Yassen Tcholakov
@yassentch.bsky.social
Public Health Doc, Head of Infectious Diseases in Nunavik
Passionate about epi, global health, & planetary health
Assistant Prof at @McGill University
#EpiSky #IDsky #MedSky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yassentch/
Passionate about epi, global health, & planetary health
Assistant Prof at @McGill University
#EpiSky #IDsky #MedSky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yassentch/
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Starting now:
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Starting now:
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
Interesting #epi conversation during session on #TB diagnostics at #WCLH2025 about diagnostic yield and tradeoff between accessibility and sensitivity.
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Interesting #epi conversation during session on #TB diagnostics at #WCLH2025 about diagnostic yield and tradeoff between accessibility and sensitivity.
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
#WCLH2025: TB medications:
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#WCLH2025: TB medications:
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
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TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB
Why is it that at every conference these days, we have to discuss how Visa issues further exacerbate inequities in the world; the invited keynote speaker shouldn't be denied telling their story #WCLH2025.
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Why is it that at every conference these days, we have to discuss how Visa issues further exacerbate inequities in the world; the invited keynote speaker shouldn't be denied telling their story #WCLH2025.
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
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Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Executive Director of The Union, opened #WCLH2025 with powerful words:
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Executive Director of The Union, opened #WCLH2025 with powerful words:
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
Fun to have @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as the opening keynote of the #WCLH2025. With his book "Everything Is Tuberculosis" he did an amazing work of popularising TB science in a way that other, beyond scientists and clinicians deeply involved in this work can understand!
@theunion.org #EndTB
@theunion.org #EndTB
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Fun to have @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as the opening keynote of the #WCLH2025. With his book "Everything Is Tuberculosis" he did an amazing work of popularising TB science in a way that other, beyond scientists and clinicians deeply involved in this work can understand!
@theunion.org #EndTB
@theunion.org #EndTB
Very glad to be at the @who.int #EndTB summit in the @whoeurope.bsky.social in #Copenhagen!
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Very glad to be at the @who.int #EndTB summit in the @whoeurope.bsky.social in #Copenhagen!
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
If you're going to be at #ESCAIDE2025, do drop by our poster on #Wastewater surveillance in #Nunavik presented by @carolinerusso.bsky.social
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
Registration
Information about how to register for ESCAIDE.
www.escaide.eu
October 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you're going to be at #ESCAIDE2025, do drop by our poster on #Wastewater surveillance in #Nunavik presented by @carolinerusso.bsky.social
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
As the @medwma.bsky.social just concluded its GA discussing critical medical ethics issues, it has come to my attention that wastewater-based surveillance is being politicized to track compounds linked to reproductive and gender-affirming care in the US!
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
Wastewater surveillance requires ethical use
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) enables the early detection of infectious diseases (1, 2) and monitoring of community health trends (3), making it a critical public health tool. This year, US poli...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As the @medwma.bsky.social just concluded its GA discussing critical medical ethics issues, it has come to my attention that wastewater-based surveillance is being politicized to track compounds linked to reproductive and gender-affirming care in the US!
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
The @cmadocs.bsky.social rejoins the @medwma.bsky.social!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
October 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The @cmadocs.bsky.social rejoins the @medwma.bsky.social!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
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What an incredible journey in Porto 🇵🇹💫
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What an incredible journey in Porto 🇵🇹💫
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
Nice timely coverage by @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social of work on #WastewaterSurveillance in Nunavik!
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
Tester les eaux usées pour lutter contre la tuberculose
Des équipes de chercheurs se sont unies dans un projet d’analyse des eaux usées des villages du Nunavik, pour lutter contre la tuberculose.
ici.radio-canada.ca
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nice timely coverage by @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social of work on #WastewaterSurveillance in Nunavik!
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
@helenclarknz.bsky.social and @drmarianeira.bsky.social discusshe clean air from and describe the economic case for investing: being sick prevents people from working, it costs a lot to health system.
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@helenclarknz.bsky.social and @drmarianeira.bsky.social discusshe clean air from and describe the economic case for investing: being sick prevents people from working, it costs a lot to health system.
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
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As you follow news from #WHA78, read @craigspencer.bsky.social's essay (from March) on the effects of US withdrawal from global health.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Diseases Are Coming
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
www.theatlantic.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As you follow news from #WHA78, read @craigspencer.bsky.social's essay (from March) on the effects of US withdrawal from global health.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Nice #micdrops from the conversation on #PlanetaryHealth organized by the WHO youth Council: should we be concerned that the US pulled out of the #ParisAgreement?
The US wasn't the most proactive before; what if we don't care?
#WHA78
The US wasn't the most proactive before; what if we don't care?
#WHA78
May 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Nice #micdrops from the conversation on #PlanetaryHealth organized by the WHO youth Council: should we be concerned that the US pulled out of the #ParisAgreement?
The US wasn't the most proactive before; what if we don't care?
#WHA78
The US wasn't the most proactive before; what if we don't care?
#WHA78
Emma Rawson-Te Patu #WFPHA answers key questions at side event on #PlanetaryHealth in few word but much wisdom: "What is the ultimate driver of environmental degradation?": it is the way in which we behave!
#WHA78
#WHA78
May 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Emma Rawson-Te Patu #WFPHA answers key questions at side event on #PlanetaryHealth in few word but much wisdom: "What is the ultimate driver of environmental degradation?": it is the way in which we behave!
#WHA78
#WHA78
@eloisetodd.bsky.social @panaction.bsky.social describes that we should work in a networked approach to identify on the one hand what the best solutions would be and use another type of expertise to identify the politically viable way to get there. #wha78 #GlobalHealth
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@eloisetodd.bsky.social @panaction.bsky.social describes that we should work in a networked approach to identify on the one hand what the best solutions would be and use another type of expertise to identify the politically viable way to get there. #wha78 #GlobalHealth
@drmarianeira.bsky.social words of wisdom during event on #PlanetaryHealth in geopolitical crises: "TBS: take them by surprise" and "don't accept the unacceptable"!
#WHA78
@who.int @panaction.bsky.social
#WHA78
@who.int @panaction.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@drmarianeira.bsky.social words of wisdom during event on #PlanetaryHealth in geopolitical crises: "TBS: take them by surprise" and "don't accept the unacceptable"!
#WHA78
@who.int @panaction.bsky.social
#WHA78
@who.int @panaction.bsky.social
Exciting book launch by @pritipatnaik.bsky.social @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social: Negotiating Equity, Amendments to the IHR.
Very timely with the upcoming entry into force of the lastest #IHR amendment and the adoption of the #PandemicAccord.
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #IDsky
Very timely with the upcoming entry into force of the lastest #IHR amendment and the adoption of the #PandemicAccord.
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #IDsky
May 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Exciting book launch by @pritipatnaik.bsky.social @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social: Negotiating Equity, Amendments to the IHR.
Very timely with the upcoming entry into force of the lastest #IHR amendment and the adoption of the #PandemicAccord.
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #IDsky
Very timely with the upcoming entry into force of the lastest #IHR amendment and the adoption of the #PandemicAccord.
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #IDsky
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Impressive Launch of the #BreakFossilFuelInfluence Campaign for fossil-free health communications 📰 by @gchalliance.bsky.social on the sidelines of #WHA78.
⏰️Time for health to take a stand against misinformation & pollution!
@influencemap.bsky.social
🖋 climateandhealthalliance.org/what-we-do/m...
⏰️Time for health to take a stand against misinformation & pollution!
@influencemap.bsky.social
🖋 climateandhealthalliance.org/what-we-do/m...
May 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Impressive Launch of the #BreakFossilFuelInfluence Campaign for fossil-free health communications 📰 by @gchalliance.bsky.social on the sidelines of #WHA78.
⏰️Time for health to take a stand against misinformation & pollution!
@influencemap.bsky.social
🖋 climateandhealthalliance.org/what-we-do/m...
⏰️Time for health to take a stand against misinformation & pollution!
@influencemap.bsky.social
🖋 climateandhealthalliance.org/what-we-do/m...
Luan Vo speaks on the importance of resourcing community engagement to #EndTB during side event at #WHA78. He also describes the work of the @who.int #CSTFTB.
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
May 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Luan Vo speaks on the importance of resourcing community engagement to #EndTB during side event at #WHA78. He also describes the work of the @who.int #CSTFTB.
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
Theresa Tam, #Canada CPHO, speaks at #WHA78 about #SHD and health equity and puts the focus on indigenous populations and health data ownership and control.
#GlobalHealth
#GlobalHealth
May 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Theresa Tam, #Canada CPHO, speaks at #WHA78 about #SHD and health equity and puts the focus on indigenous populations and health data ownership and control.
#GlobalHealth
#GlobalHealth
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WHO Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the #WHA78, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of a historic global compact to make the world safer from future pandemics.
Read: bit.ly/4kjM6p4
Read: bit.ly/4kjM6p4
Member States approve WHO Pandemic Agreement in World Health Assembly Committee, paving way for its formal adoption
World Health Organization Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of an historic global compact to make the world sa...
bit.ly
May 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
WHO Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the #WHA78, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of a historic global compact to make the world safer from future pandemics.
Read: bit.ly/4kjM6p4
Read: bit.ly/4kjM6p4