The Union launches first media partnership and mentoring programme to increase awareness of TB in Zimbabwe
The Union Zimbabwe Office and the Health Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (HEJAZ) have launched a partnership and mentoring programme…
The Union supports efforts to pass TAPS ban in Peru
The Union’s Department of Tobacco Control participated in a two-day workshop in March to support the passing and implementation of a law…
Union launches new study on prevention and treatment of childhood TB
The Union launched a new observational study investigating tuberculosis transmission in children in February. Close to 2,000 children…
Dr Wanda Walton: “Once I found my home in TB, I never wanted to leave it”
At the 20th Conference of The Union North America Region in Denver, Colorado last month, Dr Wanda Walton received one of the region’s…
SORT IT courses receive A+ rating from funder
The Structured Operational Research and Training IniTiative (SORT IT) courses, delivered by The Union and partner Médecins sans…
International Women's Day: Seeking gender parity, but not in tobacco use
On 8 March, the world will mark International Women’s Day. This year’s theme ‘gender parity’ is a timely reminder for public health…
The Director’s Corner
The New Year is a time to look forward to challenges ahead and to reflect on progress made in the previous year. The remarkable…
The Director’s Corner
The Union North America Region Conference… Enabling global conversations on lung health
A message from José Luis Castro,…
Axshya links TB patients with social welfare schemes
Tuberculosis is not just a medical disease: it also has a significant socio-economic impact on patients and their families. The cost of…
Promote your work to the world at the Union World Conference!
The 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health on 26–29 October in Liverpool, UK offers opportunities for companies and organisations to…
The Union is a 'place of friends and colleagues with mutual interests and common goals.'
The Union is actively calling for members to renew their commitment to the organisation in a year that promises to be one of the…
Following the Ebola outbreak, West African countries use operational research to begin rebuilding their health systems
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases at WHO (TDR), The Union and its partners in the Structured…
Prime Minister of Bangladesh highlights progress in tobacco control at South Asian summit on Sustainable Development Goals
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, celebrated her country’s progress on tobacco control at the first-ever South East Asian…
The Union runs extensive TB education programme in Myanmar communities and schools
The Union Office in Myanmar hosted an interactive information session on tuberculosis in a high school in Kyauk Mee, a town outside of…
Retrospective study shows TB-HIV patients received better care than patients with only HIV in a primary healthcare clinic
The latest issue of Public Health Action includes a retrospective cohort study of 2013 records from a primary healthcare clinic…
Call to Action for a TB-Free India enlists CSR support from leading companies
CSR Intervention Critical to Reduce India’s Tuberculosis Burden
Aiming to fast-track India’s goal to end tuberculosis (TB), the…
Submission of abstracts and session proposals for 2016 Union World Conference is open
The submission period for research abstracts and proposals for symposia, workshops and post-graduate courses to be considered for the…
World Cancer Day: highlighting the danger of water pipes
Tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death worldwide, claiming nearly six million lives each year. Many of these are…
New data from cities with high levels of air pollution indicate that air quality inside venues where people smoke is worse than outdoors
Research carried out in six cities with dangerous levels of air pollution indicates that air quality inside venues that allow smoking is…
New course on sustainable funding for tobacco control piloted in Dhaka, Bangladesh
A new course on building sustainable funds for tobacco control programmes has been successfully piloted in Bangladesh.
The pilot…
IJTLD articles may now be published as “open access” for a fee
While all issues of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease become open access six months after publication, authors…
Zimbabwe holds first postgraduate course on innovative data management
The Union Zimbabwe Office delivered a postgraduate course for the first time at the 46th Union World Lung Conference on Lung Health in…
Zimbabwe and Uganda partner in integrating tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus care
The Union Zimbabwe and Uganda offices recently received a two-year grant from the World Diabetes Foundation, which will support the…
Parliamentarians pledge support to make India TB-Free
Indian parliamentarians across party lines met on 21 December 2015 to demand and sustain high-level domestic commitment to end TB in…
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