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Experts from The Union's Department of Tobacco Control will participate in the 6th European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECTOH), taking place in Istanbul, Turkey from 26 to 29 March. Department Chair Dr Ehsan Latif will chair and speak at a session on  “Moving…

The Union’s successful approach to improving TB services in the urban slums of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, will be replicated in 12 additional Ugandan cities, thanks to a Wave-4 TB REACH grant. 

Since 2011, the Slum Partnerships to Actively Respond to Tuberculosis…

In late 2013, Guinea Conakry was set to scale up its efforts to address multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with support from The Global Fund. A full course of second-line drugs had been ordered from the Global Drug Facility, but other aspects of the programme were not…

Tuberculosis has a hidden impact on child survival, both directly and indirectly, according to a Viewpoint article published in the Lancet on World TB Day (24 March). Written by The Union’s Steve Graham, Anne Detjen and others, the article illustrates how the full impact of…

24 March 2014 – Research published today provides critical new insight on the harmful links between smoking tobacco and developing tuberculosis (TB). Regular tobacco smoking doubles the risk that people who have been successfully treated for TB will develop TB…

This year’s Union North America Region Conference in Boston included a custom-designed workshop offered by the International Management Development Programme (IMDP) on 'Maximizing the Impact of Public Health Messages'.

The half-day workshop introduced participants to…

The 18th Conference of The Union North America Region (NAR) was held in Boston, USA, from February 27 to March 1, 2014. The theme was “Stronger Together: Stopping TB from Laboratory to Clinic”. Over 270 participants from the NAR and other regions attended. Keynote speakers…

The Union's International Management Development Programme (IMDP) has formed a new partnership with the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) to provide training opportunities for TB controllers from across the United States. The focus will be on building their…

A delegation of ministerial public health officials from Russia and China will observe Scotland’s progressive tobacco control laws in action during a three-day visit to the capital, beginning today 3 March.

Members of Scottish Government and academics at the University…

Phakama Clinic is one of the 23 urban clinics supported since 2012 through The Union’s TB CARE project in 17 urban areas of Zimbabwe.  Located in a high-density suburb of the City of Gwanda, provincial capital of Matabeleland South Province, Phakama Clinic is the only…

The introduction of solar power in 23 clinics offering TB-HIV integrated services with support from The Union Zimbabwe Office has greatly improved the efficiency and effectiveness of these health facilities. Clinic activities ranging from the refrigeration of vaccines to…

The Olympics in Sochi launched with the support of 500 volunteers specifically trained to help implement the Games' strong smokefree policy.

Russian tobacco control legislation, tips on handling visitors who do not comply with the ban, and impact on health were all…

The Union has received £1 million from UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) over three years (2011–2014) to support the expansion of its capacity-building operational research programme.

The OR training, developed by The Union and Médecins Sans…

A new publication co-published by the CORE Group and The Union provides a framework for integrating childhood TB care with community health services, one of the key goals of the Roadmap for Childhood TB published last year.

“This is a very important step towards…

More than 1,700 bacteriologically confirmed TB cases in Mandalay were identified through the PICTS (Programme to Increase Catchment of Tuberculosis Suspects) project in 2013. The results were presented at the project's annual meeting, held on 21 January 2014 at the Regional…