Meeting

What’s Next for Global Health?

Thursday, February 13, 2025
Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Speakers
Isobel Coleman

Former Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (2021–25); Former Chief Operating Officer, GiveDirectly; Former Ambassador to the United Nations for Management, Reform, and Special Political Affairs (2014–17); CFR Member

Megan Ranney

Dean and C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health

Anil Soni

Chief Executive Officer, WHO Foundation

Presider
Thomas J. Bollyky

Bloomberg Chair in Global Health, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development, and Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations

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Following recent U.S. policies to refocus development spending and engagement, including the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization, panelists discuss how the global health community can adapt its policies, programs, and financing.

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