The Union calls for governments to exclude tobacco products from trade treaties
The TPP is a free trade agreement involving 12 countries that are part of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Australia,…
Experts and advocates call on Indonesia to ratify WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The declaration – adopted by delegates to the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health held last week in Chiba, Japan –…
Baja California state in Mexico now smokefree
Baja California has an estimated population of 3.1 million people with visitors to the state far exceeding that number. Up to 23% of the…
The Union supports plan for "children in adversity"
“Meeting the health needs of children in low- and middle-income countries is central to The Union’s vision of health solutions for the…
Armand Van Deun: Building laboratory networks that deliver quality results and save lives
A decade ago, when Dr Armand Van Deun began to work with Uganda’s tuberculosis laboratory network, it was rated very poorly. “…
TB screening in high HIV-prevalence settings and more in the September IJTLD
The September issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease is now online. This issue includes articles such as a…
IMDP to collaborate with WHO's TBTEAM by delivering health management training
TBTEAM, the Tuberculosis TEchnical Assistance Mechanism, whose secretariat is hosted in the WHO Global TB Programme, is a global…
NCD Alliance launches programme to support NCD civil society efforts in South Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease – kill approximately 36…
Philippe Clevenbergh: An impatient man tackles HIV in Myanmar
Philippe Clevenbergh never imagined he would end up living in Myanmar when he came to The Union in 2004. He was a busy physician…
PICTS mobile TB clinic serves poor in Myanmar
Of the 100 people who took advantage of this service, 53 had chest X-rays; and the sputum of 46 was examined. One person needed fine…
Union course helps South Africa build strategy for TB-HIV in prisons
With 160,000 prisoners, South Africa has the largest prison population in Africa, according to a recent speech by Correctional Services…
M is for Monitor: The Union helps survey smokefree success in China
The Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) is a subset of key questions from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) that was designed by…
44th Union World Conference on Lung Health will focus on “Shared air, safe air?”
The conference organised each year by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) will be held on 30…
WHO report shows consistent progress in global fight against tobacco
The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2013 also highlights the long path ahead, with two- thirds of the world's population not…
TREAT TB launches online operational research training
"The need to build the capacity for programmatically relevant OR is as pressing as ever," says TREAT TB Director Dr I.D. Rusen, who…
Name change: Adult & Child Lung Health Section
The new section will serve members interested in:
• Adult Lung Health – including pneumonia, asthma, COPD, air pollution,…
The Union closes its office in Cairo
"The decision to close the office in Cairo was difficult, but one that had to be taken in order to streamline resources according…
“I have hope now!” A mother and daughter in Myanmar share their experience
The mother's name is Daw Yee Yee Hlaing, and she is 43 years of age. A divorcèe, she lives with her mother, sisters, two sons and…
Buenos Aires sets a Guinness World Record at World No Tobacco Day celebration
In Argentina, World No Tobacco Day on 31 May was celebrated in a massive way. The Buenos Aires Ministry of Health, a Bloomberg…
SORT IT offers OR training to help address DR-TB in Eastern Europe
The programme for Eastern Europe was organised by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) at the…
The Union and its global partners call for bans on tobacco advertising
The Union called on world leaders to ban TAPS and help save the lives of up to 70 million people, seven percent of the world's current…
US campaign seeks to debunk the “Overhead Myth”
The campaign has been launched by three leading US organisations that monitor philanthropic activity – the Better Business Bureau's Wise…
Leadership transition at The Union
"All of us in The Union, the global public health community and the sick, poor and disadvantaged people to whom our work is devoted owe…
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