39th World Conference on Lung Health

The conference theme for 2008 is the “Global threats to lung health: the importance of health system responses”. Go to the conference website

Kaiser covers World Conference 2008

For the third time this year, several sessions of the 39th World Conference on Lung Health were recorded and are available for permanent viewing from the Kaiser Family Foundation website.

2008 Christmas Seals Contest

Paid-up Constituent and Organisational members are entitled to participate in the annual Christmas Seals Contest and should send their seals to The Union by 6 October 2008. More information

Paris, 8 August, 2008 - The Board of Directors of The Union announces the election of a New President

The Board of Directors of The Union announces the resignation of Dr Enis Barış as President of The Union. The Board of Directors elected Dr S. Bertel Squire of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as the new President effective August 7. Read the Announcement

Tuberculosis Scientific Section

The Union Tuberculosis Scientific Section announces the election of its new Vice-Chair and Secretary. Detailed results.

Spanish version of the IJTLD: Volume 2 now available

The second volume of the IJTLD in Spanish is now available in PDF format. Selected articles from the IJTLD are periodically translated into Spanish and published in a Spanish version of the Journal, with the aid of a grant from the US Centers for Disease Visit the IJTLD - non-English versions page.

NOW IN CHINESE: Priorities for tuberculosis bacteriology services in low-income countries

This second edition of the "Red Book" has been translated into Chinese. It has been made possible through the diligent work of the National TB Reference Laboratory in Beijing, China. To download the PDF file, go to http://www.tbrieder.org