Union World Conference
Session and abstract submissions for Union World Conference open until 19 April
Submit a session or abstract for the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health before the deadline this week.
Union World Conference
Submit a session or abstract for the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health before the deadline this week.
Tobacco Control
José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, spoke in Bucharest about the ongoing tobacco epidemic and what is needed for an actionable plan to end it.
MDR-TB
The results prove that a nine-month treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant TB is as effective as the 20-month regimen.
Union World Conference
Join the world's largest gathering of experts working on all aspects of lung health, taking place in Hyderabad, India, from 30 October to 2 November.
Tuberculosis
The Union welcomes The Lancet Commission, a comprehensive roadmap for how countries with a high-burden of tuberculosis and their development partners can meet the goals set by September’s UN High-Level Meeting on TB.
Sixteen tuberculosis survivors met with leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to share their experiences with those who have responsibility for determining the US government’s response to TB both in the US and worldwide.
The Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health has published “Health Taxes to Save Lives”, calling on countries to significantly raise tobacco, alcohol and sugary beverage taxes to save lives and address the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases.
José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, spoke at the first Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World, on the ongoing tobacco epidemic and what is needed to create an actionable plan to end it.
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi delivered this year’s Stephen Lawn Memorial lecture, reminding those listening of the commitments made at the first ever UN HLM on TB in 2018, and highlighting how South Africa plans to make the goals to end TB a reality.
Throughout March, The Union in Myanmar has been hosting an annual Fun Day for children living with HIV who are part of the Union’s Integrated HIV Care (IHC) Programme.
Staff from The Union Office in Myanmar, have joined the World TB Day It’s Time campaign by taking a series of photos and sharing them widely to raise awareness that it’s time to end TB.
The Union Zimbabwe Office in Harare is planning an event hosted by 55 local and traditional leaders in the district.
A profile of Dr Grania Brigden, Deputy Director, Department of Tuberculosis and HIV at The Union.
Dr Sekaggya-Wiltshire leads the tuberculosis and HIV clinic at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
The Union welcomes The Lancet Commission, published on 20 March, as a comprehensive roadmap for how countries with a high-burden of TB and their development partners can get on track to meet the goals set by the UN HLM on TB.
In the lead up to World TB Day (24 March), The Union hosted a panel discussion in New Delhi on the challenge of ending the tuberculosis emergency in India and globally.
Proactive outreach into communities to screen for tuberculosis among marginalised and vulnerable populations in India reduces the delay in diagnosis of smear-positive pulmonary TB
Some 6000 delegates – political leaders, doctors, researchers, nurses, celebrities and activists – expected to attend the four day event
In response to the publication of final results from Stage 1 of the STREAM trial, Dr Paula I Fujiwara, Scientific...
Final results released today show that a 9-11-month treatment regimen is as effective in treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Final results are released today in the New England Journal of Medicine and just ahead of World TB Day on 24 March
Three students successfully defended their theses to obtain Doctor of Philosophy degrees in their respective fields.
Authors from The Union have published a new paper in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Submissions are now open for the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health. Interested participants will have the opportunity to...
The Union calls for the Turkish Government to revoke the appointment of Mr Riza Tuna Turagay – a Director of...
The 23rd Annual Conference of The Union North America Region welcomed over 300 tuberculosis (TB) experts who heard an engaging...
Results of two research studies are released to help understand the processes by which consumers purchase tobacco and thereby strengthen tobacco control in El Salvador.
Ashin Sandawaya is a 46-year-old monk living in Htigyaing, a town in northern Myanmar tells the story of his journey from diagnosis of tuberculosis to community advocate.
Popular member webinar, Debate on the future of treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), is now available online, with open access.