In a globalized world, health issues that were once confined to a single region have the potential to threaten millions of citizens everywhere. The availability of international air travel allows contagious diseases like SARS or avian flu to be spread easily and quickly from one continent to another. Authorities around the world are also increasingly concerned about bioterrorism, the possibility terrorists could kill thousands by deliberately unleashing a deadly disease. All of these new worries have put issues of global health, science, and technology--including the spread of deadly new viruses, the proper registration of virus strains, and the distribution of vaccines--high on the global foreign-policy agenda.
This project addresses the need for and examines the means to achieving universal health coverage. A series of four meetings will take place, and the project will culminate in a report on the topic, in April 2012.
This project is made possible by the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Every year nearly ten million children and millions of adults die and countless more suffer from preventable causes because they do not have access to the health care they need.This roundtable series addresses the need for and examines the means to achieve universal health coverage.
This roundtable series is made possible by the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.
This roundtable series focuses on the emerging state and non-state actors in global health and their role in a changing governance structure.
This roundtable series is sponsored by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
The goal of the series is to examine the changing landscape of global health governance in the context of emerging powers, empowered non-governmental actors, and shifting health priorities. A number of questions will be discussed, including: What effect will the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases have on the economic growth of India and China? Can the WHO maintain a central role in global health governance, with competition from other actors (e.g., World Bank, WTO, MNCs, Gates Foundation) and the proliferation of new initiatives not housed by WHO (e.g., Global Fund)? How will the emerging powers (e.g., China, India, Brazil) and the rising nonstate actors affect the international community's ability to set priorities and define the upper limits of acceptable action? How does the entrance of health into the realm of "high politics" affect our way of handling transnational health threats?
Four roundtables will take place throughout the winter and spring in New York and Washington, DC.
This roundtable series is sponsored by the International Institutions and Global Governance program and made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
Experts discuss current global vaccination efforts in conjunction with the launch of CFR's Vaccine-Preventable Outbreak Interactive Map.
Thomas Bollyky
Laurie Garrett
Yanzhong Huang
Michael Hodin
Saudi Arabia on the Edge
A leading Middle East scholar pens this "good introduction to the Saudi paradox of social change and political stability and an invaluable guide to the challenges the country faces." More
American Force
An investigation of the use of American force since the end of the Cold War. More
The Struggle for Egypt
A sweeping account of Egypt in the modern era: what Egypt is, what it stands for, and its relation to the world. More
The campaign project examines the foreign policy dimensions of the presidential race, tracking candidates' positions and offering insight on the top issues.
