The Union is delighted to announce the appointment of new Chief Scientific Officer, Dr Kavindhran Velen. Kavi is a microbiologist and epidemiologist with over 18 years of experience in public and global health. 👐 Please join us in welcoming Kavi to the Union family! theunion.org/news/new-chi...

🏥 On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, The Union highlights the need for safe, effective care for every child. In Lesotho, TB training developed with the U.S. CDC has led to increased childhood TB notifications, showing the impact of stronger frontline care. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yck8ruds #EndTB #LungHealth

FIRS World Lung Day Webinar: Redefining Lung Health Prof Guy Marks, President of The Union, will chair and speak on: Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Growing Global Health Challenge. Overview of the global CRD burden and key risk factors 🗓 25 Sept | 13:00 BST 👉 Register: bit.ly/WLDWebinar

We have extended the closing date! Please send in nominations by the revised date of 24 September 2025.

🌍 Clean air is essential for healthy lungs and healthy lives. 📣Today, on #WorldCleanAirDay, The Union joins the call for collective action to secure clean air for all. 📰 Read @cassandrakc.bsky.social's message: theunion.org/news/clean-a... #CleanAirDay #CleanAirNow

💥 Launching in 2026, IJTLD CRD is our new open access journal for the latest research in low- and middle-income countries. 💪 Our aim is to influence policy and enhance clinical care in LMICs. 📭 We welcome articles on ALL aspects of chronic respiratory disease. theunion.org/our-work/jou...

🔍 How can we make health programmes work better? Operational research studies real-world problems in health systems and finds practical solutions to improve outcomes. 📋 The Union’s new factsheet explains how. 🔗: ow.ly/4cas50WNs3n

🩻 Chest X-rays are critical for diagnosing TB in children when bacteriological tests are not possible. The Union’s new factsheet offers clear guidance for using CXRs to support treatment decisions and strengthen TB programmes. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/y7vntw2d

🤱Over 200,000 pregnant women and their infants suffer from TB each year. 📣 Our Maternal and Child TB Working Group led the call for research to #endTB in pregnant and lactating women. They played a vital role in the @who.int call to action and consensus statement: theunion.org/news/union-m...

Interviewing 1 TB book author = cool Interviewing 4 amazing TB book authors = amazing! @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan Join us in Copenhagen at @theunion.org Conference in November! conf2025.theunion.org

🚨 Early registration deadline is August 18th for The Union World Conference on Lung Health 📍 Copenhagen 📅 November 18–21 🔗 Register now: conf2025.theunion.org #TBSky #LungHealth #UnionConf #EndTB #WCLH2025 @theunion.org

🌎 Symposium Spotlight Join us at the Union World conference on Lung Health for a critical symposium with The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security. 🗓️18 November 2025 ⏰ 11:30 - 13:00

🏠A new home-based TB detection model in Uganda is delivering big results. The Union, Uganda MoH, and the CDC screened 1,700+ household contacts, diagnosing TB in 80 people (many without symptoms), and achieved a 95% TPT completion rate. 📖 : tinyurl.com/4jrx4yxa

🧠💡AI is helping the fight against TB. In Bangui, CAR, The Union, EPCON and the NTP are using AI to identify hidden TB hotspots and improve surveilance in low resource settings. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yrs3zxbs

The Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize 2025 is currently open for nominations; closing date 10 September Nominees for this prestigious award will be clinicians and/or researchers from any country who have completed post-graduate training (MPH, PhD, MD or post-doc) tinyurl.com/4hnyu9dz

Last year was impressive in many ways for The Union. Here are some highlights: 🔍 TB Dept led research projects highlighting the need for improvement in TB management cross Africa 💊 We launched a TB preventive treatment study in India, Bhutan, Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The Union's TB Undernutrition working group is hosting a webinar with Dr Matthew Saunders. 📅 21 August at 2pm CET Dr Saunders (@lshtm.bsky.social‬) will share findings from a new analysis that redefines the relationship between BMI and TB incidence. 📧 To join email [email protected].

The Union World Conference on Lung Health is a vital source of the latest breakthroughs in tuberculosis and lung disease. 📰 Even now, studies presented last year in Bali, Indonesia are being published, like the endTB-Q trial in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

🏆Nominations are now open for the Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize 2025. The award recognises emerging researchers conducting promising work focused on reducing the disease burden of TB and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Nominations close 10 Sept: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

This time last month, the World Conference on Tobacco Control was underway in Dublin, Ireland. If you missed any of the sessions or wanted more information about a specific presentation be sure to take a look at the #WCTC2025 abstract book: www.tobaccoinduceddiseases.org/Issue-1-2025...

🌲 COMING UP THIS MONDAY🌲 🚨 Don’t miss the PINE Webinar on the NEW TB treatment guidelines! 🦠 Big updates. Expert insights. Sign up today! #TB #GlobalHealth #MedSky #PCCMSky @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @theunion.org

🎤 Key speaker announced: @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social will speak at #WCLH2025 - the world's leading #LungHealth event, 18-21 Nov in Copenhagen. The bestselling author & global health advocate brings his momentum from the UN to #UnionConf2025 🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/2vytnjek #TB #JohnGreen

Dr Kedar Mehta's #SORTIT course journey shows how research can drive real-world health impact. From reducing HIV treatment delays to influencing national policy - Dr Mehta is putting evidence into action. 🔗Full profile: theunion.org/news/dr-keda...

🧬 New from The Union: Analysis optimising management of household contacts of people with rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB). This review will enable frontline healthcare workers to effectively manage those exposed to RR-TB. 📖 Read more: theunion.org/news/managin...

The Union, with U.S. CDC, piloted a new approach to child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) training for healthcare workers across Africa. 📈 Since the training was conducted, Lesotho observed an increase in the proportion of children diagnosed with TB. Read more: theunion.org/news/empower...

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we’re asking: what’s the real cost of tobacco? 🪓Deforestation ☣️ Pesticide pollution 🚬 4.5 trillion toxic cigarette butts Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino says it’s time to put tobacco on the climate agenda. 🌍 Read more: www.worldtobaccocontrol.org/news-and-upd...

Tobacco kills 8M+ people each year. Ahead of #WCTC2025 in Dublin June 23-25, here’s what countries can do: 📈 Raise tobacco taxes 🚭 Ban public smoking ⚠️ Use graphic health warnings 📵 Restrict tobacco marketing 🔗 Register: www.wctcregistration.org/reg/general/... #WorldNoTobaccoDay

💪 🚭 Our Exec Director Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino calls for focus on nurturing the next generation of tobacco control leaders. On #WorldNoTobaccoDay, why not register for the World Conference on Tobacco Control: www.worldtobaccocontrol.org/registration/ #WNTD2025 #TobaccoControl #UnmaskTheAppeal

On #WorldNoTobaccoDay, The Union stands with the tobacco control community in calling on countries to urgently accelerate action. 📈 Raise tobacco taxes 🚭 Ban smoking in public places 🛑 Stop tobacco industry interference 🔗 Read more: theunion.org/news/tobacco... #UnmaskTheAppeal

With the updated @who.int drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) guidance out now, The Union is focused on building clinical capacity and confidence where it’s needed most 🩺🌐 Explore how The Union is helping turn DR-TB policy into action: theunion.org/news/navigat...

📢We have received a huge demand for attendance to the World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025 and have decided to extend the standard registration deadline until 2 June for the benefit of our delegates. 🎯Details: tinyurl.com/33d9nmne #WCTC2025 #tobaccocontrol

This #InternationalNursesDay, we honour the vital role of nurses in TB and lung health care. At The Union, we support nurse leadership, provide global training opportunities, and build networks that prioritise their wellbeing. 👉 theunion.org/news/interna...

We’re proud to share #MeriTBKiKahaani, our digital storytelling platform for those whose lives have been touched by TB to share their real and relatable stories, has won the WAN INFRA Digital Media Award for Best Audience Engagement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1W...

One week left to submit your nominations 📩 Help us honour excellence in tobacco control. Nominations are currently open for the Luther L. Terry Awards 2025🏆 (Young Pioneer Award and Distinguished Career Award). 📌Details: tinyurl.com/3jmwffnx 🎯Deadline: 16 May #WCTC2025 #tobaccocontrol

👏The Union is delighted to announce Dr Bess Miller and Prof Steve Graham as newly elected members of our Board of Directors. We would also like to thank Edward Nardell and Robert Horsburgh for their tireless commitment to The Union. Read more about the election: theunion.org/news/union-b...

This #WorldAsthmaDay, The Union stands with the Global Initiative for Asthma: Make inhaled treatments accessible for ALL. As a member of Forum of International Respiratory Societies, we are committed to respiratory care for all. Let’s close the gap together. Learn more: ginasthma.org/wad-2025/

📅 6 May is #WorldAsthmaDay. The Union supports this year’s call: Make inhaled treatments accessible for ALL. More than 460,000 asthma deaths are preventable. Inhaled medicines save lives, only if people can access them. Learn more: firsnet.org/hundreds-of-...

🏅Help Us Honour Excellence in Tobacco Control Nominations are currently open for the Luther L. Terry Awards 2025🏆 (in two categories - Young Pioneer Award and Distinguished Career Award). 📌Details: tinyurl.com/3jmwffnx 🎯Deadline: 16 May #WCTC2025 #tobaccocontrol

US funding cuts are already disrupting TB services in Africa. A survey by The Union found that 65% of national TB programmes have been affected by reduced diagnostics, staff layoffs, and halted outreach. 🔗 theunion.org/news/us-fund...

🧑‍🤝‍🧑A new multi-author paper, including The Union, calls for meaningful engagement in TB research, from early inclusion to anti-stigma approaches. 📣Prof Harries: “We need to now ‘walk the talk’ and ensure that moving forward our practice matches our rhetoric”. ow.ly/tR8v50VHGfK

Did you miss Ghulam Nabi Kazi, editor-in-chief of Public Health Action, write about the devastating impact of the US, UK and French governments' decisions to cut foreign aid? 📣 "The interconnected nature of global health means that TB anywhere is TB everywhere." www.context.news/money-power-...

New study reveals 20-70% drop in prison TB notifications across Europe and the Americas during the COVID-19, yet incarceration rates stayed the same. Missed diagnosis may have contributed, highlighting the need for greater prioritisation of vulnerable populations. More: theunion.org/news/incarce...

📢 Union Courses 🌍 International Course on TB in Children & Adolescents 🗓️ Online: June-July 2025 📍 In-person: Aug 25-29, Kampala, Uganda Principles of TB Care & Prevention 🗓️ Online: Aug-Sept 2025 📍 In-person: Oct 20-25, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 🔗 theunion.org/our-work/uni...

Did you miss our 2025 Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture by Dr. Tereze Kaseava @who.int Director Global #TB ? Or would like to watch again? Recording now available! tinyurl.com/3t3em29n @theunion-tblh.bsky.social @theunion-tblh.bsky.social @joylawn.bsky.social

🚸 Children are more susceptible to TB due to developing immune systems and contact with infected adults. 🎯 Targeted interventions break the chain of transmission to #EndTB. 📽️ Watch Dr Zawedde-Muyanja talk about the new course on managing child and adolescent TB: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZp...

🌏 The second article in IJTLD Open's ‘Ending the TB epidemic’ series explores the current TB strategy in the Western Pacific Region. 📊 The authors provide a candid assessment of the progress made, challenges and potential solutions: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuat... #NoMoreExcuses #EndTB

🧠Through training and education, we equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge to break the chain of transmission to #EndTB. Dr Patricia Macias discusses the Principles of TB Care and Prevention course, one of our most comprehensive offerings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8aY... #NoMoreExcuses

🌟 To celebrate colleagues who shine in their demonstration of our values, we launched the Annual Values Awards. 🏆 In 2024, Dr Rakesh PS, Deputy Director in our India Office, won the award. Learn why Rakesh was such a deserving winner: theunion.org/news/annual-values-award-2024-winner-dr-rakesh-ps

In the first editorial of our ‘Ending the TB epidemic’ series, Prof Anthony Harries highlights factors that have helped reduce HIV/AIDS mortality and lessons for TB. 📉Unlike for TB, HIV/AIDS has continued to decline. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuat... #WorldTBDay #NoMoreExcuses #EndTB

📏"There are people who question the value and cost of community-wide active case finding, but that is often because they are using the wrong measurement." Be sure to read @cassandrakc.bsky.social's #WorldTBDay statement: theunion.org/news/no-more... #NoMoreExcuses #EndTB