MSF and The Union launch "DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope"
Medicins Sans Frontieres' Access Campaign and The Union launched the 3rd edition of DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope" at the 44th Union…
MDR-TB: The conversation continued
The challenging questions of how to treat manage multidrug-resistant TB were addressed in the Stop TB symposium and a press conference…
Live stream: Plenary Session on Asthma and Child Pneumonia
Saturday's plenary session from 11:30-12:30 (CET) presents Prof Innes Asher on "Asthma: the forgotten epidemic" and Prof Heather Zar on"…
Scenes from Paris 2013: Thursday
On Thursday, the 2,800 World Conference delegates attended post-graduate courses and workshops on topics from childhood TB and asthma to…
Paris Conference to Highlight Vital Research in Fight Against TB, HIV, Asthma, Childhood Lung Disease, Tobacco Use and Air Pollution
Each year, close to 10 million people die as a result of lung disease – including 3.5 million from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
Survey shows 91% of Indonesians support accession to WHO FCTC
The study results showed a high level of support, even though 32.2% of the people interviewed were current smokers. For example:
…Steve Graham: A life dedicated to child lung health
Steve Graham knows what it is like not to be able to breathe. As a child growing up on a farm in Australia, he suffered…
The Director’s Corner
Dear colleagues, As The Union enters its 95th year, I write you with an urgent appeal to join us in revitalising the global…
The Union to hold 2nd President’s Centennial Dinner on 30 October in Paris
The Centennial Campaign honours the upcoming 100th anniversary of The Union, which was founded in Paris in 1920 by 31 national lung…
The Union supports TAG’s campaign for UNITAID to speed up HCV response
HCV is a prevalent—and deadly—coinfection among people living with HIV/AIDS, especially people who inject drugs. An estimated five…
First-Ever Targeted Roadmap Outlines Steps to End Childhood TB Deaths
The Roadmap for Childhood TB: Toward Zero Deaths, launched today by global TB leaders[1] in Washington D.C., estimates that US$120…
Workshop examines past TB operational research to identify new applications
TB experts gathered in New Delhi in August to review two decades of operational research conducted in India with the goals of…
The Union trains physicians in Yunnan Province to manage TB-HIV challenges
Among the issues that the 5-day intensive course addressed were how to handle TB patients who present with immune systems badly…
UK air quality expert to lead off the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health
Prof Ross Anderson MD MSC FFPH FRCP FMEDSci is an epidemiologist and public health specialist with a medical background. He is a member…
Mayor Bloomberg visits The Union headquarters
The Union and CTFK co-manage the Bloomberg Tobacco Control Grants Programme, as partners in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco…
Childhood TB Roadmap to be launched on 1 October in Washington, DC
To register for the press conference and/or workshop: childhood-tb-rsvp@theunion.org
If you have questions: childhood-tb-rsvp@…
The Union calls for governments to exclude tobacco products from trade treaties
The TPP is a free trade agreement involving 12 countries that are part of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Australia,…
Experts and advocates call on Indonesia to ratify WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The declaration – adopted by delegates to the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health held last week in Chiba, Japan –…
Baja California state in Mexico now smokefree
Baja California has an estimated population of 3.1 million people with visitors to the state far exceeding that number. Up to 23% of the…
The Union supports plan for "children in adversity"
“Meeting the health needs of children in low- and middle-income countries is central to The Union’s vision of health solutions for the…
Armand Van Deun: Building laboratory networks that deliver quality results and save lives
A decade ago, when Dr Armand Van Deun began to work with Uganda’s tuberculosis laboratory network, it was rated very poorly. “…
TB screening in high HIV-prevalence settings and more in the September IJTLD
The September issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease is now online. This issue includes articles such as a…
IMDP to collaborate with WHO's TBTEAM by delivering health management training
TBTEAM, the Tuberculosis TEchnical Assistance Mechanism, whose secretariat is hosted in the WHO Global TB Programme, is a global…
NCD Alliance launches programme to support NCD civil society efforts in South Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease – kill approximately 36…