| Organization name: | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) |
| Organization type: | NGO - International Health |
| Website: | www.theunion.org |
| Description: | The mission of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) is to bring innovation, expertise, solutions and support to address health challenges in low- and middle-income populations. With nearly 10,000 members and subscribers from 145 countries, The Union has its headquarters in Paris and regional and country offices serving the Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America,South-East Asia and Asia Pacific regions. Its scientific departments focus on tuberculosis, HIV, lung health and non-communication diseases, tobacco control and research.
The Union is most widely known for the research that led to the global strategy for treating and controlling tuberculosis. Adopted by the World Health Organization in 1993, The Union model is part of the internationally recommended Stop TB Strategy that has been used to treat 32 million people in 202 countries.
Drawing on this first success in addressing TB from medical, political, social and organisational perspectives, The Union has since developed programmes addressing TB-HIV, asthma, pneumonia in children under five years of age, and tobacco control. The emphasis is on providing health solutions for the poor.
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| Contact name: | Nawel SAADY KHELLADI - Arnaud TREBUCQ |
| Contact email: | nsaady@theunion.org; atrebucq@theunion.org |
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| Technical focus area(s): |
Drug Procurement and Supply Management
General TB experts
Human Resource Development (HRD)
Laboratory capacity strengthening
Monitoring, Evaluation and Surveillance (M&E)
Multi- and Extensively Drug Resistant TB (MDR/XDR-TB)
Operational Research
Paediatric TB management
TB/HIV co-infection
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| Current projects with TB component: | |
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| Countries with TB-related work currently underway: |
Bangladesh
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guinea
Honduras
India
Jordan
Lebanon
Madagascar
Malawi
Mexico
Myanmar
Namibia
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
South Africa
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zimbabwe
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| List of countries in which you have offices: |
China
Egypt
France
India
Mexico
Myanmar
Peru
Russian Federation
Singapore
Uganda
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Zimbabwe
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| Date created: | 28 August 2009 16:53 |
| Date last modified: | 5 June 2012 9:27 |
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