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UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

@UNITE_MPNetwork

Global network of current & former members of parliament, committed to improving health systems worldwide by promoting evidence-based and sustainable policies.

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Without legislation, commitments on climate and health are just promises. Join UNITE and @P4C_network parliamentarians alongside youth and climate advocates at #COP31 for a discussion on how parliamentarian leadership can drive meaningful national action. It's time to UNITE!
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๐ŸŒFrom Italy to Tรผrkiye In September, UNITE and @P4C_network created a Call to Action on nine climate health priorities. Now, the networks are discussing how to turn Commitments into Legislation at #COP31 bit.ly/3XjzqrP ๐Ÿ“14:00, 18 Nov, COP31 Health Pavilion
COP31 Health Pavilion

COP31 Health Pavilion

WHO in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust and the health community will host the Health Pavilion at the COP31 UN Climate Conference, in Antalya, Turkiye.

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From 6โ€“9 Sept, P4C, @KASpoldimed & @UNITE_MPNetwork jointly convened parliamentarians, policymakers & experts together in Lake Como, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น to advance climate action, health security & resilient societies across the Mediterranean & MENA. Together for Climate Action ๐ŸŒ
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Voices from the European Parliament. On 5 November, MEPs, Minsiters and civil society gathered in the European Parliament co-hosted by MEP Leire Pajรญn (@lpajin), @Pandemic_Fund and UNITE to make the case for sustained financing for #PPPR.
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UNITE launches open call for parliamentarians, health ministries and heads of parliamentary committees to apply to host the UNITE Global Summit 2028. To find out more and express your interest in hosting, contact the UNITE Secretariat at unitenetwork@unitenetwork.org
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UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
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@Pandemic_FundNov 5
Today, at โ€œPrevention Pays: Investing in Global Health Security,โ€ a parliamentary roundtable hosted by MEP @lpajin, the @Pandemic_Fund, and the @UNITE_MPNetwork, discussions reinforced the importance of sustained investment and political commitment to #pandemicpreparedness. The discussion brought several priorities into sharp focus: โ–ถ๏ธThe time to finance preparedness is before an outbreak becomes a headline. โ–ถ๏ธPreparedness requires strong core capacities, including disease surveillance, laboratory systems, and a skilled health workforce. Experiences from countries such as #Ethiopia demonstrate the value of investing early and the #OneHealth approach. โ–ถ๏ธHealth threats transcend borders. Europeโ€™s health security depends on preparedness capacities around the world. โ–ถ๏ธSustained financing and political commitment are essential, with catalytic funding playing a critical role in mobilizing additional resources and supporting country-led investments.
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UNITEโ€™s Strategy 2026โ€“2030 marks an important evolution in how we work, with a clear focus on maximising the impact of parliamentariansโ€™ leadership on health. Read it here: shorturl.at/q6DBB
The strategy signals three key shifts in our approach: ๐Ÿ”น ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ: Moving beyond convening and participation towards measurable outcomes, including legislation influenced, budgets secured and stronger parliamentary oversight. ๐Ÿ”น ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Building cross-party coalitions, strengthening parliamentary diplomacy and mobilising political champions to drive lasting change. ๐Ÿ”น ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Empowering our members to turn international health priorities into concrete policy progress in their own countries. As the global health landscape evolves and we look beyond the 2030 Agenda, UNITE is committed to translating political leadership into tangible results, country by country. A renewed focus. Stronger political influence. Measurable impact for health.

ALT The strategy signals three key shifts in our approach: ๐Ÿ”น ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ: Moving beyond convening and participation towards measurable outcomes, including legislation influenced, budgets secured and stronger parliamentary oversight. ๐Ÿ”น ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Building cross-party coalitions, strengthening parliamentary diplomacy and mobilising political champions to drive lasting change. ๐Ÿ”น ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Empowering our members to turn international health priorities into concrete policy progress in their own countries. As the global health landscape evolves and we look beyond the 2030 Agenda, UNITE is committed to translating political leadership into tangible results, country by country. A renewed focus. Stronger political influence. Measurable impact for health.

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From 2-8 November, organisations and partners across the world are coming together for #DigitalHealthWeek, a global moment led by @Trans4m_Health to explore how digital transformation can accelerate progress. ๐Ÿ“… Explore the events : digitalhealthweek.co/events/ #DHW2026 #UHC
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On Friday, UNITEโ€™s Founder and President @RBaptistaLeite , Executive Director @guilhrme_duarte and Secretariat met with His Excellency Filipe Neto Brandรฃo, President of the Health Committee of Portugal, to discuss next steps for collaboration as UNITE enters its 10th year!"
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The Health Policy Trends Survey 2027, a joint initiative by GHPL, APHRC & UNITE, invites current and former health policymakers to share their insights, with a focus on pandemic preparedness and response. Available in 6 languages! shorturl.at/R8tag
๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž? The questionnaire is open to anyone who currently works, or has previously worked, in a role contributing to the design, implementation or oversight of health policies, strategies, action plans, disease-control plans or national health legislation. This includes roles within or connected to parliaments, ministries and equivalent government bodies. โฑ๏ธ The survey takes approximately ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œฬง๐š๐ข๐ฌ: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey ๐„๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐งฬƒ๐จ๐ฅ: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey ะ ัƒััะบะธะน: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey?lang=ru ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey?lang=ar ็น้ซ”ไธญๆ–‡ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey?lang=zh-tw

ALT ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž? The questionnaire is open to anyone who currently works, or has previously worked, in a role contributing to the design, implementation or oversight of health policies, strategies, action plans, disease-control plans or national health legislation. This includes roles within or connected to parliaments, ministries and equivalent government bodies. โฑ๏ธ The survey takes approximately ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œฬง๐š๐ข๐ฌ: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey ๐„๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐งฬƒ๐จ๐ฅ: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey ะ ัƒััะบะธะน: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey?lang=ru ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey?lang=ar ็น้ซ”ไธญๆ–‡ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2027hptr-survey?lang=zh-tw

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๐Ÿ“• What did attendees take away from the #UGS2026? Their insights and highlights are all in the report. Read it here unitenetwork.sharepoint.com/โ€ฆ
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UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
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@Amar4OdishaOct 21
More than 569 million people across the world live with chronic respiratory diseases, and around 4.2 million lives are lost to them every year. They are the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide. Yet conditions such as severe asthma and COPD remain far too low on the public policy agenda. To take this conversation beyond the scale of the problem and towards practical action, a two day workshop on advancing chronic respiratory disease policy was organised in Berlin, ahead of the World Health Summit. I joined fellow parliamentarians from 16 countries, along with technical experts from @UNITE_MPNetwork and the Global Health Policy Lab, to look closely at the policy gaps, country specific priorities and, importantly, what can actually be done within our respective health systems. The discussions focused on strengthening national respiratory health policies, bringing respiratory health into the broader NCD agenda, translating global commitments into concrete legislative and policy action, and developing practical parliamentary roadmaps and a Respiratory Health Parliamentary Toolkit that policymakers can take back and use. The numbers tell us why this cannot wait. We have the evidence. We know the burden. What matters now is turning that knowledge into policy, and policy into better access to diagnosis, medicines and care. That is ultimately how public health commitments should be measured, by the difference they make in peopleโ€™s lives. #RespiratoryHealth #ChronicRespiratoryDisease #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
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Two weeks ago, Abdul Ibrahim, UNITEโ€™s Drug Policy Lead in Ghana, attended the 153rd IPU Assembly in Tanzania, where Senator Hamida Kibwana from Kenya gave an address highlighting the comitments made at the UNITE Global Summit by UNITE parliamentarians. #IPU153 #Parliamentarians
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5 ways UNITE Members showed up at #WHS2026 ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ Long-term cancer care ๐Ÿ”ฌ Roundtable on Trust in science (IFPMA) ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ @TDRnews podcast on the Accra Reset ๐ŸŒฑ Rountable on Environmental Drivers of Health ๐Ÿฉบ Workshop on "Closing the Gaps in Sepsis Diagnosis and Care" #ItsTimetoUNITE
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๐Ÿค UNITE and The Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Malaria in Africa (COPEMA) sign MoU to strengthen parliamentary action on malaria and sustainable health financing. Learn more here: unitenetwork.org/unite-and-cโ€ฆ @ImpSanteAfrique
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UNITE was represented by Andreia Pinto Ferreira, as moderator of the Novartis Symposium at the VII National Congress of Public Health Physicians, under the theme "Health Innovation: Investing Today to Generate Value, Health and Sustainability", held on 1 October 2026, in Espinho.
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On 12 October, UNITE and COPEMA brought parliamentarians together at the German Bundestag to discuss sustainable health financing. From budgets to oversight and global collaboration, parliamentary leadership is vital to tackling HIV, TB and malaria. #WHS2026 #GlobalHealth
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The UN General Assembly has adopted the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (#PPPR). Now parliamentarians must turn commitments into action: stronger laws, sustainable funding, accountability. UNITE stands ready to support.
Read more about the Declaration: https://www.who.int/news/item/12-10-2026-who-welcomes-adoption-of-united-nations-political-declaration-on-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response

ALT Read more about the Declaration: https://www.who.int/news/item/12-10-2026-who-welcomes-adoption-of-united-nations-political-declaration-on-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response

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UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
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@GlobalFundOct 12
โ€œCommunities know what works. Parliamentarians can turn that knowledge into political action. The @GlobalFund, the Coalition of Parliamentarians Engaged to End Malaria in Africa (COPEMA) & @UNITE_MPNetwork are working together to ensure community voices shape health financing decisions and drive accountability in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.โ€ Franรงoise Vanni, on the margins of #WHS2026, on the role of parliamentarians in advancing sustainable and country-led health financing.
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Over the weekend in Berlin, UNITE and Global Health Policy Lab brought parliamentarians together for a two-day workshop on CRD policy, focused on strengthening legislative capacity and identifying practical policy tools, which will result in a parliamentary toolkit on CRDs.
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Por ocasiรฃo do #DiaMundialdaSaรบdeMental, a Mental Health Policy Desk da UNITE destaca os progressos que tรชm vindo a ser alcanรงados no reforรงo dos quadros legislativos em matรฉria de saรบde mental nos Paรญses Africanos de Lรญngua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP).
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As we mark #WorldMentalHealthDay, UNITEโ€™s Mental Health Policy Desk is highlighting the progress being made to strengthen mental health legislative frameworks across Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP).
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