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Yuliya Chorna is a PhD candidate in social anthropology, Department of Anthropology, York University and a graduate student scholar at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. She focuses her ethnographic research on the policy-making and resource allocation in the global TB response.
Yuliya’s social work background drives her passion for social justice, advocacy for health equity and an end to stigma towards people and communities affected by TB. She has extensive work experience in the field of global health, including in senior leadership positions for not-for-profit NGOs focused on social equity and rights in the fields of TB and HIV/AIDS. In 2018-2020 she served as the executive director of the TB Europe Coalition, working to advance people-centered models of TB care, and strengthen the civil society and community role in the TB response. Since 2020, Yuliya has also worked as a consultant for the WHO Regional Office for Europe on initiatives aimed to strengthen multisectoral response to TB, and participated in the National TB Program Reviews.
Yuliya has experience in serving on regional and global taskforces and committees, such as the Civil Society Task Force on TB hosted by WHO the Global TB Program; the Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; the Regional Collaborating Committee on Accelerated Response to Tuberculosis, HIV and Viral Hepatitis (RCC-THV) and the Technical Advisory Group on Tuberculosis (TAG-TB) at WHO/Europe. In 2024, she joined the TB Europe Coalition’s Board.
