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September 9, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
COVID-19 Update With Dr. Tom Frieden

Dr. Tom Frieden, senior fellow for global health at CFR and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), provides an assessment of the current status of the COVID-19 pande…

Play A lab at Methodist Dallas Medical Center prepares viral transport media for samples before collecting samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dallas, Texas.

October 16, 2009

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
CFR LIVE WEBCAST: Pandemic Influenza: Science, Economics, and Foreign Policy (Agenda)

8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. (ET) On Friday, October 16, 2009, watch experts discuss the science behind pandemic influenza as well as its economic and political implications. This symposium is cosponsor…

May 31, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Why Identity Matters: Legal Barriers to Women's Economic Empowerment

Around the world discriminatory citizenship and identification laws hinder women’s ability to fully participate in and contribute to economies. The majority of the estimated 2.4 billion people who la…

Podcast A woman in Iran holds her identification in front of her face after voting March 2, 2012.

October 16, 2009

Global
Pandemic Influenza: Science, Economics, and Foreign Policy: Foreign Policy

LAURIE GARRETT: If people could please take their seats. Broadcast audience, we'll be starting momentarily. Good morning, I'm Laurie Garrett, here as a senior fellow at Council on Foreign Relat…

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October 16, 2009

Global
Pandemic Influenza: Science, Economics, and Foreign Policy: Session Three: Foreign Policy

Watch experts discuss the U.S. foreign policy implications of a global pandemic including access to vaccinations and effects on trade. This session was part of a CFR symposium, Pandemic Influenza: S…

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