Dr Riitta Dlodlo appointed to lead The Union’s Department of TB and HIV
Dr Riitta Dlodlo MD, DMCH, MPH has been promoted from her position as TB-HIV Programme Coordinator to Director of the Department of…
Call to Action for TB Free India
The Honourable Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, India, Shri J. P. Nadda has launched a nationwide campaign, TB Free India,…
A roadmap for tackling NCDs – using successful tobacco control approach as a template
The Union’s Department of Tobacco Control is developing a new step-by-step guide for governments tackling the rising pandemic of non-…
World Asthma Day on 5 May focuses on chronic lung disease affecting over 300 million
World Asthma Day is held each year on the first Tuesday of May to draw attention to and build support for a lung disease that affects up…
Training course on Monitoring and Evaluation at Xiamen, China
As one of the International Management Development Programme (IMDP) courses offered by The Union, the Monitoring & Evaluation…
国际防痨和肺部疾病联合会“监测和评估”培训在中国厦门举办
监测与评估培训，是国际防痨和肺部疾病联合会开发的国际管理发展计划系列培训中的一门课程。2015年3月23-27日在厦门举办了中国首次“监测与评估”培训班。22名学员来自中国政府机构、中国疾病预防控制中心和省市疾病预防控制中心、非政府组织和研究所等。…
The Union North America appoints staff to lead education and training, maternal and child health
The Union North America (UNA) in New York City has appointed several key new staff: two who are brand new to the organisation – and two…
The Union to reopen its office in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Union will reopen its office in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa this spring to support a new Challenge TB grant…
Union Middle East Region holds successful conference in Cairo
Some 1,500 delegates attended the 28th Union Conference of The Middle East Region in Cairo, Egypt on 24-27 March 2015. The event was…
New Australian-based TB forum calls for end to tuberculosis in the Asia Pacific
Australia’s leading TB experts, researchers and health advocates met with Federal Parliamentarians on the eve of World TB Day to launch…
New approaches needed to end TB
In May 2014, the World Health Assembly endorsed a new global strategy for fighting tuberculosis—the world’s most deadly infectious…
World TB Day marked in the Philippines with colourful celebration -- and a call to eliminate the scourge of TB
At a colourful World TB Day event in the Philippines' Batangas City, the Secretary of the Department of Health, the Provincial Governor…
New childhood TB online course launches
The Union in collaboration with World Health Organization has launched an interactive online course, Childhood TB for Healthcare Workers…
Edith Alarcon: A champion for TB patients – and the frontline health workers who care for them
Related article: TRIBUTE TO EDITH ALARCÓN ARRASCUE
For more than 20 years, Edith Alarcon has demonstrated the wide…
New Union working group: asthma management in low- and middle-income countries
Although effective therapy exists for treating asthma, it is presently not available for the majority of individuals with asthma living…
The Union and Otsuka open nominations for 2nd global TB research and innovation award
Now in its second year, the annual programme recognises young leaders in TB research and furthers a global health partnership committed…
H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, to Serve as Patron of the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, The World…
Obesity prevention campaign in Mexico
Since 2013 the World Lung Foundation (WLF)/ The Union North America (UNA) has offered technical assistance and developed obesity…
On International Women's Day, The Union calls for urgent attention to TB as a women's health issue
Paula I Fujiwara MD, MPH, Scientific Director, and Riitta Dlodlo, MD, DMCH, MPH, Director, Department of Tuberculosis and HIV, of the…
The WHO FCTC: Saving lives for a decade
Only ten percent of countries have not yet committed to this international health treatyThe only international health treaty -- drawn…
16th WCTOH Announces New Speakers, Programme and Scientific Highlights
Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired, South Africa Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Ireland Minister for Children and Youth…
The Union North America to be partner in new Bloomberg Road Safety Initiative
More than 1.2 million people die and 20-50 million people are severely injured in road traffic crashes around the world every year
…Policy advances protect health across four continents: A tobacco control update
The Union’s tobacco control activities in Latin America, Europe, Africa and South-East Asia have contributed to recent smokefree laws,…
The Union/MSF Center for Operational Research: Setting the Standard
Dr Anthony Harries is Senior Advisor and Director of The Union’s Department of Research, and along with Dr Rony Zachariah of Médecins…
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