David Mark Sanders

Background

Sanders, David Mark was born on August 5, 1945 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Louis Sanders and Anne Kirsch.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine ChB, Birmingham University, England, 1969. D.T.P.H., London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1976.

Career

House officer in medicine and surgery Harare Central Hospital, Zimbabwe, 1970. Senior house officer in pediatrics Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, 1971—1972. Senior house officer in general medicine Watford General Hospital, England, 1973.

Registrar in general medicine Warwick General Hospital, England, 1973—1974. Senior house officer St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1974—1975, registrar in pediatrics, 1975. Zimbabwe medical adviser OXFAM, England, 1980—1988.

Lecturer and specialist in pediatrics and child health Medical School, University Zimbabwe, 1981—1985, senior lecturer, associate professor community medicine Zimbabwe, 1985—1992. Professor and director, staff/student development Faculty of Medicine, University Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1992—1993. Professor and director School Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape, South Africa, since 1993.

Adviser World Health Organization, Geneva, 2000—2003. Committee member of national executive Zimabwe Public Health Association, Zimbabwe, 1990—1991. National chairperson Children's Supplementary Feeding Programme Committee, Zimbabwe, 1980—1981.

Member of INTERIM council The Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professional Council of South Africa, 1998—2001. Member of the board of governors Parirenyatwa group of hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1981—1984. Council member Nutritional Society of South Africa, 1998—2000.

Member of executive council East, Central and Southern Africa Public Health Association, Western Cape, South Africa, since 1991. Member Community Health Services Organization Board, Western Cape, South Africa, since 1994. Member of multi-disciplinary advisory group on health human resources World Health Organization, AFRO, since 2000.

Member United Nations U./International Union of Nutrition Sciences Advisory Group, South Africa, since 2000. Elected member of international steering committee United Nations Sub-Committee on Nutrition, South Africa, since 2002.

Achievements

• David Mark Sanders has been listed as a noteworthy pediatrician, public health educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder member and Africa coordinator International Peoples' Health Council, South Africa, since 1991. Member of coordinator group Peoples' Health Movement, South Africa, since 2000. Deputy chair African National Council, Western Cape, South Africa, 1994—2003.

Member of strategic management team M.E.C. for Health and Social Services, South Africa, 1994—1995. Ward candidate for local government elections African National Congress, South Africa, 1996. Board director Alternative Information and Development Centre, South Africa, since 2003.

Master: Royal College Physicians. Fellow: Royal College Surgeons. Member: Peoples Health Movement (member global coordinator group 2000-2003), Public Health Association South Africa (founding member of executive since 2000), Nutrition Society South Africa (council member 1998—2000).

Connections

Married Susan Rosemary Fawcus, August 13, 1982. Children: Ben, Lisa, Oscar.

Father:

Louis Sanders

Mother:

Anne Kirsch

Spouse:

Susan Rosemary Fawcus

child:

Ben Sanders

child:

Lisa Sanders

child:

Oscar Sanders