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Union working group show crucial link between TB and mental health
The Union’s TB and Mental Health Working Group have released a video to promote the wide-scale provision of mental health screening and services for patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis worldwide.South Africa announces lower price for TB drug bedaquiline
South African Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has announced that the government of South Africa and Janssen Therapeutics have agreed to a lower price of US$400 (from US$750) for a six-month course of the TB drug bedaquiline.New book authored by Union experts explores the devastating consequences of the simultaneous outbreak of TB and war
Long-standing Union members have authored a book, recently published by Karger, titled ‘Tuberculosis and War. Lessons Learned from World War II’. The authors are internationally acclaimed tuberculosis (TB) experts, Professor Robert Loddenkemper and Professor John Murray.…
New report shows three in five people living with HIV now have access to drugs but UNAIDS warns ‘progress is slowing and time is running out.’
A new report from UNAIDS, issued to coincide with the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam (23-27 July), states that three in five people living with HIV now have access to the drugs they need – a marked contrast to when the epidemic first took hold.
However,…
The Director's Corner
We must commemorate Nelson Mandela by committing to ending TB and AIDS
A message from José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union
Nelson Mandela would have been 100 on 18 July 2018. It is truly fitting that this centenary occasion falls just days in…
Myanmar holds its first national conference on tobacco control and the prevention of non-communicable diseases
Myanmar held its inaugural conference focused on reducing tobacco use and other risk factors for non-communicable diseases, exploring how to develop cost effective interventions at national and sub-national levels and, and how to raise public awareness.The 11th ALAT Congress focuses efforts on lung health in Latin America
The 11th Congress of the Latin American Thorax Association (ALAT, for its initials in Spanish), held in Mexico City on 27-30 June, discussed regional approaches to lung health issues of greatest urgency in Latin America.In Memoriam: Prof Denis A Mitchison
The Union is saddened to hear of the passing this week of tuberculosis (TB) pioneer and Union Honorary Member Prof Denis A Mitchison, at the age of 98.“Children with TB have been failed by the very communities meant to serve them, but few people are even aware of the problem”
José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, has had an opinion piece published in Project Syndicate, urging for immediate and rapid global action on child tuberculosis.The Union joins over 50 health experts calling for bold, committed action on NCDs
José Luis Castro, The Union’s Executive Director, has joined forces with over 50 health experts in a letter published in The Lancet, calling for concerted, bold and committed action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in advance of a critical United Nations High-Level…
“As TB champions, we must also be human rights champions…” The Union’s Executive Director calls for a human rights-led response to TB at New York summit.
José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, joined an expert panel to discuss the development of innovative interventions for tuberculosis prevention and care, tailored to the situation in New York City.Sample Challenge event
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TREAT TB hosts capacity building webinar series
The TREAT TB project is launching a series of bi-monthly webinars which will focus on capacity building to conduct clinical trials in countries where multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is prevalent. TREAT TB has been implementing the STREAM clinical trial since 2012.…
“In Zimbabwe, we have shifted perception of TB from a hard-sell story to a necessary subject that needs to be talked about.”
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As Communications Officer for The Union’s Zimbabwe Office, Paidamoyo Magaya works on the front line of some of the world’s most deadly epidemics. The World Health Organization (WHO) cites Zimbabwe as being among the 30 countries with a triple burden of tuberculosis (…
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The 7th President’s Centennial Dinner to be held at the historic Ridderzaal, Hall of Knights
The Union is delighted to have secured this historic venue for its prestigious annual fundraising event on 23 October, thanks to the patronage of the Honourable Minister Bruno Bruins, Minister for Medical Care and Sport, The Netherlands.The Union brings together UN missions to urge critical action on TB
The Union and partner organisations brought 21 United Nations country missions together with TB experts and TB organisation representatives at a briefing in Geneva, in preparation for the UN High-Level Meeting on TB later this year.The Union welcomes appointment of Kevin Osborne as the new Executive Director of the International AIDS Society
The International AIDS Society (IAS) has today named Kevin Osborne as its new Executive Director, with effect from August 2018. He succeeds Owen Ryan, who has held the position since 2014.
The Union offers its warmest congratulations to Kevin Osborne, the first…
Latest tobacco control and law workshop for Latin America focuses on new nicotine products
The ‘10th Workshop on Law and Tobacco Control for Latin America’ took place at the O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, Washington DC, last week. The three-day event, 10-13 June, focused on new nicotine products.José Luis Castro appointed to Advisory Board of Dyson College of Arts & Sciences
The Union’s Executive Director, José Luis Castro, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of Dyson College of Arts & Sciences, a faculty of Pace University in New York City.
Advisory Board members are traditionally Dyson alumni and friends representing a cross-…
Position Statement on Heated Tobacco Products (2018)
Field Guide for the Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
A practical tool to help health workers in the clinical and operational management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with special focus on the introduction, implementation and management of the nine-month treatment regimen.
India ratifies Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
India has officially endorsed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (ITP), bringing the treaty one step closer to coming into effect. The ITP will be in force after it has been ratified by 40 countries and the treaty…
Stakeholders in the fight to end TB convene for Civil Society Hearing ahead of the UN HLM on TB
The Interactive Civil Society Hearing for the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB is taking place to enable those involved in the work to end TB to contribute to the preparations for the HLM on 26 September 2018.New position paper on e-cigarettes and youth released by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies [FIRS]
FIRS have today launched a new position paper in the European Respiratory Journal that warns about the impact of electronic cigarette use among young people.Tobacco: Now is the time to get to the heart of the matter
A message from José Luis Castro, Executive Director, The Union, on World No Tobacco Day 2018