University of Muhammadiyah Magelang Launches New School To Help Farmers Transition From Tobacco
A huge body of research demonstrates that tobacco growing is neither safe—it results in green tobacco sickness—nor lucrative, with the…
Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health Publishes “ENDS Repository”
With support from The Union, Mexico’s National Institute of Health conducted a systematic literature review of nearly one thousand…
World Earth Day 2021 and PHA
This Earth Day, we highlight two preprints accepted for the June issue of PHA. The articles by Sinha et al. and Harries and co-…
World Earth Day 2021 and PHA
All content in PHA is Open Access and free to read. PHA covers all areas of operational research including: infection control…
Indonesia’s Minister of Health says Tobacco Control Key to Fighting COVID-19, Non-Communicable Diseases, and Tuberculosis and Outlines Amendments to Government Regulation PP109/2012 as Key Strategy
Indonesia is unduly burdened by tobacco: it has a has a 63% male smoking prevalence, and smoking causes approximately 235,000 deaths…
New Paper Finds Indian Tobacco Companies Provided Nearly US$37 Million in Corporate Social Responsibility During First Months of COVID-19
India’s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA) bars tobacco company corporate social responsibility (CSR) as does…
Asymptomatic COVID-19 – implications for the control of transmission in South Africa
The authors conducted a retrospective analysis to determine the proportion of asymptomatic COVID-19 in the workplace during lockdown in…
Ground-breaking Tuberculosis Psychosocial Support Guide from The Union, TB Alert and global partners
The Union in partnership with TB Alert, WHO Regional Office for Europe and the Stop TB partnership today released a new guide “…
Asymptomatic COVID-19 – implications for the control of transmission in South Africa
The authors conducted a retrospective analysis to determine the proportion of asymptomatic COVID-19 in the workplace during lockdown in…
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Calls for Strong Tobacco Control Policies, Urges Amendments to PP 109/2012
On 8 April, Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesia’s largest, most influential civil society organisations, organised a high-level meeting to…
Makassar City Government Integrates Tobacco Control into COVID-19 Recovery Plan
At a meeting on 31 March, newly appointed Makassar Mayor Mr Ramadhan Pomanto urged the 1.5 million residents of Eastern Indonesia’s…
Pretomanid with bedaquiline and linezolid for drug-resistant TB: a comparison of prospective cohorts
In this recently accepted article for IJTLD, the authors performed a cohort-comparison study to assess Pretomanid in a regimen to treat…
Pretomanid with bedaquiline and linezolid for drug-resistant TB: a comparison of prospective cohorts
In this recently accepted article for IJTLD, the authors performed a cohort-comparison study to assess Pretomanid in a regimen to treat…
The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data
In this recently accepted Review for IJTLD, the authors summarise the evidence available at a country level, identifying broad…
The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data
In this recently accepted Review for IJTLD, the authors summarise the evidence available at a country level, identifying broad…
Ethos Public Lab’s Evidence-Based Report Reveals Tobacco Industry is financing vaping groups in Mexico
Tobacco industry interference in public health policies is not new but has, over the past few years, significantly intensified in Mexico…
A New COTPA Amendment and Government Hiring Policy Tackle Tobacco in Jharkhand
The Jharkhand legislative assembly approved, on 22 March, an important amendment to national legislation—The Cigarettes and Other…
World TB Day 2021
World TB Day marks a time when we join with others and call for global action to end tuberculosis, an airborne disease that…
Tackling TB and COVID-19: US leadership is needed on global health, now more than ever
In the lead up to World TB Day, an article in PHA calls for increased funding and renewed leadership to coordinate the global fight…
A New Health Development Surcharge (HDS) Code Can Create a Pathway Toward a Tobacco Free Bangladesh
In 2015 the Bangladesh government began to levy a 1 percent Health Development Surcharge (HDS) for all tobacco products, an amount of…
Tackling TB and COVID-19: US leadership is needed on global health, now more than ever
In the lead up to World TB Day, an article in PHA calls for increased funding and renewed leadership to coordinate the global fight…
The Union partners with LSHTM and the University of Cape Town to announce the Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture 2021
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), together with the University of Cape Town and The Union, pays tribute to…
Impact of influenza A co-infection with COVID-19
This study reports on the rate of co-infection with influenza A in a cohort of COVID-19 patients and its impact on the clinical course…
Impact of influenza A co-infection with COVID-19
This study reports on the rate of co-infection with influenza A in a cohort of COVID-19 patients and its impact on the clinical course…