Tackling TB in Europe: treatment gaps and deteriorating treatment availability is undermining progress
An Editorial in a forthcoming issue of the IJTLD highlights the need for access to medications for drugs for TB in Europe. The preprint is free to read.
Milestone 30th Edition of The Union's International Tuberculosis Training Advances Fight Against TB with Hybrid Learning in Cotonou
Recently, The Union launched the 30th edition of its hugely successful international tuberculosis training course – sharing the latest insights and best practices in the global fight against TB.
Union Asia Pacific Monthly Bulletin August 2023
The Union Asia Pacific Office has published the August issue of its bulletin to share our activities in the region. This bulletin…
Union Asia Pacific Monthly Bulletin July 2023
The Union Asia Pacific Office has published the July issue of its bulletin to share our activities in the region. This bulletin…
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Union Asia Pacific Monthly Bulletin June 2023
The Union Asia Pacific Office has published the June issue of its bulletin to share our activities in the region. This bulletin…
Community perspective on child-friendly medications for drug-resistant TB: importance, priorities and advocacy
An Editorial in a forthcoming issue of the IJTLD highlights the need for child-friendly medications for drug-resistant TB. The preprint is free to read.
Barriers to TB preventive treatment remain in Uganda, despite improvements
New research shows barriers to accessing tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment remain in Uganda, even though coverage is high amongst many people living with HIV.
Timor-Leste mayors unite for stronger action on tobacco control, NCDs prevention and ending TB
The first ever Timor-Leste Mayors Summit for Health and Development successfully concluded in Dili with the unanimous adoption of a…
Experts identify clinical standards for adverse effects to TB treatment
A panel of 65 global experts have identified eight clinical standards for the management of adverse effects during treatment for tuberculosis (TB).
Assessing TB-related comorbidities, risks and disability in China
A new study in China has found that it was possible and valuable to assess people with tuberculosis (TB) for symptoms, comorbidities, risk factors and disability at the start and end of TB treatment.
Risk of TB nine times higher in prisons globally
For the first time ever researchers, sponsored by The Union, have estimated the rate of tuberculosis (TB) in incarcerated persons, having analysed data from almost every country in the world (193 out of 195 countries) between 2000 and 2019.
Reference des cas de traumatisme par arme à feu en Afrique
An article in a forthcoming issue of PHA assesses the factors influencing the unfavourable outcome of cases referred for firearm trauma in a war-torn African country.
Contribution des diagnostics au points de service dans l’identification de la maladie à VIH avancée
An article in a forthcoming issue of PHA assesses point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for the early detection of advanced HIV disease (AHD), and in its presence, TB and cryptococcosis, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Mise à jour thérapeutique et pronostique de la rupture utérine dans une maternité à Bangui, CAR
An article in a forthcoming issue of PHA describes the prevalence, associated factors and fatality due to uterine rupture. The preprint is free to read.
Union Asia Pacific Monthly Bulletin May 2023
The Union Asia Pacific Office has published the May issue of its bulletin to share our activities in the region. This bulletin…
Local community raise TB awareness through art
As part of an initiative to raise awareness of tuberculosis (TB) in Meghalaya, India, local people have been invited to help paint TB…
Tobacco farmers empowered to make positive change
This year’s World No Tobacco Day theme was “Grow food, not tobacco”. The campaign raises awareness about alternative crop production for…
World No Tobacco Day 2023: Professor Pinpin Zheng
What is your role in the tobacco control field?
I have engaged in dozens of tobacco control research programs. Some of…
The Union supports Airlangga University to go tobacco-free
In a historic step, Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, has implemented a tobacco-free campus policy, becoming the…