The COVID-19 pandemic must not divert attention from the needs of children and adolescents in TB-endemic African countries
Union warns that if resources are diverted away from child and adolescent TB programmes in order to fight COVID-19, the consequences could be devastating
Statement on World Health Organization funding
The Union expressed its indignation at the decision by US President Trump to announce the suspension of its funding of the World Health Organization.
The Union’s statement on COVID-19 and Smoking
The Union is deeply concerned about COVID-19’s impact on the world’s 1.3 billion smokers and the low- and middle-income countries whose health systems are plagued by tobacco-related disease.
World TB Day Statement on CEPHEID rapid testing for COVID-19
CEPHEID rapid testing for COVID-19 designed to operate on any of Cepheid's more than 23,000 automated GeneXpert® Systems worldwide, with a detection time of approximately 45 minutes.
COVID-19 in focus on World TB Day
The Union stands in solidarity and with resilience in the fight against two airborne diseases: TB and COVID-19
The Union Celebrates 15th Anniversary of the FCTC
José Luis Castro discusses key accomplishments, new challenges in tobacco epidemic