Highlights of the 42nd Union World Conference in Lille
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Chile now allows more effective health warnings for tobacco products
The signing of Supreme Decree No. 39 by President Sebastián Piñeira and the Health Minister Jaime Mañalich will result in the development…M&E team visits newest IHC site in Myanmar
With the support of the 3 Diseases Fund and the Global Fund round IX, three additional Integrated HIV Care sites opened this year. Among…Union OR fellow named Junior Outstanding African Scientist
Tweya was selected on the basis of his research work in Malawi since 2006, when he began participating in a national…
Prof Asma El Sony speaks on behalf of The Union at UN Summit on NCDs
Prof Asma El Sony of Sudan, Past President of The Union, represented The Union at the UN High-Level Meeting…
The Union hosts Child TB in NTP workshop in Singapore
Many of the high-burden TB countries are in the Asia Pacific region, and so the burden of child TB is also likely to be high. However,…Invitation to participate – TREAT TB’s Xpert MTB/RIF Research Mapping Tool
In it's policy recommendation, WHO emphasized the urgent need to further assess Xpert MTB/RIF through research. Open…
UN High Level Meeting puts NCDs on the map, but does not set an overall goal
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Russia drafts a tobacco control law that meets all FCTC requirements
The next 12 months will be crucial to the campaign for tobacco control in Russia, a country with one of the highest rates of tobacco use…
Launching Public Health Action (PHA) – the voice for operational research
The first issue of The Union's new open access, online journal, Public Health Action (PHA), is currently launching…
Improving the survival of children with HIV and lung disease
Lung diseases, and especially pneumonia, are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children infected with HIV in low-income…
World leaders commit to address NCDs
For the full statement from the NCD Alliance, the Political Declaration and schedule of events for the Summit, please click here...…
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…
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…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-…
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…
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…
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…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…
WHO warns against use of inaccurate blood tests for active TB
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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.…
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