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The 17th Conference of The Union Latin America Region was held on 22 August in conjunction with the Congreso Nacional de Neumologia at the Hotel Las Dunas in Ica, Peru.  Close to 250 delegates from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Peru gathered for…

The Union is proud to announce that its International Management Development Programme (IMDP) is now a member of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) , supporting its efforts to strengthen human resources for health (HRH) by delivering accredited management training to…

The Union is pleased to offer 100 free registrations for civil society members for our annual Union World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona 28 October–1 November. The deadline to apply for these scholarships has been extended to 15 September 2014.

In addition,…

In China only 5–8,000 of an estimated 260,000 children with tuberculosis are registered and reported each year. Experts acknowledge that this huge disparity is due to a combination of under-diagnosis and under-reporting.  This month a workshop sponsored by The Union and…

After a battle almost five years long, Indonesia’s law on tobacco pack health warnings has finally been implemented – pictorial health warnings must now feature across 40 per cent of the front and back of all tobacco packaging. However, implementation will be challenging. The…

With three-quarters of the expected patients now enrolled in the STREAM clinical trial of a shortened MDR-TB regimen, investigators and partners working on the trial met in Johannesburg, South Africa  on 8-9 July to discuss progress and next steps.

STREAM – which…

Operational research training provided through a collaboration between The Union, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the World Health Organization is attracting significant attention. In June, three peer-reviewed journal articles discussed the potential impact of the courses…

Uruguay has introduced stringent new bans on all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS), including cigarette displays at point of sale.

When this legislative upgrade comes into force in August, Uruguay will be fully implementing the World Health…

Join The Union in Scotland this autumn for a Centennial Campaign fundraising adventure in some of northern Britain’s most beautiful countryside!

The coast-to-coast John Muir Way takes in 215 km of stunning scenery and important historical buildings, including the…

The Union’s Latin America Region members, supported by The Union Office in Peru, are preparing to gather for their 17th region conference on Friday, 22 August from 08:00 to 019:00, at the Hotel Las Dunas in Ica, Peru. The theme of the conference will be an Integrated…

The Union / World Diabetes Foundation

The report, The Looming Co-epidemic of TB-Diabetes: A Call to Action, synthesises evidence from the medical and scientific literature, promotes an international policy framework for action and lays out a new research…

Registration is now open for 45th World Conference on Lung Health, the world’s largest gathering of clinicians and public health workers, health programme managers, researchers and advocates working to end suffering caused by lung disease. With a record number of abstract…

The Union is pleased to announce the recent appointment of three new members to its leadership team: Dr Adam M Karpati, Senior Vice President for Public Health Impact (based in New York); Dr Ajay Kumar, Deputy Director, Department of Research (based in Bangalore); and Mr…

The Union is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief (EIC) to lead its open-access journal  Public Health Action when the mandate of the founding EIC, Prof Donald A Enarson ends on 15 September. Applicants for the five-year term are expected to be knowledgeable about the broad…

The 19th Annual Conference of The Union North America Region will be held on 26-28 February 2015 at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia. Considered as the premier tuberculosis conference in North America, this meeting is attended by…

31 May 2014 saw Union offices and grantees across the globe recognising and celebrating recent developments in tobacco control. Many also used the day to raise public awareness of the dangers of tobacco use and to build political support for the legislation and enforcement…

After last month’s World Health Assembly adopted a new global strategy and targets for global tuberculosis prevention, care and control, the directors of national TB and HIV/AIDS programmes across Latin America convened in Mexico City at a summit organised by the regional…

Introducing a new medicine is a huge and complex task, especially when the medicine is being distributed in weak health systems and improper use can cause drug resistance. As I lay out in a commentary piece published today by the health policy journal Health Affairs, it will…

The government of Ireland took an important step toward protecting public health in the country, with yesterday's publishing of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. If passed into law, the bill will require tobacco cigarettes to be sold in generic…

The first meeting of the Core Group (CG) of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) took place in Geneva on 1-2 May 2014.  Dr Chen-Yuan Chiang represents The Union and Dr Raimond Armengol, also from The Union, represents the Latin America regional Green Light…

Online submission of abstracts is now open for the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 17-21 March 2015. Organisers are particularly interested in receiving abstracts on the theme "Tobacco and Non-Communicable Diseases", as well…