Launch of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy

April 22, 2009

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) launched the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy. The Commission will develop actionable recommendations for a long-term, strategic U.S. approach to global health, culminating in a Commission report to be released in early 2010.

Welcome and Introduction:

J. Stephen Morrison
Director & Senior Vice President, CSIS
Commission Mandate and Objectives:

Admiral William J. Fallon (Ret.) (co-chair)
Former Commander of the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Pacific Command

Helene Gayle (co-chair)
President & CEO, CARE

The Commission co-chairs were joined by select members of Congress and other prominent Commissioners.

Read: “Five emerging key challenges for US policy approaches on global health” by J. Stephen Morrison, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies, & Jen Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation