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Founder and President of UNITE
Ricardo Baptista Leite, MP, MD, PhD(c)
Medical Doctor and Member of the Portuguese National Parliament
Health Committee | Foreign Affairs Committee
Head of Public Health | Catholic University of Portugal
Guest Lecturer | Nova University of Lisbon
City Councilor of Cascais
@RBaptistaLeite | [email protected]
With the support and under the auspices of
 SUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 42: Invitation to Join UNITE - Parliamentarians Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Tuberculosis
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Securing Political Leadership to
End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis
and Tuberculosis
Founder & President of UNITE
Ricardo Baptista Leite, MP, MD, PhD(c)
Medical Doctor and Member of the Portuguese National Parliament
Health Committee | Foreign Affairs Committee
Head of Public Health | Catholic University of Portugal
Guest Lecturer | Nova University of Lisbon
City Councilor of Cascais
@RBaptistaLeite | [email protected]
www.unitenetwork.org
With the support &
under the auspices of
 SUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 42: Invitation to Join UNITE - Parliamentarians Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Tuberculosis
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PROBLEM ANALYSIS &
RESUMED DATA
36.7 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY LIVE WITH HIV
(end of 2015)
2.1 MILLION ARE ADOLESCENTS
ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN FACE GENDER-BASED
INEQUALITIES, EXCLUSION, DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE
240 MILLION PEOPLE ARE THOUGHT TO BE CHRONICALLY INFECTED WITH
HEPATITIS B AND 184 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ANTIBODIES TO HEPATITIS C
VIRAL HEPATITIS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ~ 1.4 MILLION DEATHS PER YEAR
OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE DEVELOP TUBERCULOSIS (TB) EACH YEAR
IN 2015, THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 1.4 MILLION TB DEATHS AND AN
ADDITIONAL 0.4 MILLION DEATHS RESULTING FROM TB AMONG
PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV
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Taking global action to deliver
on global policy goals
We are finally on the way to have
the scientific evidence and
technological means to end
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and
Tuberculosis as public health threats
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Taking global action to deliver
on global policy goals
Members of National Parliaments
approve national health budgets
and can change local policy, which
are needed to achieve the global
target to end HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis and Tuberculosis by 2030
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Taking global action to
deliver on global policy
goals
Still MP’s are excluded fro
European and International
workgroups and decision
processes
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TAKING GLOBAL ACTION TO
DELIVER ON GLOBAL POLICY
GOALS
There is a need to foster an organized network of
Parliamentarians to fight HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis
and Tuberculosis to:
Keep these conditions high on the political and media agendas
Advocate for the policy reforms needed to eliminate these epidemics
Address life-long quality of life, inequality, exclusion and changing
epidemiological trends
Focus responses on patient´s needs, key populations and vulnerable
populations
Expand testing and increase diagnosis and care
Ensure access to treatment
Overcome Stigma and discrimination
Promote research and innovation
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UNITE
A global network of policy makers (current and former legislators from
state national and regional parliaments) to advocate for the end of
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Tuberculosis, mainly by raising awareness and
advocating for policy reform
An independent charity (nonprofit, non-partisan, NGO) with funding from
non-health industry sources
Political representatives from around the world to give a coordinated,
effective and strong response towards eliminating these global threats
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UNITE
To achieve our goals, we commit to:
•
Actively contribute towards keeping HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and
Tuberculosis high on the political and media agendas;
•
Establish yearly goals, policy recommendations and frameworks on the
topics of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Tuberculosis, based on the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals | SDGs;
•
Ensure the presence of our network in international and regional
conferences, debates and decision processes;
•
Push for evidence-based reform focused on health outcomes, including
quality of life.
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TAKING GLOBAL ACTION TO DELIVER ON GLOBAL
POLICY GOALS
The network will have 5 supporting committees:
Network Patrons
(high-level
celebrities
willing to create
awareness on the
networks actions)
Global Advisory Board
(UNAIDS, WHO, ECDC,
European Commission,
among others)
Scientific Committee
(EACS, EASL, HIV in
Europe, HIV Outcomes,
among others)
Patients and
Communities
Advocacy Board
(Patient associations
and related NGO's)
Media and
Communication
Council
(journalists,
media companies
and communication
specialists)
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UNITE
By joining UNITE, you will actively be contributing to:
•
Give a coordinated, strong and effective response towards eliminating
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Tuberculosis
•
Ensure that these conditions are acknowledge as public health priorities
with a need for integrated responses within health systems, from
prevention, diagnosis, linkage-to-care, treatment and follow-up;
•
Achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Goals | SDGs;
•
End stigma and discrimination towards those living with HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis and Tuberculosis, enhancing quality of life and social justice for
all;
•
Promote research and innovation.
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It’s ti e to REBOOT the political aware ess a d actio
towards ending HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Tuberculosis.
It’s time to UNITE.
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It’s ti e to e d HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis and
Tuberculosis.
It’s time to UNITE.
www.unitenetwork.org
Founder and President of UNITE
Ricardo Baptista Leite, MP, MD, PhD(c)
Medical Doctor and Member of the Portuguese National Parliament
Health Committee | Foreign Affairs Committee
Head of Public Health | Catholic University of Portugal
Guest Lecturer | Nova University of Lisbon
City Councilor of Cascais
@RBaptistaLeite | [email protected]
With the support and under the auspices of