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UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
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 people’s lives.
#RespiratoryHealth #ChronicRespiratoryDisease #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
“Communities 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.”
Françoise Vanni, on the margins of #WHS2026, on the role of parliamentarians in advancing sustainable and country-led health financing.
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
📺 Can't make it to Berlin for the @WorldHealthSmt? Watch Global Health Matters LIVE from #WHS2026: @GarryAslanyan, @CKyobutungi, @RBaptistaLeite & @SaniaNishtar.
🕐 12 Oct, 12:45 CEST
👉 youtu.be/s-0g6z2ymww
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Qué orgullo poder llevar nuestro trabajo en mi querido #Zapopan, #Jalisco hasta este espacio tan importante a nivel internacional.
Gracias, @UNITE_MPNetwork , por darme la oportunidad de compartir con el mundo lo que podemos lograr cuando trabajamos en equipo con un eje fundamental: la salud de todas las personas en el centro.
Sigamos trabajando.
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
🇨🇦 The world needs more Canada.
That’s a phrase I heard several times during UNGA week in New York.
I couldn’t agree more. And in that spirit, I was honored to meet once again with Honorable Randeep Sarai, Canada’s Secretary of State for International Development.
✨After listening to his public commitment on keeping Canada’s leadership role when it comes to multilateralism, we had some time to discuss how we can continue to work together on fundamental issues from AI safety to securing political leadership for global health.
We discussed our work at HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health, which has had the privilege of working with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) over the last years.
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health was also a central part of the discussion, also given the fact that UNITE’s Chapter Chair for North America is Hon. Sonia Sidhu, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada Chambre des communes du Canada 🍁
Thank you for your leadership Honorable Randeep Sarai. We look forward to our continued collaboration.
#Canada #UNGA81 #HealthAI #UNITE
@healthai_agency @UNITE_MPNetwork @UN @randeepssarai @SoniaLiberal – at New York, USA
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
The @GlobalFund Results Report 2026 is live.
Following a year of seismic change, our partnership demonstrated extraordinary resilience, adapting swiftly to protect people and sustain gains against HIV, TB and malaria.
Learn more: theglobalfund.org/en/results…
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Care for people living with noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases or diabetes happens across many moments, from prevention to daily self-care. Patient safety has to be part of every one of them.
#WorldPatientSafetyDay
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
If it isn’t safe, it isn’t care.
For people living with heart disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease, care is lifelong. A delayed diagnosis, wrong medicine, unsafe procedure or poor communication can cost lives.
Access to care matters. Safety matters just as much.
Everyone deserves safe care, for life.
#WorldPatientSafetyDay
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
This #WorldSepsisDay, help the people around you understand #sepsis.
Our 3-minute video explains what sepsis is, how to recognize it, and why acting quickly matters. It is an easy way to share reliable information with your family, friends, colleagues, and community — and help more people recognize sepsis when it happens.
youtube.com/watch?v=NsPDjOX8…
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
WHO FCTC engages with @UNITE_MPNetwork Global Summit 2026 in the Philippines
At the #UNITEGlobalSummit 2026 in Manila, the WHO FCTC Secretariat engaged with parliamentarians and global health leaders to highlight the critical role of tobacco taxation and sustainable financing in advancing tobacco control and the Sustainable Development Goals.
💡 Investing in tobacco control is investing in healthier people, stronger economies and a more sustainable future.
Read more: fctc.who.int/newsroom/news/i…
🌍 Stronger tobacco control needs stronger political commitment and sustainable financing. #FCTCSavesLives
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 “𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗽” 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲?
What if it can build something better?
In my conversation with Devex, I argue that too many of our “health systems” are actually 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, reacting once people are already sick.
🌍 Countries without entrenched legacy systems have an opportunity to explore innovative pathways towards prevention, wellbeing and smarter use of technology such as #AI.
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲.
Thank you @JennyLeiRavelo and @devex for the conversation.
🔗 Full interview: devex.com/news/will-healthca…
#GlobalHealth #HealthSystems #Devex
@UNITE_MPNetwork @healthai_agency
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Almost every day, we are confronted with images of 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 and 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 disrupting lives and communities.
News from Nepal is simply heartbreaking and we share our prayers to all those impacted by the disaster and to those working to save lives, putting their own lives at risk 🙏
But the climate crisis is also a 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀.
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆.
Yet too often, climate and health are still discussed — and governed — in separate silos.
🌍 At the 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in Manila, the @UNITE_MPNetwork Parliamentarians Network for Global Health and Parliamentarians for Climate (P4C) signed a new global partnership to bring these agendas closer together and strengthen parliamentary action at their intersection.
I am particularly proud that P4C was founded by UNITE Ambassador Dr @Ibtissame_azz — a powerful example of how leadership from within our network can create new platforms for global action.
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼.
📰 Read more here👇
maroc-diplomatique.net/clima…
#ClimateAndHealth #GlobalHealth #ClimateAction #UNITE #UGS2026 #P4C
@healthai_agency
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Au Sommet mondial 2026 de l’UNITE à Manille, aux Philippines, lors de la session avec le Fonds mondial, j’ai pu rappeler le rôle crucial que peuvent jouer les élus locaux pour mettre fin à la transmission du VIH d’ici 2030. ELCS porte fièrement cette mobilisation !
Depuis 2014, grâce à l’appel d’Anne Hidalgo, des centaines de villes se sont engagées. Paris, mais aussi San Francisco ou Bangkok, sont aujourd'hui en passe de gagner ce grand défi.
Un monde sans transmission du VIH, c’est possible !
At the UNITE 2026 Global Summit in Manila, Philippines, during the session with the Global Fund, I was able to reiterate the crucial role that local elected officials can play in ending HIV transmission by 2030. ELCS proudly supports this mobilization!
Since 2014, thanks to Anne Hidalgo's call to action, hundreds of cities have committed to this goal. Paris, as well as San Francisco and Bangkok, are now on track to meet this major challenge. A world without HIV transmission is possible!
#UGS2026 #UNITEGlobalSummit #Manila2026
@JFMBAYE @JorgeMazorra @UNITE_MPNetwork – at Makati City, National Capital Region
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Participated in the UNITE Global Summit 2026 in Manila, joining parliamentarians, public health experts and development leaders from across the world to deliberate on one of the defining challenges of our time—ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare.
Meaningful discussions on strengthening health systems, financing public health and advancing evidence-based policymaking reinforced the importance of global cooperation in building healthier and more resilient societies.
@UNITE_MPNetwork
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Au sommet global 2026 de Unite (@UNITE_MPNetwork ) à Manille, aux Philippines, les parlementaires et élus présents sont convaincus que la santé ne peut être considérée comme une charge financière !
Outre de sauver des vies et de prévenir des maladies, une politique de santé publique est un investissement qui permet le développement économique et de l’emploi !
Il est temps de s’unir !
At the UNITE Global Summit 2026 in Manila, Philippines, parliamentarians and elected officials present are convinced that health cannot be considered a financial burden!
Beyond saving lives and preventing disease, a public health policy is an investment that enables economic development and job creation!
It's time to unite!
#UGS2026 #UNITEGlobalSummit #Manila2026
@JFMBAYE @JorgeMazorra @lenin_hn – at Makati City, National Capital Region
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
In a world facing multiple, overlapping crises, one truth remains constant: health is a political choice.
Bridging the health divide requires political courage to:
* Invest in primary health care;
* Secure sustainable financing for health, both domestically and globally;
* Protect health budgets, even in times of fiscal pressure;
* Ensure no one is left behind.
Parliamentarians have a vital role in securing sustainable investment in health and keeping it at the heart of national development.
That is why @WHO remains committed to working with @UNITE_MPNetwork, providing the evidence, science and technical support needed to advance #HealthForAll.
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
From an insightful working breakfast to an inspiring gala dinner, the first day of the 5th UNITE Global Summit @UNITE_MPNetwork brought together parliamentarians, ministers, researchers, patient advocates, and global health leaders from around the world to discuss some of the most pressing health challenges of our time.
Our conversations ranged from sustainable health financing, tobacco control, equitable access to medicines, and pandemic preparedness to strengthening health systems and addressing non-communicable diseases. Throughout the day, one message stood out: political courage is essential if we are to transform evidence into legislation, budgets, and meaningful change for our citizens.
The evening concluded with a fitting tribute to Martin Chungong, former Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, who received UNITE’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution to parliamentary diplomacy, democracy, and global health. His reminder that “Health is a political choice” resonated deeply with everyone in the room.
It was also inspiring to witness how far UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health has come under the visionary leadership of its founder and President, Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite @RBaptistaLeite. What began as a bold idea has grown into a truly global movement, connecting parliamentarians across continents to champion evidence-based policies and improve health outcomes for millions.
Having served on the UNITE Board during the last parliamentary term and now proudly serving as a UNITE Ambassador for Global Health, it has been incredibly rewarding to witness this journey. When I joined the Pan-African Parliament, I stepped down from the Board to focus on my continental responsibilities, but I remain deeply committed to UNITE’s mission. I look forward to seeing even more parliamentarians join this growing network as we continue building stronger health systems through collaboration, accountability, and courageous political leadership.
The conversations have only just begun, and I look forward to another day of learning, collaboration, and action.
#UGS2026 #UNITEGlobalSummit #GlobalHealth #ParliamentaryDiplomacy #PoliticalLeadership #UniversalHealthCoverage
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
As @UNITE_MPNetwork Unite Global Summit begins in Manila, @IDRCinAsia Regional Director, Dr Kapil Kapoor, writes 'Research could be the new pathway to better health for all, and more' in @inquirerdotnet
opinion.inquirer.net/193527/…
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Come meet us at the @UNITE_MPNetwork Global Summit 2026 🌍
We are excited to be in Manila and connect with you in person to accelerate progress towards #UniversalHealthCoverage.
📍Visit us at Booth #6 to explore our resources, share your experiences, and help shape the road to the 2027 UN High-level Meeting on UHC.
Can’t make it? Find all our resources and ways to engage here: csemonline.net/csem-for-uhc2…
📢 Don’t forget to complete the ACT for UHC Survey before 9 August!
#UGS2026 #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll @UHC2030 @WACIHealth
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health retweeted
Honoured to be in Manila for the #UNITEGlobalSummit2026.
Over the next two days, parliamentarians and global leaders will discuss how political courage can help bridge the health divide and drive smarter investments for stronger, more resilient health systems.
Looking forward to insightful discussions and new partnerships.
🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines | August 3–4, 2026
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #PoliticalLeadership #UGS #UGS2026 @P4C_network @UNITE_MPNetwork
