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UWI Chancellor Delivers Lecture Entitled, “Health De-Gendered is Health Denied”

Sir George Alleyne, UWI Chancellor, will deliver a public lecture entitled,” Health De-Gendered is Health Denied” on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 4 pm at the Main Medical Lecture Theatre, located at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona.
 
The Lecture will explore the importance of gender as a determinant of health and its implications for policies. Gender considerations are important in the genesis and treatment of some of the critical diseases in Jamaica and the Caribbean. To remove gender from consideration as an important social category is inimical to the health of both women and men.
 
The event is designed to raise awareness of gender and its importance in all aspects of society, including issues of health, and promote greater participation in international dialogue and exchange. It is also aimed at engaging a range of stakeholders in a discussion on the significance of gender issues in addressing health care in a bid to create positive changes. The Lecture is in keeping with the Institute’s mission to disseminate knowledge and transform gender relations in the Caribbean in support of the UWI’s mission to enhance regional and international development.
 
Sir Alleyne has a wealth of experience in the health sector having served as UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean from 2003 until 2010.  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 honours from many countries of the Americas.  In 1990, he was made Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his services to Medicine.  In 2001, he was awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community, the highest honour that can be conferred on a Caribbean national.
 
The Lecture is organized by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, the Regional and Mona Unit and the Faculty of Medical Sciences.


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