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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Expert Take
The Tragedy of Vaccine Nationalism
Foreign Affairs
July 27, 2020
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Chad P. Bown
Expert Take
Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week
Think Global Health
July 27, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Deteriorating U.S.-China Relations Don’t Bode Well for the Pandemic
Medium Coronavirus Blog
July 25, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Good Morning America: Former CDC Director and Doctor Speaks on Varying Reports of COVID-19
ABC News
July 25, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
Expert Take
Axios Re:Cap Podcast: Vaccine Reality Check From Ex-CDC Director
Axios
July 24, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Prime Time With Chris Cuomo: Former CDC Director on Coronavirus Testing Delays
CNN
July 22, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
U.S. Must Collect This Data in Order to Contain Pandemic, Former CDC Director Says
PBS News Hour
July 22, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
Expert Take
We Searched for Covid-19 Data. Here’s What We Couldn’t Find.
New York Times
July 21, 2020
By Tom Frieden
China's Cinemas Reopen as COVID-19 Rules Are Eased--But Distancing Applies and Popcorn Is Banned
MSN
July 20, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Unlike the United States, More and More Countries Are Making Masks Mandatory
Washington Post
July 20, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Five Global Health Priorities for the Next President
The American Interest
July 20, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Top Democrats Send Letter on Possible Foreign Meddling in November Election
New York Times
July 20, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Beijing Delays World Health Organization's Coronavirus Inquiry at First Step
The Times
July 19, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Good Morning America: Former CDC Director on Nation's Approach to Fighting COVID-19
ABC News
July 18, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
Coronavirus: What China Got Right in Preventing a Second Wave
Straits Times
July 17, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Season 2, Episode 1: Global Health
Hay Festival Podcast
July 17, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Chinese Executives Get 'Pre-Test' Injections in Vaccine Race
Associated Press
July 16, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Practice 3 W's: Wear a Mask, Wash Your Hands and Watch Your Distance
CNN
July 16, 2020
Featuring Tom Frieden
Meeting
The Emptying Planet: The Global Impact of Declining Fertility Rates, A Virtual Roundtable
July 15, 2020
Coronavirus: Florida Sets One-Day Record With Over 15,000 New Cases
AS Diario
July 13, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
’No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’: Vaccine Nationalism Threatens Global Coronavirus Effort
USA Today
July 12, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
The United States Sets a New COVID-19 Record and Withdraws From WHO
MSNBC Live with Ali Velshi
July 11, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
WHO Launches Independent Review of the International Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
STAT
July 9, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
These 8 Basic Steps Will Let Us Reopen Schools
The Atlantic
July 9, 2020
By Tom Frieden

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