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 Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security, 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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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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Explore our podcast series: Take as Directed/Coronavirus Crisis Update, Pandemic Planet, and AIDS' Existential Moment.

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The CommonHealth

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT: “You cannot keep a raccoon dog as a pet.”

 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, the iconic health policy/politics reporter at the New York Times, helps us inaugurate The CommonHealth podcast, companion to the newly launched CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and H. Andrew Schwartz — March 24, 2023

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The CommonHealth

Goodbye, Coronavirus Crisis Update. Hello, The CommonHealth!

Welcome to The CommonHealth, the podcast of the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security. The CommonHealth replaces the Coronavirus Crisis Update.

In it, we delve deeply into the puzzle, at home and abroad, that connects pandemic preparedness and response, HIV/AIDS, routine immunization, primary care, and the geopolitical impacts these have on human and national security.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison , Katherine E. Bliss , and H. Andrew Schwartz — March 23, 2023

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The Truth of the Matter

Covid Frozen Conflict

Dr. Stephen J. Morrison joins the podcast to discuss the ongoing confusion over Covid’s origins and what it means for U.S. and global pandemic preparedness going forward.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and J. Stephen Morrison — March 3, 2023

CSIS the truth of the matter

The Assault on Ukraine’s Healthcare System

On February 21, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), together with partners published Destruction and Devastation: One Year of Russia’s Assault on Ukraine’s Health Care System, a major analysis that presents the evidentiary basis for potential war crimes committed by Russia.

Event by J. Stephen Morrison , Uliana Poltavets , Tetyana Katrychenko , and Anna Olsen — February 27, 2023

Coronavirus Crisis Update

Dr. Scott Rivkees, former Florida Secretary of Health: What happened behind the scenes?

Dr. Scott Rivkees served under Governor DeSantis as Florida’s Surgeon General and Secretary of Health for 27 months during the pandemic, in what became a rocky political experience.  Behind the scenes, what was he able to achieve, in serving Florida’s 67 counties, and in particular, in protecting seniors, managing schools, setting early vaccine priorities? 

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — February 9, 2023

CSIS Coronavirus Crisis Update

American Democracy and Pandemic Security: Strengthening the U.S. Pandemic Response in a Free Society

Policymakers must take a bipartisan approach to evaluate and reduce the impact of pandemics on society, harvest local learnings from Covid-19, and empower individuals, communities, and states to transcend partisan divides and improve the response to future health threats. 

Report by CSIS Global Health Policy Center , Brown University Pandemic Center , and COVID Collaborative — February 9, 2023

Coronavirus Crisis Update

Dr. Chris Murray, IHME, "…we are in for a harder spell…”

As part of our series on China post-COVID-19, Chris Murray reflects on where things stand, almost two months after President Xi threw off Zero-Covid controls.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and H. Andrew Schwartz — February 2, 2023

CSIS Coronavirus Crisis Update