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• 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.

• From Training to Impact: Scaling Up Capacity for Child and Adolescent TB Care in Lesotho

• Implementing integrated and/or decentralized models of care for children and adolescents with TB

• Strengthening the use of TB diagnostic tools to increase case finding among 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.

• 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…

• 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…

• 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

  …

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.

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 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.

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) in close collaboration with the National TB Programme and the National HIV/AIDS Programme in Kenya, the Respiratory Society of Kenya (ReSoK), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical…

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 Union, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis in Baltimore, USA, and TB doctors in five clinics in China, has just completed and published a study to assess the feasibility of conducting post-tuberculosis assessments at the end of anti-TB…

• Since March 2020, the world has been gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, a virus that is here to stay. This global pandemic has shown us how important face masks are at helping minimise the spread of infectious diseases.

  However, disposable masks have caused needless…

• Breathe, a mask in support of The Union, provided by The Ethical Mask Company, and in partnership with world-renowned designer and advocate of sustainability and health, Gary James McQueen.

  Once we reach our initial target of 10,000 mask purchases, 25% of the proceeds…

• The Breathe mask features nano-silver technology, three layers of breathable, chemical-free protection, and is washable and reusable. It is 100% biodegradable, so you can rest assured that it will fully biodegrade after a few months in soil.

• Gary James McQueen, nephew of the late Alexander McQueen, said: “I am proud to collaborate with The Union and The Ethical Mask Company, as we give wings to our Breathe campaign supporting those touched by tuberculosis and lung disease.  I have chosen this unique bee…

• Most importantly, the Breathe mask supports The Union in achieving its vision of a healthier world for all, free of tuberculosis and lung disease.

  A staggering 1.4 million people died from tuberculosis in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has set our fight against…

• It's time to stand up for this cause, for our earth and for each other. Once we reach our initial target of 10,000 mask purchases, 25% of the proceeds from each mask go to The Union. Our aim is to achieve 50,000 mask purchases. WE CANNOT ACHIEVE THIS TARGET WITHOUT YOU.…

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.

• With a diverse group that included Members of Parliament, mayors, academics, civil society members, religious leaders, and representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and other key stakeholders, The Union launched its…

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