The European Development Days hosted by the European Commission and the EU Presidency Sweden, took place in Stockholm the 22-24 of October.

This yearly event brings together organizations from the development community, heads of state and leading world figures on EU´s commitments to development.

AAI co-hosted the EDD event “Global Health Challenges”, in collaboration with the Global Fund, UNAIDS, GAVI Alliance and Stop AIDS Alliance. The event aimed at discussing effective approaches to meeting the forthcoming deadline of Universal Access by 2010 and achieving the health related Millennium Development Goals.

The event panelists were: Jacki Davis- European Policy Centre, Julian Schweitzer- The World Bank, Baba Goumbala- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Senegal, Michel Kazatchkine- The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Per Strand- AIDS Accountability International, Michel Sidibé- UNAIDS, Luis Riera-Figueras, European Commission, Hendrietta Ipeleng Bogopane- Zulu Parliament of South Africa, Kevin Cahill- Comic Relief, Joëlle Tanguy- GAVI Alliance, Sylvia Mathews-Burwell- Gates Foundation, Rosa Elcarte Lopez- AECID, Spain, Anders Nordström- Sida Sweden.

AAI’s Scientific Director Per Strand epmhasized the need for more information on how human and financial resources are being used, and to analyse to what degree countries are meeting the targets they have set for themselves in national policies and international commitments.

“We need better monitoring and transparent reporting of data in order to measure the impact of different approaches to the epidemic, promote best practices, reward effective efforts and adjust or stop ineffective interventions that draw needlessly on scarce resources.”

Read more about the Global Health Challenges event:

Global Health Challenges- event flyer

Read more on UNAIDS Website