Present Status of Healthcare Strategy and its Application to Oral Health in D.P.R Korea

Jung,  Seoyeon; Joo,  Woochan; Jo,  Jaehyun; An,  Kyeongsoo; Lee,  Haewon; Choi,  Seong-Ho; Jung,  Hoi-In

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 58(9); 2020 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2020;58(9):536-545.
Published online September 30, 2020.

북한 보건의료전략의 분석과 치과 분야에서의 적용 현황 고찰

정서연¹, 주우찬², 조재현³, 안경수⁴, 이혜원⁵, 최성호⁶, 정회인⁷

^¹연세대학교 치과대학 치의학교육학교실
^²연세대학교 치과대학
^³연세대학교 치과대학 치의학교육학교실
^⁴통일의료복지연구센터
^⁵서울대학교 의과대학 가정의학과
^⁶연세대학교 치과대학 치주과학교실
^⁷연세대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실

Present Status of Healthcare Strategy and its Application to Oral Health in D.P.R Korea

Seoyeon Jung¹, Woochan Joo², Jaehyun Jo³, Kyeongsoo An⁴, Haewon Lee⁵, Seong-Ho Choi⁶, Hoi-In Jung⁷

¹Department of Dental Education, Yonsei University College of Dentistry
²Yonsei University College of Dentistry
³Department of Dental Education, Yonsei University College of Dentistry
⁴Research Center of DPRK Health and Welfare
⁵Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
⁶Department of Periodontics, Yonsei University College of Dentistry
⁷Department of Preventive Dentistry & Public Oral Health, Yonsei University College of Dentistry

Abstract

In preparing for the era of Korean reunification, it is essential to consider the integration of medical systems and human resources. While Korean dental practitioners are expanding their activities in various fields both domestically and internationally, there are many restrictions on the activities for improving the health of North Korean people due to political and historical reasons even nowadays. In addition, there is little is known about the current state of dental health in North Korea. We analyzed the reports published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Public Health of North Korea prepared individually or in cooperation, and investigated the current status of the health care strategy applied to the dental field by conducting a full investigation of the 2018 『Rodong』newspaper. Based on the above, we tried to grasp the major health care strategies in North Korea and their application. Understanding the direction and status of North Korea's health care system would be an important cornerstone for international cooperation and practical activities to improve oral health care of North Koreans in the future. And there is a need that studies should be steadily conducted in various methods to overcome the heterogeneity of the two Koreas in the long-term perspective.

Key Words: North Korea;Healthcare system;Healthcare infrastucture;Democratic People's Republic of Korea;Healthcare strategy;