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World Pneumonia Day is 12 November 2011
Three new Honorary Members of The Union named
Three individuals with highly diverse backgrounds and interests were named Honorary Members of The Union at the General Assembly closing the 42nd Union Conference in Lille, France. Honorary Membership is a lifetime status given in recognition of distinguished contributions to…
Prof John F Murray is awarded The Union Medal
Prof John F Murray (USA) was awarded The Union’s highest honour – The Union Medal – at the General Assembly closing the 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Lille, France. The Union Medal is conferred by the Board of Directors on individuals in recognised of highly…
Highlights of the 42nd Union World Conference in Lille - Day 4
2011 Awards Ceremony honours achievements in TB and HIV
2011 Awards Ceremony honours achievements in TB and HIV
Outstanding contributions in the fields of TB and HIV were honoured at an awards ceremony during the inauguration of the 42nd World Lung Conference in Lille on 27 October.
The Union’s new Young Investigator…
Highlights of the 42nd Union World Conference in Lille - Day 3
Plenary sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Prof S Bertel Squire, President of The Union, welcomed delegates to Lille
Welcome, everyone, to this 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, here in Lille. It’s a pleasure to see such a full hall today for this inaugural session. The theme of our conference this year is, as you all know, “Partnerships for scaling up and care”.
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Highlights of the 42nd Union World Conference in Lille - Day 2
Inaugural Session and Awards Ceremony
Highlights of the 42nd Union World Conference in Lille - Day1
Highlights of the 42nd Union World Conference in Lille
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Union OR fellow named Junior Outstanding African Scientist
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Tweya was selected on the basis of his research work in Malawi since 2006, when he began participating in a national antiretroviral therapy survey of healthcare workers. He has been involved in other studies as a lead author and has been involved in training other…
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The Union hosts Child TB in NTP workshop in Singapore
- Many of the high-burden TB countries are in the Asia Pacific region, and so the burden of child TB is also likely to be high. However, child TB is largely under-represented in the regional NTP data and TB control activities. Consequently NTPs in the region are increasingly…
M&E team visits newest IHC site in Myanmar
- With the support of the 3 Diseases Fund and the Global Fund round IX, three additional Integrated HIV Care sites opened this year. Among them is Monywa the capital city of Sagaing Division, three hours away from Mandalay. Within a few months, more than 400 adults and children…
Prof Asma El Sony speaks on behalf of The Union at UN Summit on NCDs
Prof Asma El Sony of Sudan, Past President of The Union, represented The Union at the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) last month in New York. She spoke about the increasing impact of chronic respiratory diseases and other…
Chile now allows more effective health warnings for tobacco products
- The signing of Supreme Decree No. 39 by President Sebastián Piñeira and the Health Minister Jaime Mañalich will result in the development of new guidelines for this important tobacco control intervention. The execution of Law 19.419 means Chile comes closer to fulfilling the…
Appel à consultant pour l’évaluation du projet d’appui technique à la lutte contre la tuberculose dans cinq pays d’Afrique francophone. Financement : Agence Française de Développement ; Opérateur : L’Union
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Russia drafts a tobacco control law that meets all FCTC requirements
The next 12 months will be crucial to the campaign for tobacco control in Russia, a country with one of the highest rates of tobacco use in the world. In August, the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development (MoHSD) took an important step forward when it released…
Improving the survival of children with HIV and lung disease
Lung diseases, and especially pneumonia, are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children infected with HIV in low-income countries. In TB-endemic countries, tuberculosis is common in HIV-infected children, although it frequently presents with the symptoms of acute…
UN High Level Meeting puts NCDs on the map, but does not set an overall goal
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Launching Public Health Action (PHA) – the voice for operational research
The first issue of The Union's new open access, online journal, Public Health Action (PHA), is currently launching. PHA has been designed to provide a platform for The Union's vision of 'Health solutions for the poor'. It addresses the clear need for…
Invitation to participate – TREAT TB’s Xpert MTB/RIF Research Mapping Tool
In it's policy recommendation, WHO emphasized the urgent need to further assess Xpert MTB/RIF through research. Open questions relate to the impact of Xpert MTB/RIF when implemented within diagnostic algorithms for different patient groups as well as in…
World leaders commit to address NCDs
For the full statement from the NCD Alliance, the Political Declaration and schedule of events for the Summit, please click here...
The 193 UN Member States have now agreed on a Political Declaration to
> put forward to the UN Summit on NCDs on 19-20…
Collaborative Framework for Care and Control of Tuberculosis and Diabetes
A.D. Harries, K. Lönnroth (coordinators)
The World Health Organization and The Union developed this framework based on systematic reviews and existing guidelines to guide national programmes and others on developing a coordinated response to TB and diabetes…