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The Union’s stance on tobacco control at COP8
At the eighth Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, The Union took the following position on several key areas.The Union launches a call for applicants for its 2019 SORT IT course in Sri Lanka
The Union’s Centre for Operational Research has launched a call for applications for the Asia Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT), 2019. The upcoming course will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during February and October 2019.
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New operational research finds TB patients diagnosed through active case finding suffer less financial costs
New research led by researchers from The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) South-East Asia Office has found that active case finding (ACF) among marginalised and vulnerable populations in India reduces the costs to the individual…
Almost 90 years on, The Hague’s most historic banqueting hall is to host another significant Union event
This October, the 7th President’s Centennial Dinner will be held in the Ridderzaal, Hall of Knights, in The Hague. 86 years ago, members of the Dutch royal family, Her Majesty Emma, mother of Queen Wilhelmina, and His Royal Highness Prince Hendrick attended the opening of the…
The Union joins in call to world leaders go above and beyond NCDs declaration
The Union united with nearly 300 civil society organisations in a statement calling on world leaders to go above and beyond the vague and unambitious commitments contained in the Political Declaration of the third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (UN HLM on…
UN General Assembly adopts first-ever political agenda for ending tuberculosis epidemic
The Union calls on governments to begin acting now.
The first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Ending Tuberculosis (TB) produced a historic Political Declaration, with specific, measurable milestones to achieve by 2022.
By adopting this…
The Union and European Respiratory Society launch Public Health Fellowship in Respiratory Infections
The Union and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) are offering a 12-month fellowship in respiratory infections to build capacity in the area of respiratory epidemiological public health, and population-based research. The fellowship will be based at The Union’s office…
Union President calls for change at UN High Level Meeting to End Tuberculosis
The Union’s President, Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, addressed the high-level leadership at the first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Tuberculosis (TB), held yesterday, 26 September in New York.
He spoke on a multi-stakeholder panel chaired by Prof…
“You feel better when you give, when you contribute. I would say being a member is a two-way partnership.”
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Anete Trajman is Secretary of the Union’s TB Section. Based in Brazil, she is also about to become Programme Secretary for 2018-2020.
Anete quotes Winston Churchill who once said, ‘You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give,’ to…
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Finance leaders join with world leaders from government and health to sign Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge
Finance leaders today came together with world leaders from government and health for the first time to pledge commitment to tobacco-free finance policies across lending, insurance and investment.
The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge – of which The Union is a founding…
The Union Welcomes Preliminary Results of New TB Vaccine Clinical Trial
Primary results of a clinical trial into a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and conducted in partnership with Aeras, were published today, 25 September, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
GSK and Aeras reported that GSK’s M72/…
The Union joins organisations pushing for increased attention and commitment to TB
As the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York, side events are taking place in the build up to the UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis later this week,A unified voice on World Lung Day 2018
On World Lung Day we hope that this coming together of our political leaders will encourage an integrated approach to global health and bring about fundamental commitments from countries across the world to both TB and NCDs.The Union Annual Report 2017
A message from the Executive director on the release of The Unions's annual reportThe Union Calls on UN Member States to Implement New Child and Adolescent TB Roadmap
Union responds to the launch of the Roadmap Towards Ending TB in Children and Adolescents, an essential document every country can use to lead a stronger response to child and adolescent TB.ALAT partnership with The Union announced
Next year, The Union will hold its Conference of The Union Latin America Region in conjunction with the Latin American Thorax Association (ALAT, for its initials in Spanish) Annual Congress from 3-6 July. ALAT’s 12th Congress will take place in Panama at the Atlapa Convention…
Union response to the WHO 2018 Global Tuberculosis Report
The latest Global TB Report has been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), just over a week before the first ever High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB). Paul Jensen, Director of Policy and Strategy at The Union responds.
"The WHO declared TB a…
STREAM: Promoting TB prevention, screening and treatment among South Africa’s taxi drivers
Last month, the STREAM Stage 2 community advisory board (CAB) in Durban, South Africa carried out an awareness raising and screening session for tuberculosis (TB) at Emtshebheni Taxi Rank in Inanda, Durban. This forms part of the STREAM Clinical Trial researchers’ and the…
Global week for action on NCDs: 3-9 Sept
The Union has joined with thousands of individuals and organisations this week for the first ever Global Week for Action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs)The Director's Corner
The health sector can’t end the TB epidemic alone. Time for politicians to make their influence count.
A message from José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union – August 2018
At AIDS 2018 in Amsterdam last month, I was struck by a comment from a…
New report highlights inadequacies in treatment for people with asthma
The Global Asthma Report 2018, launched today (31 August 2018) by the Global Asthma Network, highlights that around 1000 people each day are dying from asthma, yet many people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, are unable to access the quality-assured essential…
The Union demonstrates impact of child TB in Uganda to visiting parliamentarians, in advance of first ever UN HLM on TB
Between 6-8 August, a parliamentary delegation hosted by The Union in coordination with the Global TB Caucus and other partners visited districts in Uganda that are implementing the DETECT Child Tuberculosis (TB) project - an initiative demonstrating how governments and their…
Official Briefing of United Nations Correspondents ahead of HLM on TB
As part of a series of press briefings, Paula I Fujiwara, The Union´s Scientific Director, briefed members of the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) in New York on the forthcoming UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) taking place in September.
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“TB have an image problem. But once you get to know a person who had TB, you will see how powerful their stories are.”
Ingrid Schoeman, Union Achiever Profile, August 2018Union response to WHO newsflash regarding policy brief on revised MDR-TB guidelines
On 17 August 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a Rapid Communication policy brief announcing the initial outcomes of the guideline development group meeting on the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which took place 16-20 July 2018. The…