Proceedings of the International Conference of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Primary Oral Health Care and African and Middle-East Region of IADR, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Kuwait, November 27–28, 2012

This conference was devoted to the inauguration of the Faculty of Dentistry as a WHO Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) for Primary Oral Health Care, which had been designated by the WHO Global Oral Health Programme in June, 2011, for a period of 5 years. This inaugural conference was part of the action plan of the WHOCC. The basic documents, the Terms of Reference and Action Plans 1–5 were prepared together with Prof. Poul Erik Petersen, Director of Global Oral Health Programme, WHO. The main keynote lecture ‘Improving Global Oral Health through Primary Health Care – the Leadership Role of the World Health Organization’ was delivered by Prof. Poul Erik Petersen.