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  • Information for Authors for IJTLD and IJTLD OPEN

    • The IJTLD is the reference for clinical research and epidemiological studies on lung health worldwide, including articles on TB, TB-HIV and respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, asthma, COPD, child lung health and the hazards of tobacco and air pollution.

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    • Our Editor-in-Chief works alongside an active Editorial Board to minimise the time taken for key peer review stages so the process is as quick as possible. Data for 2023 is:

    • Authors for both IJTLD and IJTLD OPEN should submit their manuscripts via the same portal and manuscripts will be evaluated solely on scientific merit.  In preparing your article, please check the Instructions for Authors for either the IJTLD or IJTLD OPEN:…

  • Survivors of TB and other lung diseases are invited to attend the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health free-of-charge

    To hold governments accountable for global commitments and to find solutions to TB and lung disease, it is essential to place people with lived experiences central in the conversation.

  • Indonesia commits to raising tobacco taxes to fund health systems strained by tobacco and COVID-19

    Indonesia has issued a decree containing a provision for increasing tobacco taxes to fund universal health care, health systems and health programmes.

  • Union congratulates India for measure to prevent tobacco industry interference in health policy

    The measure, effective from 6 July, restricts officials and staff from collaborating with the tobacco industry.

  • Adapting TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai, India

    A letter to the Editors of the IJTLD on adaptations to TB services that could help ensure continuity of services for RR/MDR-TB during COVID-19.

  • Union says FDA decision to allow Philip Morris to market HTPs will have devastating consequences

    The Union criticised FDA for its decision to allow PMI to market its IQOS heated tobacco product as a 'modified risk product.'

  • Child and Adolescent TB Centre of Excellence

    The Union's Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence is a virtual network of public health experts in child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) in the sub-Saharan Africa region, providing a community of learning and practice for child and adolescent TB. The…

  • Influential projects, identifying and treating child TB

    In Uganda, the DETECT Child TB project empowered frontline health workers to provide TB screening to 2270 child TB contacts, meaning diagnosis happened in village health centres, rather than central hospitals, catching the disease earlier and…

  • Child & Adolescent Tuberculosis

    The Union works to develop, test, implement and scale up routine screening of child contacts of people with TB. We run observational studies and advocate to ensure children and adolescents are included in clinical trials that target…

  • TBData4Action

    • TBData4Action is an inexpensive and practical approach that starts ‘bottom-up’ at a health facility level. Health staff, including facility and district level teams, are trained and supported through data-driven supervision, not only to collect and submit their own routinely…

  • Blog and News content type example

    Big Mallet is a specialist in Drupal development and custom Drupal themes. We are a web agency which has a unique approach to building Drupal modules and mobile responsive design. We provide state of the art hosting and support solutions tailored for Drupal builds.

  • PICTS (Programme to Increase the Catchment of Tuberculosis presumptiveS)

    • The PICTS in Myanmar, established in 2012, focuses on significantly increasing the identification of people with TB. This initiative, coordinated by The Union Office in Myanmar, utilises a community-based group, primarily made up of individuals who have been affected by TB…

  • Tuberculosis

    • Since its inception in 1920, The Union has had a focus on tuberculosis (TB) and innovating TB care.

      We have now set out our 2022-2027 vision, objectives and strategy for ending TB. This can only be achieved collectively, with our members, partners and TB…

    • The Union works towards the global elimination of TB. We support high-quality, accessible prevention and care for people with and at risk of TB, to expand the evidence base for TB care and prevention and implement new knowledge into policy and practice.

    • Read more about how The Union is working to fight key areas of TB:

    • The Zoonotic TB Sub-section was instrumental in the creation of the first-ever Roadmap for Zoonotic TB, a policy document that addressed the major health and economic impacts of the disease, created in collaboration with the World Health Organization.…

    • Until recently, the focus has been on finding and treating people with TB. But now bold targets for TB prevention have been outlined in the recent UN High-Level Meeting on TB.  The Union develops, tests, implements and scales up models of care to increase the…

  • Project Axshya

    In collaboration with local partners and over 15,000 community volunteers, The Union provided innovative tuberculosis (TB) interventions designed to serve traditionally hard-to-reach and at-risk populations in India.

  • Tuberculosis elimination in Francophone Africa

    • The CETA project aims to contribute to the elimination of tuberculosis in Africa by 2035.

      Launched in October 2019, the project supports national tuberculosis programmes (NTPs) in eight countries with TB screening and prevention, improving healthcare delivery…

    • The kick-off meeting took place virtually on 30 July 2020, with the eight NTP managers and several partners (including Alliance Côte d'Ivoire, DRAF TB, Global Fund, WHO Global TB Programme, WHO TDR). From the meeting to June 2021, the following activities began:

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    • Improving healthcare delivery

      The second supports NTPs to improve healthcare delivery by improving case management of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), and better integrating TB into the country’s national health system, in order to reduce missed opportunities for TB…

    • The Union is working with Savics to implement the electronic management of MDR TB patient data (DataToCare) in the countries. DataToCare connects national laboratory networks by collecting diagnostic and patient data at the facility level, displaying real-time…

    • Strengthening NTP governance

      The third approach strengthens the governance of the NTPs, by improving their capacity building skills and supporting them to manage financing from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

    • The CETA project has supported the translation of several articles and the WHO people-centred framework user guide into French.

      Participants were supported to attend an online international Course on TB control (Cotonou Course): Due to COVID-19, an online course…

    • The Union provides ongoing monitoring of the project, including regular exchanges with national programme managers. This includes supporting these NTPs to expand the use of these activities in their future grants to the Global Fund.

    • In addition to CETA activities, The Union is also supports the following operational research projects in Francophone Africa:

      Community-based directly observed treatment: Financial and technical support to the DOTCOM project in Togo and to DRAF TB in Côte d'Ivoire,…

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  • National Technical Support Unit on Advocacy, Communications, and Social Mobilisation

    In recognition of the call for TB elimination by the Prime Minister of India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyan to create a Jan Andolan (a people's movement) to end TB by 2025.

  • Union applauds the price reduction announced for bedaquiline for the treatment of drug-resistant TB in low- and middle-income countries

    The Union welcomes the announcement that bedaquiline will be made available to Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility at a price of USD$340 per six-month treatment course for more than 135 eligible low- and middle-income countries.

  • Impact of COVID-19 on TB care: experiences of a treatment centre in Nigeria

    Letter to the editors giving an early view into the impact of COVID-19 on TB diagnosis in Nigeria, a high burden setting for TB.

  • The Global Plan to End TB 2018–2022 is now available to download in three languages

    The ‘Global Plan to End TB 2018–2022: The Paradigm Shift’ is an updated costed plan and roadmap for a concerted response to TB, aligned with the United Nations (UN) Political Declaration on TB. It is available to download in different languages.

  • How COVID-19 can instruct TB research: ensuring the safety of researchers exposed to infectious disease

    A letter to the editors of the IJTLD which highlights the need to mitigate the risk of researchers being exposed to TB and other airborne pathogens.

  • Union article highlights how the SDG framework can act on determinants and risk factors of TB

    Union-led article highlights that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework provides a means to act on the socio-economic determinants of tuberculosis, enabling a much-needed acceleration towards the End TB goals.

  • “We must be proactive and united in our response to COVID-19 to mitigate the impact of the virus on our beneficiaries.”

    Dr Nay Lynn Oo is The Union’s HIV Programme Director in Myanmar, leading the Integrated HIV Care (IHC) Programme, which provides comprehensive HIV treatment and care services.

  • COVID-19 and TB control in immigrant communities

    Letter to the editors highlighting the disparity of impact of COVID-19 and TB on immigrant communities and the need to have affordable healthcare.

  • Young people urged to help The Union to shape the future of lung health

    • The Union was established a hundred years ago, to foster knowledge sharing among all those working to find solutions to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. This global network of experts dedicated to ending the burden of lung disease has achieved much, but we…

  • IJTLD publishes Ethics and TB supplement

    • A supplement on Ethics and TB has been published alongside the June 2020 issue of the International Journal for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) and is now freely available to read. 

      The 10 articles address a broad range of ethical and human rights issues…