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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 Organization (WHO) on 1 February
1995 and 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.
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