Dr HALFDAN THEODOR MAHLER

Background

MAHLER, Dr HALFDAN THEODOR was born on April 21, 1923 in Vivild, Denmark.

Education

University of Copenhagen, 1941-1948, Doctor ol Medicine, 1955-1956, Postgraduate Degree Public Health. Spoken languages: Danish, Scandinavian languages, English, German, French, Spanish.

Career

Secretary-General, International Planned Parenthood Federation, c/o Regent's College, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park since 1989. Director-General, 1973-1988, Assistant Director-General, 7073, World Health Organization, Geneva. Director, Project(s) Systems Analysis, 1969-1970, Chief, Tuberculosis Unit, 1962-1969, World Health Organization, Geneva.

Senior World Health Organization Officer, National Tuberculosis Programme, India, 1951-1961. Planning Officer, International Tuberculosis Campaign, Ecuador, 1950-1951.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in epidemiology and control of Tuberculosis, political, social, economics, and technological priorities in health sector, application of systems analysis to health care problems.

Membership

Member: Association, Belgian Society of Tropical Medicine. Honourary Fellow, Faculty of Community Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, United Kingdom. Honourary Fellow, Indian Society for Malaria & Other Communicable Diseases.

Honourary Member, Society Medicale de General£ve. Honourary Member, Union International contre la Tuberculose. Honourary Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London.

Honourary Life Member, Uganda Medical Association. Honorary Member, Societe Frangaise d’Hygi^ne, de Medicine sociale et de Genie Sanitaire. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London.

Honourary Member, Medical Association of Argentina. Honourary Member, Latin American Medical Association. Honourary Member, Italian Society of Tropical Medicine.

Fellow ad eundem, The Royal College of General Practitioners, London. Honourary Member, American Public Health Association. Honourary Member, Swedish Society of Medicine.

Honourary Foreign Corresponding Member, British Medical Association.

• Fellow Royal College Physicians (London)

• Faculty Community Medicine of Royal Colleges Physicians United Kingdom (honorary)

• Indian Society for Malaria and other Communicable Diseases (honorary)

• Royal Society Medicine (London) (honorary, United Kingdom-United States Hewitt award 1992)

• London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (honorary); Medical Association Argentina (honorary)

• Latin American Medical Association (honorary)

• Italian Society Tropical Medicine (honorary)

• Belgium Society Tropical Medicine (associate)

• Societe medicale de Geneve (honorary)

• Union International contre la Tuberculose (honorary)

• Society Francaise d'Hygiene

• de Medecine sociale et de Genie sanitaire (honorary)

• Uganda Medical Association (honorary life)

• College Physicians and Surgeons

• Bangladesh Royal College General Practitioners (ad eundem)

• List of Honour of the International Dental Federation

• American Public Health Association (honorary)

• National Academy Medicine Mexico (honorary)

• National Academy Buenos Aires (honorary)

• Swedish Society Medicine (honorary)

• British Medal Association (honorary foreign correspondent 1990)

• Institute Medicine (National Academy of Sciences United States of America).

Connections

Spouse Ebba, National of Denmark.

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