Moola M H
University of the Western Cape, Department of Community Dentistry, Mitchells Plain, South Africa.
Community Dent Health. 1996 Sep;13 Suppl 2:51-5.
The issues on fluoridation, fluorosis and fluorides in South Africa have been reported for the last 50 years. Efforts to implement water fluoridation between 1960 and 1980 failed partly due to lack of government action and a strong anti-fluoride lobby. The political change in South Africa since 1994 has given new support from the Ministry of Health for enabling legislation to implement water fluoridation in metropolitan areas where the technical support and some 55 per cent of the population reside. Fluoridation also addresses the equitable distribution of resources and access to a known benefit.
在过去50年里，南非一直有关于氟化、氟中毒和氟化物的相关问题报道。1960年至1980年间实施水氟化的努力部分失败，原因是缺乏政府行动以及强大的反氟游说团体。自1994年以来南非的政治变革为卫生部提供了新的支持，以推动立法在拥有技术支持且约55%人口居住的大都市地区实施水氟化。氟化还涉及资源的公平分配以及获得已知益处的机会。
