about the Summit

The UNITE Global Summit is the world’s leading Forum for forging partnerships between parliamentarians and leaders from the global health community. Leading parliamentarians from across the world will gather with experts from civil society, affected communities, international organizations and academia to discuss the most pressing issues in Global Health and set the political agenda for the year(s) to come.

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Opening Dinner
October 15th, German Bundestag
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UNITE Global Summit 2024
October 16th, JW Marriott Hotel, Berlin, Germany

collaboration with the World Health Summit

In 2024, the World Health Summit and the UNITE Global Summit will join efforts and partner for an additional conference day, in Berlin, with the aim of placing global health at the highest level of the political agenda.

The World Health Summit and UNITE intend to catalyze exchanges between parliamentarians and relevant stakeholders in global health, better aligning policymaking with the main discussions, outcomes and recommendations resulting from WHS 2024.

the agenda

The UNITE Global Summit 2024’s agenda will be divided into four main pillars which cover relevant global health topics of the hour:

Human Rights & Equitable Access to Health
Global Health Architecture & Security
Strengthening of Healthcare Systems
Sustainable Financing for Health

Opening of Registration Desk

Building Trust for Global Health in an era of Political, Social and Health Challenges

Today, global health faces unprecedented challenges due to different but convergent political, social, economic, and environmental factors. These questions include political polarization, disinformation and misinformation, especially […]

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Human Rights & Equitable Access to Health

Implementing a Human Rights Framework in Drug Policies

In recent years, the global community and international organizations have placed an increasing focus on the human rights impacts of drug policies. Drug control efforts seriously […]

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Human Rights & Equitable Access to Health

Elevating Patient Perspectives in Universal Health Coverage (UHC): A Focus on Liver Cancer

Welcome Words by Hon. Yvonne Magwas, Vice-President of the German Bundestag

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Strengthening of Healthcare Systems

The Role of the Private Sector in the Strengthening of Healthcare Systems in LMICs: the Case of Non-Communicable Diseases

Many countries are now tasked with strengthening their healthcare systems and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have emerged as the primary cause of premature death and disability, affecting […]

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Sustainable Financing for Health

The Role of MPs in Preventing Health-related Poverty: a Conversation with Dr Madga Robalo, UHC2030 Co-Chair

According to the World Health Organization, at least 4.5 billion people — more than half of the world’s population — lack essential health services. Financial protection […]

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host

Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi, M.D.

President, Medical Women's International Association (MWIA)

Dr. Branwen J Hennig, PhD

Executive Director, Global Health Policy Lab

speakers & participants

Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, M.D.

President & Founder, UNITE, Portugal

Prof. José Manuel Barroso

Board Chair at Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

Hon. Yvonne Magwas

Vice-President, German Bundestag

Dr. Catharina Boehme

Assistant Director-General, External Relations and Governance, World Health Organization

Prof. Dr. Axel Pries

President, World Health Summit

Peter Sands

Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Dr. Faustine Ndugulile

Member of Parliament, Tanzania

Dr. Huma Abbasi

General Manager Health & Medical, Chevron

Rt. Hon. Helen Clark

Former Prime Minister, New Zealand
Former Administrator, UNDP

Prof. Dr. Daniela Schwarzer

Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Dr. Magda Robalo

Co-Chair, UHC2030 Steering Committee

Dr. David Reddy, PhD

Director General, IFPMA

Geordy Kitchen

Director of Product Manager, Search, Google

Han Steutel

President, Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (vfa)

Nicola Bedlington

Chair, Global Patient Think Thank

Former Secretary General of European Patients Forum (EPF)

Smitha Sadasivan

Senior Advisor, Inclusive Health Policy, Disability Rights India Foundation

Diane Langenbacher

Operating Committee, International Liver Cancer Movement

Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, M.D.

Global Commission on Drug Policy, Commissioner

Judy Chang

Executive Director, International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD)

Kiti Kajana-Phillips

Program Manager for the Advancing Global Drug Policy Reform, Open Society Foundations

Dr. Tamara Prinsenberg

Advocacy and Policy Manager, AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Europe Bureau

Anton Basenko

Global Fund

Hon. Gisela Scaglia

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, Latin America & The Caribbean

Vice-Governor, Santa Fe, Argentina

Hon. Sonia Sidhu

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, North America

Member of Parliament, Canada

Hon. Andrew Ullmann, M.D.

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, Western & Central Europe

Member of Parliament, Germany

Dr. Mariam Jashi, M.D.

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Georgia

CEO, Global Sepsis Alliance

Hon. Akua Dansua

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, Western & Central Africa, Ghana

Dr. Amar Patnaik

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, India

Hon. Ibtissame Azzaoui

UNITE Global Board Member, Chapter Chair, Middle East & North Africa, Morocco

Hon. Liliana Tanguy

Member of Parliament, France

Hon. Amira Saber

Member of Parliament, Egypt

Dr. Éctor-Jaime Ramirez Barba, M.D.

Member of Parliament, Mexico

Hon. Njume Peter Ambang

Member of Parliament, Cameroon

Hon. Daniel Molokela-Tsiye

Member of Parliament, Zimbabwe

Hon. Sophia Moermond

Member of Parliament, Australia

Dr. Allal Amraoui, M.D.

Member of Parliament, Morocco

Hon. Majda Alfallah

Member of Parliament, Libya

Hon. Serhii Kuzminykh

Member of Parliament, Ukraine

Senator Hugo Jesús Rasetto

Senator, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Sen. Hamida Kibwana

Senator, Kenya

Hon. Pastor Vera Bejarano

Member of Parliament, Paraguay

Hon. Jean-François MBAYE

Former Member of Parliament, France

Chief of Staff, City Mayor, Paris

Hon. Sabrina Sebaihi

Member of Parliament, France

Hon. Eleonore Caroit

Member of Parliament, France

Hon. Guillaume Gouffier-Valente

Member of Parliament, France

Prof. Luis Sambo, M.D.

Former Minister of Health, Angola

Former Director, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa

Hon. Benson Phiri

Member of Parliament, Malawi

Hon. Vinera Raimbachaeva

Member of Parliament, Kyrgyz Republic

Dr. José Ignacio Echániz Salgado

UNITE Member, Spain

Dr. Fauzia Khan

Member of Parliament, India

Dr. Sara Cerdas, M.D.

UNITE Member, Portugal

Prof. Akaki Zoidze

UNITE Member, Georgia

Dr. Orjola Pampuri, PhD

Member of Parliament, Albania

Dr. Valentina Buliga

UNITE Member, Moldova

Hon. Sobita Gautam

Member of Parliament, Nepal

Hon. Maria José Plaza

UNITE Member, Ecuador

Hon. Margot Palacios Huaman

Congresswoman, Peru

Ambassador Claudio Marte González

UNITE Member, Bolivia

Hon. Fatou Cham

Member of Parliament, The Gambia

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