As The Union broadens its reach to address growing and interlinked issues, such as TB and diabetes, and lung health risk factors such as tobacco use, support from members has never been more important and more valued.

This year has seen The Union's grantees under the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use make important advances in tobacco control. As acknowledged by a recent five-year report on the Initiative, country by country, progress is being made.

The TREAT TB Initiative has published two new guides for public health professionals and other researchers: Operational Research: A Guide to Country Level Implementation and Programme Support and Operational Research to Improve Health Services: A Guide for Proposal Development. Read more. . .