Child TB
Union launches new Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence
The centre will promote collaboration and learning across the Africa region to prevent needless child and adolescent TB deaths.
Child TB
The centre will promote collaboration and learning across the Africa region to prevent needless child and adolescent TB deaths.
Tobacco Control
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tobacco control
The new database reveals close to 100 groups which are aiding the tobacco industry in its efforts to undermine public health policies worldwide.
Lung health
The symposium took place at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, with The Union’s newly formed working group for post-TB chronic respiratory disorders playing a key role in its establishment and operation.
Tobacco Control
The campaign was launched by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance against the Philip Morris International funded Foundation for a Smoke-free World.
A new treatment developed by the TB Alliance has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for some of the most drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis
The Union launches the Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence in Uganda, to promote collaboration and learning across the Africa region to prevent needless child and adolescent TB deaths.
Union President Elect Professor Guy Marks has been shortlisted for a top scientific prize for his pioneering work on tuberculosis screening.
The Union welcomes the news that China is planning to regulate e-cigarettes to prevent young people and non-smokers from taking up vaping.
Dr Christopher Zishiri, Director of The Union Zimbabwe Office, has a positive view of the future, much of which stems from the confidence he has in his team.
The STOP global tobacco industry watchdog, of which The Union is a partner, has launched a new database revealing close to 100 groups which are aiding the tobacco industry in its efforts to undermine public health policies worldwide.
Around 65 invited delegates from around the world took part in the two-day event held on Monday 22 July and Tuesday 23 July
Professor Giovanni Battista Migliori and Dr Chi Chiu Leung have been appointed as joint Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD).
A Union backed letter has been sent to UN Secretary-General urging him to reject note calling for a “more nuanced” relationship between the tobacco industry and the UN system.
The TB-HIV Symposium, held in Mexico in advance of the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science, launched a call to action to reach out to six million people living with HIV with preventive treatment for tuberculosis.
The paper summarises findings from a number of animal studies that help to explain the clinical features of TB-DM comorbidity in humans.
Professor Victorino Farga Cuesta, former Executive Director of The Union and Honorary Member, died this week on 15 July, having just turned 92.
SEATCA’s campaign centres around the Foundation for a Smoke-free World’s attempt to trademark the title “Smoke-Free Index” for its new tool
Improved services catering towards adolescents living with HIV have increased retention of young people treated through The Union’s Integrated HIV Care (IHC) Programme in Myanmar.
A letter is written to the World Health Organization requesting gatifloxacin be included on the WHO Essential Medicines List
The Wire magazine has today published an op-ed highlighting India, a rapidly developing economy and home to one-quarter of the global TB burden, as holding immense potential to lead the world in eradicating TB
A new Union course focussed on the care of individuals with latent tuberculosis infection will be launched at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in October.
The Union’s Executive Director José Luis Castro issued a positive call to action for all involved in the fight to end TB to focus on strategies based on people, partnerships – and perhaps most crucially of all – prevention.
The Union launched the Chinese version of its guide for managing Diabetes Mellitus-Tuberculosis at the annual conference of the TB Branch of the Chinese Medical Association.
Professor Lin Yan is Senior Advisor to The Union, working with the Department of TB and HIV, providing research and technical assistance on TB and other public health issues in China and around the world.
The story of Khin Mar Aye, a woman living in the Ye-U Township in the Sagaing region of Myanmar, who was diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
An analysis of a 2018 tax return of the Philip Morris-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World sheds light on the organisation’s funding activities.
The Government of Chad has adopted a draft decree to prevent tobacco industry interference in policy-making, in line with Article 5.3 of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
The Union has launched a new mentorship programme, exclusively for Union members. Mentorship Moments offers Union members an opportunity to gather expertise and advice from more experienced Union members and staff.