Meet Dr Bala Thandan: Country Director, Myanmar
A surgeon who entered public health to work with NGOs and health ministries in several countries on HIV, TB, malaria and cyclone…
Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired, Dr Margaret Chan, Michael R Bloomberg to Address World Conference on Tobacco or Health
Conference theme to be Tobacco and Non-communicable Diseases
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control…
World Cancer Day: 4 February 2015
Lung cancer causes more deaths than any otherAround the world, more people die from lung cancer than from any other type of cancer. In…
Meet Matthew Coghlan: Regional Director, The Union Asia Pacific Office, Singapore
The Union is extraordinarily fortunate to welcome four respected, talented and innovative public health professionals to our leadership…
Dr Dermot Maher appointed Editor-in-Chief of Public Health Action
Dr Dermot Maher has been appointed the new Editor-in-Chief of Public Health Action (PHA), The Union’s quarterly online open-access…
Iraqi health care workers receive infection control training from The Union
Health care workers dealing with tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in war-torn Iraq recently participated in a…
Zimbabwe’s Challenge TB (CTB) Year 1 work plan builds on gains made over past decade
Zimbabwe is one of 19 countries whose TB control campaigns have been awarded funds through Challenge TB, the new funding mechanism for…
WCTOH to provide international forum on challenges, such as increasing use of e-cigs and waterpipes
The 5-day World Conference on Tobacco or Health (17-21 March in Abu Dhabi) will offer a Youth Conference, a full-day update on the WHO…
Union expert joins Pakistan’s technical working group on tobacco taxation
A Union expert has joined Pakistan’s technical working group on tobacco taxation, following the launch of a report co-published by The…
Unique and effective tobacco control taskforces in Bangladesh – a new study by The Union
Bangladesh's distinctive approach to tobacco control policy enforcement may offer a sustainable and flexible model for other countries,…
The Year Ahead: A message from the Executive Director
Dear colleagues: We recently bid farewell to 2014 and, as I imagine many of you are, I’m looking forward to 2015 with excitement and…
Season’s greetings • Felices fiestas • Meilleurs vœux
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a New Year filled with peace and health The UnionOur illustration shows…
The Union convenes TREAT TB partners to review results of new research
The Union recently brought research partners together in Washington, DC to share results from five years of TB research that began in…
Renew your Union membership now!
Now is the time to renew your Union membership for 2015 in order to remain connected to our 3,000+ network of health experts and…
First-ever public health management course in Kyrgyzstan focused on performance-based project management
Performance indicators are essential tools for reporting on a project’s progress, informing stakeholders of the quality of the…
Matthew Allen: Guiding tobacco control as it goes from strength to strength
In 1999 Matthew Allen was asked to join the New Zealand government’s delegation to the negotiations on the WHO Framework…
Brazil acts to further curb smoking with new law
Brazil has stepped up its fight against tobacco-related diseases by tightening the tobacco control legislation that has contributed to a…
China’s proposed national tobacco control law now up for discussion
The public has until 24 December to express opinions on the proposal
The Government of China, the world’s most populous nation,…
Universal Health Coverage could prevent disease outbreaks from being crises
First Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day on 12 December marks anniversary of UN endorsement of UHC goal
On Monday…
Five cutting-edge TB-HIV research studies you may not have heard about
December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day to solemnly reflect on the more than 35 million lives lost to HIV/AIDS, to stand in solidarity with…
45th Union World Conference on Lung Health sees record attendance and impact
The 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, recently concluded in Barcelona, Spain, not only had record attendance with over 3,300…
World Diabetes Day offers opportunity to raise awareness of link between diabetes and TB
The links between diabetes and unhealthy eating, obesity and lack of exercise are well known, but this World Diabetes Day (14 November…
World Pneumonia Day: Stopping the world’s leading killer of children under five
The 6th annual World Pneumonia Day on Wednesday, 12 November aims to highlight the fact that pneumonia remains the world’s leading…
Facing down the TB-diabetes co-epidemic: A Devex op-ed by Jose Luis Castro
At last week’s 45th World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona, Spain, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung…
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