David C. Morley
David C. Morley (born June 15, 1923 in Rothwell , Northamptonshire , † July 2, 2009 ) was a British medic ( pediatric ), known for his development of health care by simple means in the Third World.
Morley studied medicine at Cambridge University and St. Thomas Hospital. After graduating in 1947, he spent two years in Malaysia (where he performed his national service) and then a doctor in Australia, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the village of Imesi in Nigeria . There he showed that child mortality could be reduced drastically (over 80%) with simple means. He was later able to implement his ideas at UNICEF , where he designed learning programs and learning aids ( Teaching aids at low cost , TALC) for medical staff for paediatrics in the third world and promoted the establishment of village children's wards (Under Five Clinics) in developing countries. He founded the Tropical Child Health Unit at the Institute of Child Health in London and became a professor there.
In 1981 he received the first King Faisal Prize in Medicine and in 1989 the James Spence Medal. In 1989 he became Commander of the British Empire (CBE). He is an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University .
Fonts
- Pediatric priorities in the developing world, 1973
Web links
- James Spence Medalist 1989. Professor David C. Morley. In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Volume 64, Number 11, November 1989, pp. 1527-1528, PMID 2690737 , PMC 1792641 (free full text).
Individual evidence
- ↑ At first they produced books and simple slides, later CDs. The starting point was the realization that the knowledge of modern medicine hardly reached the population of the Third World.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morley, David C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothwell , Northamptonshire , England , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 2009 |