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Implementing Collaborative TB-HIV Activities: A Programmatic Guide
P. I. Fujiwara, R. A. Dlodlo, O. Ferroussier, et al.
This guide summarises The Union's experience in developing approaches to integrated TB-HIV care for adults in resource-limited settings. It is recommended for health professionals at the implementation level and…
International collaboration curbs tobacco promotion at cricket tournaments
During a tournament in Australia in February 2012, Chaini and Kamla Pasand – leading manufacturers of chewing tobacco – targeted Indian television viewers with advertising for their products on the boundary rope and around the cricket ground. Tobacco advertising is…
Bulgam Bhai – India’s TB fighting superhero – wins award
The Emvie citation for the "out of home" category described the campaign as a captivating and fresh approach to raising awareness about a very serious public health issue. Further evidence of the campaign's success is demonstrated by the…
People Affected by TB (PATB) hold monthly gatherings in Mandalay’s 7 townships
One of the activities of Myanmar's Program to Increase Catchment of TB Suspects (PICTS) is to build a strong community among TB patients, so that they can support each other and serve as TB ambassadors. This has led to the formation of PATB (People Affected by…
In India, civil society is driving change in state TB control programme
Uttar Pradesh (UP) is a focal point of India's battle with TB as the country's most populous state and home to nearly a fifth of the country's active TB patients. In 2010, 277,245 patients registered for TB treatment in UP out of a total 1,522,147 new TB cases…
Plenary speakers for Union World Conference announced
Wednesday, 14 Nov. 2012, 17:30-19:00
Sir John Crofton Memorial Lecture
Timebomb revisited ten years later: can we sustain progress or are we losing the war?
Speaker: Lee Reichman (USA), Founding Executive Director of the New Jersey Medical…
Bangladesh Cabinet endorses amendment to the tobacco control law
- The Union provided support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Tobacco Control Cell to prepare the tobacco control law amendment bill and summary for presentation to the Cabinet. Union grantees WBB Trust, NATAB and ACLAB, AID garnered public support for…
In Myanmar, 10,000 patients are on ART through The Union’s “4 P” approach: Partnership between patients and the public and private sectors
"What started in 2005 as a pilot programme for tuberculosis and HIV care has grown into an Integrated HIV Care (IHC) programme that is reaching thousands of patients and impacting not only their lives, but also the lives of their families and their communities", says Dr…
No place for tobacco: The Union supports smokefree sports
- Recent activities of The Union and its partners:
Tobacco control at Euro2012
UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) ruled that the 2012 European Football Championship (Euro 2012) in Poland and Ukraine would be tobacco-free. Union-grantees The Chief Sanitary…
- Recent activities of The Union and its partners:
Lord Boateng encourages The Union Europe Region to unite in partnerships to respond to TB and public health challenges
In speaking about best practices for working with governments to harness political will and resources for TB and public health, Lord Boateng said: "The Union's mission is a great one, and you bring huge knowledge, experience and wisdom to the fight". But he also stressed the…
Ministry of Health workshop is the first step towards a national smokefree law in China
In early 2012, The Union proposed a government-hosted workshop to the Ministry of Health as a significant opportunity to further China's progress toward meeting their commitments to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. China ratified the Convention in 2005…
The XIX World AIDS Conference marked a pivotal time in HIV/AIDS fight
The last World AIDS Conference to be held on American soil was in San Francisco in 1990. Soon after, the USA applied a travel ban preventing anyone who was HIV-positive from entering the country, thus preventing any further conferences from being held there.…
High Court of Australia upholds pioneering plain tobacco packaging law
Australia's plain packaging law, passed in parliament in November 2011, requires all tobacco sold in Australia after 1 December 2012 to be packaged in standardised packs, free from industry logos, brand imagery, colours and promotional text. Brand and product…
Turning the Tide on TB and HIV: See video of Prof Anthony Harries at the AIDS 2012 Conference
Read the news articles:
http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/hiv_tb_comorbidities_1667_22775.shtml
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16129249,00.html
New report on plain packaging of tobacco products in India / Australia
Policy Document on Plain Packaging
Executive Summary
Policy Brief
Study of patients’ perceptions leads to stronger TB-HIV services in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
The Health Services Department of the City of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe considers providing high-quality HIV and TB services a top priority and used a survey of patients' perceptions to help them develop these services further.
Dr Zanele Hwalima of the City…
In huge win for tobacco control, Batsa loses appeal on South African advertising ban
- The Supreme Court of South Africa dismissed an appeal brought by British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) on 20 June 2012. The appeal sought to overrule sections of the country's 1993 Tobacco Products Control Act that ban tobacco advertising. The dismissal constitutes a…
Vietnam enacts comprehensive tobacco control law
- One of the top 15 tobacco-using countries in the world has taken a stand for tobacco control. The Vietnam National Assembly passed the nation's first comprehensive tobacco control legislation on Monday, 18 June 2012. The new law will come into force on 1 May 2013. The Union has…
Training the trainers course disseminates knowledge about managing child TB
A child TB "Training of Trainers" course was recently held in Stellenbosch, South Africa for representative from the national tuberculosis programmes (NTPs) of 12 African countries. The course focused on how to train staff to implement and evaluate child TB activities in the…
New use of a “forgotten” technique aids TB treatment monitoring in Bangladesh
For patients with increased risk of treatment failure or relapse, TB treatment monitoring is critical to provide early recognition of developing problems and adaptation of the treatment. However, in many low-income countries, it is not feasible to perform drug susceptibility…
Mandalay lab offers high-tech diagnostic services with The Union’s support
Funding for the equipment, renovations and training has come from grants to The Union's IHC Programme from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (The Global Fund) and the Fondation Merieux.
A fully automatic CD4 machine was installed in October;…
First TB-diabetes bi-directional screening pilot project completed
A 12-month pilot project testing the implementation of bi-directional screening for tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in China ended in May 2012. China is the first country to pilot and complete a bi-directional screening project within the routine…
Two years after repealing its smoking ban, Bulgaria adopts revised law
The Union has been working with The Bulgarian National Tobacco Control Coalition for more than a year to get the law reintroduced. In March 2011, following the repeal, The Union hosted an MPOWER course in Moscow, which was attended by officials from the…
New global tools for TB control: a new series in the IJTLD
New tools for global TB control: are we any closer? (editorial)
Diagnosis of tuberculosis and drug resistance: what can new tools bring us? (article)
Key outcomes on Rio+20
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