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PEPFAR’s Golden Era Is Over. It Urgently Needs a Five-Year Transition Plan

There is no path back to PEPFAR’s old model, but with political will and skilled leadership, it is possible to navigate PEPFAR’s reduced capabilities and mission, manage current shocks, ensure an orderly handoff, and achieve an accelerated, five-year transition plan.

Critical Questions by Jirair Ratevosian, J. Stephen Morrison, and Katherine E. Bliss — May 16, 2025

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Strengthening Global Health Security through Critical Immunization Programs

For the United States, closing global gaps in access to immunizations for children while preparing health systems to both maintain health services and reach adolescent and adult populations with new vaccines during a health crisis is a matter of national security. 

Brief by Katherine E. Bliss — July 20, 2023

Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: Saudis Take to the Streets

Through new urban planning projects, Saudi Arabia is encouraging its citizens to join a quiet revolution of walking. While many Saudi cities have improved their mobility index, the government still faces many challenges. A new Mezze from the CSIS Middle East Program.

Podcast Episode by Lubna Yousef and Layan Shaaban — July 18, 2023

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT: “Our attention has turned.”

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT national correspondent on health and politics, unpacks the post-Dobbs era: does it imperil or boost the right to contraception? Or both? Does it put the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under new scrutiny?

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — July 13, 2023

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The Effect of Reference Pricing on Pharmaceutical Innovation

Though described by its proponents as an expedient means to lower the cost of pharmaceuticals, a recently proposed reference pricing scheme will cause long-term harm to the nation’s innovation system.

Blog Post by Bailey Crane — July 12, 2023

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Dr. Mitch Wolfe: CDC regional offices are inextricably linked to security.

Dr. Mitch Wolfe, former CDC Chief Medical Officer, explains the genesis of CDC’s vision for six regional offices as a “long-term permanent overseas presence” that would expand coverage, deploy senior staff to develop regional strategies, and provide specialized technical expertise.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — July 6, 2023

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Helen Branswell, STAT: “In the spring of 2022, I thought my head would explode.”

Helen Branswell, STAT, unpacks for us important complicated topics that can, frankly, be confusing. She explains why this is a big moment for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). She illuminates why GAVI is moving ahead with a hexavalent (6-in-1) vaccine that incorporates polio vaccines, and what that signals for the future of global polio control. In her recent profile of Mandy Cohen, the incoming CDC Director, Helen reflects on the changed understanding of what is required to lead CDC effectively. In the post-Covid period, how has health reporting changed?

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — June 30, 2023

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Accelerating Innovation on Antimicrobial Resistance

The CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security will host a public broadcast conversation on Wednesday, June 21 from 10:00am to 12:00pm ET aimed at identifying specific opportunities to advance transatlantic cooperation on mitigating the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Event — June 21, 2023