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OPENING SPEAKERS

Sir George Alleyne

Sir George Alleyne, 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. From February 2003 until December 2010 he was the UN Secretary General’s 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 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 honor that can be conferred on a Caribbean national.




Dr Fuad Khan

Currently serving as the Minister of Health of the Republic Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Fuad Khan has been a medical doctor for the past 30 years. Specializing in the field of urology, Dr. Khan received his medical degree from the University of the West Indies after obtaining his bachelor’s degree from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

He is a member of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and served as the Acting Urological Consultant and Acting Specialised Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health, before becoming a Minister in the Ministry of Health in the 6th Republican Parliament (2000 – 2001). He served as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 1995 to 2000 when he first contested the Barataria/San Juan constituency for the United National Congress and remained a member of government until 2001. Dr. Khan was a member of the Opposition from 2001 to 2007 upon which he retired from politics.

In 2010, Dr. Khan once again entered the political arena and contested his old seat under the United National Congress. In May 2010, Dr. Khan was once again appointed Deputy Speaker and in June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Health, a position he currently holds.

As the Minister of Health, Dr. Khan initiated the Fight the Fat national campaign against obesity in Trinidad and Tobago in 2011. This wellness revolution seeks to promote a healthy lifestyle through fitness initiatives and food and nutrition education, in order to combat the spread of chronic non-communicable diseases within the local community.

He has also overseen the commissioning of the Scarborough General Hospital in Tobago and a new state of the art Medical Laboratory at the Couva District Health Facility. Furthermore, EBSCO Host, a medical e-library was introduced and can be accessed though the Ministry of Health’s website. This virtual medical library provides users with in-depth, relevant medical research information that not only aids medical professionals to keep abreast of current trends, but also enables patients to get more information on drugs, diseases and home care.

Dr. Khan also holds a master’s degree in Marketing and is a certified 3rd degree black belt in Karate. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and cycling. 



Sir Trevor A. Hassell

Sir Hassell is Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of the West Indies, Barbados, and Honorary Consultant Physician and Cardiologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. He is Chairman of the National Commission for Chronic Non Communicable Diseases. He is also President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition: a civil society network for combating chronic diseases, and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Chronic Disease Research Centre, UWI.

Sir Hassell has held posts that include Vice President of the World Heart Federation, President of the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, and President, Caribbean Cardiac Society; and recently Barbados Special Envoy for Chronic Diseases.

Sir Hassell has been involved over the past several years in community detection and control of hypertension, and rheumatic fever prophylaxis programes, and has developed national programes for the provision of comprehensive cardiovascular care, including the development of community based primary prevention cardiovascular, healthy lifestyle and wellness programes. He has played, and continues to play, a leading role locally, regionally and internationally in efforts aimed at slowing the pandemic of chronic non communicable diseases.

Sir Hassell has received many awards including most recently appointment to the Order of Barbados as a Knight of St. Andrew in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the medical profession.


OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Other highlights of the conference will include presentations by representatives of governments, NGOs and UN organizations at the cutting edge of implementing innovative and effective interventions to prevent and care for NCDs in children, adolescents and youth.

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Wednesday 19 March
Thursday 20 March
Friday 21 March
UNICEF FFL Meeting
(by invitation only)
Opening meeting Workshop 2 - Education
Workshop 1 - Human Rights, Legislation & Post 2015 
Learning from the field (Human Rights, Legislation & Post 2015 Agenda) 
 Workshop 3 - Public Health
Voices of Young people
Youth Event
 Official ReceptionClosing ceremony