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The delegation that met with President Mukherjee included Dr Nalini Krishnan (second from left) who represented civil society as part of The Union-implemented Global Fund Round 9 Project Axshya and a member of the Partnership for TB Care and Control, India. She spoke with the…

There is a saying: Life begins after 40, but it did not mean for Kyaw Kyaw Htwe. He was 39 when he died suddenly on 26 January 2013, and his family and colleagues felt that life was unfair to take him back so early.

When I joined at The Union Office in Myanmar in 2007…

The risks associated with TB infection transmission have increased significantly with the HIV epidemic, and TB is a leading cause of death among people with HIV/AIDS. To help address this issue, The Union has developed a new three-day intensive course on TB infection control…

The Union Zimbabwe Office conducted its first National Training of Trainers on Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Course for health workers on 14–18 January in Bulwayo. The course objective was to enable healthcare workers to detect cases of DR-TB, manage…

Statistics on multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant (MDR-/XDR-) TB make the challenge clear. The number of cases in the 27 high-burden MDR-TB countries doubled between 2009 and 2011. Of those estimated to have these forms of TB, only 1 in 5 receives appropriate…

The Union has received a grant from France Expertise International/Initiative 5% to coordinate an operational research study on a 9-month regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The study will be conducted in 9 francophone African countries. The hope is that…

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera officially launched the country's new comprehensive tobacco control legislation at a ceremony in Santiago on 1 March 2013. The new legislation bans smoking in all enclosed public places and prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising.

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The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) congratulates the Russian Federation on the adoption of a comprehensive tobacco control law, signed into force by President Vladimir Putin on 25 February 2013. The law includes establishment of 100%…

New York's Pace University and The Union have launched two new professional certificate programmes that draw on their combined strengths. The Health Care Policy and Management and Security Analysis certificate programmes each include 5 courses applicable to a master's degree…

 A significant gap often exists between tobacco control laws as they are written and the way they are enforced on the street.  To help countries improve the implementation of their laws, The Union has developed Smokefree implementation and enforcement, a new 5-day…

Project LIGHT, which introduced LED-based fluorescent microscopy (LEDFM) at 200 medical colleges across India, resulted in the detection of 5,495 more new sputum smear-positive TB cases in 2012 than in 2011. The project managed by The Union South-East Asia Office (USEA) was…

Operational research is increasingly recognised as an essential tool for evaluating and modifying health practices and policies. To help meet the urgent need for health professionals with the skills to conduct this type of research independently, The Union's TREAT TB…

Despite the increased focus on the health and development burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the priority interventions will do little to ameliorate the enormous and growing impact of asthma, according to an article by the Steering Group of the Global Asthma Network…

Since 2009, 93 researchers from over 40 countries have been through rigorous operational research courses developed and conducted by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and Médecins Sans Frontières–Brussels Operational Centre, Luxembourg…

The global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is one of the biggest threats to international health and development, confirms a major new Series in the Lancet today. These diseases – cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic respiratory disease and diabetes – are…

The Union, in collaboration with the Desmond Tutu TB Centre 

This Guide was developed for use in the Operational Research Assistance Programme (ORAP) of the Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. It contains course material…

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"Do fast foods cause asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema? Global findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Three" was published in THORAX, an international journal of respiratory medicine, this month and has generated…

Over the past five days, 25 international and local public health experts have participated in a workshop on 'Enforcing Bangladesh's Smokefree Laws,' organised by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and held in the BRAC Centre for…

A Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use in low- and middle-income countries was launched in December 2006 and is a competitively awarded grants program, funded by Michael R. Bloomberg. The grants program is managed by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung…

The Union South-East Asia Office's innovative proposal "Cookstoves for Carbon Credits" was one of the top 75 finalists selected from among 14,000 entries in "The Power of Ideas" competition. The competition organised by the Economic Times and Centre for Innovation, Incubation…

On 2 January 2013, the Chilean Congress approved legislation that will ban smoking in all enclosed public places and prohibit all forms of tobacco advertising. Passage of the Tobacco Law has been a long fight for the Ministry of Health, which has been supported by The Union…