Our goal: We undertake cutting-edge research and develop to provide governments, universities and communities with novel strategies to address the significant unmet needs of marginalised communities.

The key objectives of the IRCOHE.net are:

Develop and undertake oral health research into issues of importance to marginalised communities

Facilitate the effective delivery of oral health care for societies suffering inequalities

Advocate for and develop innovative ways forward for existing and new oral health workers

Promote oral health and its relations to general health

Give support to general health workers in oral health to advance community development

Assist in the development of best-practice principles for the provision of oral health care across societies

The principle strategies of the IRCOHE.net are:

Undertake research on issues applicable to equity and oral health (including the determinants of oral health inequality)

Develop transferable systems to analyse the need for oral health care services based on quantitative data

Propagate the results of oral health care research in high quality international literature

Provide strategic intelligence for health planning innovation focused on oral-health-related program development

Develop community oral health strategies addressing the issues facing communities suffering from inequalities

Develop a skilled oral health workforce through high quality global education as a support network for oral health leaders in the fight against inequality

Encourage and advance people's involvement in high level training in all areas of dental health

Link oral health workers to centers of research and development excellence

Facilitate the development of appropriate short courses for oral health care workers to advance equity through health care