Partners

An organisation based on collaboration

Collaboration has been essential to the work of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease since it was founded in 1920 as a federation of 31 national lung associations. Their purpose was to create an international organisation that could foster collaboration between its members around the world and provide services such as international conferences, publications and research that would benefit them all.

Members in 152 countries

The Union has 3,000 members in 152 countries creating a strong international network. One common goal unites constituent, organisational and individual members: the commitment to improve global lung health.

Collaborating centres

Members can partner with The Union as Collaborating Centres. Guided by The Union’s constitution, Collaborating Centres are organisations that share our goals and are active in education, research and publications.

In-country partners and sponsors

The Union provided technical assistance, education and research programmes to 80 countries in 2008 at the request of national TB and AIDS programmes, ministries of health, local NGOs, funding agencies, advocacy organisations and other in-country partners.

TB partners

World Health Organization Stop TB Department
Stop TB Partnership
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

Lung Health and Non-Communicable Diseases partners

Global Initiative for Asthma
Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases
International Study of Asthma and Allergies in childhood (ISAAC)
International Diabetes Federation (IDF)

HIV partners

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
TB CAP Program

Tobacco control partners

World Lung Foundation
International Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco
Comité national contre le tabagisme (CNCT)

Advocacy group partners

Treatment Action Group (TAG)