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A letter to the editors of the IJTLD arguing that we should avoid restrictions on children’s lives during any new waves of COVID-19 – and avoid school closures.

This month, The Union's Past President, Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, writes a special feature about the Black Lives Matter movement.  

An article co-authored by The Union has estimated that 186,000 new tuberculosis (TB) cases and 88,000 additional TB deaths could be expected in India in 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 lockdown.

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The Union has managed 495 Bloomberg tobacco control grants in 45 countries.

Padma Shri Dr Gulshan Rai Khatri, a legendary figure on the front lines of India's fight against TB, sadly died earlier this month, aged 76.

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  Rethinking latent TB? Think again R.E. Chaisson, P.C. Hopewell 

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  Outcomes of people with TB reported to the WHO Global Clinical Platform of COVID-19 M. Bastard, et al.

  Yield of TB screening in prisons in Tajikistan S. Moe, et…

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  Update on IJTLD OPEN: the future is open H.D. Blackbourn, G.B. Migliori 

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    A 10-year review of isoniazid-resistant TB management in Uzbekistan 2009-2020 M.L. Rekart, et al. Severe outcomes among adults with TB during COVID…

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  Embracing novel thinking to safeguard against airborne pathogens in indoor spaces H. van der Westhuizen, et al.

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  Cost and cost-effectiveness of BPaL regimen used in drug-resistant TB treatment in the Philippines D. Evans, et al.  …

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  Comprehensive care for people affected by TB: addressing TB-associated disabilities M. Calvi, et al. 

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  Disability, comorbidities and risk determinants at end of TB treatment in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe S.A. Adakun, et al.…

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  A publicly accessible global data repository – the WHO TB-IPD platform R. L. Goodall, et al. 

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  A pilot cross-sectional study of non-communicable diseases in TB household contacts Y. Hamada, et al.  

  Characteristics of and…

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  Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of post-TB lung disease: a call to action D.R. Silva, S. Inwentarz 

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  Operational research as a mechanism to improve treatment outcomes for drug-resistant TB in the WHO European Region G.B. Migliori…

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  Applying ‘timeliness’ to the screening and prevention of TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients A. D. Harries, et al.

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  A social enterprise model for TB detection and treatment through the private sector in Pakistan S. M. A.…

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  Launch of IJTLD OPEN: a new home for open access papers on respiratory disease H. D. Blackbourn & G. B. Migliori Global reporting on TB in children and adolescents: how far have we come and what remains to be done? S. Verkuijl, et al. More is needed to…

Cristiane Vianna is The Union’s Technical Advisor for tobacco control in Brazil.

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The IJTLD is the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to lung health worldwide.

We welcome submissions on basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological and programmatic research relevant to the Union’s mission to find health…

The Abstract Book of the annual Union World Conference, published every year as a supplement to the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD), has been distributed in electronic format since 2004. It is no longer distributed either in print or on CD. The…

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  Dates: 1997-2011 Number of issues: 3 issues yearly for 14 years, i.e., 42 Number of copies distributed: 4000 No of articles published: 280

   

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  Start date: 1997 Number of issues to date: IJTLD Volumes 1-21…

Dates: 1997-2011 Number of issues: 3 issues yearly for 14 years, i.e., 42 Number of copies distributed: 4000 No of articles published: 280

Start date: 1997 Number of issues to date: IJTLD Volumes 1-21 (2017). Online only, updated annually No of articles translated to date: 597 Certains articles du IJTLD, intéressant tout particulièrement la pratique de la lutte contre la tuberculose sur le terrain, sont…

Start date: 2003 Number of issues to date: 4 Number of copies distributed: 1500; now online only No of articles published to date: 54