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

🚨 UNITE is proud to join 70 organisations from across the globe and diverse sectors in launching a unified call for increased funding for global development and climate action in the next EU budget. 🌍 As the #EU begins discussions on the next long-term budget (MFF) for 2028–2034, it’s critical that EU leaders allocate sufficient funding for development, humanitarian assistance, and climate action. With poverty, inequality, climate change, pandemics, and humanitarian crises worsening—and new crises on the horizon, the EU must deepen its commitment and partnership with the global community. 📢 International partners are welcome to participate and will gain access to regular briefings, insights, and opportunities to take action. Join us! Let’s work together to secure an ambitious #EUBudget http://www.mffhub.org Aidsfonds, Global Citizen, The ONE Campaign, Pandemic Action Network

📍 New project launch! We are joining 70 organisations in a unified call for increased funding for global development and climate action in the next European Union budget. As the #EU begins discussions on the next long-term budget (MFF) for 2028–2034, it’s critical that EU leaders allocate sufficient funding for development, humanitarian assistance, and climate action. 🇪🇺 Why? With poverty, inequality, climate change, pandemics, and humanitarian crises worsening—and new crises on the horizon, the EU must deepen its commitment and partnership with the global community. 🤝 Does it sound like something your organization would like to work on? 📢 Then join us! More info here 👉 http://www.mffhub.org #climate #climatechange #activism #advocacy #quakers #campaign Aidsfonds Pandemic Action Network Global Citizen The ONE Campaign Global Fund Advocates Network Global Health Advocates Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Coordination SUD Equipop Speak Up Africa Amref Health Africa (France) Save the Children International Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe Oxfam EU office UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health WACI Health WaterAid End FGM EU Harm Reduction International Search for Common Ground WaterAid World Vision Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion

[European Union] 🚨 NEW! More than 70 organisations from across the globe and diverse sectors launch a unified call for increased funding for global development and climate action in the next EU budget. As the #EU begins discussions on the next long-term budget #MFF for 2028-2034, it’s critical that EU leaders allocate sufficient funding for development, humanitarian assistance, and climate action. With poverty, inequality, climate change, pandemics, and humanitarian crises worsening - and new crises on the horizon, the EU must deepen its commitment and partnership with the global community. 📢 Join us! Let’s work together to secure an ambitious #EUBudget 👇 Global Citizen Aidsfonds The ONE Campaign Global Fund Advocates Network Action Santé Mondiale / Global Health Advocates Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) Pandemic Action Network Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Coordination SUD Equipop Speak Up Africa Amref Health Africa (France) Save the Children International Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe Oxfam EU office UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health WACI Health Quaker Council for European Affairs WaterAid End FGM EU Harm Reduction International Search for Common Ground WaterAid World Vision Wemos Handicap International - Humanité & Inclusion http://www.mffhub.org

Our MFF Hub is out! Check it out: https://www.mffhub.org/ The Hub is a platform that brings together organizations across sectors and continents around one shared call: the EU must increase its development and climate finance in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). This is a positive message to the EU: we want to see greater EU action in areas such as climate adaptation and mitigation, global health, human rights, peacebuilding, and many other critical sectors. Poverty, inequality, climate change, pandemics, and other pressing challenges are intensifying, with new threats looming on the horizon. Now is the time to step up - not to disengage. This isn't about Europe versus the rest of the world; it’s about recognizing our shared future and collective responsibility. Climate change doesn’t stop at borders. Pandemics don’t discriminate by geography. Poverty and inequality fuel instability and affect us all. By investing in solutions to these global issues and working hand in hand with partners, Europe can help build a safer, more sustainable, and more equitable world for everyone. Jozef Sikela, Hadja Lahbib, Kaja Kallas, Ursula von der Leyen, Barry Andrews MEP - we look forward to working with you! We are now 70 partners strong, and I am sure our numbers will continue to grow in the coming months. We'll be populating this website with position papers, calls to action, and information about the next MFF. If you're concerned about the scale of global challenges, and want to see the EU invest more and better development and climate finance, join us: https://lnkd.in/eCMZgwpa A massive thank you for the 70+ org that are partnering with us on this incl. Pandemic Action Network Aidsfonds Global Citizen The ONE Campaign Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) Global Fund Advocates Network Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Equipop Coordination SUD Global Health Advocates End FGM EU AMREF Speak Up Africa WeWorld Onlus WaterAid Save the Children International Search for Common Ground Wemos World Vision Harm Reduction International Nigeria Health Watch Climate Action Network International Oxfam EU office UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health WACI Health Quaker Council for European Affairs

I am pleased to announce the launch of the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV and AIDS (GPP HIV) website: www.gpphiv.org Imagine a space where parliamentarians from all over the world come together, sharing their knowledge, experiences, and ideas to tackle one of the greatest global health challenges of our time—HIV and AIDS. This is the vision behind the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV and AIDS (GPP HIV), a collaborative effort between the Global TB Caucus, Global Equality Caucus, UNITE, and partners like UNAIDS, STOPAIDS, WACI Health, and the International AIDS Society. We launched the platform itself in July 2024 at the International AIDS Conference, and it now unites over 400 parliamentarians from 40 countries, all focused on achieving the SDG3 target of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Through this platform, legislators have the opportunity to connect and collaborate on best practices, discuss challenges, and push for the legislative changes that are so desperately needed. It’s more than just a network—it’s a movement that empowers lawmakers to drive forward policies that ensure everyone, everywhere, has access to HIV prevention and treatment. It’s about eliminating stigma, advocating for human rights and gender equality, and making sure that no one is left behind. The network will also enable parliamentarians to share strategies for collaboration and mobilisation at national level - including how to build All Party Parliamentary Groups on HIV and AIDS like the brilliant one we have here in the UK. Visit the GPP HIV website today at www.gpphiv.org to learn more. We encourage all parliamentarians interested in joining this initiative to register, contact us to share your thoughts, successes and plans related to your policy work and advocacy on HIV in your country. https://lnkd.in/eB4ayh8f We also encourage all those who work with parliamentarians to get in touch to explore how we can work together to support parliamentarians to get involved and to be champions in the HIV response, nationally and globally. You can contact the Platform partners here: https://lnkd.in/eX9bzi8Q Together, we are stronger. Let us move forward with this important agenda and join the movement to end AIDS. STOPAIDS: Uniting UK Voices on the Global Response UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health UNAIDS International AIDS Society WACI Health Global TB Caucus Global Equality Caucus

🚀 Es una gran alegría competirles el lanzamiento del nuevo sitio web de la Plataforma Parlamentaria Global sobre VIH/SIDA. 🏛️Me enorgullece haber sido electo como consejero de esta Plataforma en representación de América latina y el Caribe. 🌍 Esta plataforma, presentada en julio de 2024 durante #AIDS2024, la 25ª Conferencia Internacional sobre el SIDA, es un esfuerzo conjunto de UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health el Global TB Caucus, el Global Equality Caucus, ONUSIDA UNAIDS STOPAIDS: Uniting UK Voices on the Global Response, WACI Health y International AIDS Society. Capacita a los legisladores para abogar por políticas que promuevan el acceso a la prevención y el tratamiento del VIH, eliminen el estigma, defiendan los derechos humanos y la igualdad de género. 🤝 Estamos profundamente comprometidos con la erradicación del sida y seguiremos promoviendo el compromiso a nivel mundial. #EndAIDS #GlobalHealth #GPPHIV #HIV #EliminateStigma #HumanRights #GenderEquality Explora la plataforma aquí 👇 www.gpphiv.org

🚀 UNITE is happy to share the new website of the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS. 🌍 This platform, launched in July 2024 during #AIDS2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, is a joint effort of UNITE, the Global TB Caucus, the Global Equality Caucus, UNAIDS, STOPAIDS: Uniting UK Voices on the Global Response, WACI Health, and the International AIDS Society. It empowers lawmakers to advocate for policies that promote access to HIV prevention and treatment, eliminate stigma, uphold human rights, and champion gender equality. 🏛️We are proud to announce that UNITE Members Hon. Fortune Daniel Molokele (Zimbabwe), Hon. Dr Fauzia Khan (India), Hon. Jiho Cha (South Korea), Hon. kelvin yii Lee Wuen (Malaysia), Hon. Esteban Paulon (Argentina), Hon. Njume Peter Ambang (Cameroon), and Hon. Belîi Adrian (Moldova) were appointed as regional convenors of the Platform. 🤝 UNITE is deeply committed to ending AIDS and will continue to promote the engagement of its members and partners at a global level. #EndAIDS #GlobalHealth #GPPHIV #HIV #EliminateStigma #HumanRights #GenderEquality Explore the platform here 👇

🏥 The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is a reference health establishment with ~1.500 beds, serving the population of Metro Manila, but in reality being the place of last resort for top specialized care in the country 🇵🇭 It was a privilege to visit the hospital along with Honorable Senator Pia Cayetano and to have been invited to give a lecture on ‘The Future of Health driven by #ArtificialIntelligence’ in a room packed with inspiring medical students from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. I learned so much from the students and health professionals - Thank you to you all! HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health Global Health Policy Lab NOVA IMS Information Management School

📢 Mark your calendars for December 17! 5️⃣ MEPs will join forces over a breakfast discussion to discuss Europe’s commitment to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. 💬 What’s at stake? This conversation will delve spotlight concrete actions that can improve the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for those living with HIV across Europe. From policy decisions to funding initiatives, MEPs will outline how we can intensify efforts to meet this urgent, yet achievable, goal. Our distinguished panel includes: 👏 Dr Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&D, Lithuania), our MEP champion and co-host, former EU Health Commissioner, will address how the Commission can elevate HIV on its health agenda to meet the UN SDG 3.3. 👏 Tomislav Sokol (EPP, Croatia), also co-hosting this discussion, will share his expertise on EU cross-border health initiatives and how digital health and data use can enhance care for people living with HIV. 👏 Tilly Metz (Greens/EFA, Luxembourg), a strong advocate for human rights, will address the issues of HIV-related stigma and discrimination. 👏 Andras Kulja MD (EPP, Hungary), a doctor and passionate health advocate, will uncover the complex comorbidities faced by people living with HIV and the need for an integrated, person-centred approach to HIV care. 👏 Vlad Voiculescu (Renew, Romania) will bring his experience as Romania’s former Minister for Health to explore how the EU can focus on measuring and improving the quality of life for people living with HIV.   🚨 Why does this matter? HIV affects 765,000 people in the EU/EEA and 39.9 million globally. The urgency of prioritizing action cannot be overstated—ensuring no one is left behind in the fight against HIV. We are truly inspired by these MEPs for their unwavering leadership and commitment to driving meaningful change in the fight against HIV. Stay tuned! #HIV #HRQoL