Professor Thorkild Tylleskar
@prof-tylleskar.bsky.social
Professor, and Paediatrician, MD, PhD, MA, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
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September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I use this image when I teach about the consequences of biodiversity loss:
July 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I use this image when I teach about the consequences of biodiversity loss:
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Dr and PhD candidate Martin Chebet presenting data from his PhD work in Eastern Uganda in the BabyGel trial at the #EDCTPForum in Kigali.
June 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Dr and PhD candidate Martin Chebet presenting data from his PhD work in Eastern Uganda in the BabyGel trial at the #EDCTPForum in Kigali.
Ediri O'Brien from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine reporting from our BabyGel trial in Uganda at the #EDCTPForum in Kigali
June 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ediri O'Brien from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine reporting from our BabyGel trial in Uganda at the #EDCTPForum in Kigali
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\#IamAPHRC is glad to join the 12th EDCTP Forum to explore fairer global health research partnerships. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social will deliver a keynote on new funding models that better support African-led science.
📍Kigali | 🗓 June 16 | 🕓 4:00–4:20 PM
#APHRCResearch #EDCTPForum #WeAreAfrica
📍Kigali | 🗓 June 16 | 🕓 4:00–4:20 PM
#APHRCResearch #EDCTPForum #WeAreAfrica
June 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
\#IamAPHRC is glad to join the 12th EDCTP Forum to explore fairer global health research partnerships. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social will deliver a keynote on new funding models that better support African-led science.
📍Kigali | 🗓 June 16 | 🕓 4:00–4:20 PM
#APHRCResearch #EDCTPForum #WeAreAfrica
📍Kigali | 🗓 June 16 | 🕓 4:00–4:20 PM
#APHRCResearch #EDCTPForum #WeAreAfrica
At the opening of 12th EDCTP Forum in Kigali, EDCTP3 CEO Dr Michael Makanga cited our project PROMISE ZERO as an example of what EDCTP3 is funding! #EDCTPForum #UiB #UMontpellier
June 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
At the opening of 12th EDCTP Forum in Kigali, EDCTP3 CEO Dr Michael Makanga cited our project PROMISE ZERO as an example of what EDCTP3 is funding! #EDCTPForum #UiB #UMontpellier
Excited to attend the opening of the the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Forum in Kigali to open! #EDCTPForum
June 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to attend the opening of the the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Forum in Kigali to open! #EDCTPForum
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What with whack jobs, quacks and antivaxxers in leadership positions, we must prepare to face a golden age of infectious diseases
I can’t believe this is unfolding in 2025!
I can’t believe this is unfolding in 2025!
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What with whack jobs, quacks and antivaxxers in leadership positions, we must prepare to face a golden age of infectious diseases
I can’t believe this is unfolding in 2025!
I can’t believe this is unfolding in 2025!
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
It was a great honour today to receive the Søren Falch Senior Award from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bergen:
www.uib.no/med/177721/f...
during the Annual Faculty Day 2025
www.uib.no/med/177721/f...
during the Annual Faculty Day 2025
April 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It was a great honour today to receive the Søren Falch Senior Award from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bergen:
www.uib.no/med/177721/f...
during the Annual Faculty Day 2025
www.uib.no/med/177721/f...
during the Annual Faculty Day 2025
Democracy report released today: www.v-dem.net/publications...
Many countries moving towards autocratization. Starting with desinformation => polarisation => demonization => autocracy
Many countries moving towards autocratization. Starting with desinformation => polarisation => demonization => autocracy
Democracy Reports – V-Dem
www.v-dem.net
March 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Democracy report released today: www.v-dem.net/publications...
Many countries moving towards autocratization. Starting with desinformation => polarisation => demonization => autocracy
Many countries moving towards autocratization. Starting with desinformation => polarisation => demonization => autocracy
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Rebecca Dennison: "The recklessness we’re seeing is like dropping an egg on the floor – you can’t just pick it up & put it back together again...Do not bend a knee in advance, do not crumple in despair – that’s exactly what they want you to do." #CROI2025
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Rebecca Dennison: "The recklessness we’re seeing is like dropping an egg on the floor – you can’t just pick it up & put it back together again...Do not bend a knee in advance, do not crumple in despair – that’s exactly what they want you to do." #CROI2025
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"The only lawbreaking appears to be the Trump assault on a congressionally established agency that he had no legal authority to close; the destruction of U.S.A.I.D. may have violated a whole series of federal laws, not to mention the Constitution." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"The only lawbreaking appears to be the Trump assault on a congressionally established agency that he had no legal authority to close; the destruction of U.S.A.I.D. may have violated a whole series of federal laws, not to mention the Constitution." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
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To quote Gordon Brown "if a World Health Organization did not exist, it would have to be created to identify and prevent the spread of infectious diseases worldwide".
Time to step up & support @who.int . The world has never needed it more
Time to step up & support @who.int . The world has never needed it more
WHO is all of us. We are all WHO.
Let’s raise $1 billion to support the @who.int’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
Let’s raise $1 billion to support the @who.int’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
January 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
To quote Gordon Brown "if a World Health Organization did not exist, it would have to be created to identify and prevent the spread of infectious diseases worldwide".
Time to step up & support @who.int . The world has never needed it more
Time to step up & support @who.int . The world has never needed it more
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"At this moment in history, antivaccine rhetoric & antivaccine beliefs reside most often on the political right... it is essential to confront this reality and devise evidence-informed strategies to counter this trend"
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social
healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social
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Politics and vaccine misinformation: A horrifyingly bad mix - Healthy Debate
Antivaccine beliefs reside most often on the political right. We must confront this reality and devise evidence-informed strategies to counter this trend.
healthydebate.ca
January 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"At this moment in history, antivaccine rhetoric & antivaccine beliefs reside most often on the political right... it is essential to confront this reality and devise evidence-informed strategies to counter this trend"
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social
healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social
healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
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It is now possible to submit a proposal of an Organized Session for the 14th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) 29th September – 2nd October 2025 held in Hamburg. The overarching theme is “Better health for all in a changing world” ectmih-2025.de/programme-ab...
Call for organised sessions
ectmih-2025.de
December 2, 2024 at 12:45 PM
It is now possible to submit a proposal of an Organized Session for the 14th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) 29th September – 2nd October 2025 held in Hamburg. The overarching theme is “Better health for all in a changing world” ectmih-2025.de/programme-ab...
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Peter Hotez: the next phase of American antivaccine activism will target childhood vaccines, with dangerous consequences
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
journals.plos.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Peter Hotez: the next phase of American antivaccine activism will target childhood vaccines, with dangerous consequences
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Disinformation is one of the biggest threats to global health
January 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Disinformation is one of the biggest threats to global health