2,480,000
TB incidence in 2022
424,000
deaths from TB in 2022
325,000
children under 15 with TB in 2022
Our work in Africa
TREAT TB
Read more about TREAT TB (Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis), an ambitious initiative that was launched by The Union, seeking to contribute new knowledge regarding shorter, more tolerable treatment regimens for MDR-TB.
The Union has worked in Africa since 2006, providing grants and tobacco control technical support through the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use (BI) Grants Program.
Since 2002, The Union Uganda Office provides technical assistance to the National TB and Leprosy Programme in Uganda to strengthen interventions for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). The Union works with implementing partners across Uganda’s health system structure, providing TB and TB-HIV training.
Members of The Union Africa Region
The Union is divided into seven regions to provide a platform for addressing lung health and related issues from a regional perspective. This structure offers members opportunities to network with colleagues who face the same regional challenges and contributes to The Union's deep understanding of local issues.
The Union Africa Region is made up of both organisational and individual members.
UNION NEWS FROM THE africa REGION
Union response to release of final results from Stage 1 of the STREAM trial
In response to the publication of final results from Stage 1 of the STREAM trial, Dr Paula I Fujiwara, Scientific Director, The Union,…
Union Operational Research fellows awarded PhDs
Ajay Kumar from India (Director of The Union’s Centre for Operational Research), Serge Ade from Benin (Union Senior Operational Research…
Arrival of the first TREATS OneStopTB mobile clinic truck
The first OneStopTB clinic truck has arrived at Zambart House in Lusaka, Zambia. The truck is an all-in-one diagnostic, testing and…
Looking towards a new year for Union members
As we move into 2019, we reflect on the achievements made by Union members over the last 12 months in more than 140 countries around the…
STREAM Community Advisory Boards: Putting the patient at the heart of clinical research
Earlier this year, members of the Community Advisory Board (CAB) for the STREAM Stage 2 site at the Makerere University Lung Institute…
Results of Union pilot project show simple model for significantly improving child TB services
Results of DETECT Child TB, a Union pilot project in Uganda that decentralised health services to detect and treat tuberculosis (TB) in…