Calls for inclusion of oral health in curriculum

(L-R) Dr. Elizabeth Onyiego, Chief Dental Specialist at the Ministry of Health, Olive Mbuthia, the Senior Assistant Director at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and Wanja Mwangi Corporate Affairs Manager Wrigley East Africa, during a stakeholders’ forum at a Nairobi hotel [PHOTO: GARDY CHACHA/STANDARD]

Stakeholders want oral health hygiene included in the school curriculum.

Participants attending a health forum in Nairobi yesterday concurred that the school curriculum should be reviewed, to include oral health so that children can acquire knowledge at an early age on how to keep their mouths and teeth healthy.