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The Indonesia Multicultural Farmers Forum has called on the Indonesian government to create a comprehensive tobacco control policy to reduce tobacco deaths in the country.

The Union welcomes the approval of a Bill by Brazil’s Federal Senate on Tuesday 12 November extending measures to fight the tobacco epidemic in the country.

The Union's new President speaks about the challenges with funding, the need to build The Union’s reputation as the leading voice on tuberculosis and lung disease, and his desire to grow The Union’s membership and strengthen both conferences and journals.

The review paper Adolescent tuberculosis was published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, summarising current understanding about TB in adolescents from a clinical and public health perspective

COPD is a preventable and treatable disease that causes breathlessness, chronic sputum production and cough. There are 300 million current cases of COPD in the world.

This World Diabetes Day, 14 November, The Union stresses the need for a coordinated global approach to tackling the urgent co-epidemic of tuberculosis and diabetes.

In support of World Pneumonia Day, 12 November, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, of which The Union is a member, calls for an end to preventable pneumonia deaths.

The Union is moving forward in the transformation of PHA from a journal covering nearly exclusively tuberculosis, to one which addresses a broad range of public health problems.

This year The Union presented four awards, and hosted a further two, at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India.

The General Assembly provides members with the opportunity to review the past year, plan for the upcoming year, elect new members and officers to the Board of Directors and to conduct other business.

The course, entitled Prevent Tuberculosis: Management of TB Infection, is open access and is geared towards national TB and AIDS programme staff and clinicians.

Today at a press conference on prevention, Sanofi, Unitaid and the Global Fund announced they will significantly lower the price of rifapentine, a critically important drug used to prevent tuberculosis.

Technical Consultants of The Union

The 7th edition of the Orange Guide has been extensively updated, and includes new information on the management of persons with tuberculous infection, bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculosis, co-management of individuals with…

The Union convened its first ever Survivors Summit, bringing together dozens of survivors of tuberculosis and lung disease with the aim of harnessing the power of the community to create a more coordinated global advocacy movement.

This year’s 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health was inaugurated by the Honourable Vice-President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu.

• Building on success

  José Luis Castro, 28 November 2019

  Reflecting on the success of the 50th World Conference on Lung Health, I am reminded of how far The Union has come over the past six years since embarking on our ‘Road to 2020’.

  Long established as a…

Subrat Mohanty, from The Union South East Asia Office, relishes the opportunity to reach out to the community and give people with tuberculosis (TB) a voice.

• India holds the key to ending TB emergency

  José Luis Castro, 22 October 2019

  A week is a long time in politics, and in global health!

  A week ago, we welcomed the success of the Global Fund replenishment, where concerted advocacy secured a record total of over…

The Union co-hosted an event in Washington, DC, USA, which brought together tuberculosis (TB) survivors to share their experiences of battling the world’s leading infectious killer.

An article recently published in PLOS discusses how tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines are translated into national strategic plans, by referring to the experiences of three different countries.

The Union's statement on the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2019.

The new project aims to eliminate tuberculosis in Francophone Africa by 2035.

The study shows that achieving the rate of decline necessary to reach ambitious End TB targets using existing tools is possible

Paul Jensen, The Union's Director of Policy and Strategy, reflects on the themes that arose in speeches and conversations throughout the week.

A dedicated supplement drawing attention to the important process of building operational research capacity in Papua New Guinea has been released by the journal Public Health Action