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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…

In 2012, The Union collaborated with Myanmar's National TB Programme on a TB REACH project called PICTS (Program to Increase Catchment of TB Suspects), which was designed to improve TB case detection and to increase new bacteriologically confirmed TB cases in seven townships…

The Union Uganda Office has been awarded Wave 2 funding from TB-REACH to continue its successful project, SPARK-TB (Slum Partnerships to Actively Respond to Tuberculosis in Kampala). SPARK-TB is improving access to quality TB diagnosis and treatment within private health…

Paris, France / 29 November 2012 — The theme of World AIDS Day (1 December 2012) is "Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths". But, according to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), the goal…

Dr Simon Schaaf (South Africa), Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Stellenbosch University, will serve as the representative of the Lung Health Scientific Section.

Prof Peter Davies (UK), Honorary Professor to…

The team covered 42 of the 51 core symposia and 14 of the 15 oral abstract sessions, but not the pre-meetings, posters, plenaries or satellite symposia. They organised the sessions under the topics:

• Basic Science and Laboratory Issues

• Clinical…

The Union awards consist of a full fellowship to attend the Union World Conference on Lung Health (including full delegate badge, travel and hotel), US$ 2,000 and a certificate presented at the conference. Honorees unable to attend the…

In her welcome address at the Inaugural Session on Wednesday, 14 November, Union President E Jane Carter described the theme as fitting not only to describe the goal for global health programmes, but also as a description of The Union itself and how its members support and…