Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss brings her expertise in the social sciences, Latin American studies, and international relations to her work analyzing U.S. government support for health programs in low- and middle-income countries. She is particularly interested in how political and cultural perspectives shape approaches to such global health challenges as HIV/AIDS; vaccine-preventable diseases; and access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Trained as a historian, Katherine spent the early part of her career teaching at the university level and publishing books and articles on gender relations and public health in twentieth-century Mexico. A Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship enabled her to shift her focus to global health policy, placing her at the U.S. Department of State, where she worked on environmental health issues and the development of foreign policy approaches to pandemic preparedness. At CSIS, Katherine has previously served as deputy director and senior fellow within both the Americas Program and Global Health Policy Center, where she oversaw a multi-program project on the influence of the BRICS countries on the global health agenda and directed the Project on Global Water Policy. Her recent work has examined the health situation in the context of the Venezuelan political crisis and the challenges facing immunization programs within fragile or disordered settings. Katherine received her A.B. in history and literature, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. She completed a David E. Bell Fellowship at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
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Republicans stall on renewing Bush-era program to fight AIDS
Katherine E. Bliss in Houston Chronicle — October 26, 2023
Closing Kids’ Vaccination Gaps Before They Say ‘Mama’
Katherine E. Bliss in Bloomberg — August 7, 2023
Conservative fight against PEPFAR in Africa condemned as a ‘war on Black bodies’
Katherine E. Bliss in The Grio — August 2, 2023
Will Long Covid Be a Major Problem for Latin America?
Katherine E. Bliss in Latin America Advisor — July 28, 2023
What Factors Are Fueling the Dengue Outbreak in Peru?
Katherine E. Bliss in Latin America Advisor — July 3, 2023
What Biden's State of the Union address means for PEPFAR
Katherine E. Bliss in Devex — February 9, 2023
Can Latin America Improve Access to Digital Health Care?
Katherine E. Bliss in Inter-American Dialogue — February 9, 2023
Venezuela’s alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world
Katherine E. Bliss in Associated Press — July 15, 2022
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The CommonHealth Live! Ambassador John Nkengasong: World AIDS Day 2023: A Journey of Hope
Event — November 30, 2023
The CommonHealth Live! Ambassador John Nkengasong: World AIDS Day 2023: A Journey of Hope
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — November 30, 2023

Heidi Larson, Chair and Co-Founder of the Global Listening Project: “The people part of the Covid experience was our Achilles heel”
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — November 27, 2023

Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, Vice President and Head of Global Public Policy, Corporate Affairs, Merck & Co.: “Driving Meaningful and Sustained Progress on AMR”
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — November 16, 2023

“Centering PEPFAR in U.S. Global Health Security Strategies”: Audio Brief with Katherine Bliss
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — October 25, 2023

Centering PEPFAR in U.S. Global Health Security Strategies
Brief by Katherine E. Bliss — October 19, 2023
Sera Young, Northwestern University: “Accountability is probably the most powerful tool that we have”
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss and Sera Young — August 3, 2023

Anuradha Gupta, Sabin Vaccine Institute: ‘Whether a country is poor or has a large population, progress is possible’
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — July 31, 2023

“Strengthening Global Health Security through Critical Immunization Programs”: Audio Brief with Katherine Bliss
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — July 21, 2023

Strengthening Global Health Security through Critical Immunization Programs
Brief by Katherine E. Bliss — July 20, 2023