We encourage our community of advocates and health workers to help us get the word out about the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health. This toolkit is designed to guide communications efforts and promotion for all those willing to support us.

Background

• The 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health will take place in The Hague, Netherlands, from 24-27 October 2018.
• The conference brings together over 3,000 researchers, global advocates, scientists, healthcare professionals, students and community members working on all aspects of lung health.
• The conference theme, Declaring Our Rights: Social and Political Solutions, highlights that to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) and achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals requires a coordinated public health response driven by the human rights of each individual.
• As the city of peace and justice, The Hague provides a unique environment to link science, human rights and policy in the design of public health responses.
• The Union World Conference will provide a platform for the latest science and for policy discussions that inform public health measures grounded in human rights.

How to get involved:

• Follow us on twitter and facebook and use the hashtags #UnionConf and #DeclaringOurRights
• Use the sample social media messages
• Share the social media graphics below
• Sign up to receive updates about the conference

Sample social media

The @TheUnion_tblh World Conference on Lung Health is the largest global gathering on lung health issues, including #tuberculosis, #tobaccocontrol, and more. Join us in The Hague for #UnionConf. Registration: worldlunghealth.org

#Tuberculosis is the world’s most infectious disease killer, accounting for 1.7M lives annually. Join us at #UnionConf – new solutions, new dialogues. #EndTB worldlunghealth.org

#UnionConf will be in The Hague, 24-27 October. Join the conversation, follow @UnionConference

“#UnionConf is a critical opportunity for all those working on #tuberculosis and other chronic lung diseases to come together and share research, successes and responses to existing and new challenges,” says @JLCastroGarcia, Executive Director, @TheUnion_tblh

The theme for #UnionConf is Declaring Our Rights: Social and Political Solutions. Join us in #ThisIsTheHague, City of Social Justice. Health and #UHC are human rights issues worldlunghealth.org

Joining #UnionConf will be over 3,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, civil society activists, all #DeclaringOurRights to lung health. Join us worldlunghealth.org

We must progress towards greater funding and investment, new #R&D for #tuberculosis solutions, greater political will to #EndTB. Join #UnionConf and have your say worldlunghealth.org

What will be the vital issues at #UnionConf? #childhoodTB #asthma #COPD #airpollution #NoTobacco Join the debate: worldlunghealth.org

“#UnionConf is an important opportunity for hundreds of participants to coordinate their responses to global lung health challenges and connect the science community with broader networks and audiences” says @ChakayaJM, President @TheUnion_tblh

We must work together to address human rights implications around access to healthcare. Join our conversation at #UnionConf #DeclaringOurRights worldlunghealth.org

The theme of #UnionConf is ‘Declaring Our Rights, Social and Political Solutions’, from advocating for greater political engagement to building community engagement to address stigma. Have your say: worldlunghealth.org

As the city of peace and justice, The Hague is the perfect stage to link science, human rights and policy in the design of public health responses. #UnionConf worldlunghealth.org

Submit an abstract or session for #UnionConf. Submission period 17 January – 17 April 2018. Find out more: worldlunghealth.org

The Union World Conference has been leading the way in innovative thinking and scientific progress since its origins in the nineteenth century. Be part of that history and join #UnionConf: worldlunghealth.org

Join over 3,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers and civil society activists at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health, the largest global gathering on lung health issues. Visit worldlunghealth.org the for latest news, registration details and how to get involved.

Declaring Our Rights: Social and Political Solutions, is the theme of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health, 24-27 October, 2018 in The Hague. Join us and register here: worldlunghealth.org

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