April 26th - 29th is the 9th Asia Pacific regional conference, held this year in Taipei. Online registration is closed but delegates are able to register onsite when they arrive. For more information visit the conference website: aprc2024.org

Community Connect: bridging the gap between scientific research and community engagement for TB elimination.

Read the Public Action Health editorial about the importance of #UnionConf Community Connect: dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.24…

TODAY we have two online Town Hall membership meetings.
All Union members are invited to join us for organisational news, and updates on our 2024 World Conference on Lung Health. Check your email for invites and times or contact [email protected]

To support healthcare workers in Vietnam diagnose and care for child TB, The Union’s Diagnostic CXR Atlas for Tuberculosis in Children: A Guide to Chest X-ray Interpretation has been translated into Vietnamese with support from CDC.

Read more: theunion.org/news/unions-at…

Tomorrow April 23rd is our next set of online Town Hall membership meetings. All Union members are invited to join us to hear organisational news, and updates on our upcoming World Conference on Lung Health. Check your email for an invite or contact us on [email protected]

🚨V excited to be at The Union NAR NTCA conference discussing NTCA Guidelines for Respiratory Isolation and Restrictions to Reduce Transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Community Settings published today! Clinical Infectious Diseases Maunank Shah🫁⚖️🌎

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UNION MEMBERS - April 23rd is our next set of Town Hall membership meetings. Join us to hear organisational news, and an update on our upcoming World Conference on Lung Health. Check your email for an invite or contact us on [email protected]

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Community Connect submissions are underway...

Community Connect is a crucial space at #UnionConf2024 which focuses on the affected community and their valuable inputs.

Submissions are open until 31 May.

📌Details: tinyurl.com/yc8mw3n6

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📢Hosted by the TB and Mental Health Working Group at The Union, in partnership with United for Global Mental Health, this webinar will feature a discussion with experts on the relationship between TB and mental health, with real-world examples. Sign up 👇

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The Union is leading a study to improve the retention of people during TB preventive treatment in India, Bhutan, Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka, in partnership with ICMR and Gates Foundation. Read more:
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Are you a student or young person involved in TB or lung health? You may qualify for a free Union membership. Our members have donated memberships to help young people join the Union. More information and an application form is here: theunion.org/news/the-gener…. Apply today!

If you missed the 2024 Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture last month or would like to watch this excellent event again, the recording is now available: youtu.be/XnyKKYvm8yk
Prof Joy Lawn Linda-Gail Bekker Toyin Togun, PhD FFPH The Union Desmond Tutu Health Foundation LSHTM TB Centre The Lancet

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📢Community Connect Submissions Now Open🎉

Submissions for Community Connect👫 are open from 15 April - 31 May. Tracks include community rights, gender, stigma, empowering communities, community led-advocacy, accountability and new tools.

📌Details: tinyurl.com/yc8mw3n6

UNION MEMBERS - join us for our next set of Town Hall meetings, where we will discuss organisational news, and our upcoming World Conference on Lung Health. There will also be Q&A. The meetings are April 23rd 10am and 4pm Paris. Email [email protected] for more info

🎯Today (April 11) is the last day for #UnionConf 2024 submissions

And the day has arrived🙌! Please put in your abstracts, post-graduate courses & workshops and symposia session submissions for this year's #UnionConf by 23:59 CEST.

📌Details: tinyurl.com/4zrxv4v9
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Our Principles of Tuberculosis Care and Prevention course is designed to give healthcare professionals the skills to manage patients and work with and within the National TB Programmes (NTPs).

Enrol today at:
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Our custom-built training programmes are helping reduce the burden of lung-disease, manage TB and control tobacco use around the world. Find out more theunion.org/our-work/union… #EndTB #LungHealth

✨Important Announcement: #UnionConf2024 Submission Deadline Extension✨

We are extending the submission deadline for abstracts, symposia sessions as well as post-graduate courses & workshops by 3 days to 📅11 April.
📌Details: tinyurl.com/4zrxv4v9
We wish you all the best🙌

En octobre, nous organisons cette année encore notre cours international sur la tuberculose #multirésistante pour les professionnels de santé en #TB . Le cours sera en français, en personne à Douala, Cameroun. Pour en savoir plus et vous inscrire: theunion.org/our-work/union…