Global network of current & former members of parliament, committed to improving health systems worldwide by promoting evidence-based and sustainable policies.
UNITE was pleased to be represented by Arshiya Singh from the UNITE Secretariat at the National Youth Forum: For Emerging Voices in #DigitalHealth & India National Coalition Meeting, organised by @Trans4m_Health India, Yo.DH, and @PATHtweets on 29 May 2026 in New Delhi, India.
UNITE was represented by Chapter Chair for Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Hon. Mariam Jashi (Georgia) and Hon. @mimRights (Serbia) at the @IPUparliament Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians in Belgrade, Serbia.
Watch the video to learn more ๐
Last weekend, UNITEโs Executive Director, @guilhrme_duarte , participated as an observer at the Spring Session of the @NATO Parliamentary Assembly, reinforcing the growing recognition that #health, resilience, and #security are increasingly interconnected policy domains.
#NATO
A UNITE reuniu-se em Lisboa com a Hon. Adelsia Almeida, Deputada ร Assembleia Nacional de #CapeVerde e participante do Mental Health Policy Desk da UNITE.
Uma oportunidade para discutir as principais prioridades polรญticas em #MentalHealth para as comunidades.
#ItsTimetoUNITE
Just days after the #WHA79 adopted its first-ever resolution on Steatotic Liver Disease, UNITE member Hon. Dr. Josรฉ Ignacio Echรกniz, former Minister of Health of Madrid, addressed the floor at the Global Think Tank on Steatotic Liver Disease hosted by @ISGLOBALorg in Barcelona.
At least 40 million children aged 13 to 15 are already using tobacco products, and 15 million children are using e-cigarettes -- as tobacco and nicotine industries continue to drive addiction, particularly for young people.
World #NoTobacco Day is an annual reminder of the harms of tobacco in all its forms.
@WHO calls on governments to act decisively!
Big Tobacco must be held accountable for the harms it causes.
Join the launch of the #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action.
๐ June 1, 2026
๐ 1:30 PM WAT
๐ Zoom + YouTube
Register here: https://t.co/wPPOzqNLSg
#PublicHealth
Big Tobacco must be held accountable for the harms it causes.
Join the launch of the #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action.
๐ June 1, 2026
๐ 1:30 PM WAT
๐ Zoom + YouTube
Register here: https://t.co/wPPOzqNLSg
#PublicHealth
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๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฎ!
Hon. รctor Jaime Ramรญrez, UNITE Chapter Chair for Latin America & the Caribbean, calls on parliamentarians from his region and others to register for #UGS2026.
ยกAsegura tu lugar en la #UGS2026 en Manila!
El Hon. @ectorjaime, Chapter Chair de la secciรณn de UNITE para Amรฉrica Latina y el Caribe, invita a los parlamentarios de la regiรณn y de otras partes del mundo a inscribirse en la #UGS2026.
๐ Regรญstrate aquรญ: https://t.co/JEHQhNwYwT.
Parliamentarians are key to turning #AMR commitments into law, funding, and accountability. A coalition of #AMRMSPP members is calling on Ministers attending #AMRAbuja2026 to include parliamentarians in their national delegations. ๐ข Read the joint call https://t.co/6C5CB4aui7
Watch Dr. @RBaptistaLeite, Founder & President of UNITE intervention at the Global Parliamentary Forum at #WHA79, themed "From Commitment to Action: Advancing Parliamentary Leadership for the WHO Pandemic Agreement Implementation and Sustainable Financing for Health".
Last week at #WHA79 in Geneva, UNITE was at the heart of the global mental health conversation, contributing to key conversations shaping the future of global mental health.
Join parliamentarians, partners, researchers and funders for dialogue at #UGS2026#WHA79#GlobalHealth
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐
Honoured to have spoken recently at the House of Commons of Canada in Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ, at the invitation of Hon. @SoniaLiberal Sidhu M.P..
The discussion brought together parliamentarians and leading voices from Canadaโs healthcare sector for a rich exchange on the future of health policy, innovation, and international collaboration.
๐ I had the opportunity to present the work we are leading at @UNITE_MPNetwork Parliamentarians Network for Global Health โ as well as the mission of @healthai_agency - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health.
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ โ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ โ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐.
๐ค Encouraged by the openness in the room and excited by the collaboration opportunities that emerged from these conversations.
A sincere thank you to MP Sonia Sidhu for the invitation and leadership, and to her team for their invaluable support.
#GlobalHealth #HealthPolicy #AI #DigitalHealth #Leadership #Canada #HealthAI #UNITE
At the margins of #WHA79, UNITE's Founder & President outlines how #AI can be beneficial in addressing the most pressing health challenges and, crucially, where it has its limitations.
From @devex x @sanofi side-event โDelivering the Roadmap for Chronic Respiratory Diseasesโ
Iโm deeply concerned about what I would call the โ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ โ.
Some leaders seem to have an almost blinded belief that #ArtificialIntelligence will solve all our problems.
By simply deploying technologies without solving the underlying societal and managerial problems, we wonโt reep the potential benefits #AI has to offer.
Putting it simply:
โ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโ๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ผ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.โ
Iโm grateful to @devex for organizing this important discussion around the topic of โDelivering the Roadmap for Chronic Respiratory Diseasesโ that took place on the side lines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva๐จ๐ญ
๐ฅ Watch the full conversation here๐
https://t.co/wI5CPkqeMs
#COPD #Respiratory #HealthAI #Policy #WHA79 @sanofi@healthai_agency@UNITE_MPNetwork
#WHA79 Day 3 recap!
Yesterday was another exciting day of packed rooms and stimulating discussions. Topics ranged from building resilient health systems to translating commitments into action, engaging civil society in global health governance, and the links between #UHC and global health architecture reform, to mention a few.
Congratulations to our partners for their successful events and unfailing commitment to #HealthForAll!
The civil society networking space is now closed, but weโre still in Geneva for the remainder of the #WHA. Weโre particularly looking forward to this Fridayโs discussion on the process for global health architecture reform. Stay tuned for updates!
And if you believe civil society should be included in the governance structure for this process, remember to sign and share HEAR CSOโs statement here: https://t.co/YeD83nOkk0
@UNITE_MPNetwork@UnitedGMH@IAPOvoice@icpssocial@_ATscale@GATE_AT_World@HI_UK@WorldRehabA@CSOs4UHC
UNITE Founder & President @RBaptistaLeite met with the Chapter Chair for North America @SoniaLiberal to discuss collaboration on global health issues.
As Canada's role on the world stage grows, global health must be at the core of international diplomacy.
#ItsTimetoUNITE
An honour to welcome UNITE Founder and President, Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, to #ParliamentHill for an important discussion on global health collaboration.
Thank you to everyone who joined us from across Canadaโs health sector.
See you in Manila this summer. Letโs UNITE.
"[The Ebola] outbreak, alongside the hantavirus one, shows why international threats need an international response, why the world needs the International Health Regulations, and why it needs WHO." - Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
#ItsTimetoUNITE#WHA79#Ebola#Hantavirus#PPPR
๐งListen to Episode 3 of The Inside Track, the Global Health Matters podcast by, with UNITE Founder & President Ricardo Baptista Leite, hosted by Dr. Garry Aslanyan alongside Catherine Kyobutungi.
A new ep. of The Inside Track is here! @GarryAslanyan is joined by @CKyobutungi and @RBaptistaLeite to ask the question we can't afford to ignore: are we truly prepared for the next pandemic? ๐บ Watch now ๐ https://t.co/o3lkpBOXTp