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Brazil has stepped up its fight against tobacco-related diseases by tightening the tobacco control legislation that has contributed to a 300 percent drop in the number of smokers between 1989 and 2013. The new regulations are aimed at continuing this decline in a country that…

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The Government of China, the world’s most populous nation, has drawn up a tobacco control law, which, if adopted in full, will reduce smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke on a staggering scale.…

First Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day on 12 December marks anniversary of UN endorsement of  UHC goal

 On Monday this week, the World Health Organization announced that 6,330 people have now died from Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone—the three…

December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day to solemnly reflect on the more than 35 million lives lost to HIV/AIDS, to stand in solidarity with communities affected and to mobilise action against the epidemic. TB is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, making…

The Word Health Organization and The Union have released a training toolkit to combat childhood tuberculosis (TB). The training focuses on building the capacity of health care workers at the primary and secondary level to address and manage TB in children. The main…

The 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, recently concluded in Barcelona, Spain, not only had record attendance with over 3,300 delegates from 134 countries, but also created the broadest international impact with The Global TB Summit, participation from civil society…

The links between diabetes and unhealthy eating, obesity and lack of exercise are well known, but this World Diabetes Day (14 November), The Union and the World Diabetes Foundation are hoping to increase awareness of another dangerous link – between diabetes and tuberculosis…

At last week’s 45th World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona, Spain, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and World Diabetes Foundation jointly issued a call to action against a global co-epidemic of diabetes mellitus and…

The 6th annual World Pneumonia Day on Wednesday, 12 November aims to highlight the fact that pneumonia remains the world’s leading killer of children under five years old. While pneumonia affects children in every country around the world, in 2013, nearly all of the 900,000…

One of the world’s smallest countries – Nepal - has taken a large step toward combating tobacco-related disease this week. Ninety percent of the surface area of all tobacco packaging must now be covered with harrowing images designed to warn consumers of the health…

New Treatment Regimen Is First-Ever Injection-Free Regimen Tested to Date

6 November 2014, Paris, France – The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) announced plans for new clinical research that will evaluate the effectiveness of two…

One of the greatest barriers to eliminating TB has nothing to do with germs or medicine or technology. It has to do with money. Even though TB has killed well over 10 million people in the last decade, the world is somehow failing to invest the resources necessary to stop it…

The Union Medal and Honorary Membership were conferred on three long-time Union members at the General Assembly in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday, 1 November 2014.  Honorary membership is a lifetime status granted to a person who has become distinguished through active…

The Inaugural Session of the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona featured calls to action in the fight against TB from Nick Herbert, MP and chair of the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB, South Africa Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi…

30 October 2014 – Today, the Global Asthma Network (GAN) will launch the 2014 Global Asthma Report at 13:00 in Room 128 at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona.

The 2014 Global Asthma Report, supported by funding from The Union, was introduced…

TB-diabetes is a looming co-epidemic that we need to address now, before it has a chance to take root in countries and cause sickness and death on a large scale.

Having diabetes triples the risk that a person will develop tuberculosis (TB)—and diabetes is skyrocketing…

The Global TB Summit, an inaugural meeting bringing together elected parliamentarians from across the world, is taking place today (27 October) in Barcelona in advance of the opening of the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health.

Co-organised by The Union…

Participants from seven of the countries hardest hit by multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) gathered in Tartu, Estonia to attend the 19th international tuberculosis course organised by The Finnish Lung Health Association (Filha), Estonian National Tuberculosis Control…

For people at the start of their careers, mentors play an extremely important role in providing inspiration, guidance and support.  Access to a stimulating and diverse group of colleagues is also key to developing a strong network and gaining the experiences and…

As the Union World Conference in Barcelona approaches, many Union members and other conference attendees are curious to know if and how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa will impact the conference. As it pertains to the conference, the Union is responding in two ways.

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Tobacco packaging in India will display graphic health warnings across 85 percent of display surfaces, thanks to new measures announced by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health, on 15 October.

Currently warnings have to cover just 40 percent of one side of the packet.…