David Morley (paediatrician)

David C. Morley (* June 15, 1923; † 2 July 2009) was a British physician ( pediatrics ), known for his development of health care with simple means in the Third World.

Morley studied medicine at the University of Cambridge and at St. Thomas Hospital. After graduating in 1947 he spent two years in Malaysia ( where he nachkam his compulsory national service ) and then a doctor in Australia, Newcastle -upon- Tyne and in the village Imesi in Nigeria. There he showed that in simple child mortality dramatically ( about 80%) could be reduced. He was able to implement later in the UNICEF, where he propagated Tutorials and Learning Resources ( Teaching aids at low cost, TALC ) designed for medical personnel of Pediatrics in the Third World and the establishment of village children's wards ( Under Five Clinics ) in developing countries, his ideas. 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. He was Commander of the British Empire ( CBE) in 1989. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Uppsala.

Writings

• Paediatric Priorities in the Developing World, 1973