Message from the Executive Director

A message from José Luis Castro for World TB Day

Last month, US President Barack Obama’s administration proposed a cut of 19% to…

The New Year is a time to look forward to challenges ahead and to reflect on progress made in the previous year. The remarkable…

The Union North America Region Conference… Enabling global conversations on lung health

A message from José Luis Castro,…

Dear Union friends and colleagues,

2015 is a year that all of us in public health have focused on since the beginning of the…

Dear Friends, 

I am overwhelmed and outraged by these barbaric acts of terror in our city.  

We have reached out to all…

World Pneumonia Day takes place every 12th of November to remind us all of the continuing and urgent need to raise awareness of the…

A message from Executive Director Jose Luis Castro

Last week the World Health Organization released new data showing that TB has…

At an event in New York, USA, (Thursday, 24 September) to celebrate the important milestone of the inclusion of NCDs in the Post-2015…

The Union is pleased to congratulate former Portuguese President Jorge Fernando Branco Sampaio, the recipient of a new United Nations…

Dear colleagues and friends,

I am saddened to share the news that Dr Annik Rouillon, our former Executive Director and one of…

World No Tobacco Day serves as an annual reminder for the public health community that tobacco control is integral to the urgent goals…

Dear colleagues,

During the recent 68th World Health Assembly in Geneva, I had the opportunity to speak at various side events…

Dear colleagues: We recently bid farewell to 2014 and, as I imagine many of you are, I’m looking forward to 2015 with excitement and…

The public has until 24 December to express opinions on the proposal

The Government of China, the world’s most populous nation,…

At last week’s 45th World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona, Spain, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease…

The Union’s Latin America Region members, supported by The Union Office in Peru, are preparing to gather for their 17th region…

Introducing a new medicine is a huge and complex task, especially when the medicine is being distributed in weak health systems and…

The government of Ireland took an important step toward protecting public health in the country, with yesterday's publishing of the…

Of all the words that will be written and spoken on World No Tobacco Day, perhaps none will prove as influential and lasting as several…

In conjunction with World No Tobacco Day (31 May), Chile’s Ministry of Health announced the expansion of its smoke-free policy…

On 19 May, the World Health Assembly approved the World Health Organisation’s new strategy for addressing the global TB epidemic after…

Executive Director José Luis Castro represented The Union as one of 400 invited guests at the inaugural presentation of the Genesis…

UNITAID, the public health funding mechanism supported largely by a tax on airline tickets, has pledged more than US $60 million to…

José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, issued the following statement in response to this week’s announcement of a new…