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

Joined November 2018
1,498 Photos and videos
๐Ÿ“นAt the UN Multi-Stakeholder Hearing on PPPR (June 9, NYC), UNITE highlighted the vital role of parliamentarians in driving whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches. From legislation to financing, their leadership is key to turning commitments into action.
24
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.
2
53
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 ๐Ÿ‘‰
1
2
82
Last weekend, UNITEโ€™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
3
5
334
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
1
1
185
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.
1
1
91
Watch @WHO call to governments to act accordingly, with important recommendations #WorldNoTobaccoDay
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!
1
1
185
Learn more about #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action here:
Big Tobacco must be held accountable for the harms it causes. Join the launch of the #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action. ๐Ÿ—“ June 1, 2026 ๐Ÿ•œ 1:30 PM WAT ๐Ÿ“ Zoom YouTube Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regiโ€ฆ #PublicHealth
1
34
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Big Tobacco must be held accountable for the harms it causes. Join the launch of the #MakeBigTobaccoPay Global Week of Action. ๐Ÿ—“ June 1, 2026 ๐Ÿ•œ 1:30 PM WAT ๐Ÿ“ Zoom YouTube Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regiโ€ฆ #PublicHealth
1
14
18
240
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. ๐Ÿ”— Regรญstrate aquรญ: unitenetwork.org/the-unite-gโ€ฆ.
1
1
2
157
[EN] ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ! Hon. ร‰ctor Jaime Ramรญrez, UNITE Chapter Chair for Latin America & the Caribbean, calls on parliamentarians from his region and others to register for #UGS2026.
1
1
413
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. ๐Ÿ“ข Read the joint call shorturl.at/fGnTA
5
3
1,334
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".
1
4
214
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
1
82
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
3
4
286
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ Honoured to have spoken recently at the House of Commons of Canada in Ottawa ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, at the invitation of Hon. @SoniaLiberal Sidhu M.P.. The discussion brought together parliamentarians and leading voices from Canadaโ€™s healthcare sector for a rich exchange on the future of health policy, innovation, and international collaboration. ๐ŸŒ 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. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€” ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€. ๐Ÿค 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
1
2
199
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 โ€˜Delivering the Roadmap for Chronic Respiratory Diseasesโ€™
Iโ€™m deeply concerned about what I would call the โ€˜๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…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 wonโ€™t reep the potential benefits #AI has to offer. Putting it simply: โ€˜๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.โ€™ Iโ€™m grateful to @devex for organizing this important discussion around the topic of โ€˜Delivering the Roadmap for Chronic Respiratory Diseasesโ€™ that took place on the side lines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full conversation here๐Ÿ‘‡ youtu.be/MfXJJySKPPU?is=QEPFโ€ฆ #COPD #Respiratory #HealthAI #Policy #WHA79 @sanofi @healthai_agency @UNITE_MPNetwork
1
1
2
205
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
May 21
#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 weโ€™re still in Geneva for the remainder of the #WHA. Weโ€™re particularly looking forward to this Fridayโ€™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 CSOโ€™s statement here: hearcso.org/hear-cso-statemeโ€ฆ @UNITE_MPNetwork @UnitedGMH @IAPOvoice @icpssocial @_ATscale @GATE_AT_World @HI_UK @WorldRehabA @CSOs4UHC
1
5
7
274
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 Canadaโ€™s health sector. See you in Manila this summer. Letโ€™s UNITE.
1
91
"[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
1
78