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The Union’s TREAT TB (Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis) initiative has received US $8.3 million for 2013-14 for its landmark clinical trial, STREAM, which began patient recruitment in 2012. The STREAM clinical trial compares a…

Since 2005, The Union Office in Mandalay has been providing TB services in Myanmar, one of 22 countries with the highest levels of TB. In 2012, The Union collaborated with the government and People Affected by TB (PATB) community to launch PICTS: a Program to Increase…

The report summarises the global impact of the five main respiratory diseases -- COPD, asthma, respiratory infections. tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer. Combined they represent an immense burden of suffering, as well as a leading cause of death and disability. They include…

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) is helping Sochi continue the tradition of tobacco-free Olympics by offering an online course for volunteers who will work at the Games. Through the e-course, they will learn about topics ranging from…

Authors Dr Stephen Graham of The Union and Prof Guy B Marks, IJTLD Editor-in-Chief for Lung Disease, write that "pneumonia has been an important cause of death for centuries".

Estimates show that in 2011, there were 120 million episodes of pneumonia in children under…

The conference theme was "Shared air, safe air" reflecting the close relationship between clean air and lung health and need to address the threats from airborne disease, secondhand smoke and air pollution. The 182 scientific sessions included plenary sessions, symposia, post…

“This announcement is the perfect way to round off what has been a stimulating and informative conference,” said Jose Luis Castro, Interim Executive Director of The Union. “In recent days we have discussed so many innovative and effective projects to research, diagnose, treat…

The Union presents these awards at the General Assembly of its worldwide membership, held each year at The Union World Conference on Lung Health. This year the conference took place at the Palais des Congrès in Paris from 30 October through 3 November. The World Conference is…

Enjoy scenes from The Union's week in Paris at the 44th World Conference on Lung Health. Join us next year for the 45th conference in Barcelona on 28 October to 1 November 2014.

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Challenges dealing with shared air: the number of French women who die of lung cancer will soon surpass the number who die of breast cancer. . . ventilation is not a substitute for a smokefree environment . . . and China may find the answer to its pollution problem by looking…

Debunking misleading statements from the e-cigarette and ENDS industry

Many e-cigarette and ENDS vendors have promoted their products as a “healthy” alternative. Their marketing messages mislead consumers to believe that these products have been proven to be safe,…

The challenging questions of how to treat manage multidrug-resistant TB were addressed in the Stop TB symposium and a press conference.

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Medicins Sans Frontieres' Access Campaign and The Union launched the 3rd edition of DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope" at the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Paris.

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Saturday's plenary session from 11:30-12:30 (CET) presents Prof Innes Asher on "Asthma: the forgotten epidemic" and Prof Heather Zar on"Pneumonia in Children: still a major challenge to child health globally".

The plenary session will be live streamed, but, if you…

On Thursday, the 2,800 World Conference delegates attended post-graduate courses and workshops on topics from childhood TB and asthma to operational research and project management. Another highlight was a press conference on air pollution and lung health. The conference…

Each year, close to 10 million people die as a result of lung disease – including 3.5 million from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 2.8 million from lower respiratory infections (including 1.2 million children under 5 from pneumonia), 1.4 million from…

The study results showed a high level of support, even though 32.2% of the people interviewed were current smokers. For example:

• 91.3% supported accession to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)• 95% supported a ban on smoking in all public places…

Dear colleagues,    As The Union enters its 95th year, I write you with an urgent appeal to join us in revitalising the global fight against tuberculosis.

Given the tools we have, many of which were developed by Union members, TB should have already been…

J. A. Caminero (lead author)

The Union is offering Comprehensive Clinical and Operational MDR-TB training in all the world for more than 10 years. Based on The Union's 93-years of working in the field, the new guide tackles the challenges of fulfilling each patient's…

The Centennial Campaign honours the upcoming 100th anniversary of The Union, which was founded in Paris in 1920 by 31 national lung associations to create a central resource that could leverage their separate efforts to stop tuberculosis (TB). The Union has been organising…

HCV is a prevalent—and deadly—coinfection among people living with HIV/AIDS, especially people who inject drugs. An estimated five million people are HCV-coinfected – although surveillance data in many low- and middle-income countries range from limited to nonexistent.

The Roadmap for Childhood TB: Toward Zero Deaths, launched today by global TB leaders[1] in Washington D.C., estimates that US$120 million per year could have a major impact on saving tens of thousands of children’s lives from TB, including among children infected with both…