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
About Us
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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Follow our work and participate in GHPC events by:
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- Subscribing to our podcasts, The CommonHealth, Coronavirus Crisis Update, Pandemic Planet, and AIDS' Existential Moment.
- Following us on X.
Contact
- Maclane Speer
- Former Program Manager, Global Health Policy Center
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- ASchwartz@csis.org
- Sofia Chavez
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- SChavez@csis.org
Featured Projects
Featured Analysis

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The Health-Climate-Security Triad
Commentary by J. Stephen Morrison and Katherine E. Bliss — January 31, 2025
CDC Director Mandy Cohen on the Future of the CDC
Transcript — January 8, 2025

The United States Needs to Step Up Its Response to Bird Flu
Digital Report by Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, and Maclane Speer — December 19, 2024

To Navigate Global Health Replenishments, Treat Them as U.S. National Security Tools
Commentary by Katherine E. Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison — December 18, 2024

Closing the Prevention Gap
Brief by Katherine E. Bliss — December 3, 2024
Recent Events

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Summit on Resilient U.S. Medical Supply Chains

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The CommonHealth Live! on Medical Supply Chain Innovation

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Measles Outbreaks in 2025 with Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango and Dr. Adam Ratner | The CommonHealth Live!

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CommonHealth Live! with Republic of Indonesia Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin
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CommonHealth Live! with Dr. Hanan Balkhy
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — November 19, 2024

CommonHealth Live! with Dr. John Balbus
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — November 19, 2024

The End of UNRWA? Then What?—Gaza: The Human Toll
Transcript — November 19, 2024
Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative: Strategic U.S.-Japan Health Security Cooperation
Event — October 29, 2024
Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative: Strategic U.S.-Japan Health Security Cooperation
Transcript — October 29, 2024
U.S. Response to Mpox in the DRC: Leveraging PEPFAR as a Global Health Security Asset
Commentary by Alicia Carbaugh — October 28, 2024
Javier Guzman, Center for Global Development: “Yes it was successful, but...”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — October 23, 2024

Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar’s Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll
Event — October 22, 2024
The Quad’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Commentary by Erin L. Murphy, Katherine E. Bliss, and J. Stephen Morrison — October 22, 2024
Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar's Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll
Transcript — October 22, 2024