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 a U.S. Exit From the WHO Means for Global Health
CBS News
January 24, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Trump Pulls US From World Health Organization: What You Need to Know
Newsweek
January 21, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
US Withdrawal from WHO Could Jeopardize Information Sharing
Endpoints News
January 21, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Public Health Experts Worry About Implications of Trump Withdrawing US from WHO: 'An Enormous Mistake'
ABC News
January 21, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Donald Trump Orders The U.S. Out Of The World Health Organization
HuffPost
January 20, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Trump Orders U.S. to Withdraw from World Health Organization
STAT
January 20, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans
ABC News
January 18, 2025
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Importing Generic Drugs Could Ease U.S. Shortages
Think Global Health
January 17, 2025
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Chloe Searchinger and Allison Krugman
Expert Take
Carterpuri: A Tribute to Jimmy Carter's Legacy in India
Think Global Health
January 9, 2025
By Prashant Yadav
Expert Take
The Role of Importation in Remediating U.S. Generic Drug Shortages
New England Journal of Medicine
January 8, 2025
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Chloe Searchinger and Aaron S. Kesselheim
Expert Take
Biden faltered on bird flu. Here’s how Trump can course-correct.
The Washington Post
January 3, 2025
By Luciana L. Borio
Expert Take
How COVID-19 Transformed China’s Domestic and International Trajectory
The Diplomat
January 1, 2025
By Yanzhong Huang
How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
CNN
December 24, 2024
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Meeting
In-Person DC Roundtable: Building Trust: Dr. Atul Gawande on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Global Health
December 16, 2024
The Ten Americas: How Geography, Race, and Income Shape U.S. Life Expectancy
December 10, 2024
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Ali H. Mokdad and Chloe Searchinger
Expert Take
The 10 Americas: How Geography, Race, and Income Shape U.S. Life Expectancy
Think Global Health
December 10, 2024
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Ali Mokdad and Chloe Searchinger
Meeting
U.S. Health and Its Global Implications
December 10, 2024
Expert Take
US Health at Home and Abroad
The Lancet
December 7, 2024
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Joshua Sharfstein
CFR Welcomes Michael Horowitz and Prashant Yadav as Senior Fellows
November 25, 2024
'10 Americas:' Health Disparities Mean Life Expectancy Varies Across U.S.
U.S. News & World Report
November 22, 2024
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
Expert Take
Ten Americas: A Systematic Analysis of Life Expectancy Disparities in the USA
The Lancet
November 21, 2024
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Christopher Murray, Ali H. Mokdad and Chloe Searchinger
Expert Take
The Pandemic Agreement Fractures in the Latest Negotiations
Think Global Health
October 29, 2024
By David P. Fidler
Trump's Health, And Ours
The New Yorker
October 27, 2024
Featuring Thomas J. Bollyky
China’s Hospital Admission Paradox: Institutional Design and Perverse Incentives
October 25, 2024
By Yanzhong Huang

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