Local community raise TB awareness through art
As part of an initiative to raise awareness of tuberculosis (TB) in Meghalaya, India, local people have been invited to help paint TB…
Tobacco farmers empowered to make positive change
This year’s World No Tobacco Day theme was “Grow food, not tobacco”. The campaign raises awareness about alternative crop…
World No Tobacco Day 2023: Professor Pinpin Zheng
What is your role in the tobacco control field?
I have engaged in dozens of tobacco control research programs. Some of…
The Union supports Airlangga University to go tobacco-free
In a historic step, Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, has implemented a tobacco-free campus policy, becoming the…
World No Tobacco Day 2023: Dr Yogesh Kumar Jain
I currently live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, and work as the Project Manager in a Bloomberg Philanthropies Grant, managed by…
Enhancing Tuberculosis Care and Prevention: Join our Internationally Acclaimed Training Courses!
Monthly ‘round-up’ news item – May 2023
Union Asia Pacific Monthly Bulletin April 2023
The Union Asia Pacific Office has published the April issue of its bulletin to share our activities in the region. This bulletin…
International Nurses Day 2023: Wilson Mangeni
Where do you work as a nurse?
I am a study nurse at World Alliance for Lung and Intensive Care Medicine in Uganda,…
Analysis of the Indian Government’s position on the use of asbestos and its health effects
An article in a forthcoming issue of PHA highlights the Indian Governments attitude to asbestos – and the health implications of this.…
Analysis of the Indian Government’s position on the use of asbestos and its health effects
An article in a forthcoming issue of PHA highlights the Indian Governments attitude to asbestos – and the health implications of this.…
International Nurses Day 2023: Fernando Augusto Dias e Sanches
Where do you work as a nurse?
I currently work at the Tuberculosis Research Center at Thorax Diseases Instituto,…
Union statements for UN multi-stakeholder hearings on health
Multi-stakeholder Hearing on the Fight against Tuberculosis (TB)
“Tuberculosis remains a global health emergency. To accelerate…
GPT-4, artificial intelligence and implications for publishing
An Editorial in a forthcoming issue of the IJTLD highlights the implications of artificial intelligence for publishing. The preprint is…
Nepal's Prime Minister commits to end TB and tobacco
In March, Dr Tara Singh Bam, Director of The Union Asia Pacific met with the Prime Minister of Nepal to discuss strategies to prevent…
GPT-4, artificial intelligence and implications for publishing
An Editorial in a forthcoming issue of the IJTLD highlights the implications of artificial intelligence for publishing. The preprint is…
New Community Advisory Panel elected
The Union has elected a new Community Advisory Panel (UCAP). UCAP consists of engaged members of affected communities and civil society…
Union Asia Pacific Monthly Bulletin March 2023
The Union Asia Pacific Office has published the March issue of its bulletin to share our activities in the region. This bulletin…
Join our webinar and help us find TB to end TB
The event, aimed at healthcare professionals and policy makers, follows the Union's World TB Day theme: “We must…
Join our webinar and help us find TB to end TB
The Union has developed a series of resources to help address TB in vulnerable groups, including children and adolescents. During the…
Child tuberculosis: Akello's TB preventive therapy story
Akello, 10 years old, is living with HIV. After his mother fled to South Africa to look for work five years ago, he has been living with…
We must find and treat everyone with tuberculosis (TB), to end TB
We have seen commitments from world leaders and several iterations of global TB strategies come and go, but the reality is that…
Need for increased global attention on maternal TB: Global TB Report inclusion
Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for 6-15% of all maternal deaths and leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as pre-eclampsia…
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.
MESSAGE FROM HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCESS AKISHINO OF JAPAN, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE UNION
On World TB Day, the lung health and wider community must come together to take action to end tuberculosis (TB). We have the…