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    • Information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic is evolving rapidly. Please refer to the guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the latest information.

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  • On Request and Tailored Courses

    • The Union faculty and staff are ready to 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…

    • See real life examples of how The Union works to identify training needs and deliver training programmes that get results.

    • 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…

    • The Union has worked in partnership with the following organisations on training and education programmes:

      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Health Solutions – Kenya Damien Foundation Dirección de Prevención y Control de Tuberculosis…

  • Fast-Track Journal Articles

    The Union is fast-tracking the publication of certain accepted articles from the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

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  • PHA preprints

    The Union is fast-tracking the publication of certain accepted articles from PHA.

  • Union Achievers

    • The Union Achievers is a series of profiles highlighting the outstanding work of individual Union staff, consultants and members around the world. Through their creativity, expertise and dedication, they have made invaluable contributions to public health challenges from TB…

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  • Impact of COVID-19 on patients with asthma

    Letter to the editors of IJTLD exploring the outcomes of patients with asthma in Northern Italy, exploring whether SARS-CoV-2 affected their asthma.

  • Prestigious scholarship for TB activist Nandita Venkatesan

    The TB survivor, journalist and activist from Mumbai, India, has been awarded the scholarship to Oxford University.

  • Union webinars

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  • Press enquiries & credentials

    • Press enquiries

      Questions from the media should be directed to the Union Communications team at press@theunion.org.

       

      Press credentials

      Working journalists are welcome to request press credentials to cover the Union World Conference on Lung Health…

  • 2019 at a glance

    We look back at some of the highlights from The Union’s activities during 2019. , Photo credits: Steve Forrest, Will Boase, Javier Galeano, Marcus Rose, The Union Office in Myanmar, The Union Asia Pacific Office, and The Union North America Region

  • Advocacy

    The Union is a founding partner of the Global TB Caucus, an international network of more than 2,500 Members of Parliament in over 150 countries, dedicated to ending TB through strengthening health systems. To date, members have launched 53…

  • 2018 at a glance

    We look back at some of the highlights from The Union’s activities during 2018. , Photo credits: UN Web TV, Steve Forrest, Marcus Rose, Will Boase, Javier Galeano, courtesy of The Union’s Zoonotic TB Sub-section, The Union Office in Myanmar.

  • Careers

    L’Union a obtenu un financement de l’Agence Française de Développement pour la mise en œuvre du projet CETA. Pour la mise en œuvre de ce projet il est prévu des visites régulières dans les pays impliqués dans le projet CETA ainsi que la…

  • 2017 at a glance

    We look back at some of the highlights from The Union’s activities during 2017. , Photo credits: Will Boase, Javier Galeano, Steve Forrest, Aditi Sharma, Courtesy of the Shenzhen Center for Non-Communicable Disease Control, Jan Schmidt-Whitley, Dasha Burns, David Andoh, Marcus Rose, Gustavo Sóñora, World Health Organization.

  • 2016 at a glance

    We look back at some of the highlights from The Union’s activities during 2016.

  • Silent Epidemic: a call to action against child tuberculosis

    These images show part of an exhibition telling the stories of children and families in Benin and Uganda, where Union projects are trying to find new ways to beat childhood TB.

  • Cured: A celebration of life after MDR- and XDR-TB

    Cured is an exhibition of photographs depicting the everyday lives of people who have one thing in common – they all had multidrug-resistant (MDR-) or extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and were cured.

  • Myanmar adopts measure preventing tobacco industry interference in health policy

    The Union congratulates Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports for implementing a Code of Conduct that restricts staff and officials from meeting with tobacco industry representatives.

  • Resource reprioritisation amid competing health risks for TB and COVID-19

    Letter to the editors of the IJTLD that highlights health care responses to COVID-19 that might help TB care in the longer term.

  • “UCAP has been buzzing with energy. This year’s conference is online, giving us huge opportunities to reach more people”

    Rhea Lobo is a tuberculosis survivor, member of The Union's Community Advisory Panel, and an international award-winning filmmaker.

  • Scientific Sections and Working Groups

    Union Members share their thoughts on the benefits of being a part of a specific scientific section within The Union.

  • Spotlight: The Zoonotic TB Sub-section

    Former Chair of The Union’s Zoonotic TB Sub-section, and Professor at Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.