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The WHO / Union Collaborative Framework for TB and Diabetes launched on 31 August 2011
The first step in the process was a systematic review and meta-analysis of the existing literature conducted by colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, USA. In November 2009 an expert meeting was convened at…
Civil society organisations in India learn to work with the media
- Training civil society organisations to work effectively with the media is an important aspect of building awareness about TB. In early July, members of the Partnership for TB Care and Control in the north and western region of India took part in a 1-1/2 day media training…
12-month short-course regimen for MDR-TB shows excellent results in Africa
Four francophone African countries recently shared their successful experience using a shortened regimen for treating patients with MDR-TB with representatives of other francophone countries at a Union workshop in Douala, Cameroon. This was the third MDR-TB workshop offered…
TB/HIV course helps Zimbabwe and Namibia foster collaboration
Teams from the TB and HIV/AIDS programmes in Zimbabwe and Namibia, as well as patient representatives and HIV activists, participated in the Union's course "Working Together: Strengthening the Implementation of Collaborative TBHIV Activities" in July 2011. The 4-1/2 day…
Passing the ‘scream test’ in the Philippines – Smokefree Metro Manila
- When a tobacco control policy or reform makes the tobacco industry 'scream', it passes the 'scream test'. "Then we know we are on to a good thing," says Bill Bellew, a technical advisor for The Union. This summer the tobacco industry in the Philippines has been 'screaming' over…
Welcoming new officers for the HIV, TB, tobacco control and lung health sections
HIV Section /Vice Chair: Dr Anand Date (USA)Dr Anand Date is a physician trained in preventive medicine and applied epidemiology. He currently works as a medical epidemiologist with the Division of Global HIV/AIDS at the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Announcing Round 10 of the Bloomberg Initiative Grants Program
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…
WHO warns against use of inaccurate blood tests for active TB
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Asthma management in the Asia-Pacific Region
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Take action: help achieve the best possible UN Summit outcomes
The Outcomes Document for the UN Summit on NCDs is being negotiated by UN member states this month. The NCD Alliance (NCDA), including The Union, has identified 10 Priority Outcomes, including full support of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Stakeholders…
COR and MSF sponsor supplement on HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa
A supplement for the Journal of the International AIDS Society on programmatic and operational challenges in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has been guest edited by Dr Rony Zachariah (Médecins sans Frontières–Belgium) and Prof Anthony D. Harries (The Union).…
17 countries meet to discuss TB/HIV in the Americas
Representatives from 17 countries gathered in Panama City on 7 and 8 July 2011 for the VII Meeting of TB/HIV in the Americas. Participants included national TB and HIV control programmes; representatives from affected communities and civil society; scientific societies; the…
Tobacco control measures cover 1 billion more than in 2008
"The report provides evidence of the impact of global efforts to address the pandemic of tobacco-related diseases," said Dr Nils E Billo, Executive Director of The Union. "Since 2008, tobacco control measures have been put in place that protect 1.1 billion more…
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Traditional healers sensitised to TB symptoms through Project Axshya
"There is medicine even in this stone. You need to have the eyes to see it"
These are the words of Mr Kriston Thabhah, a traditional healer catering to the primary health care needs of tribal people in his native village, Siatbakon, in Pynursla in…
NCD Alliance Calls for Inclusion of Children in NCD Outcomes
"Children and adolescents are our future. They are a cornerstone in the prevention of NCDs , however, when it comes to addressing NCD's, children are too frequently left off the policy agenda," said Dr. Kate Armstrong, Chair of the NCD Alliance Child-Focused…
12,000 to receive ART through grant to Myanmar programme
The Union's Integrated HIV Care (IHC) programme in Myanmar has received funds that will enable it to expand activities designed to decrease HIV-related morbidity and mortality in a substantial number of HIV-infected adults and children. Some 12,000 patients will receive…
13 Chinese provinces develop TB/HIV action plans in Beijing course
The Union course "Working Together: Strengthening the Implementation of Collaborative TB/HIV Activities" was held for the first time in Asia on 23–27 May 2011. The Union China Office organised the course, which was held in Beijing for 30 participants from 13 provinces, the…
Bi-directional TB-diabetes screening funded for China and India
There is now good evidence of an important association between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis, with diabetes increasing the risk of active tuberculosis by a factor of two to three and increasing the risk of adverse outcomes. Over the past 12 months, the World Health…
World No Tobacco Day: awards, speeches, rallies – and real progress
- The Union and its grantees received recognition for contributions to tobacco control from the World Health Organization and the governments of Mexico and Pakistan on World No Tobacco Day this year.
The World Health Organization gave World No Tobacco Day awards…
- The Union and its grantees received recognition for contributions to tobacco control from the World Health Organization and the governments of Mexico and Pakistan on World No Tobacco Day this year.
Editorship of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Applicants for the position are expected to be knowledgeable about the broad field of respiratory diseases, and will preferably have had previous editorial experience. Interested persons are invited to submit a curriculum vitae, a bibliography and the names of…
NCD Alliance launches ‘100 Days of Action’, Countdown to the UN Summit on NCDs
Launching a campaign called '100 Days of Action' in preparation for the UN Summit on NCDs, to be held in New York on 19-20 September 2011, the NCD Alliance is encouraging a high turnout by heads of government at the Summit.
Coming ten years…
A Guide to Country Level Implementation and Programme Support
The Union's Technical Staff
The purpose of this Guide is to describe The Union's experience in supporting country-level operational research activities, highlighting examples from the many Union-supported initiatives.
Fiona Godfrey receives WHO World No Tobacco Day Award
The awards are given to individuals or organisations in each region for their commitment and contribution to activities that promote and enforce tobacco control.Ms Godfrey is a lawyer and tobacco control advocate, who has contributed to…
WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY: The Union works with more than 30 countries to implement tobacco control treaty
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