The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed deep and diverse weaknesses in U.S. global health security policy and infrastructure and has triggered massive health, economic, and social crises. The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security aims to chart a bold vision for U.S. global health security that addresses the acute vulnerabilities exploited by the coronavirus, at home and abroad. The Commission will drive discourse and develop concrete, pragmatic action agendas for U.S. health security policy in the Covid-19 era.
The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security brings together a distinguished and diverse group of high-level opinion leaders who bridge security and health.
Meet the CommissionFeatured Articles
Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global Health Security
Recent Developments
Online Event: A Global Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination
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New Variants Rattle the World
SARS-CoV-2 variants confer a new competitive edge to the virus and threaten to change the pandemic game fundamentally, at the very moment when many countries are facing runaway outbreaks and worsening economic and social crises.
Co-Chair Statement on the December 2020 Commission Meeting
The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly changed our world. CSIS Health Security Commission Co-Chairs Kelly Ayotte and Julie Gerberding define this extraordinary moment and the work the Commission has begun to advance a U.S. global health security agenda in the Covid-19 era.
Latest Articles
Immunizing the World in a Novel Pandemic
Universal Health Coverage and Primary Health Care within the Covid-19 Context
What Can the United States Do to Prevent Another Pandemic? Commit to Modernizing Influenza Vaccines
Thematic Pillars
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