2023 Union Conference: Official press releases
After three years being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 Union World Conference on Lung Health (Union Conference) took place in-person on 15-18 November 2023 in Paris, France under the theme 'Transforming evidence into practice'.
The official press releases, giving an overview of a number of important scientific studies presented at the Conference, can be accessed here:
- New global research: Four new, improved drug regimens could cut treatment time for drug-resistant TB by up to two-thirds (15 November 2023)
- New research: Safer, shorter, and more effective treatment discovered for TB (16 November 2023)
- ‘The time for the global TB community to act is now’ - new research shows failure of current policies to eradicate TB (17 November 2023)
- New research: How drones are tackling TB in the Himalayas (18 November 2023)
The Union World Conference on Lung Health, convened annually by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), is the world’s largest gathering of clinicians and public health workers, health program managers, policymakers, researchers, affected communities and advocates working to end the suffering caused by lung disease, with a focus specifically on the challenges faced by low- and lower-middle income populations.
