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Since 2005, The Union has implemented health programmes in Myanmar, including tuberculosis (TB) active case finding, integrated HIV care and community based multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). They are all entirely integrated “in, by, with the public health services” and are…

Gan Quan, The Union's Director of Tobacco Control, looks back at COP9 for Health Policy Watch.

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  In Indonesia, the Ministry of Finance released a decree to increase tobacco tax at an average rate of 23% and at an average rate of 35% on tobacco products. In addition to tobacco taxes, the decree also included taxes on foods that contain high amounts of…

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New study finds the consequences of post-tuberculosis adds substantially to the disease burden caused by tuberculosis. The Centre for Operational Research at The Union was part of the global research collaboration.

The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health took place virtually from 19-22 October and it was an engaging and eye-opening virtual event.

It was four days filled with pathbreaking science, some of which got extensive media…

The Union has developed a DR-TB Academy to train physicians, nurses and other health workers on detection, diagnosis and treatment of Drug Resistant TB.

Despite the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and cessation of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) funding, the Centre for Operational Research (COR) continued with its impressive work through the year collaborating with other partners, such as the…

• COVID-19 and Smoking Publications

  In May 2020, the Tobacco Control team published the first of eleven scientific briefs on COVID-19 and smoking. The briefs, which were disseminated to Union staff, posted on our website, and shared with tobacco control and non-…

• Watch the 'Inclusion of Child and Adolescent TB activities in the Global Fund Submission 2021 -2023' training webinar.

• This webinar for members of the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Child and Adolescent TB Centre discusses the guidance that has been given to programmes from the World Health Organization (WHO), with global strategies for child and adolescent TB programmes to mitigate the impact…

• Watch the 'Best practices for a functioning national child and adolescent TB Technical Working Group: Maintaining and strengthening' through The Union YouTube channel.

• Watch the 'How to use high-quality child and adolescent TB data to develop and improve TB care cascades for child and adolescent TB and MDR TB' training webinar.

• Visit The Union's YouTube channel to watch 'Optimising diagnosis of TB in children: Balancing clinical and laboratory based methods to close the detection gap' and other webinar training.

• Watch 'Scaling up Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment (TPT) among children and adolescent, including children living with HIV and child contacts' on The Union YouTube channel.

• You can watch 'The role of chest X-ray TB in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB in children and adolescents' on The Union YouTube channel.

• Visit The Union's YouTube channel to watch 'Operationalising the new WHO guidelines on management of TB in children and adolescents'.

• Watch ‘Grand Rounds: A Review and Discussion of Challenging Clinical Child and Adolescent TB Cases' on The Union YouTube channel

• Diagnosis and Management of DR-TB in children and adolescents

• Nutrition and tuberculosis: considerations for national programs and child and adolescent tuberculosis

• Assessment of severity of tuberculosis disease in children and adolescents.

The authors of this Letter assess the impact of COVID-19 on a series of patients with Down syndrome. The preprint is free to read.

• On 12 October Myanmar’s Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the adoption of standardised packaging—also known as plain packaging—on all tobacco products, The comprehensive policy, which includes cigarettes, cheroots, cigars, and other smokeless tobacco products, requires…

• British American Tobacco (BAT) and its American unit, R.J. Reynolds, are undoubtedly having a very good week, but the same cannot be said of the public health sector, never mind the tobacco control community. While the former are reveling in the just announced U.S. Food and…

• The aims of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association

  Contribute to the improvement of national health and welfare and providing necessary international cooperation towards ending TB.

  The objectives of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association

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In response to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Report 2021, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) published the following statement.

The Union, in collaboration with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), has updated material that supports teaching and learning on tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

The Union has launched the IJTLD Clinical Standards for Lung Health to help clinicians manage and treat patients with respiratory diseases.

One of a series of articles forming a special supplement in PHA on antimicrobial resistance in Nepal.

One of a series of articles forming a special supplement in PHA on antimicrobial resistance in Nepal.

One of a series of articles forming a special supplement in PHA on antimicrobial resistance in Nepal.

The IJTLD is changing for a bold new future. Read about how we are adapting the Journal in an Editorial for the October issue. The preprint is free to read.

In Myanmar, The Union established the COVID-19 Response Programme in 29 Union project sites to prevent the severity of disease, mitigate negative impacts of COVID-19 and to save lives.

One of a series of articles forming a special supplement in PHA on antimicrobial resistance in Nepal.

One of a series of articles forming a special supplement in PHA on antimicrobial resistance in Nepal.