Lieve Fransen

Lieve Fransen, MD, PhD is the Director of the Representations Directorate for the European Commission's Directorate-General Communication. She has managed research programs in Kenya and Rwanda and served as a public health advisor to the Health Ministry of Mozambique. From 1987 to 1993 she was Director of the European Commission's AIDS Task Force. Dr. Fransen has written peer-reviewed publications and numerous policy documents for the European Council and the European Parliament, and has served as Vice-Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Together with Prof. Alan Whiteside, she prepared an HIV/AIDS Toolkit "Study of the Impact of HIV Epidemic on the Social and Economic Development of Developing Countries."

External links

* [http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/about/board/members/bios/lieve.asp Dr. Lieve Fransen, Voting Member European Commission (Austria, Belgium)] , brief biography
* [http://www.eurunion.org/News/press/2006/20060025.htm European Commission gets increasing role] , press release
* [http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/toolkit/index.htm Considering HIV/AIDS in Development Assistance: a Toolkit] , checklists and guidance on potential impact of HIV/AIDS on infrastructure, education and rural development