Protocol for The impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV services: A public health surveillance project in three African countries
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 case detection and HIV testing, diagnosis and care through strengthened real-time surveillance.
The Union’s brief on financing public health preparedness for pandemics
COVID-19 is having a profound effect on public health, public health systems and economies. This Union brief recommends that countries raise tobacco tax in order to fund public health and emergency response systems, and to reduce tobacco use. Download in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Guidance for healthcare workers on tobacco use and COVID-19
Issued by The Union and partners in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Deadly Partners - Tobacco and COVID-19: A call to action for governments
Union paper on COVID-19 and its association with NCDs, tobacco use, smoking and vaping, with urgent actions for governments in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, and Burmese.
APCAT Tobacco and COVID Information
Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and NCDs Prevention (APCAT), for which The Union is the secretariat, has issued the following guidance on COVID-19, including the role of Mayors and Members of Parliament throughout the crisis and lessons from Singapore. Download the document in English.