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Building capacity for effective tobacco control efforts
As part of The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use program, Union Courses built the management and leadership skills of potential grantees to ensure the success of grassroots efforts and deliver maximum impact at the local level.
…Giving advocates tools to fight noncommunicable diseases
The Union facilitated a strategic sessions that allowed representatives from national NCD organisations to better understand how to define shared priorities and visioning as an advocacy network.
World Lung Cancer Day 2020: Respiratory groups stress lung cancer risks and importance of early screening and treatment
In support of World Lung Cancer Day, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies calls for more awareness and understanding of lung cancer risk factors, as well as the importance of early screening and treatment.
The Union congratulates India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for adopting measure to prevent tobacco industry interference in health policy
The Code of Conduct, effective from 6 July 2020, restricts officials and staff from collaborating with the tobacco industry.
The Union says FDA decision to allow Philip Morris to market IQOS will have devastating consequences for non-smokers and young adults
The Union criticised the decision by the U.S. FDA to allow Philip Morris International to market its IQOS heated tobacco product as a 'modified risk tobacco product'.
Respiratory groups call for stronger measures to protect young people from tobacco industry marketing
On World No Tobacco Day the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, of which The Union is a founding member, calls on governments and policymakers to implement stronger measures to protect teenagers and adolescents from tobacco industry…
The Union advocates for the banning of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco product sales in low- and middle- income countries
On World No Tobacco Day the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) advocates for the banning of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco product sales in low- and middle- income countries.
COVID-19 and Clinical Distancing
Negative pressure helmet and tent devices developed by the University of Michigan could transform COVID-19 patient treatment and protect health care workers. Studies on the two innovative new devices published today in the IJTLD.
The COVID-19 pandemic must not divert attention from the needs of children and adolescents in TB-endemic African countries
Union warns that if resources are diverted away from child and adolescent TB programmes in order to fight COVID-19, the consequences could be devastating
Statement on World Health Organization funding
The Union expressed its indignation at the decision by US President Trump to announce the suspension of its funding of the World Health Organization.
The Union’s statement on COVID-19 and Smoking
The Union is deeply concerned about COVID-19’s impact on the world’s 1.3 billion smokers and the low- and middle-income countries whose health systems are plagued by tobacco-related disease.
World TB Day Statement on CEPHEID rapid testing for COVID-19
CEPHEID rapid testing for COVID-19 designed to operate on any of Cepheid's more than 23,000 automated GeneXpert® Systems worldwide, with a detection time of approximately 45 minutes.
COVID-19 in focus on World TB Day
The Union stands in solidarity and with resilience in the fight against two airborne diseases: TB and COVID-19
The Union Celebrates 15th Anniversary of the FCTC
José Luis Castro discusses key accomplishments, new challenges in tobacco epidemic
Study by The Union shows longterm effectiveness for shortened DR-TB treatment regimen up to 24 months after treatment completion
Results from a Union-led observational study show that a nine-month shortened treatment regimen for RR-TB delivered to patients under programmatic conditions maintains a good level of effectiveness up to 24 months after completion.
The Union welcomes WHO recommendations for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis
The Union welcomes the rapid communication from the World Health Organization on the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The Union welcomes new and updated Global Plan to End TB 2018–2022
The Union today welcomed the STOP TB Partnership's updated Global Plan to End TB 2018-2022, launched today in Jakarta, Indonesia
Union response to the WHO 2019 Global Tuberculosis Report
Statement from The Union on the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2019
Actress Claire Forlani announced as ambassador for The Union ahead of the Union World Conference on Lung Health
Actress Claire Forlani announced as ambassador for the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ahead of the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health to be held in Hyderabad, India
Making Tobacco Control A Priority to Achieve Lung Health
A joint press release to mark World No Tobacco Day 2019 was made by the Framework Convention Alliance and The Union
The Union congratulates the Government of Brazil for its efforts to hold the tobacco industry legally liable for the harm it causes
The Union today welcomed the filing of a lawsuit by the Government of Brazil against British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris International (PMI)
50th Union World Conference on Lung Health launched in Hyderabad ahead of World TB day.
Some 6000 delegates – political leaders, doctors, researchers, nurses, celebrities and activists – expected to attend the four day event
STREAM clinical trial results prove that a nine-month treatment regimen for MDR-TB is as effective as the 20-month regimen
Final results are released today in the New England Journal of Medicine and just ahead of World TB Day on 24 March
Appointment of former tobacco industry director as Deputy Minister of Commerce in the Turkish Government must be revoked
The Union calls for the Turkish Government to revoke the appointment of Mr Riza Tuna Turagay – a Director of British American Tobacco until January 2019 – as Deputy Minister of Commerce by Presidential decree.
Hitting tuberculosis for six (in Hindi)
HINDI version: Cricket tournament and summit to pledge support for a TB free India by 2025