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
The Union DRC successfully petitions for prisoners with TB to receive treatment
The Union’s team in the Democratic Republic of Congo secured transfer from prison to hospital for 24 inmates infected with tuberculosis…
The Union delivers first international course on shortened MDR-TB treatment in Cameroon
Union technical staff have organised the first-ever international multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) course on the shortened nine…
Project piloting integrated TB-DM care kicks off in Zimbabwe and Uganda
The Union offices in Zimbabwe and Uganda have begun work on integrated tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus (TB-DM) care in the two…
The Union launches first media partnership and mentoring programme to increase awareness of TB in Zimbabwe
The Union Zimbabwe Office and the Health Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (HEJAZ) have launched a partnership and mentoring programme…
Union launches new study on prevention and treatment of childhood TB
The Union launched a new observational study investigating tuberculosis transmission in children in February. Close to 2,000 children…
The Union is a 'place of friends and colleagues with mutual interests and common goals.'
The Union is actively calling for members to renew their commitment to the organisation in a year that promises to be one of the…