Union statement on UN resolution to convene High-Level Meeting on Global Tuberculosis
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease fully supports the UN’s resolution to convene a High-Level Meeting on…
Film released to mark one year countdown to Global NCD Alliance Forum
The NCD Alliance has launched a film asking What drives you to be an NCD advocate? featuring the Union’s Executive Director and…
Universal Health Coverage Day calls for concerted action to ensure health for all
Today, 12 December 2016, marks the third Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, an event organised by the World Health Organization and…
Union statement on UN Human Rights Day 2016
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December, commemorating the date in 1948 when the UN General Assembly adopted the…
The Union honours Michael R. Bloomberg’s leadership in global tobacco control as $360 million additional funding is announced
Edinburgh, 5 December 2016 – New funds totalling $360 million have been announced today by Bloomberg Philanthropies, furthering its…
The Union Supports MSF Call for Temporary Freeze on Implementing Global Fund Sustainability, Transition and Co-Financing Policy
On 16 November, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent an open letter to the Secretariat and Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,…
Integrated approach critical to ending TB-HIV - A message from José Luis Castro on World AIDS Day
Integrated approach critical to ending TB-HIV
A message from José Luis Castro on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016
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The Director’s Corner
Integrated approach critical to ending TB-HIV
A message from José Luis Castro on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016
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Corporates Join the Call to Action for TB-Free India
The Union and local partners organised an event in Mumbai to bring together corporates that have committed support to the Government of…
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 7th Conference of the Parties highlights tobacco industry tactics
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [WHO FCTC] 7th Conference of the Parties [COP7] met in New Delhi…
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan urges political leaders to commit to action on tuberculosis
Legendary Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan, addressed the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health and its participants…
Project Axshya TB Forum negotiates free x-rays for presumptive TB patients
One of The Union’s Project Axshya TB forums in Rudraprayag district in the state of Uttarakhand has successfully made x-rays accessible…
José Luis Castro highlights the urgent need to address non-communicable disease in Cuba and the world
On 16 November José Luis Castro, The Union’s Executive Director, spoke at the 7th National Congress of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Cuba…
The Stephen Lawn Memorial Fund for TB and AIDS Research Leadership will support a lecture and a new prize on TB-HIV
Professor Stephen David Lawn was remembered and greatly missed at the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Liverpool last…
The Union cuts HIV transmission for hundreds of mothers and children in Myanmar
The Union Office in Myanmar runs the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMCT) programme, to help reduce HIV incidence.…
Gustavo Sóñora: Tobacco control is not just public health, it’s about human rights
Twelve years ago Gustavo Sóñora was hired as legal counsel for Miguel Asqueta, the congressman charged with authoring Uruguay’s…
The Director’s Corner
DM-TB – the convergence of two epidemics
A message from José Luis Castro for World Diabetes Day – 14 November 2016
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The Union and World Diabetes Foundation release documentary for World Diabetes Day
Tuberculosis and diabetes work hand-in-hand, presenting a major global health challenge. Having diabetes makes a person three times…
World Pneumonia Day 2016: Keep the promise. Stop pneumonia now.
Each year, on 12th of November, World Pneumonia Day highlights the continuing and urgent need to raise awareness of the number one…
The Union's new President: Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa
Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa has been elected as the new President of The Union at a meeting in Liverpool of the Board of Directors.…
World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 7th Conference of the Parties Begins in New Delhi, India
The Union launches the Index of Tobacco Control Sustainability to assess and guide national tobacco control programmes to become…
The 18th Union Conference of the Latin America Region
The 18th Union Conference of the Latin America Region in Lima, Peru, opened today with presentations focusing on the current situation…
An innovative new tool to assess the sustainability of national tobacco control programmes launched by The Union
The Index of Tobacco Control Sustainability (ITCS) (PDF 733KB) has been launched by the International Union Against Tuberculosis…
Tribute paid as Dr Anthony Harries steps aside from Director of Operational Research role
At the Closing Ceremony of the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health, José Luis Castro, The Union’s Executive Director, paid…
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