A Biographical Sketch
"It is my belief that the present generation will be best
remembered for the compassion and care it has shown to children.
To facilitate the work of the international child health workers
and child advocates, on behalf of these valuable members of society,
the Global ChildNet system has been created. The system is intended
to utilize leading edge technology, to optimize the dissemination of
information and communication, and to effect the positive change of
society toward a Child Friendly World"
Dr. Wah Jun Tze, CM, MD, FRCP(C)
President and Founder, Global Child Health Society
and Global ChildNet
Dr. Tze is the founder and president of two humanitarian
organizations, Canada China Child Health Foundation and
Global Child Health Society. He is the Organizing Chair
of the Society's Child Health 2000 World
Congress and Exposition, held in Vancouver every three years,
the publisher and editor of Global Child Health
News and Review, an international newspaper, and founder and
president of Global ChildNet, a new global electronic
information and communication service. The aim of all these
activities is to promote the health and well-being of the world's
children and youth.
In recognition of his contribution to child health, Dr. Tze was
appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 1994, and received
the Commemorative Medal awarded to distinguished Canadians to
mark the 125th anniversary of Canadian Confederation.
Dr. Tze completed post-graduate study in pediatrics at Harvard
Medical School and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at
Children's Hospital Center in Boston, following graduation from
Dalhousie University Medical School in Halifax.
Dr. Tze is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at
University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver and heads the
newly created International Child Health and Alternative Medicine
Program at British Columbia's Children's Hospital. As well,
he is a visiting professor at Guangzhou Medical University and
Capital Medical University in Beijing, and honourary director at
several Chinese children's hospitals. His major research interest
has been islet cell transplantation in the field of diabetes, and
he is now extending to include alternative and complementary medicine.
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"It is my belief that the present generation will be best
remembered for the compassion and care it has shown to children.
To facilitate the work of the international child health workers
and child advocates, on behalf of these valuable members of society,
the Global ChildNet system has been created. The system is intended
to utilize leading edge technology, to optimize the dissemination of
information and communication, and to effect the positive change of
society toward a Child Friendly World"