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Edinburgh, 16 July 2015 – Global leaders in finance and development have called on governments worldwide to consider tobacco tax as a tool to reduce tobacco use and healthcare costs – and as a revenue stream for financing sustainable development.

The Union welcomes…

Dear colleagues and friends,

I am saddened to share the news that Dr Annik Rouillon, our former Executive Director and one of the foremost leaders in 20th century public health, has passed away.

Dr Rouillon was an inspiring figure whose legacy permeates The…

The Stop TB Partnership has launched a consultation on the first public draft of the Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020. The Global Plan will provide a road map to assist us in ending TB by 2035, as set out in the WHO End TB Strategy, and The Union would like to encourage broad…

TheNetwork for Consumer Protection has won a judgment against Newsweek Pakistan for publishing an article that both implicitly and explicitly promoted tobacco use and the use of Philip Morris products. In the opinion of the Inquiry Commission of the Press Council of Pakistan…

The Union Ethics Advisory Group (EAG), which provides ethical guidance on The Union’s work at national and international levels, is seeking applications for new members willing to serve on this prestigious international committee.

The role of the (EAG) is to safeguard…

In the Marshall Islands, a tragic incident illustrated the consequences that can result when health care needs are not supported by effective health care management:

A woman with no known health problems came to the emergency room of her local hospital when she…

Since 2009, Claire Verhaeghe has been at the centre of building a supportive and efficient programme of services for The Union’s federation of members from 156 countries. She has overseen the transition to a more sophisticated use of technology and increased the…

Two late-breaker sessions will be held at the 46th World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town on 2-6 December. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts for these sessions by 31 July 2015, following the guidelines provided.

Tuberculosis: The Union and the US…

In Uganda, children under 15 years of age account for only 7% of all TB cases reported to the Ministry of Health’s National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) each year; yet studies show that child TB could be about 17% of all TB cases notified.  On 11…

中国首都北京于2015世界无烟日在国家体育馆“鸟巢”隆重的发布了即将实施的《北京控制吸烟条例》。活动中公布了担当控烟大使的名人明星们，还有活泼的孩子们表演歌舞—控烟小苹果、大妈们的广场舞。新的控烟法，6月1日生效，是保护北京的两千万公民不受二手烟的强有力工具。

国家卫生和计划生育委员会（原卫生部）、教育部、北京市政府与来自媒体的代表、医疗卫生机构和科研机构一起在鸟巢上演了一场热闹的控烟宣传倡导活动。作为活动的一项，世界卫生组织授予北京市政府控烟奖，对其在控烟工作中所取得的进展予以标表彰。

法律一旦生效，…

Russia celebrated its first full year with a national smokefree law for all public places. New compliance data was released and shared at WNTD events. It revealed that levels remain high, [more than 90 percent], and levels of public support also remain high, at around 80…

The People’s Forum for Tobacco Control, a civil society group in Tamilnadu launched a new app, with Union support, that creates a platform for reporting violations of tobacco control law. All reports submitted via the app will be reviewed by civil society at national level…

In Pakistan, Minister of Health Saira Afzal Tarar received an award from the WHO for ‘outstanding work in fighting the global tobacco epidemic’. During her tenure, Minister Tarar has presided over legislation enforcing stricter bans on tobacco advertising, formation of a…

In Hanoi, Minister of Health Mdm Nguyen Thi Kim Tien received a WHO medal for her commitment to tobacco control and her team’s efforts to progress this work. At same time, the Ministry of Health presented The Union with a special award for its tobacco control support…

The 2nd Indonesian Conference on Tobacco or Health took place in Jakarta from 27 to 29 May. Attended by more than 500 public health practitioners, tobacco control advocates, researchers, policy makers, media and youth, the conference focused on the need to protect young…

Beijing, capital city of China, heralded the introduction of its new smokefree law on World No Tobacco Day with a vibrant celebration at the Birds’ Nest Stadium, led by dance troupes and actors. The new legislation, a powerful tool to protect Beijing’s 20+ million citizens…

Ukraine’s lawsuit against Australia, claiming that its plain tobacco packaging law constitutes an illegal barrier to trade, has been dropped much to the relief of tobacco control and public health supporters around the world.

Adjudicators for the World Trade…

World No Tobacco Day serves as an annual reminder for the public health community that tobacco control is integral to the urgent goals of promoting lung health and reducing the enormous global impact of non-communicable disease.

Observed each year on this day under…

Honge Liu was first drawn to disease prevention while studying for her medical degree. Although the course focused on curative medicine, preventative work had a greater appeal for her from the start.

“We saw so many people suffering with incurable diseases –…

Over the past decade, The Union’s Department of Tobacco Control has focused its work on policies proven to have the greatest population-…

Dear colleagues,

During the recent 68th World Health Assembly in Geneva, I had the opportunity to speak at various side events about the pandemic of non-communicable diseases – and the role of The Union and our partners in the NCD Alliance in tackling this enormous…

Dr Arnaud Trébucq

Dr Hans L Rieder

Dr Arnaud Trébucq of France and Dr Hans L Rieder of Switzerland, two of The Union’s long-standing and highly regarded tuberculosis experts, are transitioning to new roles and positions this spring.

Over the last 23…

The STREAM clinical trial has enrolled its 400th patient, meeting the recruitment target for Stage 1 of the comparison of a shorter 9-month treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with the World Health Organization-approved treatment regimen.  …

The Union has been providing technical support to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Control and Prevention-Tuberculosis (CAP-TB) project in China, a five-year project designed to improve case detection and treatment for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR…