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Sir George
Alleyne, OCC, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.P. (Hon),
DSc (Hon), a native of Barbados, became Director
of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB), Regional
Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
on 1 February 1995. He completed a second four-year
term on 31 January 2003. In 2003 he was elected
Director Emeritus of the PASB. In February 2003,
Mr Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United
Nations appointed him as his Special Envoy for
HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. In October 2003 he
was appointed Chancellor of the University of
the West Indies. He currently holds an adjunct
professorship on the Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Johns Hopkins University. |
| Dr Alleyne
has received numerous awards in recognition of his
work, including prestigious decorations and national
honors from many countries of the Americas. In 2001
he was awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community,
the highest honor that can be conferred on a Caribbean
national. |
