Press Release: European Commissioner Piebalgs pushes for tangible results on maternal and child health at the African Union Summit

From 24 to 26 July 2010, European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will address the 15th African Union (AU) Summit in Kampala, Uganda.

Maternal, infant and child health will be the core theme of the meeting gathering the 53 African Union Member States. The EU Commissioner will stress the need for concrete progress in these areas. Among the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), child and maternal health (MDGs 4 and 5) are those where many developing countries are most off track.

This is important as both Africa and the EU are preparing for the High Level Summit on MDGs that will take place in New York on 20-22 September.