Global Health Policy Center

CSIS’ Global Health Policy Center (GHPC) is the leading research institution focused on building bipartisan awareness and shaping policy debate about global health and its importance to U.S. national security

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Since 2008, the GHPC has played a key role in shaping successful U.S. global health efforts. In 2020 we were ranked one of the top global health policy think tanks in the world by the Global Go To Think Tank Index.

The Global Health Policy Center's goal is to generate independent, forward-thinking and multifaceted analyses that reach a bipartisan audience and shape U.S. policy approaches on global health. We do this by undertaking policy-relevant research and bringing together diverse stakeholders–U.S. policy makers from across the aisle, global health experts, and global health and foreign policy practitioners–to discuss critical issues and develop recommendations regarding U.S. global health leadership, policies, and programs. To do this, we capitalize on our expertise in health security, infectious disease, and women’s and family health, as well as the expertise of the broader CSIS expert community on regional politics, national security, and development challenges, to examine the geopolitical issues affecting current and future global health activities.
 
Our influential, high-level working groups such as the Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security and the Task Force on Women’s and Family Health have delivered important insights and recommendations to key decisionmakers in the U.S. Congress, the executive agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

 

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Can the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Initiative Succeed?

The Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative is a promising and ambitious program, but it is at present off track. Three years on, at the midpoint of the first phase of EHE, this is an opportune moment to assess the status of the initiative and challenges ahead.

Commentary by Jeffrey Sturchio , Mackenzie Burke , and Maclane D. Speer — August 26, 2022

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Explore our podcast series: Take as Directed/Coronavirus Crisis Update, Pandemic Planet, and AIDS' Existential Moment.

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Coronavirus Crisis Update

Dr. Scott Kennedy, CSIS: “Give us our lives back!”

In our continued series on China post-Zero Covid, Dr. Scott Kennedy recounts the revelations from his six weeks in Beijing and Shanghai in late 2022, and reflects on what has transpired–societally, politically, medically—since President Xi suddenly threw off the Zero Covid controls in early December. What is the toll for not preparing for the colossal peak of Covid? What will be made of a “crisis of confidence” that the government must face, and that is going to hurt? What can we expect in the spring in terms of normalization?

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and Scott Kennedy — January 26, 2023

CSIS Coronavirus Crisis Update

Battling Biological Threats: Complacency, Progress, or Both?

The elevation of health security within recent national security policies and bipartisan legislative action proves that it remains possible to bridge divides and make measurable progress to prepare the United States for inevitable future biological threats. 

Commentary by Thomas Cullison and J. Stephen Morrison — January 20, 2023

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The Truth of the Matter

The CDC America Needs

CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison joins the podcast to talk about the Center for Disease Control’s decline in public trust and confidence, and how the organization can return to the prestige it once had.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and J. Stephen Morrison — January 19, 2023

CSIS the truth of the matter

Report Launch: Building the CDC the Country Needs

The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security hosted a roundtable discussion on a new CSIS report, "Building the CDC the Country Needs."

Event by J. Stephen Morrison , Katherine E. Bliss , Tom Inglesby , Julie Gerberding , Tom Frieden , and Susan Brooks — January 17, 2023

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Report Launch: Building the CDC the Country Needs

The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security hosted a roundtable discussion on a new CSIS report, "Building the CDC the Country Needs."

Transcript by J. Stephen Morrison and Katherine E. Bliss — January 17, 2023

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Building the CDC the Country Needs

The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security’s bipartisan working group on the CDC recommends a package of reforms to strengthen CDC’s performance in preventing and responding to dangerous outbreaks and drive a significant reset within the agency.

Report by J. Stephen Morrison and Tom Inglesby — January 12, 2023

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Can Pandemic Preparedness and HIV Programming Be Mutually Reinforcing?

Throughout the pandemic, PEPFAR programs have been adapted to help minimize HIV service disruptions and address the Covid-19 needs of people with HIV, demonstrating that the program can pivot, be agile, and respond to non-HIV threats by leveraging its capabilities.

Commentary by Alicia Carbaugh and Katherine E. Bliss — December 16, 2022

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