Background
KAPRIO, Leo was born on June 28, 1918 in Tuusula, Finland. Son of Doctor Arthur J. T. M. and Mrs. K. Molander.
and international public health officer
KAPRIO, Leo was born on June 28, 1918 in Tuusula, Finland. Son of Doctor Arthur J. T. M. and Mrs. K. Molander.
University of Helsinki, 1936-1945, Doctor of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University, 1947-1948, Master of Public Health. Harvard University, 1954-1955, Doctor of Public Health.
Spoken languages: Finnish, English, Swedish, French, German.
Regional Director, Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization since 1967. Director, Division of Public Health Service, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1963-1967. Public Health Administrator, Regional Office Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, 1962-1963.
Public Health Adviser, Regional Office Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Egypt, 1956-1962. Chief, Public Health Section(s), National Board of Health, Finland, 1952-1956. Director, Uusimaa Health Demonstration & Teaching Area, Finland, 1949-1952.
Public Health Adviser, Finnish Public Health Association, 1944-1948. Instructor, Institute, Institution of Hygiene, University of Helsinki, 1946-1950. Military Service, 1939-1944.
Of WHO Advisory Panel on Public Health Administration 1951-1956, since 1985. WHO of United Nations R.I.S.D. (Geneva) 1964-1967. Schools Public Health Association for the European Region 1978, Institute Epidemiological Association 1987.
Division des Sciences, Academy, des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse 1977.
Married Aini Korhonen, M.PH.ED in 1943.