Policy Expert
E-mail: kerstin.akerfeldt@medsci.uu.se
Phone: +46 73 372 75 61
As a Policy Expert Kerstin Åkerfeldt supports the development of ReAct’s policy positions, recommendations and advocacy strategies towards relevant stakeholders and provides input to debates at global, regional and national level on antibiotics resistance. Her work focuses on Research & Development and access to medicines, global governance, sustainable financing for health and strengthening of health systems.
Before joining ReAct, she worked 20 years in different capacities for MSF including as a Health Policy- and Advocacy Advisor and a liaison officer towards the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She also has experience from health policy and advocacy work in low resource settings. Kerstin holds a Master’s degree in International Studies from Uppsala University.