4,850,000
TB incidence in 2022
170,000
drug-resistant TB incidence in 2022
99,000
TB cases in people with HIV in 2022
The Union's work in South-East Asia
Integrated HIV Care Programme - Myanmar
Through its Integrated HIV Care (IHC) Programme, The Union Office in Myanmar currently provides services to nearly 34,000 People Living with HIV, more than 33,400 of which are taking antiretroviral treatment.
The Union's Offices
The Union South-East Asia Office was The Union’s first region office, located in India. The Union Office in Myanmar located in Mandalay provides HIV and TB-HIV programmes.
The Union Office in India
C-6, Qutub Institutional Area
110016 New Delhi
India
Phone: (+91) 11 46 054 400
Phone: (+91) 11 46 054 430 / 429
The Union Office in Myanmar
Ma-10/41-42, 64th St, between 101st & 102nd St
Chan Mya Thar Zi
Mandalay
Myanmar
Phone: (+95)2 4071082
Members of The Union South-East Asia 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 South-East Asia Region is made up of organisational and individual members.
UNION NEWS FROM THE South-East ASIA REGION
New course on sustainable funding for tobacco control piloted in Dhaka, Bangladesh
A new course on building sustainable funds for tobacco control programmes has been successfully piloted in Bangladesh.
The pilot…
Project Axshya empowers 30,000 TB patients in India
Using a colourful, illustrated Patients’ Charter, Project Axshya sensitised just over 30,000 TB patients in 2015. The charter, which has…
Parliamentarians pledge support to make India TB-Free
Indian parliamentarians across party lines met on 21 December 2015 to demand and sustain high-level domestic commitment to end TB in…
Union photograph of tobacco control in action wins a prestigious competition in The Lancet
An image capturing the moment a magistrate orders the public burning of illegal tobacco advertising in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been…
Sarabjit Chadha: Building a civil society campaign to bring TB services to India’s neediest
Dr Sarabjit Chadha leads the largest project The Union has ever undertaken – and it serves the country with the world’s…
Dr Rana Singh: Supporting governments to advance tobacco control infrastructure and prevent industry interference
As a pulmonologist working in India, Dr Rana Singh came across people with lung diseases caused or exacerbated by tobacco use,…