Georgia’s tobacco tax reform built through multi-stakeholder collaboration
Georgia’s Ministries of Health, Finance and Agriculture have worked together to reform tobacco tax, and have committed to reaching…
Submission of abstract and session proposals for 2017 Union World Conference now open
Submissions are now open for research abstracts and proposals for sessions (symposia, workshops and post-graduate courses) to be…
Statement from The Union on Bedaquiline access, India
The Union has issued a statement following the legal victory of an 18-year-old woman from Patna, India, with extensively drug-resistant…
More than 20 million people protected from second-hand smoke as Shenzhen city, China, goes smoke-free
China’s fourth most populous city, Shenzhen, is now 100 percent smoke-free after a law banning smoking in all indoor public places came…
Tobacco control to protect health and economies
Strategic use of economic policies proven to reduce tobacco use can save money, as well as lives, concludes a new monograph The…
Gain new skills for the new year with The Union
Find the latest Union Courses training information at www.unioncourses.org, our new training and education website.
The site is…
Subnational government introduces first licensing scheme for tobacco vendors in Bangladesh – model now proposed for national roll out
Bangladesh’s first licensing policy for tobacco vendors will be introduced this month throughout the municipality of Jhenaidah, to…
Htun Htun Aung: HIV patients should not be hidden away as if we bring shame on the community
Myanmar is among the world’s 30 high-burden countries for tuberculosis (TB), multidrug-resistant-TB (MDR-TB) and TB-HIV. Every…
The Union joins the HIV community to advocate for an end to TB and HIV on World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, marked every year on 1 December, rallies support for people living with HIV and affected communities. The day provides a…
Asia Pacific policymakers and mayors unite to expedite tobacco control across the region
Government officials and mayors from the Asia Pacific region who met in Singapore for a two-day tobacco control summit have formed an…
Union statement on UN resolution to convene High-Level Meeting on Global Tuberculosis
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease fully supports the UN’s resolution to convene a High-Level Meeting on…
At World Healthcare Forum Union Executive Director calls for innovative collaboration to tackle NCDs
Global leaders, including many from the field of health, gathered to focus on how to achieve a future of sustainable healthcare at the…
Film released to mark one year countdown to Global NCD Alliance Forum
The NCD Alliance has launched a film asking What drives you to be an NCD advocate? featuring the Union’s Executive Director and Chair of…
Universal Health Coverage Day calls for concerted action to ensure health for all
Today, 12 December 2016, marks the third Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, an event organised by the World Health Organization and…
Union statement on UN Human Rights Day 2016
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December, commemorating the date in 1948 when the UN General Assembly adopted the…
The Union honours Michael R. Bloomberg’s leadership in global tobacco control as $360 million additional funding is announced
Edinburgh, 5 December 2016 – New funds totalling $360 million have been announced today by Bloomberg Philanthropies, furthering its…
The Union Supports MSF Call for Temporary Freeze on Implementing Global Fund Sustainability, Transition and Co-Financing Policy
On 16 November, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent an open letter to the Secretariat and Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,…
The Director’s Corner
Integrated approach critical to ending TB-HIV
A message from José Luis Castro on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016
This…
Integrated approach critical to ending TB-HIV - A message from José Luis Castro on World AIDS Day
Integrated approach critical to ending TB-HIV
A message from José Luis Castro on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016
This…
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan urges political leaders to commit to action on tuberculosis
Legendary Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan, addressed the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health and its participants…
Project Axshya TB Forum negotiates free x-rays for presumptive TB patients
One of The Union’s Project Axshya TB forums in Rudraprayag district in the state of Uttarakhand has successfully made x-rays accessible…
José Luis Castro highlights the urgent need to address non-communicable disease in Cuba and the world
On 16 November José Luis Castro, The Union’s Executive Director, spoke at the 7th National Congress of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Cuba…
Corporates Join the Call to Action for TB-Free India
The Union and local partners organised an event in Mumbai to bring together corporates that have committed support to the Government of…
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 7th Conference of the Parties highlights tobacco industry tactics
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [WHO FCTC] 7th Conference of the Parties [COP7] met in New Delhi…
The Stephen Lawn Memorial Fund for TB and AIDS Research Leadership will support a lecture and a new prize on TB-HIV
Professor Stephen David Lawn was remembered and greatly missed at the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Liverpool last…
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