Thanas Goga
@thanas-goga.bsky.social
Communications consultant at FAO • Ron Brown Fellow • Alumni Ohio University • Helping to build a healthier future for all, with a unique role to play for everyone • Posts are my own
🏃♂️ Proud to join my @fao.org Albania colleagues at #TiranaMarathon2025 🇦🇱, running the 10K for everyone’s right to good, healthy and sustainable food. 💚
Hand in Hand for #BetterNutrition, #BetterLife and a #BetterFuture! 🌾🍎
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #RightToFood #CityOfTirana #FAOShqipëri
Hand in Hand for #BetterNutrition, #BetterLife and a #BetterFuture! 🌾🍎
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #RightToFood #CityOfTirana #FAOShqipëri
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🏃♂️ Proud to join my @fao.org Albania colleagues at #TiranaMarathon2025 🇦🇱, running the 10K for everyone’s right to good, healthy and sustainable food. 💚
Hand in Hand for #BetterNutrition, #BetterLife and a #BetterFuture! 🌾🍎
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #RightToFood #CityOfTirana #FAOShqipëri
Hand in Hand for #BetterNutrition, #BetterLife and a #BetterFuture! 🌾🍎
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #RightToFood #CityOfTirana #FAOShqipëri
🏃♀️Bashkohu me #FAOAlbania dhe vrapo për një kauzë! 🌾
Nesër, i bashkohemi #TiranaMarathon2025 në mbështetje të së drejtës për ushqim të mirë dhe të qëndrueshëm për të gjithë! 🍎🌍
#KrahPërKrah për ushqime më të mira dhe një të ardhme më të mirë! 💚
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #FoodHeroes #HeronjTëUshqimit
Nesër, i bashkohemi #TiranaMarathon2025 në mbështetje të së drejtës për ushqim të mirë dhe të qëndrueshëm për të gjithë! 🍎🌍
#KrahPërKrah për ushqime më të mira dhe një të ardhme më të mirë! 💚
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #FoodHeroes #HeronjTëUshqimit
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🏃♀️Bashkohu me #FAOAlbania dhe vrapo për një kauzë! 🌾
Nesër, i bashkohemi #TiranaMarathon2025 në mbështetje të së drejtës për ushqim të mirë dhe të qëndrueshëm për të gjithë! 🍎🌍
#KrahPërKrah për ushqime më të mira dhe një të ardhme më të mirë! 💚
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #FoodHeroes #HeronjTëUshqimit
Nesër, i bashkohemi #TiranaMarathon2025 në mbështetje të së drejtës për ushqim të mirë dhe të qëndrueshëm për të gjithë! 🍎🌍
#KrahPërKrah për ushqime më të mira dhe një të ardhme më të mirë! 💚
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #FoodHeroes #HeronjTëUshqimit
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Food is life.
Food is land.
Food is roots.
Food is memory.
Food is a right, not a privilege.
On this #WorldFoodDay, as we mark #FAO80, let's all walk together #HandinHand.
Honour our roots and cultivate innovation. Harvest a better future for all.
#4Betters #BetterTogether
Food is land.
Food is roots.
Food is memory.
Food is a right, not a privilege.
On this #WorldFoodDay, as we mark #FAO80, let's all walk together #HandinHand.
Honour our roots and cultivate innovation. Harvest a better future for all.
#4Betters #BetterTogether
October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Food is life.
Food is land.
Food is roots.
Food is memory.
Food is a right, not a privilege.
On this #WorldFoodDay, as we mark #FAO80, let's all walk together #HandinHand.
Honour our roots and cultivate innovation. Harvest a better future for all.
#4Betters #BetterTogether
Food is land.
Food is roots.
Food is memory.
Food is a right, not a privilege.
On this #WorldFoodDay, as we mark #FAO80, let's all walk together #HandinHand.
Honour our roots and cultivate innovation. Harvest a better future for all.
#4Betters #BetterTogether
🎓 I’m happy to share my new certification: “Infodemiology Training Program” from infodemiology.com - The Public Good Projects.
@debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social #ABMF @apha.org #PHHC @nacchoalerts.bsky.social #ASTHO #CTHS @jmirpub.bsky.social #ImpactToEquity @unicef.org @acpimphysicians.bsky.social #TMP
@debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social #ABMF @apha.org #PHHC @nacchoalerts.bsky.social #ASTHO #CTHS @jmirpub.bsky.social #ImpactToEquity @unicef.org @acpimphysicians.bsky.social #TMP
October 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🎓 I’m happy to share my new certification: “Infodemiology Training Program” from infodemiology.com - The Public Good Projects.
@debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social #ABMF @apha.org #PHHC @nacchoalerts.bsky.social #ASTHO #CTHS @jmirpub.bsky.social #ImpactToEquity @unicef.org @acpimphysicians.bsky.social #TMP
@debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social #ABMF @apha.org #PHHC @nacchoalerts.bsky.social #ASTHO #CTHS @jmirpub.bsky.social #ImpactToEquity @unicef.org @acpimphysicians.bsky.social #TMP
📢Apply by 1 October for 🆓 Hybrid #GIS 📚 Courses:
1️⃣ Beginners → Geodata Visualization
2️⃣ Advanced → Spatial Data Automation
🗓 Oct-Dec 2025 |📍UBT | 💻 Hybrid
✅ No fee | Laptop | English B1+
🌱 Boost your GIS skills
Apply 🔗 bit.ly/4nCWEkV
@fao.org #Albania @iamo.bsky.social #UBT @ubt.edu.al
1️⃣ Beginners → Geodata Visualization
2️⃣ Advanced → Spatial Data Automation
🗓 Oct-Dec 2025 |📍UBT | 💻 Hybrid
✅ No fee | Laptop | English B1+
🌱 Boost your GIS skills
Apply 🔗 bit.ly/4nCWEkV
@fao.org #Albania @iamo.bsky.social #UBT @ubt.edu.al
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📢Apply by 1 October for 🆓 Hybrid #GIS 📚 Courses:
1️⃣ Beginners → Geodata Visualization
2️⃣ Advanced → Spatial Data Automation
🗓 Oct-Dec 2025 |📍UBT | 💻 Hybrid
✅ No fee | Laptop | English B1+
🌱 Boost your GIS skills
Apply 🔗 bit.ly/4nCWEkV
@fao.org #Albania @iamo.bsky.social #UBT @ubt.edu.al
1️⃣ Beginners → Geodata Visualization
2️⃣ Advanced → Spatial Data Automation
🗓 Oct-Dec 2025 |📍UBT | 💻 Hybrid
✅ No fee | Laptop | English B1+
🌱 Boost your GIS skills
Apply 🔗 bit.ly/4nCWEkV
@fao.org #Albania @iamo.bsky.social #UBT @ubt.edu.al
🌱 Click. Grow. Thrive.
FAO is leading the DART initiative, helping farmers, especially women and youth, in rural Albania use digital tools to boost productivity and access vital services.
📲 Read more: tinyurl.com/ch5h7cvf
#DigitalAgriculture #RuralTransformation #FAO #Albania
FAO is leading the DART initiative, helping farmers, especially women and youth, in rural Albania use digital tools to boost productivity and access vital services.
📲 Read more: tinyurl.com/ch5h7cvf
#DigitalAgriculture #RuralTransformation #FAO #Albania
August 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🌱 Click. Grow. Thrive.
FAO is leading the DART initiative, helping farmers, especially women and youth, in rural Albania use digital tools to boost productivity and access vital services.
📲 Read more: tinyurl.com/ch5h7cvf
#DigitalAgriculture #RuralTransformation #FAO #Albania
FAO is leading the DART initiative, helping farmers, especially women and youth, in rural Albania use digital tools to boost productivity and access vital services.
📲 Read more: tinyurl.com/ch5h7cvf
#DigitalAgriculture #RuralTransformation #FAO #Albania
🌟Check out these currently open vacancies at FAO Albania in the fields of digital services to farmers.
Apply, share, repost, and like!
#UNJobs #FAOJobs #FAOAlbania #DART #DigitalAgriculture #LeaveNoOneBehind #RuralDevelopment #SmartFarming #Innovation #Agrifoodsystems #DigitalTransformation
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Apply, share, repost, and like!
#UNJobs #FAOJobs #FAOAlbania #DART #DigitalAgriculture #LeaveNoOneBehind #RuralDevelopment #SmartFarming #Innovation #Agrifoodsystems #DigitalTransformation
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August 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌟Check out these currently open vacancies at FAO Albania in the fields of digital services to farmers.
Apply, share, repost, and like!
#UNJobs #FAOJobs #FAOAlbania #DART #DigitalAgriculture #LeaveNoOneBehind #RuralDevelopment #SmartFarming #Innovation #Agrifoodsystems #DigitalTransformation
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Apply, share, repost, and like!
#UNJobs #FAOJobs #FAOAlbania #DART #DigitalAgriculture #LeaveNoOneBehind #RuralDevelopment #SmartFarming #Innovation #Agrifoodsystems #DigitalTransformation
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Just returned from the SECID-SEEHN & The Task Force for Global Health workshop in Vienna 🇦🇹 (30 Jun-1 Jul 2025), where we addressed one of the biggest public health challenges in Southeast Europe: low influenza vaccination coverage.
#VaccineCommunication #Influenza
🧵 Here’s what we focused on👇
Just returned from the SECID-SEEHN & The Task Force for Global Health workshop in Vienna 🇦🇹 (30 Jun-1 Jul 2025), where we addressed one of the biggest public health challenges in Southeast Europe: low influenza vaccination coverage.
#VaccineCommunication #Influenza
🧵 Here’s what we focused on👇
July 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Just returned from the SECID-SEEHN & The Task Force for Global Health workshop in Vienna 🇦🇹 (30 Jun-1 Jul 2025), where we addressed one of the biggest public health challenges in Southeast Europe: low influenza vaccination coverage.
#VaccineCommunication #Influenza
🧵 Here’s what we focused on👇
Just returned from the SECID-SEEHN & The Task Force for Global Health workshop in Vienna 🇦🇹 (30 Jun-1 Jul 2025), where we addressed one of the biggest public health challenges in Southeast Europe: low influenza vaccination coverage.
#VaccineCommunication #Influenza
🧵 Here’s what we focused on👇
After years of working independently in #RiskCommunication, I know the value of focus & flexibility. But in emergencies, collaboration isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Proud to join a network of senior experts ready to act when it matters most.
#CrisisComms #RCCE-IM #EmergencyResponse
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Proud to join a network of senior experts ready to act when it matters most.
#CrisisComms #RCCE-IM #EmergencyResponse
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May 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
After years of working independently in #RiskCommunication, I know the value of focus & flexibility. But in emergencies, collaboration isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Proud to join a network of senior experts ready to act when it matters most.
#CrisisComms #RCCE-IM #EmergencyResponse
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Proud to join a network of senior experts ready to act when it matters most.
#CrisisComms #RCCE-IM #EmergencyResponse
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🚜 Can sustainable agriculture boost productivity in Albania’s vegetable sector?
Join #FAO Team’s discussion panel to explore how 🌿 smarter, greener practices can drive growth - starting with greenhouse farming.
📍Lushnje |🗓️ 23 April ⏰ 13:15-14:30
🔗 lnkd.in/dSa6acbz
Join #FAO Team’s discussion panel to explore how 🌿 smarter, greener practices can drive growth - starting with greenhouse farming.
📍Lushnje |🗓️ 23 April ⏰ 13:15-14:30
🔗 lnkd.in/dSa6acbz
April 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🚜 Can sustainable agriculture boost productivity in Albania’s vegetable sector?
Join #FAO Team’s discussion panel to explore how 🌿 smarter, greener practices can drive growth - starting with greenhouse farming.
📍Lushnje |🗓️ 23 April ⏰ 13:15-14:30
🔗 lnkd.in/dSa6acbz
Join #FAO Team’s discussion panel to explore how 🌿 smarter, greener practices can drive growth - starting with greenhouse farming.
📍Lushnje |🗓️ 23 April ⏰ 13:15-14:30
🔗 lnkd.in/dSa6acbz
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Reposted by Thanas Goga
After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
February 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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1/7🧵AI is revolutionizing public health—enhancing surveillance, decision-making, and resource allocation. Our new paper @thelancetph.bsky.social convened by @obshealth.bsky.social looks at the opportunities, threats, and challenges
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions
Artificial intelligence (AI) can rapidly analyse large and complex datasets, extract tailored recommendations, support decision making, and improve th…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
1/7🧵AI is revolutionizing public health—enhancing surveillance, decision-making, and resource allocation. Our new paper @thelancetph.bsky.social convened by @obshealth.bsky.social looks at the opportunities, threats, and challenges
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grateful to @ecdc.europa.eu for hosting a hands-on #InfodemicManagement2025 #EUInitiativeOnHealthSecurity workshop. Combating misinformation demands collaboration, evidence-led strategies & continuous capacity building. Honored to contribute as @who.int RCCE-IM expert! #HealthSecurity #PublicHealth
🛡️ Strengthening Infodemic Preparedness in the EU’s Neighbouring Regions 🛡️
From 19-20 February 2025, public health and communication experts gathered in Djerba, Tunisia, for an ECDC-led workshop on managing infodemics during infectious disease outbreaks. 🌍🔎
From 19-20 February 2025, public health and communication experts gathered in Djerba, Tunisia, for an ECDC-led workshop on managing infodemics during infectious disease outbreaks. 🌍🔎
February 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Grateful to @ecdc.europa.eu for hosting a hands-on #InfodemicManagement2025 #EUInitiativeOnHealthSecurity workshop. Combating misinformation demands collaboration, evidence-led strategies & continuous capacity building. Honored to contribute as @who.int RCCE-IM expert! #HealthSecurity #PublicHealth
💡 The fight against health #misinformation starts now!
ECDC is launching a crucial Infodemic Management Workshop today in Tunisia, bringing together public health and communication experts to sharpen strategies in tackling misinformation during health emergencies.
ECDC is launching a crucial Infodemic Management Workshop today in Tunisia, bringing together public health and communication experts to sharpen strategies in tackling misinformation during health emergencies.
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Spanish newspaper @eldiario.es reaches 100K paying members. Journalist-owned, profitable and influential, its rise is not unique, with so many other European news sites on the same path: @zetland.dk @mediapart.fr @dennikn.bsky.social @ilpost.it
www.eldiario.es/blog/el-bole...
www.eldiario.es/blog/el-bole...
Contigo somos cien mil
'El boletín del director' es una carta semanal de Ignacio Escolar exclusiva para socios y socias de elDiario.es en agradecimiento por su apoyo, con claves, datos y recomendaciones personales. Si tú ta...
www.eldiario.es
February 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Spanish newspaper @eldiario.es reaches 100K paying members. Journalist-owned, profitable and influential, its rise is not unique, with so many other European news sites on the same path: @zetland.dk @mediapart.fr @dennikn.bsky.social @ilpost.it
www.eldiario.es/blog/el-bole...
www.eldiario.es/blog/el-bole...
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What keeps you up at night?
#WHO Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge talks #health, #well-being, #mentalhealth and #peace with #UN
@melissafleming.bsky.social in her excellent podcast.
"The most urgent medicine is peace".
▶️ bit.ly/4fY3can
#WHO Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge talks #health, #well-being, #mentalhealth and #peace with #UN
@melissafleming.bsky.social in her excellent podcast.
"The most urgent medicine is peace".
▶️ bit.ly/4fY3can
December 7, 2024 at 6:23 PM
What keeps you up at night?
#WHO Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge talks #health, #well-being, #mentalhealth and #peace with #UN
@melissafleming.bsky.social in her excellent podcast.
"The most urgent medicine is peace".
▶️ bit.ly/4fY3can
#WHO Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge talks #health, #well-being, #mentalhealth and #peace with #UN
@melissafleming.bsky.social in her excellent podcast.
"The most urgent medicine is peace".
▶️ bit.ly/4fY3can
#1Dollar1World
Let’s raise $1 billion to support (@who.int) the World Health Organization’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding.
#HealthForAll
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
Let’s raise $1 billion to support (@who.int) the World Health Organization’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding.
#HealthForAll
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
1 Dollar, 1 World
I have been at WHO for over 10 years. Like my colleagues, I have worked my butt off day and night to fight Covid and work towards universal access to health care. This place frustrates me every day.
whofoundation.donorsupport.co
January 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#1Dollar1World
Let’s raise $1 billion to support (@who.int) the World Health Organization’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding.
#HealthForAll
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
Let’s raise $1 billion to support (@who.int) the World Health Organization’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding.
#HealthForAll
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
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In this Viewpoint, Lawrence Gostin, Benjamin Meier, and Loyce Pace explore concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from
@who.int and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.
ja.ma/4gXWQbs
#MedSky
@who.int and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.
ja.ma/4gXWQbs
#MedSky
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In this Viewpoint, Lawrence Gostin, Benjamin Meier, and Loyce Pace explore concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from
@who.int and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.
ja.ma/4gXWQbs
#MedSky
@who.int and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.
ja.ma/4gXWQbs
#MedSky
"The effects of health misinformation and disinformation are destructive and damaging to public health."
@thelancet.bsky.social 👇
@thelancet.bsky.social 👇
The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health.
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
January 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"The effects of health misinformation and disinformation are destructive and damaging to public health."
@thelancet.bsky.social 👇
@thelancet.bsky.social 👇
Fact: Covid vaccines saved millions of lives
Also a fact: With equitable access to vaccines, millions more could have been saved
Also a fact: With equitable access to vaccines, millions more could have been saved
January 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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WHO continues to fight against misinformation and disinformation—a great challenge to global health. Governments, health agencies, and partners need to safeguard public trust by responding to misinformation and disinformation directly and effectively.
December 31, 2024 at 9:47 AM
WHO continues to fight against misinformation and disinformation—a great challenge to global health. Governments, health agencies, and partners need to safeguard public trust by responding to misinformation and disinformation directly and effectively.
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In this new article in American Psychologist we respond to critics in detail and clarify two key points for the field;
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
December 16, 2024 at 11:16 AM
In this new article in American Psychologist we respond to critics in detail and clarify two key points for the field;
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
🎯 Wrapping up the year with impactful work!
I’m pleased to share the delivery of interactive Risk Communication Training for Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP) facilitators in Central Asia under the "Better Labs for Better Health" initiative. 🌐
#WHO #GlobalHealth #CapacityBuilding
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I’m pleased to share the delivery of interactive Risk Communication Training for Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP) facilitators in Central Asia under the "Better Labs for Better Health" initiative. 🌐
#WHO #GlobalHealth #CapacityBuilding
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December 21, 2024 at 9:05 AM
🎯 Wrapping up the year with impactful work!
I’m pleased to share the delivery of interactive Risk Communication Training for Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP) facilitators in Central Asia under the "Better Labs for Better Health" initiative. 🌐
#WHO #GlobalHealth #CapacityBuilding
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I’m pleased to share the delivery of interactive Risk Communication Training for Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP) facilitators in Central Asia under the "Better Labs for Better Health" initiative. 🌐
#WHO #GlobalHealth #CapacityBuilding
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