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

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Improving the International Response to the Humanitarian Consequences of COVID-19
December 3, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky
Trust Is Going to Be Key
DW News
December 3, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Not Enough to Go Around': U.S. States Struggle to Decide Who Should Get COVID Vaccine First
The Guardian
December 3, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
President-Elect Joe Biden and COVID-19
Stringr Media
December 3, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Could Vaccine Nationalism Prolong the Pandemic?
Project Syndicate
December 1, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Vulnerabilities Created and Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
December 1, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Chinese Media Step Up Campaign to Muddy Probe Into COVID Origins
Financial Times
November 26, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
COVID-19: Will Wealthy Countries Share the Vaccine?
The Inquiry
November 26, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
COVID-19 Pandemic Shows Need to Improve Disease Surveillance
U.S. News and World Report
November 25, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
We Need a Nationwide COVID Alert-level System to Save Lives and Restore Jobs
CNN
November 24, 2020
By Tom Frieden
China and Russia Are Using Coronavirus Vaccines to Expand Their Influence. The U.S. Is on the Sidelines.
Washington Post
November 23, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Expert Take
COVID-19 Data Is a Mess. We Need a Way to Make Sense of It.
New York Times
November 23, 2020
By Jennifer Nuzzo and Beth Blauer
Expert Take
To Beat COVID and Stay Safe Before Vaccines Arrive We Need to Give it This 1-2 Punch
Fox News
November 23, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Distributing a Coronavirus Vaccine Will Bring Some Challenges
NPR
November 22, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Cancel Thanksgiving? No, but We Must Make These Hard Choices to Stay Safe
Fox News
November 20, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Who Will Get the First COVID Vaccines? California and Other States Race to Decide
Los Angeles Times
November 19, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Meeting
Virtual Roundtable: Preparing Democracies for Pandemics
November 19, 2020
FDA Authorizes First Rapid COVID-19 Self-Testing Kit for At-Home Diagnosis
CNN
November 18, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Vaccine Approval Process Is Moving Ahead
CNN Tonight
November 18, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Now That Two Highly Effective COVID Vaccines Are Within Reach, We Just Have to Get Them to 7.8 billion People
CNBC
November 18, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Vaccine Unproven? No Problem in China, Where People Scramble for Shots
New York Times
November 17, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Pfizer Vaccine Has Reached Its Safety Milestone
CNN Tonight
November 17, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
China’s COVID-19 Vaccine Ambitions
Institut Montaigne
November 16, 2020
By Yanzhong Huang
Expert Take
For a Vaccine to Save Lives, Society Has to Make Some Decisions
Atlantic
November 14, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky

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