Ms. Sheryl Gay Stolberg is the Domestic Affairs Correspondent for The New York Times. In this role, Ms. Stolberg covers news, features, and politics of national interest. Based in Washington, Ms. Stolberg has had a long and varied career with The Times as a science correspondent; a congressional correspondent; a White House correspondent, covering the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama; and a Washington correspondent, specializing in political features writing. Ms. Stolberg recently traveled to Kentucky, where she interviewed residents about the Republican healthcare bill. She published a powerful piece in the Times describing fear and confusion among Senator McConnell’s constituents. We asked her to reflect on the views and impact of healthcare reform in Kentucky.

Hosted by J. Stephen Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

In March 2017, Richard Downie, Deputy Director and Fellow with the CSIS Africa Program, spent two weeks in India researching the U.S.-India health relationship, evaluating its strengths, and identifying areas of future collaboration. During meetings in Delhi, West Bengal, and Karnataka states, he learned about the value of U.S. investments in disease surveillance, health workforce training, and piloting innovative health delivery projects. In this episode, Richard reflects on the big takeaways from his time on-the-ground and offers recommendations on the future of U.S. engagement in India.

Hosted by Nellie Bristol. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

Ambassador DeLisi served in the U.S. government for 34 years as a diplomat, capping his distinguished career as Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda from 2012 to 2015. He also served as Ambassador to Nepal from 2010 to 2012, and previously as Ambassador to Eritrea, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Botswana. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Soarway Foundation. We asked him to reflect on the intersection of diplomacy, development, and defense and on the tumultuous period in 2014 when homophobic legislation was introduced in Uganda.

Hosted by Sara Allinder. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

Charles Lyons is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). Prior to joining EGPAF, he was director of special initiatives in the Global Development Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to his work at the Gates Foundation, Lyons spent more than 20 years in increasingly prominent roles with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). From 2015-2016 he served as U.S. Representative to the Executive Board of UNICEF under President Barack Obama. We asked him to reflect on the global HIV response and children’s health.
 
Hosted by Sara Allinder. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

Ron Klain is General Counsel of Revolution LLC, an investment firm launched by AOL Co-Founder Steve Case in 2005. In addition to his private sector career, Mr. Klain has devoted considerable time to public service, most recently as White House Ebola Response Coordinator from fall 2014 to spring 2015. At the conclusion of Mr. Klain’s tenure, President Obama said that Klain had taken “on a challenge that many called insurmountable, and, in leading the team responsible for tremendous progress, helped remind the world what makes America so exceptional.” Earlier, Mr. Klain served as a senior White House aide to President Obama responsible for implementing the Recovery Act, and Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2011. He has also served as Chief of Staff for Vice President Al Gore. We asked him to reflect on his time as White House Ebola Response Coordinator and on the links between climate change and the spread of dangerous diseases. 

Hosted by Steve Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Bryce Thompson.

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger is the Surgeon General of the Air Force. In this capacity, he has authority to commit resources worldwide for the Air Force Medical Service, to make decisions affecting the delivery of medical services, and to develop plans, programs, and procedures to support worldwide medical service missions. He exercises direction, guidance and technical management of a $5.9 billion, 44,000-person integrated health care delivery system serving 2.6 million beneficiaries at 75 military treatment facilities worldwide. We asked him to reflect on his time as Airforce Surgeon General and to share his thoughts on the military’s global health engagement, including during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Hosted by Steve Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

Helene Cooper is a Pentagon Correspondent with The New York Times. In 2015, she was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, for her work in Liberia during the Ebola epidemic. In this episode, she discusses her new book ‘Madame President: The Extraordinary Story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’.

Hosted by Steve Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

Take as Directed is introducing new weekly episodes focused on noteworthy issues, events, and news in global health policy. These weekly episodes will be in addition to our usual programming. This is the first current events episode. It focuses on the main outcomes from the World Health Assembly (WHA), the election of Ethiopia’s Tedros as first WHO Director General from Africa, the implications on global health of President Trump’s FY18 budget request, and HHS Secretary Price’s trips to Liberia and the WHA. Guests include Lindsay Plack, Director of Government Relations for the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign; J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center; and Nellie Bristol, Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Health Policy Center.

Hosted by Sara Allinder. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Liz Mayes.

Andrew Jack has worked as a journalist for the Financial Times since 1990. He runs the curated content team which picks the best news and analysis from the FT and the rest of the web. His newsletters include FirstFT and FT Health. Andrew was previously deputy editor of the analysis section, pharmaceuticals correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, Paris correspondent, financial correspondent, general reporter and corporate reporter. He is author of the books Inside Putin’s Russia and The French Exception as well as numerous specialist reports, and has appeared on the BBC and other media outlets. In this episode, he discusses FThealth; the Theresa May government and foreign aid; the election of the next WHO Director General; and international drug pricing and access. Hosted by Steve Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.

The Global Fund’s 37^th Board Meeting took place on May 3-4 in Kigali, Rwanda. This was Executive Director Mark Dybul’s last Board Meeting. It was also the first meeting since President Trump took office. We hosted Jen Kates, Vice President and Director of Global Health and HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Chris Collins, President of Friends of the Global Fight, for a conversation about the main outcomes from the Board Meeting and the search for the Global Fund’s next Executive Director. 

Hosted by Steve Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.