Upcoming Courses
The Union uses our rich expertise to run fee-based courses that develop clinical expertise, management skills and the ability to discover solutions through research and advocacy.
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Principles of Tuberculosis Care and Prevention: Translating Knowledge to Action 2025
New dates: August to October 2025
Hybrid course - online and field visit. Course in English.
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International Course on the Clinical and Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis 2025
13-17 October 2025
In-person. Course in English.
The Union can help you design courses and curriculum to meet your specific training needs. With expertise in the clinical, programmatic, and organisational management of diseases our team has designed programmes for some of the leading lung health organisations in the world. We specialise in programmes designed to reduce the burden of lung disease, improve overall lung health, better manage TB in low-resource settings, and implement tobacco control programmes.
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Open-access learning
The Union also offers a range of online courses that are free to access. Learn the latest best practices in TB, operational research, drug-resistant TB, attend webinars and much more.
Conçu par des experts de santé publique, ce cours s’adresse à tous les professionnels de santé et acteurs engagés dans la lutte contre le tabagisme, en particulier dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire.
Les participants développeront des compétences concrètes et des connaissances essentielles en matière de lutte antitabac, de gestion de la dépendance à la nicotine, de stratégies de sevrage, ainsi que de prise en charge des maladies liées au tabac et des co-addictions.
Ce cours s’adresse aux professionnels de santé, acteurs de la santé publique, étudiants, conseillers, chercheurs et travailleurs communautaires.
Ce cours a été rendu possible grâce au soutien de l'Agence Française de Développement (AFD) et est dédié à la mémoire du Professeur Georges Ouédraogo.
The Online course on Management of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis and the Resources for trainers on Management of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis are aimed at helping healthcare providers/participants apply learned concepts to improve the management and care of children and adolescents with presumptive and diagnosed TB in their work settings, especially at primary and secondary levels of health services.
This course incorporates the latest updates on diagnosis, screening, treatment, person-centred care, and prevention strategies for children and adolescents with presumptive and diagnosed TB. It also includes a module on recording, reporting, and programmatic aspects of child and adolescent TB.
This course is designed for individuals, including healthcare professionals working at all levels of health services in low- and middle-income settings with a high TB burden. Downloadable resources to support trainers in child and adolescent TB are also available.
This online course will provide researchers with the relevant knowledge and skills to be able to plan, design and write grants in their own right. The course includes the following topics:
- Introduction to operational research with examples
- Research questions and methodology
- Research methodology, data analysis and statistical analysis
- Investigators, authorship, references
- Ethics and completion of protocol
- Types of grants and calls for proposals
- Project and Budget Management
Chest X-Rays (CXR) play a pivotal role within diagnostic algorithms for TB in children, and so the interpretation of CXRs is now more relevant than ever in the fight against child TB.
Based on our Diagnostic CXR Atlas for Tuberculosis in Children: a Guide to Chest X-ray Interpretation (2nd edition, 2022), this course is designed to provide pragmatic guidance to healthcare professionals working in the diagnosis and management of TB in children.
Take this course today to understand how CXR fits into the diagnostic process, build your confidence in identifying paediatric CXRs, and learning which CXR features are most useful in diagnosing paediatric TB.
La radiographie thoracique occupe actuellement une place centrale dans l’arsenal diagnostique de la tuberculose. Cet important outil délaissé pendant longtemps du fait de quelques contraintes liées à son coût d’acquisition et à la disponibilité de ressources humaines qualifiées est devenu de nos jours de plus en plus accessible.
Il y a donc nécessité que les praticiens surtout ceux exerçant dans les régions les plus éloignées soient outillés pour l’interprétation d’une radiographie thoracique. Si vous êtes médecin exerçant au sein des Programmes Nationaux de lutte contre la Tuberculose (PNT) au niveau national, régional ou périphérique, ou clinicien exerçant en milieu hospitalier, ce cours est pour vous.
Ce cours, entièrement libre d’accès, a été développé dans le cadre du projet CETA sur financement de l’Agence Française de Développement.
Union Courses Faculty: Meet our experts
The Union faculty have expertise in the clinical, programmatic, and organisational management of diseases, as well as leading expertise in public health management. Our team has decades of experience and we have designed programmes for some of the leading lung health organisations in the world.
The Union’s webinars
The Union, in collaboration with its global community of members, hosts an ongoing webinar series on tuberculosis, tobacco control, COVID-19 and other lung diseases. Join The Union today and learn from our experts, members and high-profile speakers.
Some of the past webinars are available as open-access.
A virtual network of public health experts in child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) in the sub-Sahara Africa region, providing a community of learning and practice for child and adolescent TB. The network offers technical expertise, capacity building, south to south learning opportunities, and promotes collaboration across the region.
You can watch open-access Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence webinars on The Union website or through The Union's YouTube channel.