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November 13, 2023

Health
Global Health Security and Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century

The Global Health Security and Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century symposium is cohosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the recently launched Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy…

Health worker wearing personal protective equipment sitting in front of artwork of a fist holding a mask

May 21, 2018

Health Policy and Initiatives
A Conversation About the 71st World Health Assembly and the World Health Organization

Nearly one year has elapsed since the seventieth World Health Assembly elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new director-general of the World Health Organization. This meeting of CFR's Globa…

Director General of the WHO

November 16, 2023

Health
Virtual Roundtable: Moving From Commitment to Action: Improving Primary Health Care

FRIEDEN: Today we have Dr. Atul Gawande for a roundtable discussion. And Dr. Gawande is currently the Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the US Agency for International Development. He is l…

Play Doctor with stethoscope and white coat

July 18, 2019

Health
Trade, Traffic, and the Future of the International Health Regulations

BOLLYKY: Great. Well, let’s get started. I think I actually know most people in the room. But good afternoon. I’m Tom Bollyky. I direct the Global Health Program here at the Council. It is my grea…

[10:08 AM] Diana Schoder      A health worker disinfects an ambulance transporting a suspected Ebola patient to the Doctors Without Borders Ebola treatment center in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Baz Ratner/Reuters [Ebola Health Worker.jpg] (https://councilforeignrelations-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dschoder_cfr_org/Documents/Documents/Events/IHR Ebola/Ebola Health Worker.jpg)

December 16, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
What's Next for the World Health Organization?

Panelists discuss the state of the World Health Organization, including the influence exerted by the United States and China, the organization's ability to coordinate a global vaccine, and its role i…

Play A medical syringe and a vial in front of the World Health Organization (WHO) logo are seen in this creative photo taken on 18 November 2020. Pfizer and Biontech announced its conclude phase 3 study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate with 95% primary efficacy analysis, as media reported on 18 November 2020.

February 2, 2021

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
One Year Later: Global Health Lessons From 2020

On the one-year anniversary of Think Global Health, CFR’s website devoted to global health, our panelists discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about the role of global healt…

Play A group of gowned health professionals