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PEPFAR Reauthorization Struggle, Banned Books Week, Slovakia Democracy Test, and MoreImportant provisions of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) could expire due to partisan divisions, threatening a widely successful initiative; libraries take part in U.S. Banned Books Week in the face of a rising censorship movement; Slovakia holds an early parliamentary election amid concerns that pro-Russia parties will gain power; and Chinese President Xi Jinping and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announce a partnership.
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Women This Week: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Higher Cancer Rates in WomenWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 16 to September 22.
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The Role of U.S.-China Competition in Global Health AidThe United States and China are competing to offer health aid to nations in the South Pacific.
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Anti-Corruption Campaign in China’s Medical Sector: Unmasking the Hidden AgendaWhile the Chinese government’s new anti-corruption campaign has the potential to significantly advance China’s healthcare reform, it may also have unforeseen and potentially dire consequences.
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Judging How U.S. States Performed in the COVID-19 Pandemic Depends on the MetricThe United States struggled with COVID-19, but some states managed to keep deaths and infections relatively low without shutting society down or ignoring the crisis.
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A New U.S. Foreign Policy for Global Health
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The United States should treat pandemics and global warming as apex health threats to its national interests, argues David P. Fidler.
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EU Leaders’ Summit, Biden Marks Abortion Ruling Anniversary, Guatemala’s Election, and MoreHeads of state from the European Union’s twenty-seven members meet in Brussels to discuss support for Ukraine and new initiatives to coordinate defense, economics, and migration; the Biden administration takes part in events marking the one-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which continues to draw international scrutiny; Guatemala holds its general election with voters concerned about poverty, crime, and political corruption; and the UN pledges $1.5 billion in aid to Sudan as fighting continues.
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Public Health Lessons From COVID-19Thomas J. Bollyky, senior fellow for global health, economics, and development and director of the Global Health program at CFR, leads a conversation on observations and lessons learned from states’ …
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When Will COVID-19 Become Endemic?Government leaders are optimistic that COVID-19 is becoming more predictable and manageable, but the pandemic isn’t over yet.
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Virtual Roundtable: Healthcare Worker Shortages on National Disaster PreparednessPrior to the pandemic, staffing shortages were a growing challenge for U.S. health systems. COVID-19 has catalyzed a national crisis in the health workforce with increasing rates of staff turnover an…
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Lessons From History Series Meeting: The Foreign Policy Legacy of the George W. Bush AdministrationPanelists discuss the foreign policy legacy of the George W. Bush presidency, its successes and failures, and the lasting effects that were passed on to subsequent U.S. presidents. The Lessons From History Series uses historical analysis as a critical tool for understanding modern foreign policy challenges by hearing from practitioners who played an important role in a consequential historical event or from experts and historians. This series is made possible through the generous support of David M. Rubenstein.
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Global Health Symposium: The Foreign Policy of Collective Action: Lessons for the Future of Global HealthThis symposium will take stock of the lessons of COVID-19 for the foreign policy of collective action and explore how those lessons should be applied to future global health challenges.
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The State of U.S. Strategic StockpilesPresident Joe Biden has tapped the nation’s emergency reserves several times over the past year. The Strategic National Stockpile is just one of the reserves that the United States maintains for economic and strategic purposes.
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How New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. CancerThis interactive examines how nationwide bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as proposed by the Biden administration on April 28, 2022, could help shrink the racial gap on U.S. lung cancer death rates.
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PEPFAR at TwentyPEPFAR’s twentieth anniversary should prompt reflection on some inconvenient truths for U.S.-Africa relations.