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The Union expresses its solidarity with the people of India who are suffering immensely during this current wave of the COVID-19…

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,…

The Union supports the call to action to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by the United Nations Group of Friends on AMR.

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, nutrition…

This Earth Day, we highlight two preprints accepted for the June issue of PHA. The articles by Sinha et al. and Harries and co-authors …

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…

The Union in partnership with TB Alert, WHO Regional Office for Europe and the Stop TB partnership today released a new guide “…

The authors conducted a retrospective analysis to determine the proportion of asymptomatic COVID-19 in the workplace during lockdown in early 2020. Nearly 45% of cases were asymptomatic, which has implications for interventions, such as enforcing quarantine of all close contacts of COVID-19 cases regardless of symptoms.

The authors conducted a retrospective analysis to determine the proportion of asymptomatic COVID-19 in the workplace during lockdown in early 2020. Nearly 45% of cases were asymptomatic, which has implications for interventions, such as enforcing quarantine of all close contacts of COVID-19 cases regardless of symptoms.

On 8 April, Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesia’s largest, most influential civil society organisations, organised a high-level meeting to…

At a meeting on 31 March, newly appointed Makassar Mayor Mr Ramadhan Pomanto urged the 1.5 million residents of Eastern Indonesia’s…

In this recently accepted article for IJTLD, the authors performed a cohort-comparison study to assess Pretomanid in a regimen to treat drug-resistant TB: patients receiving the BPaL regimen had a significantly better 6-month post-treatment outcome than those on the B–L regimen. The preprint is free to read.

In this recently accepted article for IJTLD, the authors performed a cohort-comparison study to assess Pretomanid in a regimen to treat drug-resistant TB: patients receiving the BPaL regimen had a significantly better 6-month post-treatment outcome than those on the B–L regimen. The preprint is free to read.

In this recently accepted Review for IJTLD, the authors summarise the evidence available at a country level, identifying broad mechanisms by which COVID-19 may modify TB burden and mitigation efforts.

In this recently accepted Review for IJTLD, the authors summarise the evidence available at a country level, identifying broad mechanisms by which COVID-19 may modify TB burden and mitigation efforts.

Tobacco industry interference in public health policies is not new but has, over the past few years, significantly intensified in Mexico…

The Jharkhand legislative assembly approved, on 22 March, an important amendment to national legislation—The Cigarettes and Other…

World TB Day marks a time when we join with others and call for global action to end tuberculosis, an airborne disease that…

Thanks to an unprecedented global mobilisation of resources, the tireless efforts of countless health and other frontline…

In the lead up to World TB Day, an article in PHA calls for increased funding and renewed leadership to coordinate the global fight against TB. A relatively small investment in TB control has the potential to transform TB care, saving millions of lives and trillions of dollars in the global economy.