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World Environment Day: announcing Vital Strategies’ scientific sessions on air pollution at The Union World Conference on Lung Health
On World Environment Day we highlight the work of Union affiliate Vital Strategies (VS) and Dr Thomas Matte, VS Vice President for Environmental Health.In Memoriam: Professor Charles Thoen, DVM (1936-2017)
The Union is saddened to announce the passing of Dr Charles Thoen, long-time Union member and past chair of the Zoonotic TB sub-section. Dr Thoen was an expert on veterinary medicine and a leading researcher in the field of zoonotic TB.The Union at the 70th World Health Assembly, Geneva
As WHA concludes, The Union looks to the new leadership of the WHO to guide the next era of health solutions around the world, and urges all those attending to make TB a priority in the year leading up to the UN high-level meeting on TB in 2018The Union welcomes major finance firms’ pledge of public support for tobacco control
On World No Tobacco Day, The Union welcomes the announcement from 53 leading finance firms that today affirmed their public support for international efforts to reduce tobacco use under the WHO FCTC.Georgia pushes ahead with significant upgrade to national tobacco control programme
Georgia’s Parliament hosted a high-level event on World No Tobacco Day to mark the recent advance of national laws that will reduce tobacco use and protect and promote the health and economic well-being of the Georgian people.
The Director General of the National…
Counselling services improve treatment adherence in India
Newly released data from the Indian Government’s 2017 Tuberculosis Report shows that Project Axshya’s counselling interventions for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has improved patient adherence by two-thirds.
Treatment for MDR-TB is long and…
Nepal hosts regional tobacco control leadership programme
Policymakers, civil society and media from across the South East Asia region attended a multi-day course in Kathmandu, Nepal, designed to equip leaders for tobacco control. The Union Singapore office organised the course in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, USA;…
MPOWER Bangladesh: National conference urges progress on core tobacco control polices
A high-level conference held in Dhaka framed the urgent need to reduce tobacco use with stark statistics: 59 percent of premature deaths in Bangladesh are caused by non-communicable diseases. 40 percent of these deaths are due to tobacco use. Its call to action was clear: to…
The Director’s Corner
Tobacco: a threat to development
A message from José Luis Castro on World No Tobacco Day
The World Health Organization’s 2017 report on the tobacco epidemic in China reveals some truly startling statistics – 200 million lives will be lost to tobacco in…
Registration for the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health is open
Registration for the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health is open. Register before 31 January to avoid late fees.Union advocates call for protection and safe passage for migrants and refugees
Authors from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and The Union’s Senior Advisor, Research, Prof Anthony Harries, have published an article in Conflict and Health calling for protection and safe passage for migrants and refugees who travel along the Western Balkan corridor to…
Union intervention on TB at World Health Assembly urges rapid adoption of WHO guidance to accelerate delivery of new tools
The Union today read out the following intervention at the 70th World Health Assembly urging Member States to ensure WHO guidance is rapidly adopted and implemented to ensure timely scale-up and access to new tools for TB prevention.Union intervention at the 70th World Health Assembly supporting strengthening synergy between the WHA and COP
Today World Health Assembly Member States voted to introduce mechanisms for the strengthening of synergies between the WHA and the Conference of Parties to the WHO FCTC. As part of the discussion at the Assembly, The Union read the following statementUnion intervention at the 70th World Health Assembly on health of refugees and migrants
Member States attending the WHA today discussed a report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants, and considered a draft resolution proposed by Argentina and Italy. During the discussion at the Assembly, The Union read the following statement.Russia and South Africa call for TB R&D to be a priority
At an official side event of the World Health Assembly co-hosted by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Department of Health, Republic of South Africa, the panel discussed the urgent need to accelerate tuberculosis (TB) R&D.Union intervention at the 70th World Health Assembly on R&D investment
Today at the WHA The Union read a statement highlighting the urgent need for investment in R&D to end TB and informed Member States about the 3P projectGlobal Charter for Lung Health launched at World Health Assembly, with a call for World Lung Day
The Union’s José Luis Castro today launched the world’s first Global Charter for Lung Health at a side event at the World Health Assembly, attended by Uruguay’s Public Health Minister.On 26 May Union to present ‘3P project’ at WHA side event: Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Agenda
Tomorrow, at 12:30PM CEST, The Union will participate with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Department of Health, Republic of South Africa, in a World Health Assembly side meeting: Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Agenda.Countries call for tobacco control to be prioritised at the World Health Assembly
Official delegations from ten countries have called for tobacco control to be prioritised at this, and future, meetings of the World Health Assembly (WHA), stating that reducing tobacco use is central to protecting and promoting health.Union Intervention at the 70th World Health Assembly on AMR
At the 70th World Health Assembly, The Union calls on Member States to include TB as part of the response to AMR - particularly a need to combat the inadequacies of current vaccines, diagnostics and treatment for TB.The Union congratulates Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, newly elected Director-General of the World Health Organization
Today, the WHO Member States elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to a five-year term as the new Director-General of the WHO. Dr Tedros is former Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elected Director-General of the World Health Organization
The Union congratulates the new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and encourages him to implement much needed reform.Union Executive Director José Luis Castro: new World Health Organization head must lead deep reform
In an opinion piece published in RealClearHealth today, The Union's Executive Director, José Luis Castro, writes of the need for the new WHO Director-General to lead a deep reform agenda.The Director’s Corner
Shaping the future in order to widen healthcare access
A message from José Luis Castro at the 70th World Health Assembly
This week, 22-31 May, marks the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva (WHA70) – the annual gathering of the World Health Organization’…
World No Tobacco Day webinar on sustainable development and tobacco
In the lead up to World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on 31 May, The Union participated in a special webinar 'A Tobacco Endgame is Imperative for Sustainable Development'.