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When the modern e-cigarette first appeared in Shenzhen two decades ago, its inventor, Hon Lik, imagined a cleaner route out of…

As we mark World No Tobacco Day, recipients of the 2025 Luther L. Terry Awards reflect on the progress made since the World Conference…

Once again, we find ourselves at a turning point in tobacco control. The continued resurgence of the tobacco industry alongside a…

The Union has announced Dr Archana Beri as the new Head of Programme of the Union India Office.

Archana is a physician-scientist, clinical microbiologist and public health leader with over two decades of experience strengthening diagnostic and laboratory systems globally.

The Union hosted an official side event at the 79th World Health Assembly, titled 'From Global Commitments to Integrated Lung Health Action: Advancing early diagnosis of lung cancer and access to inhaled medicines for COPD and asthma'. The session was co-hosted with the Ministry of Health Malaysia, Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and Union for International Cancer Control.

During the side event, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino delivered the following intervention on behalf of The Union and FIRS.

The Union has become an official member of the Global Oxygen Alliance (GO2AL), a collaborative effort to ensure safe, affordable and equitable access to medical oxygen for those in need.

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 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.

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.

The Union’s Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization (ACSM) team worked closely with a small team of game designers, coders and artists to develop a first-of-kind TB-themed virtual escape room to promote health-seeking behaviour.

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

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

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…

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