NCD Alliance puts focus on the impact of NCDs on women
The four main NCDs – cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes – are chronic, costly, but largely…Ethics Advisory Group (EAG) reviewed 64 protocols in 2010
The Ethics Advisory Group (EAG) was established to provide ethical guidance on The Union's work at national and…
Dr Kjell Bjartveit, former Union president, dies in Oslo
Dr Bjartveit was a Senior Officer in the Norwegian Mass Radiography Service (later the National Health Screening Service…
Mayors’ alliance to accelerate sub-national smokefree efforts in Indonesia
The current 12 members of the alliance will draft a charter with a mandate to develop and implement local regulations for 100%…
TB-Multimorbidity
This working group was formed to set up a community of practice in tuberculosis multimorbidity, aiming to develop and promote a…
TB Undernutrition
The TB Undernutrition working group was established to highlight the importance of undernutrition as a risk factor for TB disease…
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
This working group focuses on chronic respiratory problems, across the life course with the goal of advocating for challenge-focused…
Gender Equity in TB
Gender is one of the most important social determinants of health and should be a critical component of strategies to end the highly…
MPOWER Research on Tobacco Control
The MPOWER Research Group on Tobacco Control was formed in the year 2017 with a goal to scale-up global tobacco control research for…
Child Malnutrition and TB
Overall Goal: To improve child health globally by advocating for - and contributing to - clinical research, implementation science, and…
TB in Prisons
Globally, people deprived of liberty (PDL) have extremely high rates of tuberculosis, often more than 10 times greater than the general…
Zoonotic TB sub section
The Zoonotic TB (ZTB) Sub-section was formed in the early 2000’s when it became clear that there was a general lack of understanding and…
Maternal and Child Tuberculosis
Goal: To serve as a community of practice for investigators, program managers, and advocacy groups who are working to improve TB…
Asthma Management
Working Group goal: To develop and promote a strategic policy agenda on quality improvement package for the diagnosis, treatment and…
Global Indigenous Stop TB Initiative
The Global Indigenous Stop TB Initiative (GISI) Working Group of The Union has operated for over 15 years as a networking space for…
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Young people are vital to continue the battle against tuberculosis and lung disease. To help young people join The Union,…
The Union congratulates Singapore for adopting plain packaging of tobacco products
Singapore has adopted plain packaging of tobacco products, which is implemented with immediate effect today, 1 July 2020. The new…
Childhood Pneumonia
Overall Goal
To establish a child pneumonia hub within the Union that has an overall theme of capacity building and two sub-…
The Union
subtitle: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease