WHAT WE DO
We move health up the political agenda
We are an umbrella organisation, bringing together existing parliamentary networks and seeding new ones to keep health high on the political agenda and translate commitments into action.
A SHARED model for political impact
EACH OF OUR NETWORKS WORKS TO...
Build SALIENCE
Each of our platforms works to elevate their issues through parliamentary engagement with context-specific policy relevance.
Increase visibility
Amplifying global health milestones within national parliaments and our communties to ensure political focus remains steadfast.
ENGAGE PEERS
Strengthening cross-party collaboration and regional knowledge sharing between parliamentarians, sharing and multiplying best practice.
MEET PROMISES
We work to translate globally agreed health commitments and targets into national-level action, with appropriate funding and the right policies.
HOW WE CREATE CHANGE
From commitments to outcomes
Build leadership
We cultivate a network of dedicated parliamentarians who lead with authority and drive legislative momentum. We mobilise parliamentarians through: 1) engagement from their peers who are already champions 2) through collaborations with engaged, local, civil society, 3) through direct engagement from our core Secretariat team.
Mobilise accountability
We establish rigorous monitoring systems to track progress and ensure parliamentary action remains transparent. In particular, we build partnerships with key portfolio committees, such as Health and Finance committees, who have powers to hold their executives to account for their promises. We also build national caucuses, groups of parliamentarians uniting across political ideologies in-country to press for change.
Translate commitments
We bridge the gap between policy statements and actionable frameworks, ensuring global health goals are met. We do this by providing timely, actionable, support to parliamentarians through our decentralised teams of regional managers who help the members of our platforms maximise the impact of their political capital in their own settings.
Amplify influence
We leverage collective power to influence global health agendas and secure sustainable funding for health outcomes. We bring parliamentarians from across the world together in one voice to influence major multilateral policy positions. Our Global TB Caucus platform was expressly recognised by the United Nations General Assembly for its work around the 2018 High-Level Meeting on TB.
FOCUS AREAS
Platforms under the Global Health Caucus
The Global Health Caucus brings together specialised platforms under a shared political mandate for health.
Menopause
We are building a global network of parliamentarians committed to advancing menopausal health and equality. If you are a Member of Parliament interested in joining the initiative, click here.
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
This platform is in development. Check back soon!
WHY IT MATTERS
The gap is not knowledge.
It is action.
We exist to close the political gap between what the world knows and what parliaments do.