UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

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

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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 Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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 👉

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

Last weekend, UNITE’s 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

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

A UNITE reuniu-se em Lisboa com a Hon. Adelsia Almeida, Deputada à Assembleia Nacional de #CapeVerde e participante do Mental Health Policy Desk da UNITE.

Uma oportunidade para discutir as principais prioridades políticas em #MentalHealth para as comunidades.
#ItsTimetoUNITE

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

Just days after the #WHA79 adopted its first-ever resolution on Steatotic Liver Disease, UNITE member Hon. Dr. José Ignacio Echániz, former Minister of Health of Madrid, addressed the floor at the Global Think Tank on Steatotic Liver Disease hosted by @ISGLOBALorg in Barcelona.

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

Watch @WHO call to governments to act accordingly, with important recommendations

#WorldNoTobaccoDay

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

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!

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

Learn more about #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action here:

[C A P P A @CAPPAfrica]

Big Tobacco must be held accountable for the harms it causes.

Join the launch of the #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action.

🗓 June 1, 2026
🕜 1:30 PM WAT
📍 Zoom + YouTube

Register here: https://t.co/wPPOzqNLSg

#PublicHealth

[C A P P A @CAPPAfrica]

Big Tobacco must be held accountable for the harms it causes.

Join the launch of the #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action.

🗓 June 1, 2026
🕜 1:30 PM WAT
📍 Zoom + YouTube

Register here: https://t.co/wPPOzqNLSg

#PublicHealth

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

[EN]
𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮!

Hon. Éctor Jaime Ramírez, UNITE Chapter Chair for Latin America & the Caribbean, calls on parliamentarians from his region and others to register for #UGS2026.

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

¡Asegura tu lugar en la #UGS2026 en Manila!

El Hon. @ectorjaime, Chapter Chair de la sección de UNITE para América Latina y el Caribe, invita a los parlamentarios de la región y de otras partes del mundo a inscribirse en la #UGS2026.

🔗 Regístrate aquí: https://t.co/JEHQhNwYwT.

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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. 📢 Read the joint call https://t.co/6C5CB4aui7

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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".

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

As #WHA79 comes to a close, UNITE would like to sincerely thank the many partners, collaborators, and allies we had the opportunity to meet and work with throughout the World Health Assembly week.

#GlobalHealth #WHA79 #HealthForAll #Parliamentarians #Partnerships #UNITE

[Ricardo B. Leite @RBaptistaLeite]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀

Honoured to have spoken recently at the House of Commons of Canada in Ottawa 🇨🇦, at the invitation of Hon. @SoniaLiberal Sidhu M.P..

The discussion brought together parliamentarians and leading voices from Canada’s healthcare sector for a rich exchange on the future of health policy, innovation, and international collaboration.

🌍 I had the opportunity to present the work we are leading at @UNITE_MPNetwork Parliamentarians Network for Global Health — as well as the mission of @healthai_agency - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 — 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 — 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀.

🤝 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

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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 ‘Delivering the Roadmap for Chronic Respiratory Diseases’

[Ricardo B. Leite @RBaptistaLeite]

I’m deeply concerned about what I would call the ‘𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅’.

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 won’t reep the potential benefits #AI has to offer.

Putting it simply:
‘𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝘼𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪.’

I’m grateful to @devex for organizing this important discussion around the topic of ‘Delivering the Roadmap for Chronic Respiratory Diseases’ that took place on the side lines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva🇨🇭

🎥 Watch the full conversation here👇
https://t.co/wI5CPkqeMs

#COPD #Respiratory #HealthAI #Policy #WHA79 @sanofi @healthai_agency @UNITE_MPNetwork

[UHC2030 @UHC2030]

#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 we’re still in Geneva for the remainder of the #WHA. We’re particularly looking forward to this Friday’s 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 CSO’s statement here: https://t.co/YeD83nOkk0

@UNITE_MPNetwork @UnitedGMH @IAPOvoice @icpssocial @_ATscale @GATE_AT_World @HI_UK @WorldRehabA @CSOs4UHC

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

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

[Sonia Sidhu @SoniaLiberal]

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 Canada’s health sector.

See you in Manila this summer. Let’s UNITE.

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

"[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

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

🎧Listen 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.

[TDR @TDRnews]

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? 📺 Watch now 👉 https://t.co/o3lkpBOXTp