UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health
Budget
€318,048
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.2 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
UNITE is a non-profit, non-partisan, global network of current and former members of parliament from multinational, national, state, and regional Parliaments, Congresses, and Senates, committed towards the promotion of evidence-based and sustainable policies for improved global health systems, in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNITE aims at supporting parliamentarians all around the world to promote and advocate for evidence-based policies, anchoring health reforms, budgets, and programs, on the latest science and data available. UNITE’s policy priorities focus on three cross-cutting areas, namely, human rights and equitable access to health, health systems strengthening, and global health architecture and security, placing UNITE as the only network of parliamentarians from around the world currently focusing on the global health agenda.
EU Legislative Interests
- Global Health Strategy - EU4Health programme 2021-2027 - Horizon Europe - European Care Strategy - Mental Health Strategy - The twin green & digital transition - EU Drugs Strategy - EU MFF
Communication Activities
EVENTS - Launch event of the informal group on HIV at the European Parliament, in February 2022 (virtual) - Roundtable discussion on HIV policies, in March 2023 (European Parliament) - Co-organization of the 10 years anniversary event of the European Testing Week, in November 2023 (European Parliament) - Co-organised with HIV Outcomes, and the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) a roundtable discussion, December 2024 (European Parliament in Strasbourg) - Organised the roundtable "One Year on from the Consensus Statement on Actions to End AIDS and HIV as a Public Health threat by 2030", 19 February 2025 (virtual) - Organised the "Meeting of the Informal Group on HIV/AIDS in the European Parliament", 13 May 2025 (virtual) - Organised the roundtable "Still fighting: Ending HIV and AIDS and why complacency is not an option", 4 June 2025 (European Parliament) - Participated in the EACS EU Summit, 30 June 2025 CAMPAIGNS - Supporter of the launch of the MFF Hub, December 2024 - Promoter of the Global Fund 8th Replenishment campaign, including co-signing a letter to the European Commission, March 2025 - Supporter of the European Sepsis Alliance "Call to Action for EU institutions and member states at the European Parliament", March 2025 PUBLICATIONS - Open editorial to the press "It’s Time to End AIDS: Why EU Should Fund Search for HIV Vaccine", signed by Members of the European Parliament (https://healthpolicy-watch.news/its-time-to-end-aids-why-eu-should-fund-search-for-hiv-vaccine/), May 2023 - Drug Policy Manifesto for the 2024 European Parliament Elections, March 2024 - European Network for Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Resistance (ENIPAR) "Call to Action for EU and national legislators", October 2024
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
- Member of the Global Health Council (https://globalhealth.org/) - Member of the People's Vaccine Alliance (https://peoplesvaccine.org/) - Member of the Planetary Health Alliance (https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/) - Member of the Coordination Committee One Europe for Global Health (https://onesustainablehealth.org/en/one-europe-en/organisation) - Permanent Observer of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (https://www.ipu.org/) - Observer Member of HIV Outcomes (https://hivoutcomes.eu/) - Observer Member of the HIV Prevention Alliance - Observer Member of the European AIDS Treatment Group (https://www.eatg.org/) - Member of the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform - Member of the European Network on Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Resistance (ENIPAR)
Organisation Members
UNITE has over 520 members (current and fomer parliamentarians) from more than 120 countries. The full list can be seen here: https://www.unitenetwork.org/more-about-our-network/ UNITE also has multiple partner organisations, which can be found here: https://www.unitenetwork.org/more-about-unite/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.