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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…
How TB and COVID-19 compare: an opportunity to integrate both control programmes
Letter to the editors which highlights similarities and differences between TB and COVID-19 – and proposes that control programmes unite to address both conditions.
COVID-19: ensuring continuity of TB services in the private sector
Pakistan has the fifth largest global burden of TB, and in response to COVID-19 a lockdown was imposed on 26 February. TB services were severely disrupted. This threatened to undermine recent gains in private-sector engagement and TB…
Responding to COVID-19: adjusting TB services in a low-burden setting
A letter to the editors in which the Victorian Tuberculosis Program describes how the social and programmatic changes to TB services brought on by COVID-19 have been experienced in practice.
COVID-19 in Africa: community and digital technologies for tuberculosis management
This letter explores the concerns about the negative impact that COVID-19 will have on the fight against tuberculosis in Africa
The Union’s Journal leads the way in published studies on TB and COVID-19
A digital library of tuberculosis and COVID-19 publications has been published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) providing a comprehensive resource for the TB community.A decrease in tuberculosis evaluations and diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic
This letter looks at the implications and potential consequences of delayed or missed diagnoses for TB, which may increase TB-related hospitalisations and death.
COVID-19 and tuberculosis—threats and opportunities
In an editorial to the IJTLD, the authors state how we must overcome the challenges that COVID-19 presents and use the opportunities it affords us to achieve a paradigm shift in TB treatment and care
Mexico awarded WNTD prize for achievements in tobacco control
Mexico is recognised on WNTD for its achievements in progressing tobacco controlThe Union welcomes the WHO’s Solidarity Call to Action to realise equitable global access to COVID-19 health technologies
The Union applauds the WHO call to voluntarily pool the knowledge, intellectual property and data necessary for global progress against the COVID-19 pandemic.Severe COVID-19 cases with a history of active or latent tuberculosis
In a letter to the editors, authors report on symptom development, disease progression and treatment for three cases, each representing a different TB scenario.
Common concerns in managing bronchial asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic
A letter to the editors of the IJTLD addresses the major concern of use of corticosteroids and nebulised bronchodilators in bronchial asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic
Message from the Executive Director
Tobacco industry must cease targeting young people in LMICs
Message from the Executive Director, 29 May 2020
On this World No Tobacco Day, we find ourselves in an unprecedented time, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though much remains to be determined…
Big Tobacco is denying children and young people the right to be tobacco-free, says Union paper
With around 38 million young people aged 13-15 already using tobacco in its many forms, the specific targeting of youth by the tobacco industry must be addressed immediately.“The tobacco industry is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to protect profits and undermine tobacco control policy.”
Emma Green is The Union’s Project Manager for STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products), the global tobacco industry watchdog, of which The Union is a partner.Ban e-cigarettes and HTPs in LMICs to prevent a new epidemic of nicotine addiction, says new Union position paper
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, The Union has today publicly advocated for the prohibition of the sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in low- and middle-income countries