World Cancer Day: Growing threat of air pollution on lung health
On World Cancer Day, The Union highlights the growing public health challenges being caused by air pollution, including an estimated 29…
TB-Free India Summit sees high-level commitment from Indian government officials to end TB by 2025
With a focus on multisectoral collaboration and partnerships, the TB-Free India Summit brought together a broad range of Indian…
Looking towards a new year for Union members
As we move into 2019, we reflect on the achievements made by Union members over the last 12 months in more than 140 countries around the…
The Director's Corner
There is an urgent need not only for increased financial investment from all sectors and but also for innovative financing mechanisms.…
End TB 2019: 23rd Annual Conference of The Union North America Region
Dr Eric Goosby and Dr Patricia Daly are confirmed as keynote speakers at the End TB 2019: 23rd Annual Conference of The Union North…
Nominations for Union awards now open
Nominations are now being received for the Union awards, to be presented at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health later this…
Over 100 Organisations from 50 Countries Denounce Attempt to Infiltrate WHO Policy Making By Philip Morris International-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
January 29, 2019 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Public health experts from around the world today urged the World Health Organization’s…
The Union's WHO intervention pushes to ensure political leadership fulfil their commitments made at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis
The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) meet this week for the first of their bi-annual meetings, where the members…
The Union's intervention addressing the global shortage of, and access to, medicines and vaccines
The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) meet this week for the first of their bi-annual meetings, where the members…
“The Union resonates strongly with me. My daughter was diagnosed with TB at two. She was cured but so many people are not.”
“Being a volunteer in Myanmar is so important in the fight to end TB, we play a critical role in community healthcare,” says Ma…
Union response to latest edition of the G-Finder report on R&D for neglected diseases
Policy Cures Research has released the 2018 G-Finder report analysing research and development funding trends for 33 neglected diseases…
TREATS and King’s College London collaboration awarded funding to develop a new TB diagnostic
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s leading infectious disease killer, with 10 million people falling ill with active TB disease every year…
New Union technical guide for the co-management of diabetes mellitus-tuberculosis published
The guide, developed in partnership with the World Diabetes Foundation, provides essential information for frontline health…
Georgia Community Advisory Board: Supporting STREAM Trial participants for successful treatment outcomes
At a recent meeting of the STREAM Community Advisory Board (CAB), Georgia, held in Tbilisi at the National Center for Tuberculosis and…
A new era for global tuberculosis: holding leaders accountable for promises
Read the editorial from The Union leadership, highlighting the next steps for leaders in tuberculosis, which was published in The…
Union response to WHO updated treatment guidelines for multidrug- and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis
In response to the publication of new guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the treatment of multidrug-resistant…
STREAM Community Advisory Boards: Putting the patient at the heart of clinical research
Earlier this year, members of the Community Advisory Board (CAB) for the STREAM Stage 2 site at the Makerere University Lung Institute…
Results of Union pilot project show simple model for significantly improving child TB services
Results of DETECT Child TB, a Union pilot project in Uganda that decentralised health services to detect and treat tuberculosis (TB) in…
New Union project to conduct systematic TB screening in insurgency-hit area of India
The Union has begun the initial phase of a new project in Chhattisgarh state, India, where an ongoing conflict makes health services…
“I am grateful for each day that I can be of service and be part of a unique organisation.”
Shirley Frundt is The Union’s Global Human Resources (HR) Coordinator based in Paris.
She has over 25 years’ experience…
The Director's Corner
In 2018, the boundless passion and dedication of our staff, members and partners contributed to historic advances. As we move into 2019…
Child TB workshop looks at lessons learned and implications for future
A workshop in Cotonou, Benin, recently brought together representatives from the four countries participating in The Union’s TITI study…
People everywhere, no matter who they are or where they live, have the right to health
On Human Rights Day 2018, The Union highlights the need for greater political action to ensure people have the human right to health in…
STREAM Community Advisory Board holds community outreach event to raise awareness about TB and HIV, in Durban, South Africa
Earlier this year, the STREAM Community Advisory Board (CAB) in Durban, South Africa carried out a community outreach event, ‘Our…
Bangladesh uncovers tax evasion in smokeless tobacco industry
The National Board of Revenue in Bangladesh recently filed law suits against four chewing tobacco companies for tax evasion. These were…
The Union
subtitle: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease