Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, explores the lasting impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed on disaster preparedness and health policy in the United States. Garrett argues that "all our readiness response depends on well-funded police, well-funded fire departments, well-funded hospitals, well-funded public health infrastructures, and precisely the opposite is where we are going right now." Garrett cautions that U.S. preparedness for a major terrorist attack may be decreasing. "As budgets are being cut at the federal level, the state level, and the local level, we're actually less ready than we were in 2001," Garrett says.
As tobacco reemerges as a contentious issue in trade policy, CFR Senior Fellow Thomas Bollyky argues that the Obama administration can better balance U.S. mandates on tobacco trade policy with its interests in promoting global health and U.S. standing abroad.
The Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (NCD) released this action plan on noncommunicable diseases in preparation for the United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases in September 2011.
The World Health Organization (WHO) published this 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in 2009.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released this report on women's and children's health in September 2010, launching its Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health program.
Speakers: Nils Daulaire, Babatunde Osotimehin, and Derek Yach Presider: Sheri L. Fink
Experts discuss the importance of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as well as the need for the United States and the United Nations to play a larger role.
Speakers: Nils Daulaire, Babatunde Osotimehin, and Derek Yach Presider: Sheri L. Fink
Experts discuss the importance of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as well as the need for the United States and the United Nations to play a larger role.
Speakers: Nils Daulaire, Babatunde Osotimehin, and Derek Yach Presider: Sheri L. Fink
Experts discuss the importance of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as well as the need for the United States and the United Nations to play a larger role.
Orin Levine and Laurie Garrett argue that the CIA's staged vaccination program in Pakistan, used to locate Osama bin Laden, has damaged the credibility of legitimate global health efforts.
The UN Human Rights Council Resolution 17/4, regarding the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the context of development and access to medicines, was adopted on July 14, 2011.
The health mininsters of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa) released this statement on public health on July 11, 2011.
Seth Berkley, president, chief executive officer, and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and incoming chief executive officer of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) joined us for this unique insider look at his plans for the future of GAVI, and its position in the larger landscape of global health.
With the UN meeting on AIDS funding this week, CFR's Laurie Garrett says the slow response to the AIDS epidemic was the single biggest failure in public health and argues the need to double funding for new treatments to stop the spread of the disease.
On the heels of the 30th anniversary since AIDS was recognized, the UN General Assembly will meet to discuss the next course of HIV/AIDS funding. CFR Senior Fellow for Global Health Laurie Garrett traces the initial failures to contain the spread of AIDS, and calls on international policymakers to adequately fund the combat of the deadly disease.
Explore the global health regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
CFR Experts Guide
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda. Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.
Special operations play a critical role in how the United States confronts irregular threats, but to have long-term strategic impact, the author argues, numerous shortfalls must be addressed.
The author analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.
Two experts argue that despite myriad development strategies, only one can succeed in alleviating poverty in India: the overall growth of the country's economy. More
