Board Member Emeritus

Dr. C.W.L. Jeanes

Dr. Bill Jeanes was born in Wales in 1919 and graduated in medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, in 1943. He held various hospital appointments in London, specializing in tuberculosis, until 1957 when he came to Canada with his wife and three young children. In Canada he was for 15 years medical director of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association and was responsible for the organization of the national tuberculosis programme, working from coast to coast.

In 1972 he joined the staff of the International Development Research Centre and the Canadian International Development Agency where he was chief of Canada´s International health development programmes in over 40 countries in Africa and Asia. He was also with the Canadian delegation to the World Health Organization from 1974-86.

In 1987 he became a consultant to Canada's Laboratory Centre for Disease Control and was responsible for programmes in tropical health and quarantine, particularly affecting Canadian travelers.