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The UNITE Global Summit is UNITE’s flagship annual event to promote political impact & momentum towards ending infectious diseases as a global health threat. This year’s event, the UNITE Global Summit 2021, aims to secure political leadership as a key determinant to a fairer and equitable global health ecosystem that promotes health & well-being for all.

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Why will the Summit be important?

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By empowering political leaders, the Summit will draw key discussions and action on how, following COVID-the international architecture responds to current and future pandemics that affectand might affect the most vulnerable of our societies.

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To implement more inclusive actions and solutions, the UNITE Global Summit serves as a platform for all relevant stakeholders to connect with elected members of parliament, congresses and senates who have the powers of:

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• Changing laws
• Changing budgets
• Influencing policies
• And holding national governments & international organisations accountable

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What will be the three central topics of the UNITE Global Summit 2021?  

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This year the Summit will focus on three central topics:

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• Building Back Better our Communities
• Science & Innovation: Hope for an Equitable Future
• Rethinking Global Health & Multilateralism

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To highlight different windows of opportunity in global health policy, the Summit will bring a whole-of-government approach by parliamentarians and elected officials with leaders from multilateral organizations, public-private partnerships, government development agencies, foundations, international NGOs, civil society, think tanks, academia and the private sector.