Press Release: Taking on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis: Commissioner Kyprianou discusses priorities for action with ECDC

European Commissioner for Health, Markos Kyprianou, will call for more EU level action against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) at a meeting with senior officials from Member State health authorities and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on 20 March 2007. Commissioner Kyprianou will also call on ECDC to ensure comprehensive surveillance of HIV/AIDS in the entire EU. ECDC would be expected to detect best practice in HIV prevention in Member States and elsewhere, share it in order to help improve national AIDS programmes and report back to the Commissioner on progress achieved and on areas where Member States may need more support. Speaking in the run up to World TB Day (24 March), Commissioner Kyprianou will also call on Member States to take more action on TB and on ECDC to develop an EU action plan to assist Member States in the fight against TB.