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/
This month, we spoke with @yassentch.bsky.social, Clinical Lead for Infectious Diseases at the Nunavik Department of Public Health in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, who emphasized how Indigenous strength, knowledge, and adaptability can help combat the health inequities facing remote Inuit communities.
Dr. Yassen Tcholakov
Dr. Yassen Tcholakov is working to make things better in Nunavik, where Inuit communities face significant health challenges.
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Regards sur la profession avec @yassentch.bsky.social, chef médical en maladies infectieuses à la Direction de la santé publique du Nunavik, à Kuujjuaq : les savoirs et la capacité d’adaptation des Autochtones peuvent aider à lutter contre les inégalités auxquelles font face les communautés inuites.
Dr Yassen Tcholakov
Le Dr Yassen Tcholakov cherche à améliorer les choses au Nunavik où les communautés inuites sont confrontées à des défis sanitaires importants.
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Tirana Hassan @msf.ca makes many strong calls for community engagement, for access to countermeasures of the communities that contribute to the clinical research, for sharing of power! #pandemic #PPPR #GlobalHealth
The @un.org multi stakeholder hearing on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response #PPPR starts with an intervention from @drtedros.who.int highlighting the need for concrete political commitments and the constant thread of health emergencies. #GlobalHealth
Nice to start #WHA79 week with an event at the Canadian mission in Geneva to talk about TB with Lucica Ditu @stoptb.bsky.social. #EndTB
ESGPHM Business Meeting today at @escmid.bsky.social Congress, 14:45-15:45, Room ICM 2 with reports about our performance & our plans for the future, we introduce our new Executive Committee members; online access possible (key4events.zoom.us/j/8755317429...) (picture taken at last year's meeting)
Amazing keynote talk by @eddieholmes.bsky.social on the next #pandemic threat at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! What's on the list: - Influenza viruses - Paramyxoviruses - Coronaviruses #GlobalHealth #EpiSky @escmid.bsky.social
Take-home message at #ESCMIDGlobal2026: 🦟 Releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can suppress dengue 📉 Sterile male strategy → fewer viable offspring 🌍 Scalable, population-level prevention Vector control is being reimagined.
This year in #PublicHealth session at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 starting with strong presentation by @dfisman.bsky.social. @escmid.bsky.social
Very wise thoughts on going beyond integrated surveillance of only pathogens that we can culture to full environmental surveillance using metagenomics By @bgzorn.bsky.social at #ESCMIDGlobal2026. This is proper #publichealth thinking for surveillance! #EpiSky #WES #GlobalHealth @escmid.bsky.social
This is the cool stuff: phage steering - using phages to force evolutionary trade-offs in pathogen! Sounds a bit Science-fictiony but there's now clinical studies on small groups of patients! #ESCMIDGlobal2026
“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A devastating reality: ⚠️ >3 million children died from AMR-related infections in 2022 🌍 Highest burden in Southeast Asia & Africa 💊 Many deaths linked to Watch & Reserve antibiotics AMR is already a leading cause of child mortality.
“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A rare bright spot in AMR: 💊 First new oral treatments for gonorrhea in decades ➡️ Zoliflodacin & Gepotidacin target MDR N. gonorrhoeae Innovation is possible—but we must protect these advances with strong stewardship
👏👏 Incredible job covering so many key points, an on the mark lecture by @IDdocAkshatha here at #ESCMIDglobal2026 @ESCMID …She asks the audience to become a DOL, talks risks vs benefits, and a changing landscape where silence is no longer neutral
Fun start at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 chairing, with Angela Novais, an exciting outbreak investigation session bringing together epi and microbiology together! Thanks to the speakers: @ricmexia.bsky.social @microbialtracker.bsky.social @almatostmann.bsky.social @veramanageiro.bsky.social #EpiSky #EPIET
Very glad to see an almost full room in the outbreak investigation session at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! Shows clear appetite for #PublicHealth and epi sessions among @escmid.bsky.social members! #EpiSky
If you're at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 and are still wondering where to go, consider joining in Hall A 1-4 for an exciting outbreak investigation session! @escmid.bsky.social #EpiSky #EPIET
Très bon article dans Le Devoir par @drejoanneliu.bsky.social sur le PABS (accès aux agents pathogènes et partage des avantages) et sur ce qui se joue dans les négociations du traité pandémique à l'OMS: l’équité doit se traduire par des mécanismes efficaces. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
La dernière semaine pour faire de l’équité pandémique une réalité
La leçon de la COVID-19 est claire : la solidarité ne peut reposer sur la générosité aléatoire des plus nantis.
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Ending TB is within our reach, but it will take collective action 🤝 The lung health community is united in its effort to break the chain of TB transmission. Now we need world leaders to honour the commitments they made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UH...
Collective action will end TB
YouTube video by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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En rattrapage, à écouter l'excellente entrevue de mon collègue @yassentch.bsky.social sur l'une des pires crises de tuberculose dans le monde, ici au Québec, au Nunavik. @madhupai.bsky.social @mcgillperl.bsky.social ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Le Nunavik face à l’une des pires crises de tuberculose au monde | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Pénélope : Le Nunavik face à l’une des pires crises de tuberculose au monde
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On #EducationFriday (17 April, 08:30–10:30), I’ll be speaking in the session titled: “Outbreak investigation: through the eyes of a field epidemiologist and public health microbiologist”, organised by the EPIET Alumni Network ESGEM @escmid.bsky.social @yassentch.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu
Huge congratulations to @drejoanneliu.bsky.social & @tivabaral.bsky.social for launching the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @mcgilldgph.bsky.social Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽
Very interesting critical evaluation of things that media struggled with for communication during the #pandemic. @picardonhealth.bsky.social : -Communicating uncertainty -Showing the equity impacts #GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social
Can't make it to the launch event in person? You can watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/0hD5r_4...
Health Crises in an Era of Autocracy, Disinformation, and Shifting Geopolitical Risks
YouTube video by McGill University
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McGill School of Population and Global Health@mcgillspgh.bsky.social · 8mo agoAnnouncing the official launch event for the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) on Feb 3, 2026. The event will feature leading experts who will explore preparedness, governance, trust, and leadership in times of uncertainty. More info: www.mcgill.ca/global-publi...
Deep thoughts about the state of the world at the PERL launch: "Maybe the withdrawal of the US from bilateral structures, and the increasing reliance on bilateral agreements, is lifting the blanket and showing us the state of how things have been for a long time". @roojinhabibi.org #GlobalHealth
Very nice to see old #GlobalHealth advocates and colleagues @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @roojinhabibi.org taking about the politics of #pandemic preparedness during the @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) launch.
Nice shootout to #NewZealand when discussing countries which deployed "fairer" travel restriction policies during the #COVID19 #pandemic. @mcgillspgh.bsky.social #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
Very glad to be at the launch of the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social. @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @tivabaral.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
