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Colgate-Palmolive and WHO Foundation Announce Global Partnership on Oral Health
Multi-year funding will advance oral health, as oral diseases are among the most prevalent and ov...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Colgate-Palmolive and WHO Foundation Announce Global Partnership on Oral Health\n\n\n .bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdecimal { list-style-type: decimal }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }\n \n\n\n\n Multi-year funding will advance oral health, as oral diseases are among the most prevalent and overlooked noncommunicable diseases impacting 3.7 billion people globally.\n \n 1\n \n\n\n\n\n Today, Colgate-Palmolive announced a new multi-year collaboration with the WHO Foundation to support the World Health Organization's work on oral health. The four-year funding commitment will help expand oral health education, support integration of oral health into national health systems, and raise awareness of oral health as a public health priority. This initiative builds on Colgate’s commitment to providing communities with oral health education and resources. The Company recently announced that the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures\n \n ®\n \n program has reached approximately two billion children and their families around the world since 1991 with oral health education.\n \n\n This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\n \n https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260120050760/en/\n \n\n\n “At Colgate-Palmolive, we are driven by our purpose to reimagine a healthier future for all – and to make more smiles. We’re launching this collaboration with the WHO Foundation given its unique position to support global health challenges and Colgate’s leadership position in oral health as the brand that’s in more homes than any other,\n \n 2\n \n ” said Ram Raghavan, President, Enterprise Oral Care, Colgate-Palmolive. “Oral health is a critical – and too often overlooked – part of the global health agenda. We are committed to elevating oral health as a public health priority by scaling prevention and education and supporting evidence-based solutions that help strengthen health systems and improve lives across communities around the world.”\n \n\n Oral health is foundational to overall health and wellbeing, yet remains underprioritized in many health systems. This neglect is exacerbated by factors such as economic status, education, health literacy, and access to healthcare.\n \n 1\n \n For children in...