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An Editorial for IJTLD highlights the importance of TB preventive treatment (TPT) and the launch by WHO, governments, civil society and other partners of a ‘Call to Action’ for broader access to TPT for those in need. The article is free to read.

In this Correspondence accepted article for IJTLD, the authors found a 67.4% decrease in testing, a 66.9% decrease in bacteriologically confirmed (bac+) diagnosis and a 58.9% decrease in diagnosis of all forms TB. The preprint is free to read.

In its fight against lifesaving tobacco control policies—increased taxes, larger pictorial health warnings, and advertising bans—the…

In this recently accepted article for IJTLD, the authors found that RR-TB diagnosis decreased by 21–38% following the start of the pandemic. The results are disturbing and suggest that COVID-19 has had a sustained impact at a time when household transmission of TB/RR-TB might have increased due to ‘shelter at home’. The preprint is free to read.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases and their four…

After nearly a decade, the commitment and perseverance of tobacco control advocates including The Union will dramatically alter Jakarta’…

On 1 June, The Union, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Association of all Indonesia Health…

Today, The World Health Organization organised a special high-level event to discuss key actions needed at a global and country…

This desk guide outlines a comprehensive approach to respiratory health, which health facilities can adapt and implement in resource-limited settings. Its development was supported by a review committee consisting of Union members with interest and expertise in this subject matter.

The Centre for Operational Research at The Union, working in close collaboration with the National TB Programme and National AIDS…

While all six of the World Health Organization’s cost-effective, high-impact MPOWER measures are critical to ending the global tobacco…

Earlier this week, Mr. Navid Ahmed Shaikh, Commissioner Karachi Division, directed his seven deputy commissioners to create district…

The Union congratulates the Kathmandu Institute of Child Health (KIOCH) for rejecting a ‘donation’ of US$ 400,000 and declining a…

In its recently released (16 April) “Final Opinion on Electronic Cigarettes,” the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Health,…

On April 28th, Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies voted unanimously to strengthen its tobacco control law; 415 Congressional members supported…

A huge body of research demonstrates that tobacco growing is neither safe—it results in green tobacco sickness—nor lucrative, with the…

With support from The Union, Mexico’s National Institute of Health conducted a systematic literature review of nearly one thousand…

All content in PHA is Open Access and free to read. PHA covers all areas of operational research including: infection control…

Indonesia is unduly burdened by tobacco: it has a has a 63% male smoking prevalence, and smoking causes approximately 235,000 deaths…

India’s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA) bars tobacco company corporate social responsibility (CSR) as does…