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
Impact of shelter-in-place on TB case notifications and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic
Letter to the editors of the IJTLD which assesses the impact of lockdown (shelter-in-place orders) on TB case notifications.
The Union shares protocol to measure the impact of COVID-19 on people with TB and HIV/AIDS
The Union’s Centre for Operational Research has made publicly available a protocol for a project in sub-Saharan Africa to determine the…
Impact of COVID-19 on TB care: experiences of a treatment centre in Nigeria
Letter to the editors giving an early view into the impact of COVID-19 on TB diagnosis in Nigeria, a high burden setting for TB.
COVID-19 in Africa: preparing for the storm
In response to COVD-19, Africa should develop robust collaborative research programmes, funded by African governments and partners, to include epidemiological, health system, implementation, clinical trials, immunological and virological research.
Study shows regimen for short-course preventive therapy for TB for children is valuable alternative
Results from the TITI (Transmission Investiguée de la Tuberculose Infantile) Study, published in the April issue of the International…
“The need to bring zoonotic TB to the front burner, both in Nigeria and globally, has always inspired me.”
Prof Simeon Cadmus, Professor at the Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, first…