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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Experts Warn of Dire Global Health Consequences if U.S. Withdraws From the World Health Organization
STAT
May 30, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Trump Announced US Withdrawal From the WHO. It’s Unclear If He Can Do That.
Vox
May 29, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Trump Declaration to Terminate WHO Relationship Puzzles Experts
Financial Times
May 29, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Weekly Science Review May 23-29 2020
Prevent Epidemics
May 29, 2020
By Tom Frieden
Expert Take
Ten Million Tests in Ten Days
Think Global Health
May 28, 2020
By Yanzhong Huang
WHO Faces Pressure to Reform—With Expanded Powers
Wall Street Journal
May 28, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
5 Ways to Prevent Another 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths in the U.S. (and Beyond)
VOX
May 27, 2020
By Tom Frieden
The Life or Death Question: Who Gets the COVID-19 Vaccine?
South China Morning Post
May 25, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Its Very Structure 'Makes It Hard for WHO to Be Independent'
Straits Times
May 25, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Underfunded and Unempowered, the WHO Fumbled in Its Response to Pandemic
Straits Times
May 24, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Weekly Science Review May 16-22 2020
Prevent Epidemics
May 22, 2020
By Tom Frieden
China Declares Victory Over Both the Coronavirus and Critics of the Communist Party at the Biggest Political Event of...
The New Yorker
May 22, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
The Health of 7.8 Billion People Is Stuck in a Dangerous Place Between China and Trump
Bloomberg Quint
May 21, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Amid High Stakes, China Is Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts
NPR
May 20, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Blame Game: U.S., China, WHO
CNN International
May 20, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Coronavirus Alert Levels—Here's How to Recover Our Economy Without Risking Lives
Fox News
May 20, 2020
By Tom Frieden
China Leads The Worldwide Race To Develop A COVID-19 Vaccine
NPR
May 19, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
What We Learn From Wuhan’s Coronavirus Testing Approach
On Point
May 19, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Trump Threatens to Permanently Cut WHO Funding if It Doesn't Reform in 30 Days
Vox
May 19, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Trump Takes a First Step Toward Returning Medical Supply Chains to the U.S.
Washington Post
May 19, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Why Is China Resisting and Independent InquiryInto How the Pandemic Started?
Korea Times
May 18, 2020
Featuring Yanzhong Huang
Expert Take
Nixon Went to China. Trump Should Go to Wuhan.
Just Security
May 18, 2020
By David P. Fidler
Battered With Criticism, What's Next for WHO?
Devex
May 18, 2020
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky and David P. Fidler
Expert Take
Former CDC Director Wants More Coronavirus Information From Public Health Experts, Not Politicians
Fox News
May 17, 2020
By Tom Frieden

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