UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

📌 Today UNITE convened the 2024 in-person #UNITEGlobalBoard meeting at the Deutscher Bundestag, in Berlin. 🌍 After 4 full days of the World Health Summit and our #UNITEGlobalSummit, our Global Board and Secretariat had the opportunity to meet to review this year's progress and discuss priorities for the final year of our current strategy. We were pleased to welcome our partners from the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. 🌐 This meeting marks a key transition for UNITE as we approach the final year of our 2022-2025 strategy and begin shaping a new strategic framework for 2026-2030, with a focus on post-SDG priorities and navigating the increasingly complex #GlobalHealth landscape. #time2UNITE #WHS2024

🚨 Happening in 1 Hour! 🚨 📲 Join us to explore UNITE and Transform Health's Parliamentarians' Toolkit on 'Harnessing Digital Health for Universal Health Coverage'. This toolkit is a valuable resource to guide #parliamentarians in creating and supporting robust legal frameworks for #DigitalHealthTransformation. 🏛️ Hear from Parliamentarians sharing real experiences with the toolkit, discussing actionable steps to make #DigitalHealth a key priority on their legislative agendas. 🕒 4:00 pm CET | 8:30 pm IST | 10:00 am ET | 6:00 pm EAT | 9:00 am GMT-6 📝 Register here: buff.ly/40sYJr4

🚨 This Friday 🚨 don't miss out on this session for parliamentarians and advisors to present: 📲 the key aspects of #DigitalHealth 🌍 the opportunities it offers to accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage goals 🌐 priority areas for action to put the sentiment of the #GlobalDigitalCompact in practical governance of digital health #DigitalHealthWeek2024 #GlobalHealth #UHC Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology UHC2030 - Taking action for universal health coverage Transform Health

📌 While in Dubai, our President and Founder Hon. Ricardo Baptista Leite, M.D. met with UNITE member Hon. Ayesha AlMulla, to discuss the work of the network in the Gulf region. #GlobalHealth #time2UNITE

🚨 Don't miss out 🚨 🗓️ This Friday, November 8th ⏰ 4 pm CET | 8:30 pm IST | 1 am EST | 6pm EAT | 9 am GMT-6  💻 Zoom Learn more 👇

Thrilled to have hosted Alexander Boxler, Deputy Managing Director of the GHA - German Health Alliance (GHA), at the UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health offices in Lisbon, alongside my colleague Gonçalo Pinto Mendes. It was a productive catch-up meeting and partnership discussion. With a network of over 100 German organizations across the private sector, NGOs, academia, and foundations, GHA brings together an impressive breadth of expertise in global health, systemic approaches, and medical innovation. At UNITE, we’re proud to continue our longstanding partnership with GHA, combining our parliamentary network’s influence with GHA’s proven expertise in health system strengthening and access to world-class medical solutions. Together, we’re driving transformative health systems with a global impact. #GlobalHealth #Partnerships #Innovation #HealthSystemStrengthening #GermanHealthAlliance #UNITE

📢 1st November 2024 marks the 16th International Drug Users Day. UNITE joins in celebrating the history of drug user rights activists and reaffirm our commitment to the rights of people who use drugs to health and autonomy. 🗣️ "Care, compassion and investment in structures, communities and services are the only ways to create a supportive environment for those who need it. In removing the label and implications of 'criminal' from a person who uses drugs, we can create the space to address the environmental conditions needed to improve the conditions of a person's world." - Senator Lynn Ruane, UNITE Member from Ireland 📰 In recognition, read the article by Senator Lynn Ruane on the recent report of the Irish Joint Committee on Drugs Use urging to end the criminalisation of people who use drugs, and the work that led to its adoption, in The Journal: https://lnkd.in/dAqm6m2R #IDUD24 #InternationalDrugUsersDay #DrugPolicyReform #HumanRights #HarmReduction #UNITEDrugPolicy Houses of the Oireachtas

At #UNITEGlobalSummit2024, Dr. Garry Aslanyan from TDR and host of the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast reconnected with our President and Founder, Ricardo Baptista Leite, M.D., who was previously a guest on the podcast discussing geopolitics in health. They discussed the importance of rebuilding trust towards better health and a summit highlight: signing a global statement supporting the #PandemicAgreement supported by the World Health Organization, reinforcing our commitment to stronger preparedness for future health threats 👇

📌 UNITE congratulates the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use and UNITE Members Senator Lynn Ruane and Senator Mary Seery Kearney on the adoption of the Committee's interim report on October 22, targeting the urgent changes needed around #DrugPolicy and drugs use in Ireland. 🏛️ Among the 59 recommendations for government to introduce a health-led approach to drugs, the report calls for the decriminalisation of the person in relation to the possession of all substances for personal use. This highlights that the goal of drug policy should be to reduce harm and eliminate #stigma, both, in large part, caused and exacerbated by the criminalisation of people who use drugs. 📄 The Committee's Interim Report is available on the Oireachtas website: https://lnkd.in/diaquNjN 🔎 For insights into the drug policy reform process in Ireland, read our blog post highlighting UNITE President Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, M.D. and #UNITEDrugPolicy Desk Coordinator Beatrix Vas as expert witnesses during a previous committee meeting: https://bit.ly/3W0XFqB #UNITEDrugPolicy #DrugPolicy #DrugPolicyReform #HarmReduction #Decriminalisation #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth  Houses of the Oireachtas

📌 The #UNITEGlobalSummit 2024 edition wouldn't have been made possible without the incredible support from our esteemed partners. 🌍 UNITE would like to thank each organization that supported our vision for a new and renewed flagship event! Visit our official website to find more about their impactful work 👇 https://lnkd.in/dNSEwjyH