Health Country Profile Summary

Core Content Overview

This document provides a comprehensive overview of the oral health status, risk factors, economic impact, and the national health system response in a specific country. It includes data on disease prevalence, health expenditures, risk factors, and policy implementation.

Main Oral Disease Burden

• Prevalence of untreated caries in children 1-9 years: 44.1%
• Prevalence of untreated caries in people 5+ years: 36.0%
• Prevalence of severe periodontal disease in people 15+ years: 15.3%
• Prevalence of edentulism in people 20+ years: 7.6%

Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer

• Number of new cases (2020):
  • Female: 30
  • Male: 30
  • Total: 60
• Incidence rate (per 100 000 population):
  • Female: 1.0
  • Male: 1.2
  • Total: 1.1

Risk Factors for Oral Diseases

• Per capita availability of sugar (g/day): 77.1
• Prevalence of current tobacco use (15+ years): Data not available
• Per capita alcohol consumption (15+ years, litres of pure alcohol/year): 0.0

Economic Impact

• Total expenditure on dental healthcare (2019): $61 million
• Per capita expenditure on dental healthcare (2019): $9.3
• Total productivity losses due to 5 oral diseases (2019): $130 million
• Affordability of fluoride toothpaste: Data not available
• Labour days needed to buy annual supply of fluoride toothpaste per person: Data not available

National Health System Response

• Implementation of tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): No
• Existence of a national oral health policy/strategy/action plan: No
• Presence of dedicated staff for oral health working on NCDs at the MoH: Yes
• Noma recognized as a national public health problem: No

Oral Health Workforce

• Dental assistants and therapists: Data not available
• Dental prosthetic technicians: Data not available
• Dentists:
  • Total number (2017): 5,776
  • Per 10,000 population (2014-2019): 8.8

Availability of Procedures in Primary Care Facilities

• Oral health screening for early detection of oral diseases: Available
• Urgent treatment for providing emergency oral care & pain relief: Available
• Basic restorative dental procedures to treat existing dental decay: Available

Oral Health Interventions in Health Benefit Packages

• Coverage of the largest government health financing scheme: Data not available
• Routine and preventive oral health care: Data not available
• Essential curative oral health care: Data not available
• Advanced curative oral/dental care: Data not available
• Rehabilitative oral health care: Data not available

Key Information and Notes

• Total population (2020): 6,654 thousand
• Per capita current health expenditure in PPP (2019): Data not available
• Data sources:
  • Population data: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2022
  • Health expenditure: WHO Global Health Observatory (2019)
  • Disease prevalence: Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD2019)
  • Risk factors: WHO Global Health Observatory (2019)
  • Economic impact: Jevdjevic & Listl (2022)
  • Workforce data: WHO National Health Workforce Accounts (NHWA) data platform (2020)
  • Policy and procedure data: WHO NCD Country Capacity Survey (2021)