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Report on illicit tobacco trade published by The Union released

ImageA report published by The Union was released this week for the opening of the third intergovernmental negotiating body on the Protocol on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (INB-3) in Geneva. “How Eliminating the Global Illicit Cigarette Trade Would Increase Tax Revenue and Save Lives” states that if illicit trade were eliminated, governments would gain, in principle immediately, at least US $33 billion; and from 2030 onwards save over 160,000 lives a year. This will be in combination with the resulting overall increase in cigarette price of 3.9 percent and a consequent fall in consumption of 2.0 percent. In just six years over a million lives would be saved, the vast majority of them in middle- and low- income countries. To download the report here.

 
More than 530 delegates attend 17th Africa Region Conference

The 17th Union Africa Region Conference on 24-26 June in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso attracted the participation of more than 530 delegates from 33 countries. Under the very high patronage of His Excellency Blaise Compaoré, President of Faso, and the Chairmanship of Seydou Bouda, Minister of Health, the conference offered three days of well-attended sessions and, according to participants, a rich scientific content. Read more ...

 
Applications open for the 2009 Union Awards

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Union Scientific Award and the Karel Styblo Public Health Prize. New guidelines have been developed for these annual awards, which will be presented at the 40th World Conference on Lung Health in Cancún, Mexico, on 4 December 2009. For details and application forms, please click here.

 
Latest news from all the regions

Read the latest news from The Union’s 7 regions and learn about the TB in Prisons Programme in the Philippines, Lebanon’s new tobacco control working group, Bangaladesh’s advocacy network, and MDR-TB training in Latin America.
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Board of Directors adopts new mission and vision

In recognition of the increasing scope of The Union’s activities, the Board of Directors has adopted a new mission, vision and values in April. The mission statement is “The Union brings innovation, expertise, solutions and support to address health challenges in low- and middle-income populations”. The vision focuses on “Health solutions for the poor”.

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40th Union World Conference on Lung Health
3 – 7 December 2009, Cancún, Mexico


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TB and Public Health


Asthma Guide
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Video of The visit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu to The Child Lung Health in Malawi Please click on the image to watch the video about Child Lung Health in Malawi.