The Union launches a call for applicants for its 2019 SORT IT course in Sri Lanka
The Union’s Centre for Operational Research has launched a call for applications for the Asia Structured Operational Research and…
Almost 90 years on, The Hague’s most historic banqueting hall is to host another significant Union event
This October, the 7th President’s Centennial Dinner will be held in the Ridderzaal, Hall of Knights, in The Hague. 86 years ago, members…
The Union and European Respiratory Society launch Public Health Fellowship in Respiratory Infections
The Union and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) are offering a 12-month fellowship in respiratory infections to build capacity in…
The Union joins in call to world leaders go above and beyond NCDs declaration
The Union united with nearly 300 civil society organisations in a statement calling on world leaders to go above and beyond the vague…
UN General Assembly adopts first-ever political agenda for ending tuberculosis epidemic
The Union calls on governments to begin acting now.
The first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Ending…
“You feel better when you give, when you contribute. I would say being a member is a two-way partnership.”
Anete Trajman is Secretary of the Union’s TB Section. Based in Brazil, she is also about to become Programme Secretary for 2018…
Union President calls for change at UN High Level Meeting to End Tuberculosis
The Union’s President, Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, addressed the high-level leadership at the first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level…
Finance leaders join with world leaders from government and health to sign Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge
Finance leaders today came together with world leaders from government and health for the first time to pledge commitment to tobacco-…
A unified voice on World Lung Day 2018
Today, 25 September, The Union along with respiratory organisations from around the world marks World Lung Day, a day of advocacy for…
The Union Welcomes Preliminary Results of New TB Vaccine Clinical Trial
Primary results of a clinical trial into a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and conducted in…
The Union joins organisations pushing for increased attention and commitment to TB
As the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York, side events are taking place in the build up to the UN…
The Union Annual Report 2017
A message from José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union
This week we stand on the verge of a major milestone in our…
The Union Calls on UN Member States to Implement New Child and Adolescent TB Roadmap
Monday 24 September – In advance of the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, 11 leading health agencies and…
ALAT partnership with The Union announced
Next year, The Union will hold its Conference of The Union Latin America Region in conjunction with the Latin American Thorax…
Union response to the WHO 2018 Global Tuberculosis Report
The latest Global TB Report has been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), just over a week before the first ever High-Level…
STREAM: Promoting TB prevention, screening and treatment among South Africa’s taxi drivers
Last month, the STREAM Stage 2 community advisory board (CAB) in Durban, South Africa carried out an awareness raising and screening…
The Director's Corner
The health sector can’t end the TB epidemic alone. Time for politicians to make their influence count.
A message from José Luis…
Global week for action on NCDs: 3-9 Sept
The Union has joined with thousands of individuals and organisations this week for the first ever Global Week for Action on non-…
New report highlights inadequacies in treatment for people with asthma
The Global Asthma Report 2018, launched today (31 August 2018) by the Global Asthma Network, highlights that around 1000 people each day…
The Union demonstrates impact of child TB in Uganda to visiting parliamentarians, in advance of first ever UN HLM on TB
Between 6-8 August, a parliamentary delegation hosted by The Union in coordination with the Global TB Caucus and other partners visited…
Official Briefing of United Nations Correspondents ahead of HLM on TB
As part of a series of press briefings, Paula I Fujiwara, The Union´s Scientific Director, briefed members of the United Nations…
“TB have an image problem. But once you get to know a person who had TB, you will see how powerful their stories are.”
Ingrid Schoeman, Union Achiever Profile, August 2018
The horrific experience of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) gave…
Union response to WHO newsflash regarding policy brief on revised MDR-TB guidelines
On 17 August 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a Rapid Communication policy brief announcing the initial outcomes of…
Shenzhen city cracks down on illegal sales of cigarettes to children – after survey reveals 78 percent of minors who smoke say they are never asked for proof of age
Tobacco control enforcement teams in Shenzhen, China, have launched a round of targeted inspections of tobacco vendors near schools to…
Bloomberg Philanthropies announces The Union as a leader in new US$ 20 million global tobacco industry watchdog
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced The Union as one of the organisations selected to lead a new US$ 20 million project to crack…
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