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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What Joe Biden Should Do to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
Texas Public Radio
November 9, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
As Rich Countries Hoard Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Doses, Rest of World Could Go Without
Washington Post
November 2, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Meeting
A Global Look at Primary Care in the Era of COVID-19
October 30, 2020
Meeting
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series Guest Event With Yanzhong Huang
October 29, 2020
Expert Take
Time to Prepare for an Even More Deadly Pandemic
Los Angeles Times
October 28, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Stewart M. Patrick
Seeking to Expand Their Influence, China and Russia Market Coronavirus Vaccines Around the World
Los Angeles Times
October 28, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
The Biggest Problem Isn’t When a Vaccine Is Ready. It’s How to Distribute It
Washington Post
October 27, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Ezekiel Emanuel
America's Pandemic: Guided by the science
Washington Post
October 27, 2020
Featuring Luciana L. Borio
COVID-19 Response
October 26, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Expert Take
Fighting a Pandemic Requires Trust
Foreign Affairs
October 23, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Sawyer Crosby and Samantha Kiernan
Expert Take
Preparing Democracies for Pandemics
BMJ
October 23, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Ilona Kickbusch
How Africa Fought the Pandemic — and What Coronavirus Has Taught the World
Financial Times
October 23, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Democracy and Health
BMJ
October 23, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Ilona Kickbusch
Expert Take
Autocratization and Universal Health Coverage: Synthetic Control Study
BMJ
October 23, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Tara Templin, Simon Wigley, Joseph L. Dieleman and John Everett Mumford
Expert Take
Why China Could Lose Its War on Pollution
Bloomberg Opinion
October 23, 2020
By Yanzhong Huang
Coronavirus: It Will Be the Biggest, Fastest Vaccine Distribution Plan Ever—But Can It Work?
South China Morning Post
October 21, 2020
Featuring David P. Fidler
Some Countries That Avoided Initial Coronavirus Surge See First Spike in Cases
Washington Post
October 20, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Expert Take
The Worst of the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Still Be to Come
Boston Globe
October 19, 2020
By Jennifer Nuzzo
Expert Take
Reputation and Authority: The FDA and the Fight Over U.S. Prescription Drug Importation
Vanderbilt Law Review
October 19, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Aaron S. Kesselheim
Anderson Cooper 360: Reacting to Comments on Fauci
CNN
October 19, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
Expert Take
The Path to ‘Herd Immunity’ Would Be Lined With Half a Million Dead Americans
Washington Post
October 18, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Expert Take
Protect Vulnerable, Let Virus Spread to the Young? Why It's a Terrible Plan
Fox News
October 18, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Herd Immunity
Yahoo News
October 17, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
More Than 1,000 Current and Former CDC Officers Criticize U.S. Covid-19 Response
Wall Street Journal
October 16, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden

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