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Guangzhou Municipal Tobacco Control Office established
In November 2012, Guangzhou Municipal Government convened a tobacco control meeting to review achievements since the enactment of the Guangzhou Tobacco Control Regulation on 1 September 2010 and propose countermeasures to the loopholes in enforcement of the regulation. At the meeting, Vice Mayor Xiaodan Xie announced that the Guangzhou Tobacco Control Office had been established as an independent ...
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Inaugural session - Video Day 3
Watch highlights of the Inaugural Session and Awards Ceremony at the 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Mandalay lab offers high-tech diagnostic services with The Union’s support
With support from The Union Office in Myanmar, Mandalay's Public Health Laboratory (PHL) is now providing high-tech diagnostic services to patients with HIV. The PHL is serving the estimated 3,00...
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Reaching zero HIV/AIDS deaths depends on addressing TB-HIV co-epidemic
The theme of World AIDS Day (1 December 2012) is "Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths". But, according to The Union, the goal of zero AID...
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Run for your lungs! ... because breath is life
More than 1,000 runners participated in the Run for Your Lungs on Sunday, 11 November at Lake Titiswanga Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Please have a look at the event pictures
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See more photos of the conference here ...
Follow the 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health through our day-by-day slide shows, covering the scientific, educational – and social – aspects of this annual event organised by The Union.
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Stop TB Symposium - Video Day 1
Watch highlights of the all-day Stop TB Symposium on "Accelerating Impact: Developing post-2015 Strategy and Targets"
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Successful TB-HIV collaborative care can be offered by primary health care facilities in low-income countries
Pilot TB-HIV programmes run by The Union and its partners in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe have demonstrated that integrated care provided through primary health care faci...
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Summary of the whole conference in Kuala Lumpur - Day 5
Watch highlights of the whole conference in Kuala Lumpur
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The Union and MSF find Operational Research yields local solutions with global impact
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / 15 November 2012 -- The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) established a collaborative partnership in 200...
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