IJTLD Chronic Respiratory Disease (IJTLD CRD) is a new open access journal (fully compliant with Plan S).
Featuring the latest research on chronic lung conditions in low- and middle-income countries, IJTLD CRD improves access to knowledge to influence policy and practice for better health. Each issue provides a mix of articles, including: post TB lung disease (PTLD), asthma, COPD, impact of air pollution, lung damage in smokers, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, long COVID, sleep apnoea, occupational lung disease and interventional pulmonology.
We encourage authors working on chronic respiratory disease to submit their latest research on all aspects of the management and care of patients. We will consider Editorials, Meeting Reports, Original Research (including methodology papers and qualitative research), Reviews, Viewpoints, Study Protocols, Case Series, Case Reports and Letters.
We are particularly keen to promote research on early diagnosis and treatments – including the latest therapeutic advances that have relevance across a wide range of respiratory conditions. Our aim is to highlight the importance of these conditions to influence policymakers and improve clinical care in LMICs.
For all queries please e-mail the Editorial team at journal@theunion.org.
While preparing their article, authors should refer to the Instructions for Authors to check that they have complied with our requirements – see links below.
Once complete, please submit your manuscript at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijtld
Sponsorship
Supplements and article series are a highly-effective way of highlighting a specific topic to researchers, clinicians and decision makers in respiratory health.
Being an Open Access journal, IJTLD CRD has no barriers to access and can reach readers in health centres, medical, university and pharmaceutical institutes, along with civil society, patients and carers.
All content will be freely available and acknowledge the sponsors support and readers will receive emails to highlight sponsored content.
Fast-Track Articles
In order to share scientific research of immediate concern as rapidly as possible, The Union is fast-tracking the publication of certain accepted articles from the IJTLD, IJTLD OPEN and PHA and publishing them in full on our website, prior to their publication in the Journals. Read fast-track articles:
Annual Union Values award winner: Thazin
Since 1920, The Union has been at the centre of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease. Along the way The Union…
From training to impact: Improving childhood TB notification in Lesotho
Mpho Matlotliso Maketekete Khesa is the Programme Childhood TB and Training Coordinator at the Ministry of Health in Lesotho, where she…
TB is not a fact of life: Break the chain of transmission - World TB Day 2026
Each year, every World TB Day statement you read will start: “We have the knowledge, tools and skills to treat, cure and…
Accelerating an end to TB in urban India
In close collaboration with national and local partners, The Union is leading two initiatives designed to accelerate the elimination of…
Union DR-TB Working Group awarded grant to support nurses
Researchers at the University of Virginia, in collaboration with colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Boston…
Women in Lung Health: Prof Marieke van der Zalm
Prof Marieke van der Zalm is an Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at Stellenbosch University, with a decade of…
Women in Lung Health: Dr Garima Bhatt
Dr Garima Bhatt is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York and a public health professional focused on tobacco…
Women in Lung Health: Prof Anete Trajman
Professor Anete Trajman is a Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro …
Union members invited to help drive our strategic direction
As part of The Union’s drive to strengthen our ability to achieve a world free of tuberculosis and lung disease, our members are invited…
Can we optimize the TB response amid funding constraints using evidence-based, cost-effective strategies
An article in a forthcoming issue of IJTLD OPEN examines cost-effective and integrated strategies to sustain and strengthen the TB response in low- and middle-income countries amid declining donor funding.
Experts call for the gap to be closed on chronic respiratory diseases: launch of new journal to address inequity
World leading lung health experts are calling for greater coordinated action to reshape the global response to chronic respiratory…