New york: Today, Colgate-Palmolive announced a new multi-year collaboration with the WHO Foundation to support the World Health Organization's work on oral health. The four-year funding commitment will help expand oral health education, support integration of oral health into national health systems, and raise awareness of oral health as a public health priority. This initiative builds on Colgate's commitment to providing communities with oral health education and resources. The Company recently announced that the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® program has reached approximately two billion children and their families around the world since 1991 with oral health education.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Ram Raghavan, President, Enterprise Oral Care, Colgate-Palmolive, stated that the company is driven by its purpose to reimagine a healthier future and to make more smiles. The collaboration with the WHO Foundation is being launched given its unique position to support global health challenges and Colgate's leadership position in oral health as the brand that's in more homes than any other. Raghavan emphasized that oral health is a critical and often overlooked part of the global health agenda. Colgate-Palmolive is committed to elevating oral health as a public health priority by scaling prevention and education and supporting evidence-based solutions that help strengthen health systems and improve lives across communities globally.