As the world economy and international security are increasingly vulnerable to major disease outbreaks in China, Governing Health in Contemporary China sheds critical light on China's role in global health governance.

Yanzhong Huang says the World Health Organizations plays a vital role in global health, but needs to undergo specific reform to retain its position.

Yanzhong Huang argues that in their single-minded pursuit of economic growth, China's leaders have long overlooked public health--which, by some measures, is now worse than under Mao. Despite recent reforms, China's citizens keep getting sicker, threatening the country's health-care system, the economy at large, and even the stability of the regime.

Yanzhong Huang discusses China's expanding list of unsafe food products, failures in its regulation of food, and its need for serious reform.

Yanzhong Huang says the World Health Organizations plays a vital role in global health, but needs to undergo specific reform to retain its position.

Most countries in the world have moved toward provision of systems of universal health coverage, enhancing affordability and access to medical care. Even as the U.S. Supreme Court debates legal standards for Americans, this report finds that risk-pooling is essential for affordable access to medical care in poor and emerging-market countries.

Yanzhong Huang discusses efforts toward universal health coverage in emerging economies.

Yanzhong Huang discusses China's efforts toward achieving universal healthcare.

In "Domestic Factors and China's Health Aid Programs in Africa," a chapter in the Center for Strategic and International Studies report, China's Emerging Global Health and Foreign Aid Engagement in Africa, Yanzhong Huang examines the policy dynamics behind China's health aid.

Yanzhong Huang argues that in their single-minded pursuit of economic growth, China's leaders have long overlooked public health--which, by some measures, is now worse than under Mao. Despite recent reforms, China's citizens keep getting sicker, threatening the country's health-care system, the economy at large, and even the stability of the regime.

Yanzhong Huang argues that the supposedly universal health coverage in China actually disguises the low level of benefits most people receive.

As the world's population surpasses seven billion, CFR Senior Fellow for Global Health Yanzhong Huang identifies the variety of ways in which different global regions are impacted by population growth. Huang argues that a region- and issue-specific approach is needed to address population issues.

In their single-minded pursuit of economic growth, China's leaders have long overlooked public health—which, by some measures, is now worse than under Mao.

Yanzhong Huang discusses the impact of chronic, noncommunicable disease on development in the BRICS nations.

Yanzhong Huang says countries need to work together to deal with food safety challenges in the era of globalization.

Yanzhong Huang says China's engagement in international health and development assistance demonstrates that it is far more generous than its critics suggest, but China can do its part to dispel misunderstandings.

Laurie Garrett and Yanzhong Huang provide a backgrounder for the CFR Symposium, Food and Drugs: Can Safety Be Ensured in a Time of Increased Globalization?

Four CFR fellows weigh in on the effectiveness of the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review recommendations.

Yanzhong Huang examines the different strategies with which the United States and China responded to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.