Submission of abstracts and session proposals for 2016 Union World Conference is open
The submission period for research abstracts and proposals for symposia, workshops and post-graduate courses to be considered for the…
World Cancer Day: highlighting the danger of water pipes
Tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death worldwide, claiming nearly six million lives each year. Many of these are…
New course on sustainable funding for tobacco control piloted in Dhaka, Bangladesh
A new course on building sustainable funds for tobacco control programmes has been successfully piloted in Bangladesh.
The pilot…
New data from cities with high levels of air pollution indicate that air quality inside venues where people smoke is worse than outdoors
Research carried out in six cities with dangerous levels of air pollution indicates that air quality inside venues that allow…
Zimbabwe holds first postgraduate course on innovative data management
The Union Zimbabwe Office delivered a postgraduate course for the first time at the 46th Union World Lung Conference on Lung Health in…
Zimbabwe and Uganda partner in integrating tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus care
The Union Zimbabwe and Uganda offices recently received a two-year grant from the World Diabetes Foundation, which will support the…
Parliamentarians pledge support to make India TB-Free
Indian parliamentarians across party lines met on 21 December 2015 to demand and sustain high-level domestic commitment to end TB in…
Project Axshya empowers 30,000 TB patients in India
Using a colourful, illustrated Patients’ Charter, Project Axshya sensitised just over 30,000 TB patients in 2015. The charter, which has…
Zimbabwe wins two-year Global Fund grant
The Union Zimbabwe Office has been awarded a Global Fund New Funding Model Sub-Recipient grant for Tuberculosis Community Systems…
IJTLD articles may now be published as “open access” for a fee
While all issues of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease become open access six months after publication, authors…
Operational research course offered in the Asia Pacific
To build research capacity in the Pacific region, a SORT IT operational research (OR) course is being offered under the aegis of The…
The Union does groundwork to tackle TB-diabetes co-epidemic in Indonesia
Indonesia was the patron for the recent Bali summit on TB and diabetes organised by The Union and World Diabetes Foundation, as a…
Union courses strengthen skill in DR-TB management
Each year The Union offers technical courses to strengthen capacity in clinical and programmatic management of all forms of drug-…
Season's greetings and year-end message from the Executive Director
Dear Union friends and colleagues,
2015 is a year that all of us in public health have focused on since the beginning of the…
Union photograph of tobacco control in action wins a prestigious competition in The Lancet
An image capturing the moment a magistrate orders the public burning of illegal tobacco advertising in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been…
Kraig Klaudt: In memoriam
The Union mourns the passing of Kraig Klaudt. He was a leading advocate and visionary in the fight to end TB and other killers, and his…
Open access at the IJTLD: International consensus statement on molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis drug-resistance released
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are challenging tuberculosis control globally. Early…
Sarabjit Chadha: Building a civil society campaign to bring TB services to India’s neediest
Dr Sarabjit Chadha leads the largest project The Union has ever undertaken – and it serves the country with the world’s…
Key populations: Shedding light on TB in prison
Early in 2015, the South African Health Minister and Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, announced…
Using epidemiology for data-driven decisions offered at NAR conference
A post-graduate course on “Using Epidemiology for Data-Driven Decision-Making in Tuberculosis Programs” will be offered in conjunction…
Joint 20th Annual Conference of The Union North America Region and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association
The Union North America Region and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association are holding a joint 20th annual conference in…
TB pioneer Denis Mitchison awarded The Union Medal
Prof Denis A Mitchison, one of the great pioneers of tuberculosis research was awarded The Union medal, at the Inaugural Session of the…
A conference where hope abounded
A New Agenda has shaped the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town and inspired a community of over 4,000 delegates to…
Taxing health harming products and creating health promotion funds – a win-win strategy for governments: Plenary III
Plenary session III on Sunday explored how governments are innovating to transform under-funded areas of public health through taxing…
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