The CORE Programme is a four-year, global research initiative focusing on tackling oral health disparities through a multi-pronged approach:

  • Mapping inequalities,
  • Identifying commercial and systemic barriers,
  • co-creating community-led solutions,
  • Building local capacities,
  • Enabling responsive local research, and
  • Measuring outcomes to drive better policy and outcomes.

It spans Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, and India with leadership from UCL and NIHR funding.

Our Key Aims

Establish equitable and effective research partnerships

Assess the pattern, mechanisms and impact of oral health inequalities

Determine the influence of commercial determinants on oral health

Assess the economic burden of oral diseases and opportunities for health system reform

Co-produce and test public health interventions and system reforms to reduce oral health inequalities and promote oral health