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/
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!
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
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