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/
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!
This week Judith Maréchal @ulaval.ca, Felix Addo @uottawa.ca, and Jacquelyn Yushkov @mcgillspgh.bsky.social worked hard with Billy Watt and all the drivers in the Kuujjuaq team to try out a new sampler and collect wastewater for analysis.
Photos by Judith Maréchal.
Photos by Judith Maréchal.
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This week Judith Maréchal @ulaval.ca, Felix Addo @uottawa.ca, and Jacquelyn Yushkov @mcgillspgh.bsky.social worked hard with Billy Watt and all the drivers in the Kuujjuaq team to try out a new sampler and collect wastewater for analysis.
Photos by Judith Maréchal.
Photos by Judith Maréchal.
@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
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
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
@who.int plenary adopts the #PandemicAccord!
We now have a new tool in the global health toolbox, and hopefully we will manage to make the best of it!
There is a lot of work between now and full implementation, not the least negotiating the #PABS instrument!
#GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social
We now have a new tool in the global health toolbox, and hopefully we will manage to make the best of it!
There is a lot of work between now and full implementation, not the least negotiating the #PABS instrument!
#GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
@who.int plenary adopts the #PandemicAccord!
We now have a new tool in the global health toolbox, and hopefully we will manage to make the best of it!
There is a lot of work between now and full implementation, not the least negotiating the #PABS instrument!
#GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social
We now have a new tool in the global health toolbox, and hopefully we will manage to make the best of it!
There is a lot of work between now and full implementation, not the least negotiating the #PABS instrument!
#GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social
@nschwalbe.bsky.social the work on the #PandemicAccord is like a triathlon: we've almost finished the swim (treaty negotiations), but then we still have the bike ride (PABS negotiation), and the run (ratification and implementation).
#WHA78
#WHA78
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
@nschwalbe.bsky.social the work on the #PandemicAccord is like a triathlon: we've almost finished the swim (treaty negotiations), but then we still have the bike ride (PABS negotiation), and the run (ratification and implementation).
#WHA78
#WHA78
Precious Matsoso #INB co-chair reflects on how different networks formed and supported the work that led to the #PandemicAccord: Friends of the Treaty, Equity Group, Friends of #OneHealth, and how civil society contributed to the work.
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social @who.int
#WHA78
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social @who.int
#WHA78
May 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Precious Matsoso #INB co-chair reflects on how different networks formed and supported the work that led to the #PandemicAccord: Friends of the Treaty, Equity Group, Friends of #OneHealth, and how civil society contributed to the work.
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social @who.int
#WHA78
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social @who.int
#WHA78
Nice to have a small moment of reflection on the #PandemicAccord hopefully a few moments before it finally gets forwarded to the #WHA78 plenary.
#PandemicAccord
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social
#PandemicAccord
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Nice to have a small moment of reflection on the #PandemicAccord hopefully a few moments before it finally gets forwarded to the #WHA78 plenary.
#PandemicAccord
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social
#PandemicAccord
@panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social
#WHA78 opens the agenda item 16.2 Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
#PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth #IDsky
#PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth #IDsky
May 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#WHA78 opens the agenda item 16.2 Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
#PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth #IDsky
#PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth #IDsky
@helenclarknz.bsky.social opens the event on health taxes on the margins of the #WHA78.
The state of resources for health has probably changed and will not go back: health taxes can be a tool for greater resources mobilization for health in the way forward.
#GlobalHealth #NCDs @who.int
The state of resources for health has probably changed and will not go back: health taxes can be a tool for greater resources mobilization for health in the way forward.
#GlobalHealth #NCDs @who.int
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@helenclarknz.bsky.social opens the event on health taxes on the margins of the #WHA78.
The state of resources for health has probably changed and will not go back: health taxes can be a tool for greater resources mobilization for health in the way forward.
#GlobalHealth #NCDs @who.int
The state of resources for health has probably changed and will not go back: health taxes can be a tool for greater resources mobilization for health in the way forward.
#GlobalHealth #NCDs @who.int
@eloisetodd.bsky.social @panaction.bsky.social: "In advocacy we don't win by being right, we win by creating scenarios where everyone feels like they are winning"
#PandemicAccord #PPPR #WHA78
#PandemicAccord #PPPR #WHA78
May 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@eloisetodd.bsky.social @panaction.bsky.social: "In advocacy we don't win by being right, we win by creating scenarios where everyone feels like they are winning"
#PandemicAccord #PPPR #WHA78
#PandemicAccord #PPPR #WHA78
French ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou guys the nail on the head about the upcoming priorities for #PPPR:
Operationalizing #PABS;
Ensuring that we work in a transsectoral #OneHealth approach;
Addressing misinformation and disinformation.
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth
Operationalizing #PABS;
Ensuring that we work in a transsectoral #OneHealth approach;
Addressing misinformation and disinformation.
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth
May 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
French ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou guys the nail on the head about the upcoming priorities for #PPPR:
Operationalizing #PABS;
Ensuring that we work in a transsectoral #OneHealth approach;
Addressing misinformation and disinformation.
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth
Operationalizing #PABS;
Ensuring that we work in a transsectoral #OneHealth approach;
Addressing misinformation and disinformation.
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth
@sanianishtar.bsky.social describes wargaming and scenario planning done by @gavi.org to describe response scenarios and roles if a pandemic arrives and we already have countermeasures, if we don't but have advanced research and if we don't even have that. This allowed rapid Mpox response.
#WHA78
#WHA78
May 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@sanianishtar.bsky.social describes wargaming and scenario planning done by @gavi.org to describe response scenarios and roles if a pandemic arrives and we already have countermeasures, if we don't but have advanced research and if we don't even have that. This allowed rapid Mpox response.
#WHA78
#WHA78
@jarottingen.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social on the current global trajectory for #PPPR during #WHA78:
The day is sunny;
But there are clouds on the horizon;
We need more collaboration.
#IDsky #PandemicAccord #WHA78 @who.int @gavi.org
The day is sunny;
But there are clouds on the horizon;
We need more collaboration.
#IDsky #PandemicAccord #WHA78 @who.int @gavi.org
May 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@jarottingen.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social on the current global trajectory for #PPPR during #WHA78:
The day is sunny;
But there are clouds on the horizon;
We need more collaboration.
#IDsky #PandemicAccord #WHA78 @who.int @gavi.org
The day is sunny;
But there are clouds on the horizon;
We need more collaboration.
#IDsky #PandemicAccord #WHA78 @who.int @gavi.org
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, former president of Croatia and co-chair of the #GPMB calls for equity in pandemic response and global cooperation to address the greatest #Pandemic challenges.
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @who.int
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @who.int
May 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, former president of Croatia and co-chair of the #GPMB calls for equity in pandemic response and global cooperation to address the greatest #Pandemic challenges.
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @who.int
#WHA78 #PandemicAccord @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @who.int
Björn Kümmel #Germany answers tactfully describing that member states have to play a greater oversight role, through a structure like the PBAC and without micromanaging the @who.int but work to identify what we can still afford and what functions are critical to maintain during funding cuts. #wha78
May 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Elaine Fletcher from @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social asks a very pointed question on what kind of oversight member states have of the @who.int finances in order to make the current difficult reprioritisation decision.
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth
May 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Elaine Fletcher from @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social asks a very pointed question on what kind of oversight member states have of the @who.int finances in order to make the current difficult reprioritisation decision.
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth
Very glad to have joined the @wma-jdn.bsky.social for the pre #WHA78 session yesterday and engaged in very interesting conversations with colleagues from all corners of the world on some of the key topics if this assembly.
@medwma.bsky.social #GlobalHealth
@medwma.bsky.social #GlobalHealth
May 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Very glad to have joined the @wma-jdn.bsky.social for the pre #WHA78 session yesterday and engaged in very interesting conversations with colleagues from all corners of the world on some of the key topics if this assembly.
@medwma.bsky.social #GlobalHealth
@medwma.bsky.social #GlobalHealth
As always, the intro to #WHA78 by Gian Luca Burci @gvagrad-ghc.bsky.social is an excellent primer on how things work during #WHA and what the key issues this year will be!
@gvagrad.bsky.social @who.int
#GlobalHealth
@gvagrad.bsky.social @who.int
#GlobalHealth
May 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
As always, the intro to #WHA78 by Gian Luca Burci @gvagrad-ghc.bsky.social is an excellent primer on how things work during #WHA and what the key issues this year will be!
@gvagrad.bsky.social @who.int
#GlobalHealth
@gvagrad.bsky.social @who.int
#GlobalHealth