A European Perspective on the Future of Global AIDS Programs:A Conversation with Five AIDS Ambassadors

Center for Global Development and Center for Strategic and International Studies co-hosted this event, with five European AIDS ambassadors discussing lessons learned from global AIDS programs, and opportunities and challenges for European-U.S. collaboration. After their opening presentations, the ambassadors joined audience members in breakout groups on:

• HIV prevention;
• Gender and HIV/AIDS;
• Donor harmonization and coordination;
• Intellectual property and access to medicines

The morning closed with a plenary session featuring highlights from the breakout sessions and a lively concluding discussion. The event included:

• Paul Bekkers(AIDS Ambassador, Netherlands)
• Lennarth Hjelmaker (AIDS Ambassador, Sweden)
• Michel Kazatchkine (AIDS Ambassador, France)
• Michel Lastschenko (AIDS Ambassador, Belgium)
• Sigrun Mogedal (AIDS Ambassador, Norway)

The event was moderated by Nandini Oomman, CGD senior program associate and project director for the HIV/AIDS Monitor Initiative

Click here to watch video and read transcript of the event.

Read notes from breakout sessions on AIDS Prevention and Access to Medicines.