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The money, which was raised during the annual New York City Half-Marathon, will fund a grant to the Kenyan Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (KAPTLD).

The book offers maps and graphics to illustrate a wide range of international tobacco issues, exposes the behavior of the tobacco industry, and predicts the future course of the epidemic globally, including the Latin America region. It also offers solutions to curbing the global usage of tobacco.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in research projects to develop new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines for tuberculosis. However, no laboratory advance will save even one of the millions facing death this year and next.

We have no cure for lung cancer but, unlike other cancers, we know how to stop lung cancer from occurring.

Vietnam's Ministry of Health launched a new mass media campaign to support Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's Decision 1315, dated 21st August 2009, which mandates smoke-free public places across Vietnam.

The WHO report demonstrates clearly that most governments have failed to address tobacco as a public health crisis.

The website details a six-step process to help governments and non-governmental organizations manage every step of a campaign, including formative research, production, message pre-testing, media planning and buying and campaign evaluation.

The first step is broad recognition that AIDS is inextricably linked to lung disease. While continuing to invest in anti-retroviral drugs to treat people with HIV/AIDS, the global health community must also direct new investment toward badly needed new diagnosis techniques for lung diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia.

Poland's Ministry of Health launched a new mass media campaign to inform millions of Polish smokers about the serious effects tobacco has on their health and the health of their children.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare's (MOHFW) Tobacco Control Programme today announced the launch of a nationwide television and radio campaign called "Surgeon."