The Union to be partner in USAID flagship Challenge TB programme
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that an international consortium of leading organizations…
Tobacco control a key theme at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health
Tobacco use kills more than 6 million people each year and is a major risk factor for both lung and other diseases. Consequently, at the…
JAMA: Global Tuberculosis. Perspectives, Prospects, and Priorities
In the Journal of the American Medical Association this month, Tom Frieden, Karen Brudney and Anthony Harries remind readers that a key…
New working groups focus on current public health concerns
New working groups focus on current public health concerns
The Union is pleased to announce the formation of two new working…
Child TB training toolkit launched by WHO and The Union
The World Health Organization (WHO) and The Union have released a training toolkit to combat childhood tuberculosis (TB). The training…
The Union announces complete programme of the 45th World Conference on Lung Health
About 3000 attendees from government, civil society, the private sector and the research and academic communities expected to convene in…
Ajay Kumar: Making an impact as a researcher and mentor
In little more than four years, Dr Ajay Kumar has gone from being a participant in one of The Union’s first operational…
World Conference on Tobacco or Health scholarship applications now being accepted
A scholarship programme supporting the participation of delegates from low- and middle-income countries in the World Conference on…
Union Latin America Region Conference held in Peru
The 17th Conference of The Union Latin America Region was held on 22 August in conjunction with the Congreso Nacional de Neumologia at…
The Union’s International Management Development Programme joins the Global Health Workforce Alliance
The Union is proud to announce that its International Management Development Programme (IMDP) is now a member of the Global Health…
Deadline extended for free civil society registrations
The Union is pleased to offer 100 free registrations for civil society members for our annual Union World Conference on Lung Health in…
Child TB workshop in China: the first step of a thousand-mile journey
In China only 5–8,000 of an estimated 260,000 children with tuberculosis are registered and reported each year. Experts acknowledge that…
Pictorial health warning law for tobacco products now enforced in Indonesia
After a battle almost five years long, Indonesia’s law on tobacco pack health warnings has finally been implemented – pictorial health…
Riitta Dlodlo: A leader in TB and HIV, every step of the way
Dr Riitta Dlodlo’s career as a physician in Zimbabwe began in 1982 when HIV/AIDS was just beginning and tuberculosis (TB) was…
With 75% of patients now enrolled in the STREAM MDR-TB trial, investigators meet to discuss progress and next steps
With three-quarters of the expected patients now enrolled in the STREAM clinical trial of a shortened MDR-TB regimen, investigators and…
Chen-Yuan Chiang: Changing the landscape for TB and lung health
“The Union is a pathfinder. What’s important about our projects is not their size, but how they show the way forward,”…
Impact of SORT-IT courses discussed in three journal articles
Operational research training provided through a collaboration between The Union, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the World Health…
John Muir Way Challenge – Biking / Hiking Fundraiser in Scotland
Join The Union in Scotland this autumn for a Centennial Campaign fundraising adventure in some of northern Britain’s most beautiful…
Uruguay's strong new law leads to full compliance with WHO tobacco control guidance
Uruguay has introduced stringent new bans on all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS), including cigarette…
17th Conference of The Union Latin America Region to be held next month in Peru
The Union’s Latin America Region members, supported by The Union Office in Peru, are preparing to gather for their 17th region…
New networking tool for Union members
This week The Union launched a Members Directory for active members. Through this new networking tool, members who “opt in” may share…
New leaders join The Union
The Union is pleased to announce the recent appointment of three new members to its leadership team: Dr Adam M Karpati, Senior Vice…
Registration opens for 45th Union World Conference in Barcelona
Registration is now open for 45th World Conference on Lung Health, the world’s largest gathering of clinicians and public health workers…
Public Health Action seeks new Editor-in-Chief
The Union is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief (EIC) to lead its open-access journal Public Health Action when the mandate of the…
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