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Global Ministerial Conference in Moscow must deliver multisectoral solutions to fight TB
A message from José Luis Castro,…
WHO Global TB Report 2017, progress toward ending TB too slow
The overriding message from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report for 2017 – published Today (30 October…
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“We must make governments aware of the urgency of non-communicable diseases – only then will they act.”
A message from José…
Guadalajara hosts the 6th President’s Centennial Dinner
The 6th President’s Centennial Dinner took place at Hospicio Cabañas, on Tuesday, 10 October. Around 150 Union supporters gathered to…
A message from Executive Director, José Luis Castro, on the recent Mexico earthquakes
Dear friends, staff and partners
The Union’s deepest sympathies go to the people of Mexico. Our thoughts are with the families…
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UN General Assembly Meeting is “critical moment on the road to 2018 TB high-level meeting”
A message from José Luis Castro,…
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Quality healthcare should be accessible to the many, not the few.
A message from José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union…
Announcing Victor Zamora to the post of Union Country Director, Peru
It gives me great pleasure to announce Victor Zamora as The Union’s Country Director in Peru.
Victor is a Peruvian physician…
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WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic: Taxes versus Death
A message from José Luis Castro
The World Health…
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The Union World Conference on Lung Health as critical as ever
A message from José Luis Castro
Registration is open for…
The Union welcomes major finance firms’ pledge of public support for tobacco control
On World No Tobacco Day, The Union welcomes the announcement from 53 leading finance firms – representing US$ 3.8 trillion in assets…
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Tobacco: a threat to development
A message from José Luis Castro on World No Tobacco Day
The World Health Organization’s…
The Union at the 70th World Health Assembly, Geneva
As the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) concludes, The Union looks to the new leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide…
Global Charter for Lung Health launched at World Health Assembly, with a call for World Lung Day
The Union’s José Luis Castro today launched the world’s first Global Charter for Lung Health at a side event at the World Health…
Union Executive Director José Luis Castro: new World Health Organization head must lead deep reform
This week, the top health officials from every nation will gather in Geneva for the World Health Assembly, where they will elect a new…
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Shaping the future in order to widen healthcare access
A message from José Luis Castro at the 70th World Health Assembly
…‘3P Project’ WHO Bulletin editorial emphasises urgent need for R&D funding innovation
The May edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization features an editorial, Tuberculosis and Antimicrobial Resistance – New…
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Three critical strategies to impact asthma
Asthma is a major noncommunicable respiratory disorder. Globally, it affects more…
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“We will not end global TB until we eliminate TB in India.”
India’s TB-Free Summit inspires collective action.
Last…
On World TB Day The Union looks for ways to accelerate progress
The first World TB Day on 24 March 1982 was created to commemorate the discovery of M. tuberculosis by Prof Robert Koch one hundred…
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A message from José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union, on World TB Day
Global TB community must accelerate progress…
Union Executive Director calls for cities to play larger role in fight to end TB
The Union’s Executive Director, José Luis Castro, delivered a speech today in Seville, Spain, to mark World TB Day. The speech called…
In op-ed Union Executive Director calls on WHO to fix TB list mistake
In the health publication STAT, today, Executive Director of The Union, José Luis Castro, responds strongly to the World Health…
Union letter to WHO protests unjustified exclusion of TB from antibiotics global priority list
The following letter has been sent today by José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union, to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General,…