Global Health Program

The Council on Foreign Relations’ Global Health program provides independent, evidence-based analysis and recommendations to meet the health challenges of a globalized world. The program and affiliated fellows disseminate its findings to policy makers, opinion leaders, and the general public through briefings, meetings, books, op-eds, articles, interactives, and the award-winning Think Global Health online bulletin.

Program Experts

Thomas J. Bollyky

Bloomberg Chair in Global Health; Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development; and Director of the Global Health Program

Luciana L. Borio

Senior Fellow for Global Health

Yanzhong Huang

Senior Fellow for Global Health

Stephanie Psaki

Senior Fellow for Global Health

Prashant Yadav

Senior Fellow for Global Health

1523 results

'Emergency' Over! Do We Unmask And Grin? Or Adjust Our Worries?
NPR
May 12, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
The U.S. and Japan as G7 Champions of Health and Democracy
The Diplomat
May 11, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Did We Predict the Pandemic?
Science Vs
May 11, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Not All U.S. States Struggled Equally Against COVID-19
Think Global Health
May 11, 2023
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Joseph L. Dieleman and Isabella Turilli
Expert Take
We Worked on the U.S. Pandemic Response. Here Are Thirteen Takeaways for the Next Health Emergency.
New York Times
May 11, 2023
By Luciana L. Borio
Meeting
Virtual Roundtable: Healthcare Worker Shortages on National Disaster Preparedness
May 5, 2023
The Roots of US COVID Catastrophe - "A Syndemic of Politics and Race"
CommonHealth
May 4, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
COVID and Mpox Here to Stay, But The WHO's Emergencies May Be Nearing An End
STAT
May 4, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Kentucky's COVID Death Rate Lower Than U.S. Average When Adjusted for Health Conditions and Ages
The Times Leader
April 26, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Breaking Down the Barriers: A Call to Drop the Forty-Eight Hour PCR Test Requirement for Inbound Travelers to China
April 24, 2023
By Yanzhong Huang
Expert Take
Strengthening Epidemic Preparedness at the Country Level
Think Global Health
April 19, 2023
By Tom Frieden
DC Performed Among the Worst for COVID Death Rates
WUSA9
April 18, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Symposium
Global Health Symposium: The Foreign Policy of Collective Action: Lessons for the Future of Global Health
April 12, 2023
Expert Take
Brazil's Favelas Offer Lessons in Building Trust
New York Times
April 9, 2023
By Amy Maxmen
When It Comes to Preventing COVID-19 Deaths, 'How We Feel About Each Other Matters'
LA Times
March 27, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Why the COVID-19 Death Rate Varies Dramatically Across the United States
NPR
March 26, 2023
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
The Data on COVID-19's Origins From the Wuhan Market Must Be Made Public
Washington Post
March 25, 2023
By Amy Maxmen
Expert Take
Assessing COVID-19 Pandemic Policies and Behaviours and Their Economic and Educational Trade-offs Across U.S. States
Lancet
March 23, 2023
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Joseph L. Dieleman, Erin N. Hulland, Isabella Turilli, Elle Ruggiero, Hamza Tariq Chaudhry, Christopher Murray and Christopher Troeger
Expert Take
To End Drug Pricing Showdowns, Government Must Drive a Harder Bargain
Washington Post
March 22, 2023
By Amy Maxmen
Republicans' COVID Vaccine Tightrope
Axios
March 22, 2023
Featuring Jennifer Nuzzo
Expert Take
The Polarized Pandemic
Think Global Health
March 15, 2023
By David P. Fidler
Expert Take
How to Handle the Bird Flu
Foreign Affairs
March 14, 2023
What if the Next Pandemic Happened Tomorrow?
New York Times
March 12, 2023
Featuring Jennifer Nuzzo
Expert Take
On COVID-19, the United States Still Lags Behind Peer Countries
Think Global Health
March 11, 2023
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Christopher Troeger

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