Press Release: Development cooperation: EU and US joining forces on global health and aid effectiveness

On 13 June 2011 European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah met in London as part of the EU-US Development Dialogue which has been resumed last year. The EU and the US, the world's two largest aid donors will intensify their cooperation on global health, climate change, food security and aid effectiveness. Responsible for a total of 90% of official development assistance in the area of health, they are expected to agree on setting up a task force of health experts to explore options of future joint work within the framework of the EU's policy on Global Health and the US Global Health Initiative