Awards & Recognitions
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✰ 1st place Practice & Society: Neglected children, what to do? got by WWU
Domestic violence has many faces. One is child neglect, which also includes "dental neglect" - the neglect of oral health, which manifests itself in tooth damage and tooth decay. In these cases, responsible caregivers do not realize that treatment is necessary despite dental advice and do not keep appointments.
In order to help these children, Prof. Dr. Dr. Bettina Pfleiderer, from IMPROVE's partner Faculty of Medicine at the University of Münster, and her team have founded the "Dentists see more than teeth!" initiative, which has also been awarded 4,500 euros. At the heart of the initiative are specially developed training materials for students and practising dentists to impart in-depth knowledge so that affected children can be better identified and the right steps taken.
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To grow, a start-up needs networks, skills, resources and technology. IMPROVE's partner We Encourage, a Finnish start-up that supports victims of intimate partner violence, has used Microsoft's Founders Hub to boost the launch of its AI-based service.