Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Association celebrates 80th year
On 21 October 1933, when the Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Association (CATA) was established in Shanghai, it was the first professional…
IMDP begins 11th year with expanded courses
The Union’s International Management Development Programme has become a highly regarded resource for public health management training…
Government of Pakistan establishes first provincial tobacco control cell
In 2011, Pakistan transferred responsibility for health and tobacco control issues from the federal to the provincial governments. This…
Smokefree Russia website launched
The Union and its grantee in Russia, the Health and Development Foundation, have launched a new website promoting “ Smokefree Russia” at…
China MPOWER/FCTC workshop leads to plans for legislation and research
On 2–6 December 2013, The Union China Office offered a technical training workshop on MPOWER/FCTC in Xiamen, a city of Fujian Province.…
Leadership change for The Union Zimbabwe Office
Christopher Zishiri
Barnet Nyathi
Dr Zishiri is a Zimbabwean medical doctor with post-graduate…
4th Islamic Conference of OIC Health Ministers adopted resolutions on tobacco control
The Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (ICHM) convenes bi-annually to discuss the priority health issues of Muslim communities and…
Tara Singh Bam: Dedicated to stopping the disease of “tobaccosis”
In the remote Nepali village where Tara Singh Bam was raised, people grew their own tobacco. They claimed smoking helped…
The first smokefree beach in Mexico: Playa San Martin in Cozumel
The San Martin beach in Cozumel became the first in Mexico to be declared smokefree by the Pan-American Health Organization–World Health…
NGOs present statement on NCDs to WHO Europe Ministerial Conference
The NCD Alliance, Framework Convention Alliance, European Association for the Study of Obesity, European Public Health Association,…
Nelson Mandela, a special champion of TB and HIV/AIDS, dies in Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela, one of the great champions of human rights, freedom – and public health – died on 5 December in Johannesburg. He was 95…
Global Fund partners pledge US$ 12 billion over next three years
Inspired by the ideals of partnership, shared responsibility and mutual accountability, donors at the launch of the Global Fund’s Fourth…
Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation
A Lancet Commission has released a report that revisits the case for investing in health and offers a new investment framework to…
Zimbabwe makes steady progress against TB-HIV with The Union's support
Harare, Zimbabwe – A TB-HIV integrated care project managed by The Union Zimbabwe Office recently announced its second-year results,…
World AIDS Day 2013: a commentary
On 1 December, people everywhere observe World AIDS Day. For the 26th consecutive year, we all pause to reflect – and to reignite the…
Peru passes new guidelines that focus on basic TB control
The Government of Peru passed a Ministerial Resolution this month officially adopting new national guidelines for the management of…
New laboratory handbook on TB diagnosis by sputum microscopy
Both the World Health Organization and The Union recognise that smear microscopy remains an important tool for the laboratory diagnosis…
First course to be offered in Iran focuses on MDR-/XDR-TB
The Union was recently invited to offer training on the clinical management of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (…
US $8.3 million from USAID for TREAT TB clinical trial
The Union’s TREAT TB (Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis) initiative has received US $8.3 million…
Tony Harries: Winning the battle against TB and HIV with The Union model
Tony Harries does not have to look far to find an example that bears out his confidence in applying The Union’s TB control…
US $30.45 million from the Global Fund for Project Axshya in India
With some two million new cases of tuberculosis annually, India bears the highest TB burden in the world, and has among the highest…
TB case finding project in Myanmar receives US $9.6 million from the Global Fund
Since 2005, The Union Office in Mandalay has been providing TB services in Myanmar, one of 22 countries with the highest levels of TB.…
WORLD COPD DAY: “It’s not too late”
The report summarises the global impact of the five main respiratory diseases -- COPD, asthma, respiratory infections. tuberculosis (TB…
Less than 100 days left until the tobacco-free Sochi Winter Olympics
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) is helping Sochi continue the tradition of tobacco-free…
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