June2016

Two surgeons on fistula surgery [ VIDEO ]

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour Drs. Mulu Muleta and Ambaye Wolde Michael are dedicated fistula surgeons whom Fistula Foundation are lucky to partner with via Women and Health Alliance International. In their own words, hear them describe what it’s like to...
Celebrating 20,000 women treated [ VIDEO ]

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: Fistula Foundation has just passed a major milestone: since adopting a global mission in 2009, support from generous donors like you has enabled the delivery of life-changing fistula surgery to 20,000 women! In this short...
The Union highlights media’s role in ending TB in India

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: The Union, working with a group of medical experts, highlighted the important role the media plays in bringing an end to tuberculosis (TB) in India during a media roundtable event hosted in Delhi in...
Union training delivers core skills and best practice techniques to aid TB prevention

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: For the past 30 years, healthcare workers providing care to persons with tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and co-morbidities have turned to The Union to learn fundamental skills and the latest best practices....
The Union expands community-based MDR-TB care through Global Fund grant

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: The Community-Based Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Care project, implemented through The Union Office in Myanmar, has been extended to ten additional areas, bringing its total reach to 33 townships across Myanmar, through a grant from...
Rural healthcare providers vital to reducing TB burden in India

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: The Union, in collaboration with the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, is working with local communities to train rural healthcare providers (RHCPs) to provide basic tuberculosis (TB) care, control and prevention, while also reporting new cases...
Plain packaging for e-cigarettes?

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: The Union joins international calls for countries to introduce plain tobacco packaging to encourage users to quit and discourage non-users from trying addictive nicotine products. Further, The Union calls for a ‘plain packaging’ approach...
Indonesia urged to ratify the WHO FCTC as 30 percent of children start smoking before the age of ten

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: The Union has joined international partners to ramp up media coverage of Indonesia’s escalating tobacco epidemic, highlighting the importance of accession to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Indonesia...
The Union welcomes The Global Fund and Stop TB Partnership joint agreement on TB drugs and treatment access

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: Last week, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund) and the STOP TB Partnership signed an agreement to optimise access to TB drugs and treatment services. The Union welcomes...
Reaching critical mass for China’s national tobacco control law: Dr Gan Quan

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: In 2009 when Gan Quan began working for The Union in China, few people had heard of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Remarkably, just over six years later,...