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 media mentorship raises profile of TB in Zimbabwe
The Union Zimbabwe Office in partnership with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme has just concluded a media mentorship…
Daouda Adam: a consumer rights advocate mobilised for tobacco control in Africa
At last year’s global forum for progressing tobacco control, Daouda Adam was nominated by his peers to represent the interests…
Systematic review reveals extent of childhood TB epidemic
Tuberculosis has once again become the world’s deadliest infectious disease, surpassing HIV/AIDs in 2015 and killing an estimated 1.8…
The Stephen Lawn Memorial Fund for TB and AIDS Research Leadership will support a lecture and a new prize on TB-HIV
Professor Stephen David Lawn was remembered and greatly missed at the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Liverpool last…
Breakthrough study demonstrates far shorter, more effective treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), with majority cured
The Union World Conference opens with fiery display of innovation and research
A spectacular display conveying a serious message took place on the opening day of the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health, when…