The Foreign Policy Centre, with the support of Abbott UK, hosted a series of three expert roundtable discussions during 2008, to discuss and identify concrete and practical ways in which the lives of African women and girls affected by HIV/AIDS could be transformed. The areas of discussion and analysis included: building sustainable healthcare systems, the prevention of mother-to-child transmission and child survival, and overcoming stigma and discrimination.This event will act as the launch for a new FPC report which will bring together the discussions and conclusions from all three roundtables, and will provide an opportunity to discuss the findings.Hard copies of the report will be available at the event.