HUBERT SANSARRICQ-METERIE, French Diplomat, Official. Chief Medical Officer, Leprosy Unit, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization. Chevalier, Legion of Honor & National Order of Merit, France; Chevalier, National Order, Upper Volta; Silver Medal for Military Health Service. International Leprosy Association; Association des Léprologues de Langue Française; International Union for Health Education; Société Belge de Medecine Tropicale.
Education
School of Naval Health & Faculty of Medicine, University of Bordeaux, 1948-1954, Doctor of Medicine, Diploma Parasitology &Dpl Tropical Med. Ecole d’Application du Pharo, 1959 & 1970, Microbiology. Pasteur Institute, Institution, Paris, 1963-1964, Certificate Bacteriology & Immunology.
Spoken languages: French, Spanish, English.
Career
Chief Medical Officer, Leprosy Unit, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization since 1972. Chief, Microbiology Laboratory, Military Hospital, Algeria, 1970-1972. Director, Grandes Endemies, Ougadougou, Upper Volta, 1964-1968.
Leprosy Consultant, Bamako, Mali, 1960-1963.
Membership
International Leprosy Association. Association des Léprologues de Langue Française. International Union for Health Education.
Société Belge de Medecine Tropicale.