The first international conference on tuberculosis was held in 1867, well before the cause of TB was discovered by Prof Robert Koch in 1882. The Union traces its origins to these gatherings of experts from around the world who were determined to collaborate and find a common solution to “the White Plague” – tuberculosis. The International Union Against Tuberculosis (IUAT) was formed by 31 national lung associations at the first meeting held after World War I in Paris in 1920. This is known as the Constitutional Conference.
YEAR, LOCATION | UNION PRESIDENT |
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2020: Seville, Spain | Prof Guy Marks |
2019: Hyderabad, India | Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa |
2018: The Hague, The Netherlands | Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa |
2017: Guadalajara, Mexico | Dr Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa |
2016: Liverpool, United Kingdom | Dr E Jane Carter |
2015: Cape Town, South Africa | Dr E Jane Carter |
2014: Barcelona, Spain | Dr E Jane Carter |
2013: Paris, France | Dr E Jane Carter |
2012: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Dr E Jane Carter |
2011: Lille, France | Dr S Bertel Squire |
2010: Berlin, Germany | Dr S Bertel Squire |
2009: Cancun, Mexico | Dr S Bertel Squire |
2008: Paris, France | Dr S Bertel Squire |
2007: Cape Town, South Africa | Dr Asma El Sony |
2006: Paris, France | Dr Asma El Sony |
2005: Paris, France | Dr Asma El Sony |
2004: Paris, France | Dr Asma El Sony |
2003: Paris, France | Prof Anne Fanning |
2002: Montreal, Canada | Prof Anne Fanning |
2001: Paris, France | Prof Anne Fanning |
2000: Florence, Italy | Dr Kjell Bjartveit |
1999: Madrid, Spain | Dr Kjell Bjartveit |
1998: Bangkok, Thailand | Dr Songkram Supcharoen |
1997: Paris, France | Dr Songkram Supcharoen |
1996: Paris, France | Dr Songkram Supcharoen |
1995: Paris, France | Dr Songkram Supcharoen |
1994: Mainz, Germany | Prof Rudolf Ferlinz |
1990: Boston, United States | Mr James Swomley |
1986: Singapore | Dr N C Sen Gupta |
1982: Buenos Aires, Argentina | Prof H Rodriguez Castells |
1978: Brussels, Belgium | Prof A Gyselen |
1975: Mexico City, Mexico | Mr Miguel Jimenez |
1973: Tokyo, Japan | Mr T Shimatzu |
1971: Moscow, Russia | Prof V Chebanov |
1969: New York, United States | Dr James E Perkins |
1967: Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Prof Jan K Kraan |
1965: Munich, Germany | Prof Erich Schröder |
1963: Rome, Italy | Prof Attilio Omodei Zorini |
1961: Toronto, Canada | Dr G J Wherrett |
1959: Istanbul, Turkey | Prof Ismail Tewfik Saglam |
1957: New Delhi, India | Dr P V Benjamin |
1954: Madrid, Spain | Prof A Crespo Alvarez |
1952: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Prof Manoel de Abreu |
1950: Copenhagen, Denmark | Prof K A Jensen |
1937: Lisbon, Portugal | Dr Loro de Carvalho |
1934: Warsaw, Poland | Dr Eugenjusz Piestrzynski |
1932: Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Prof Willelm Nolen |
1930: Oslo, Norway | Prof Théodor Frölich |
1928: Rome, Italy | Dr F A Piomarta |
1926: Washington, D.C., United States | Dr Theobald Smith |
1924: Lausanne, Switzerland | Dr F Morin |
1922: Brussels, Belgium | Dr E Dewez |
1921: London, United Kingdom | Prof Robert Philip |
1920: Paris, France | IUAT Constitutional Conference |