News About Asia Pacific

26 Nov

Incoming President of The Union, Professor Guy Marks shares his vision for the future

The Union's new President speaks about the challenges with funding, the need to build The Union’s reputation as the leading voice on tuberculosis and lung disease, and his desire to grow The Union’s membership and strengthen both conferences and journals.

26 Nov

Tobacco Farmers call for strengthened tobacco control in Indonesia

The Indonesia Multicultural Farmers Forum has called on the Indonesian government to create a comprehensive tobacco control policy to reduce tobacco deaths in the country.

3 Oct

NEJM study shows community-wide active case finding has the potential to End TB using existing tools

The study shows that achieving the rate of decline necessary to reach ambitious End TB targets using existing tools is possible