A reflection on 2023
Prof Guy Marks, President and Interim Executive Director, reflections on the dedication, hard work and achievements of The Union in 2023.
Here are a few updates from the #UnionConf2024:
- While session submissions are now closed, Community Connect Engagement Activities submissions are currently open. Art/ photography exhibition, films, workshops, poster submissions and live performance applications will remain open until 10 August.
- The second round of Satellite Session submissions are open until 1 August.
Meanwhile, please spread the word among your networks to register for #UnionConf2024. We have early, affordable rates until 30 June.
This year we are also offering options for accommodation, airport transfers, etc. Please visit www.worldlunghealth.org for regular updates on #UnionConf2024.
IJTLD OPEN has launched
The Union has launched the first issue of IJTLD OPEN – a fully-compliant, open access journal to enhance our coverage of tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease.
This first issue of IJTLD OPEN features Editorials (highlighting TB in children and adolescents; and the need for action after the UN High-Level Meeting on TB) and a mix of Original Articles on TPT initiation; screening of household contacts for TB infection; Omicron SARS-COV-2 infection’; timeliness metrics for screening and preventing TB; and priorities for EMR countries to achieve TB elimination.
Watch a video on the launch of IJTLD OPEN https://youtu.be/nXW7wHSG1DM
Nutritional acquired immunodeficiency (N-AIDS) a key driver of TB Pandemic
One in five incident TB cases were attributable to malnutrition, more than double the number attributed to HIV/AIDS. Like HIV/AIDS, malnutrition is a cause of secondary immunodeficiency, known as nutritionally acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (N-AIDS). The Union and research partners have reviewed decades of data and made the case that N-AIDS deserves special consideration in the effort to eliminate TB.
An update on the IJTLD: our latest impact factor and influence on policy-making
An Editorial in a forthcoming issue of the IJTLD describes improvements to our impact factor and influence on policy making.
Seventeen countries have benefited from The Union’s international courses
Free Online Course on CXR Interpretation for Child Tuberculosis Diagnosis
“7-1-7” timeliness metric is valuable to TB household contacts in Pakistan
New research led by The Union finds the “7-1-7” timeliness metric to be valuable for screening and supporting household contacts of people with tuberculosis. The Union's Centre for Operational Research is assessing the use of the metric in India, Kenya and Pakistan.
Myths, misconceptions, and half-truths about TB
The Union shares facts about tuberculosis (TB) to dispel 13 myths, misconceptions, and half-truths getting in the way of ending TB.
Technical publications
Technical guides on TB, tobacco control, lung health and more, written by experts.
