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Sir George Alleyne

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Sir George Alleyne, a native of Barbados, served as the United Nations
Secretary-General's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region
from 2003 to 2010. Alleyne studied medicine at the University of the
West Indies and graduated as the gold medalist in 1957. He pursued
his postgraduate training in internal medicine in the United Kingdom
and the United States. In 1972, he became professor of medicine at
UWI. In 1976, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Medicine.
In 1995, he became director of the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO) where he served two four-year terms until 2003 at which time he
was elected director emeritus. In 2003, Alleyne was appointed
chancellor of the University of West Indies. He was made Knight
Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990, and awarded the Order of the
Caribbean Community in 2001. In 2008 Alleyne received the Science of
Peace Awardfrom the Inter American Heart Foundation. He currently
holds an adjunct professorship at the Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Education Is Indispensible in Tackling Gender Inequality

(0) Comments | Posted 6 March 2013 | (15:15)

As a University Chancellor I am very aware of the integral role tertiary education plays in preparing young people to contribute to their countries' development.

In the Caribbean, but not exclusively there, degree courses attract more females than males and in many emerging market countries, which include the BRIC countries,...

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The Case for Tertiary Education in the New Global Economy

(0) Comments | Posted 22 March 2012 | (12:52)

The finance minister of Chile, Felipe Larraín, recently wrote an important article about the role countries like his are playing in the new global economy.

In it he describes how the so-called 'emerging market countries' such as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) as well as a host...

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