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The Union hosted an official side event at the 79th World Health Assembly, titled 'From Global Commitments to Integrated Lung…

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) has become an official member of the Global Oxygen Alliance (…

On this International Nurses Day, we celebrate the extraordinary nurses who stand at the frontline of care.

Empowered nurses are…

As global health leaders, hosts of the World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025 and authors of the Dublin Declaration, The Union…

In this article part of the TB, HIV and Malaria Series to be published in the Q2 issue of PHA, the authors analyse the spatial and temporal distribution of malaria in Sierra Leone, identifying persistent hotspots and no significant association with rainfall. The findings highlight the need for targeted, subnational interventions to address persistent hotspots.

In this article, part of the TB, HIV and Malaria Series to be published in the Q2 issue of PHA, the authors examine uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy in Sierra Leone, showing low compliance with the recommended minimum of three doses, largely associated with insufficient antenatal care contacts.

In this article, part of the TB, HIV and Malaria Series to be published in the Q2 issue of PHA, the authors assess adherence to national severe malaria management guidelines in children under five in Sierra Leone and its association with hospital outcomes, highlighting suboptimal artesunate dosing and related adverse outcomes.

The Union’s Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization (ACSM) team worked closely with a small team of game designers,…

In Himachal Pradesh, the ACSM team is supporting the State TB programme to empower community health officers to take…

Even if a country’s TB programme perfects service delivery, TB won’t end until grassroots communities are empowered to…

In the densely populated State of Madhya Pradesh, where there is a high burden of TB, the ACSM team is working…

Since 1920, The Union has been at the centre of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease. Along the way The Union became…

Since 1920, The Union has been at the centre of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease. Along the way The Union…

Since 1920, The Union has been at the centre of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease. Along the way The Union…

Mpho Matlotliso Maketekete Khesa is the Programme Childhood TB and Training Coordinator at the Ministry of Health in Lesotho, where she…

Each year, every World TB Day statement you read will start: “We have the knowledge, tools and skills to treat, cure and…

In close collaboration with national and local partners, The Union is leading two initiatives designed to accelerate the elimination of…

Researchers at the University of Virginia, in collaboration with colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Boston…

Prof Marieke van der Zalm is an Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at Stellenbosch University, with a decade of…

Dr Garima Bhatt is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York and a public health professional focused on tobacco…

Professor Anete Trajman is a Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro …