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[ Watch webinar recording ] [ Listen or download audio podcast ] Be welcome to register for this exclusive webinar in lead up to World TB Day 2017 where experts will share experiences on the role of faith in the fight against TB , and explore opportunities of how faith can help to expedite efforts to #endTB by 2030. Watch recording | Listen/ download audio podcast Experts including those from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre in South Africa and International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) will present and respond to questions live! DATE: Tuesday, 28th February 2017 TIME: 1:00pm Geneva Time (check www.timeanddate.com for your local time) Watch recording | Listen/ download audio podcast Panel of experts [ Watch 4:50 - 17:30 of webinar recording ] Jody Boffa , community-based researcher and epidemiologist at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa and Vanier Doctoral Research Scholar at the Department of Community Health Sciences, Universi...

[ Listen or download the audio podcast ] This is a recording of the webinar in lead up to 2017 World Cancer Day ( watch its recording ). Panel of experts included: Anne Jones OAM, senior tobacco control expert with the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union); former CEO of ASH Australia; and Medal of the order of Australia (OAM) awardee    Dr Navneet Singh , Lung cancer expert; Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine Department, PGIMER; Secretary of Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer;  Nita Mullick , cancer survivor and senior educationist   Moderators: Ashok Ramsarup , award-winning senior journalist from Durban, South Africa and former Senior Producer at SABC; and  Shobha Shukla , CNS Managing Editor   [ Listen or download the audio podcast ]

[ Click here to see webinar recording ] [ Listen or Download audio podcast ] In lead up to 2017 World Cancer Day this webinar aims to review if we are on track in reducing cancer deaths by one-third by 2030 (as well as other commitments made in SDGs in this regard). Click here to see webinar recording   Listen or Download audio podcast Date: Tuesday, 31st January 2017 Time: 1pm - 2pm Geneva time The panel of experts include: [ Presentation ] [ Watch 1:15 - 13:30 of webinar recording ] Anne Jones , senior tobacco control expert with the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) ; former CEO of ASH Australia; and Medal of the order of Australia (OAM) awardee   [ Watch 25:15 - 30:00 of webinar recording ] Nita Mullick , cancer survivor and senior educationist [ Watch 13:40 - 25:10 of webinar recording ] Dr Navneet Singh , Lung cancer expert; Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine Department, PGIMER; Secretary of Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer; Publicat...

[ Check out all webinars hosted by CNS here ] Looking back at all webinars hosted by CNS in 2016, we are compelled to say that each webinar, and issue it focussed on, is so very important, even today - thanks to all the panelists and participants. However if we look at some indicators such as the number of registrations, attendees, interaction on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook page, LinkedIn, email listservs, post-webinar media coverage, podcast and expert-presentation downloads, among others, here are top-5 webinar picks from 2016 CNS archives : New shorter, cheaper MDR-TB treatment   ( June 2016: Watch webinar recording ) Are TB, malaria and Anti-Microbial Resistance declining fast enough to meet SDGs by 2030?   (August 2016: Watch webinar recording or listen/download the podcast ) Webinar in lead up to World Heart Day 2016   (September 2016: Watch webinar recording or listen/download the podcast ) ' You can control your asthma'   (April 2016: Watch webinar recordin...

[Watch recording or listen to podcast ] Breast cancer is the most common, killer cancer in women . ' Men have breasts too' and less than 1% of breast cancer occur in men . If urgent measures are not taken, in next decade: 19.7 million cases of breast cancer will occur and 5.8 million women will die. But governments have promised to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, one of which is to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like breast cancer by one-third. Are we on track to reduce these preventable deaths? Are we diagnosing breast cancer early enough to have better treatment outcome and 5-year survival? Are we optimally engaging survivors to help support those undergoing breast cancer treatment? What more needs to happen so that governments deliver on SDGs by 2030 (or earlier!)? Let us listen to experts from the NCD Alliance , Endocrine and Breast Cancer Surgery Department of King George's Medical University (KGMU) and a cancer surviv...

[ Watch recording ] [ Listen or download podcast ] World's leading infectious killer of children under the age of five years, is Pneumonia . Pneumonia, a common respiratory illness, also has potentially serious outcomes for the elderly. According to Stop Pneumonia , the most vulnerable children are in poor and rural communities, underlining the need to improve equitable access to high quality care, diagnostics, and treatment for all children. [ Watch recording ] [ Listen or download podcast ] Join us in this webinar with experts on how can we end preventable deaths from pneumonia and keep promises we made for delivering on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Date: Tuesday, 13th December 2016 Time: 1pm - 2pm Geneva time (To convert to different time zones, click here or go to www.timeanddate.com/worldclock ) Pneumonia is preventable. Governments have committed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, one of which (SDG 3.2) promises to end preventable dea...

[ Click here to listen or download the podcast ] This webinar for media was held on 30th November 2016 featuring experts from the AIDS Society of India; People's Health Organisation; and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union); who shared why TB and HIV collaborative activities are so critically important to help the world end TB and AIDS both by 2030. [ Click here to listen or download the podcast ]

[ Watch webinar recording ] [ Listen or download the audio podcast ] In lead up to World AIDS Day 2016 let us recollect governments' promise to end AIDS and TB by 2030. But TB continues to be a lead killer for people living with HIV. What more needs to happen to meet SDGs by 2030? [ Watch webinar recording ] | [ Listen or download the audio podcast ] Date: Wednesday, 30th November 2016 Time: 1pm - 2pm Geneva time (To convert to different time zones, click here or go to www.timeanddate.com/worldclock ) The WHO Global TB Report 2016 shows increase (not decrease) in TB cases and TB deaths. Rate of TB decline is majorly falling short to end TB by 2030. TB continues to be a lead cause of death for people living with HIV. TB being curable and preventable, this is unacceptable ! 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health had key messages around TB HIV. Learn more from experts in this webinar. Unless TB and HIV affected communities are central to health responses, we will fail to meet ...

This is an audio recording of an exclusive webinar for media where WHO Global TB Programme and International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) experts shared the scientific highlights of the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Liverpool, UK. [ Click here to listen or download this audio podcast ]

[ Watch webinar record ing ] [ Listen or download the audio podcast ] We welcome you to register for an exclusive media webinar where experts from the W orld Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Programme and Int ernational Union Agains t Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) will share scientific highlights of the forthcoming 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in L iverpoo l, UK. [ Watch webinar record ing ]   [ Listen or download the audio podcast ] The theme of this conferenc e is: " Confronting resistance: Fundamentals to innovation ". This webinar pr esents a great opportunity to interact with the WHO Global TB Programme and The Un i on e xpe rts on the latest TB related science that will be prese nte d at the conference later this month. Newest scientific updates on tuberculosis, drug resistance, or key findings of important studies which will be presented later at the conference , will be shared on the webi nar. E xperts from the WHO Global TB Progra...

[ Watch webinar recording ] [ Listen to audio podcast ] We welcome you to register for an exclusive media webinar on the critically important issue of: t obacco industry interference in the global tobacco treaty (formally called WHO Frame w ork Convention on Tobacco Control or FCTC).  [ Watch webinar recording ] [ Lis ten t o podcast ] S eventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC will be taking place in Gre ater Noida , India during 7-12 November 2016.  Tobac co industry interferen ce in health p olic y making is not new . Despite adoption of WHO FCTC Article 5. 3 G uidelines by our governments in November 2008 , the first Guid ing Principles of which is : " There is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry ' s interests and public health policy interests", tobacco industry continues to find deceptive and insidious ways to water down or delay or jeopardize health policy making.  Panel of e xpe rts on this webinar w...

[ Watch webinar recording ] [ Listen / do wnload audi o podcast ] We welcome you to register for an exclusive media webinar in lead up to this year's World H eart Day . It is almost a year now since our governments committed to reduce mortality relate d to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one-third by 2030. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) - heart disease and stroke - are top killers - causing over 17 million deaths every year worldwide ! [ Watch webinar recording ]  [ Listen / do wnload audi o podcast ]  Experts from the World Hea rt Federation , De pa rtment of Cardiology, King Geor ge's Medical University (KGMU) and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) will present and respond to questions live !   Date: Tuesday, 20th Septem ber 2016 Time: 1:00pm Geneva Time, 12 noon London Time, 1pm Durban Time, 7:00am New York/ Boston Time, 4:30pm Indian Standard Time, 6pm Thailand time (check www.timeanddate.com for your local time) Duration: 60...