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• Over 61.4 million people in Indonesia smoke, with 65% of all adult men smoking. In 2020, the Joint External Monitoring Mission on Tuberculosis (TB) for Indonesia found that 36% of all TB cases (about 300,000 TB cases) were attributable to tobacco smoking. In response, The…

• After acknowledging that it is critical to ensuring and protecting the public health, the North-Eastern Indian state Manipur issued a notification severing all future collaborations and partnerships with the tobacco industry. The notification also created an “empowered…

• The Bangladesh railway system—this includes stations, platforms, and train compartments—is now entirely smokefree, following a February directive from Railway Minister, Mr. Md. Nurul Islam Sujan. Working in conjunction with The Union, the Minister launched  the “…

• As part of this week’s G20 Indonesia summit, The Union President and Interim Executive Director Prof Guy Marks spoke at a side event about financing the tuberculosis (TB) response.

  Prof Marks stated: “We do need more investment in TB control to end TB, but we need to…

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  This week, The Union launched the 29th edition of Cours International pour la lutte contre la Tuberculose. This training course, developed in partnership with the National Tuberculosis Programme of Benin, has been completed by more than 550 health services…

Correspondence in a forthcoming issue of IJTLD examines the impact of the war in Ukraine on healthcare systems in the area, including both Eastern and non-Eastern European countries and future management of TBI and TB disease. The preprint is…

• The Diagnostic CXR Atlas for Tuberculosis in Children: A Guide to Chest X-ray Interpretation (the Atlas) has been extensively revised, with the aim of assisting non-specialist healthcare workers in high tuberculosis (TB)-burden settings to interpret chest x-rays (…

• World TB Day is an opportunity for us to celebrate our achievements, while focusing ourselves on the task at hand – eliminating TB. The COVID-19 pandemic and other global adversities have made this task more challenging, but we must remain positive and work together…

• Despite substantial progress in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) since the first edition of this publication in 2003, approximately 250,000 children are still dying from this curable disease every year. At the United Nations first-ever high-level meeting…

• The Union is very pleased to announce that the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated and consolidated guidelines on the management of TB in children and adolescents for World TB Day 2022, along with a detailed operational handbook to facilitate and support…

• As part of a drive to support the next generation of lung health leaders, The Union is accepting applications for free student memberships. This has been thanks to the generosity of Union members who have been donating the memberships.

  During the week of World TB Day…

• The Union has commenced a study into the integration of smoking cessation within National Tuberculosis Programmes in Benin and Burkina Faso.

  Smoking has negative consequences for people with tuberculosis (TB), such as the progression of TB infection to active TB…

• The implementation of contact investigation in eight Francophone Africa countries has helped protect children and people living with HIV from tuberculosis (TB).

  From October 2020 to June 2021, 94% of children under five years and 95% of people living with HIV…

A selection of articles from IJTLD to mark World TB Day 2022.

• Policy brief on the importance of prioritising the nutrition of people with TB and wider population to achieve End TB goals. Produced by TB Undernutrition, a working group of The Union TB Scientific Section.

• The Union, in collaboration with the national tuberculosis programme (NTP) and a local non-governmental organisation, built the tuberculosis (TB) care and prevention capacity in Kenya.

  From 2016 to 2021, majority of the TB coordinators across the country were trained…

• On International Women’s Day 2022, we celebrate all of the inspirational women at The Union, as we stand against inequality.

  The Union is a diverse organisation, with female staff, consultants and members across the world in a variety of roles and fields. Today we…

• On International Women’s Day 2022, we celebrate all of the inspirational women at The Union, as we stand against inequality.

  The Union is a diverse organisation, with female staff, consultants and members across the world in a variety of roles and fields. Today we…

• On International Women’s Day 2022, we celebrate all of the inspirational women at The Union, as we stand against inequality.

  The Union is a diverse organisation, with female staff, consultants and members across the world in a variety of roles and fields. Today we…

• The Union’s Centre for Operational Research (COR) has successfully carried out a study to assess the successes and challenges in the implementation of the Primary Health Care System Strengthening Project in Sri Lanka. The study was funded by a grant awarded by the World Bank…

• A healthier world for all, free of tuberculosis and lung disease

  Our mission

  The Union strives to end suffering due to tuberculosis and lung diseases by advancing better prevention and care.

  We seek to achieve this by the generation,…

• Quality: We deliver our services and products to the highest possible standards Transparency: We are open and direct in our dealings Accountability: We are responsible stewards of resources, deliver on our commitments, and are accountable to our stakeholders Respect: We…

• The Union is pursuing each of these strategic objectives in accordance with the mission and values:

  Knowledge generation: innovation, operational, clinical and public health research Knowledge dissemination and exchange, capacity building, and communication globally…

• The Union’s approach to tackling global health problems is unique. We start with developing knowledge through global research (KNOW), which we then share as widely as possible (SHARE) and turn that into the real action to save lives on a local level (ACT).

  KNOW:…

• The Union is led by elected representatives, staff and consultants, and its membership.

  The elected leadership is comprised of the Board of Directors, the Coordinating Committee of Scientific Activities (CCSA), and the Community Advisory Panel (UCAP).

  The…

• The Union relies on our members to provide leadership, influence and support to reach our common goal. Union members are part of a movement of like-minded individuals and organisations who work together to champion change for a better future in lung health.