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
Members of Parliament to present policy suggestions to curb TB and HIV in Zimbabwe, following visit to at-risk communities
The Union partnered with the National AIDS Council, the National Tuberculosis Control Programme and other stakeholders to bring 46 local…
Accelerating implementation through partnership: the Union Africa Region Conference, 10-13 July 2017
The Union Africa region is 50 years old. The first Union Africa Region conference was held in Accra, Ghana in 1967, and the 20th…
STREAM enrolls 100th patient in clinical trial testing shortened MDR-TB regimens
Kwanele* is the 100th patient to enrol in Stage 2 of the STREAM clinical trial - the first large-scale, multi-country clinical trial to…
Registration for the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health is open
Regular registration for the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) is open until the 31 January 2017, after which late fees…
Zimbabwe’s Vice President and Minister of Health sign Barcelona Declaration and commit to ending TB and HIV-TB
On 28 April 2017, Zimbabwe’s Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa signed…
The Union presents ‘3P Project’ to World Economic Forum on Africa
On 3 May, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) participated in a high-level panel discussion on…