Biography
Yassen Tcholakov works as a public health doctor in Nunavik and has an appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Public Health at McGill University. He has served on the Steering Committee of Stop TB Canada since 2024 and is a member of the WHO Civil Society Task Force on Tuberculosis.
Key Impacts
Coalition-driven advocacy to improve access to TB medicines in Canada: Using provider perspectives to create change
This initiative demonstrates how provider-informed data, when combined with coalition-led advocacy, can generate policy momentum. It presents a scalable model for engaging health professionals, affected communities, and policymakers in high-income countries facing similar access barriers. Ongoing collaboration is now focused on translating progress into sustained regulatory reform and improved equity in TB care.
Source: Conference 2024