International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) The Union is a global scientific organisation generating, sharing and applying knowledge to end suffering from tuberculosis and lung disease.
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Find out more here: theunion.org/get-involved/join Related websites:

Union World Conference on Lung Health: www.worldlunghealth.org
World Conference on Tobacco Control: www.wctoh.org
Union Courses: courses.theunion.org

The World Conference doesn't happen without the people behind it. This November, you could be one of them. We’re looking...
07/09/2026

The World Conference doesn't happen without the people behind it. This November, you could be one of them.

We’re looking for volunteers to join us at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2026 in Rio de Janeiro.

You could be welcoming delegates from around the world, supporting speakers and sessions, helping with poster presentations or bringing Community Connect to life.

Along the way, you’ll gain hands-on experience at a major international scientific and public health conference, meet people working across global lung health and experience the conference when you’re not on duty.

📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

📅 17–20 November 2026 Be part of what makes Rio happen.

🔗 Apply to volunteer: https://worldlunghealth.org/volunteers/

⏱️Time to lead on NCDsFor too long, people living with NCDs and lung diseases have carried a burden that could be reduce...
04/09/2026

⏱️Time to lead on NCDs
For too long, people living with NCDs and lung diseases have carried a burden that could be reduced through stronger action and leadership.

As our Executive Director, Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, writes:

“The commitment made by member states during last year’s World Health Assembly was a source of great hope for the global health community. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and lung diseases, and most importantly, the millions who suffer from them, were finally getting the attention they desperately needed.

“But such commitment is meaningless without real world action that relieves the unnecessary burden placed on people and their families, too often within our most vulnerable communities.”

This Global Week for Action on NCDs, The Union is calling for that commitment to be matched with leadership and action that makes a difference to people’s lives.

📄Full statement: https://tinyurl.com/523fvxcs

📢 Join us for our next General Assembly.📅Tomorrow, September 4 at 2:00 PM CEST. ✅To register and view the agenda, pleas...
03/09/2026

📢 Join us for our next General Assembly.

📅Tomorrow, September 4 at 2:00 PM CEST.

✅To register and view the agenda, please get in touch on [email protected].

All Union members are invited.

Health conditions do not exist in isolation. Our response should not either.This Global Week for Action on NCDs, we’re j...
03/09/2026

Health conditions do not exist in isolation. Our response should not either.

This Global Week for Action on NCDs, we’re joining the call for stronger, more integrated approaches to care that reflect the realities of people living with multiple conditions.

At the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2026, we’re bringing NCDs into the conversation through a dedicated symposium exploring the intersection of diabetes and TB.

“Diabetes and TB across the spectrum of disease” will bring together experts in epidemiology, basic science, clinical research and policy to examine the latest evidence across prevention, screening, treatment and care.

📅 Wednesday 18 November
🕓 16:00–17:30
📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
🔗 Explore the programme and register to join us in Rio. https://worldlunghealth.org/programme/

📚 What does it take to put chronic respiratory diseases on the NCD agenda?Evidence that can be translated into policy an...
02/09/2026

📚 What does it take to put chronic respiratory diseases on the NCD agenda?

Evidence that can be translated into policy and practice. IJTLD CRD brings together research focused on the prevention, diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory diseases, alongside the policies and health-system approaches needed to improve respiratory health.

As governments move from NCD commitments to implementation, this research can help inform what gets prioritised, where investment goes and how services are delivered.

This , The Union is putting the evidence behind chronic respiratory disease in front of the people shaping the NCD response.

🔗 Explore IJTLD CRD: https://tinyurl.com/yc5c7wcm

Applications are open for The Union’s Gift Membership programme!Thanks to the generosity of Union member donations, stud...
31/08/2026

Applications are open for The Union’s Gift Membership programme!

Thanks to the generosity of Union member donations, students and early career professionals can apply for a free student membership.

This allows young people to benefit from exclusive networking, training and professional development opportunities.

Help shape the future of lung health. Apply today for a donated membership: https://forms.office.com/r/DXMqCPQz3U

Tomorrow our Zoonotic TB webinar series continues: Burden, Capacity, Output: An Unresolved Equation regarding African Tu...
26/08/2026

Tomorrow our Zoonotic TB webinar series continues:

Burden, Capacity, Output: An Unresolved Equation regarding African Tuberculosis Genomics

Presenters: Osvaldo Inlamea and Plácida Maholela
National Institute of Health Mozambique

More info/register at: https://shorturl.at/b1ZB1

August 27, our Zoonotic TB webinar series continues: Burden, Capacity, Output: An Unresolved Equation regarding African ...
19/08/2026

August 27, our Zoonotic TB webinar series continues:

Burden, Capacity, Output: An Unresolved Equation regarding African Tuberculosis Genomics

Presenters: Osvaldo Frederico Inlamea and Plácida Iliany Maholela
National Institute of Health, Mozambique

For more info and to register: https://shorturl.at/b1ZB1

🫁 WEBINAR 🫁Tomorrow, our Latin America member group hosts a webinar in Spanish: Challenges in the Management of Tubercul...
18/08/2026

🫁 WEBINAR 🫁

Tomorrow, our Latin America member group hosts a webinar in Spanish:

Challenges in the Management of Tuberculosis in Rural Areas

👤 Dr Álvaro Miguel Achu Pacheco
(Pulmonologist, National Thorax Institute, La Paz, Bolivia)

📅 August 19

⏰ 6:00 PM (Mexico City)
7:00 PM (Colombia | Peru)
8:00 PM (Chile)
9:00 PM (Brazil)

📲 Free registration here:
https://forms.gle/47EmUr2X2xCN7iFE7

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