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More Is Possible Now to Address North Korea’s Health and Humanitarian Needs
Ahead of the Trump-Kim Vietnam summit, Commission Secretariat Director J. Stephen Morrison argues that the Trump administration should take concrete steps to address urgent health and humanitarian needs in North Korea.
Fentanyl Opens a Grave New Health Security Threat: Synthetic Opioids
China’s commitment to ban fentanyl as a drug class, a welcome announcement at the December 2018 G20 summit in Buenos Aires, was just the most recent, powerful signal of the growing understanding that fentanyl, the front edge of a new era of synthetic opioids, poses a grave, direct health security threat.
The Impossible State Podcast: The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea
J. Stephen Morrison and Victor Cha discuss the bleak health realities in North Korea, an understudied part of the larger problem of potential instability on the Korean peninsula and a potential health security threat.
North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 90: What Is to Be Done?
The Ebola outbreak unfolding in Eastern DRC is the most recent, powerful showcase of what it means to battle dangerous health security threats in a disordered world. While categoric judgments are elusive, the high risk of losing the game in the DRC is becoming apparent.
Video: The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea
The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea examines the rapid decay of North Korea’s health systems and the dangers it poses to neighboring countries, through interviews with experts on North Korea and health security and exclusive footage from inside the little-seen nation.
Preview: The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea
The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea examines the rapid decay of North Korea’s health systems and the dangers it poses to neighboring countries, through interviews with experts on North Korea and health security and exclusive footage from inside the little-seen nation.
The New Realism, An Uncomfortable Middle
We are at a turning point in thinking about what comes next in controlling HIV/AIDS in the coming years.
Navigating the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response, discusses the response to the current Ebola outbreak in a conflict-ridden region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Winning the Fight Against Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Antimicrobial drug resistance is a complex, long-range global crisis threatening the foundations on which modern medicine is built.
Protecting Health Security in a Disordered World
The reality of the disordered world demands U.S. leadership and action to ensure health security.
Preventing and Responding to High-Risk Disease Outbreaks
High-risk disease outbreaks are a real and growing threat to U.S. national security at home and abroad.
Managing the Promise and Threat of Evolving Biotechnology
Biotechnology is moving swiftly and holds the potential to revolutionize many fields if properly managed.
Accelerating Medical Countermeasures
Medical countermeasure development faces significant barriers yet remains critical to U.S. response to health security crises.
The Role of the IFRC in Humanitarian Response and Preparedness
Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), discusses the role of the IFRC in humanitarian and outbreak response and preparedness.
Health Security Downgraded at the White House
On May 9, the day after the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed an Ebola outbreak, the Trump administration dismissed Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer and dissolved his post as senior director for global health security and biothreats.
The Global Threat of Yellow Fever
Daniel Lucey, a senior scholar with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discusses the global threat of yellow fever.
European Leadership in Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Health Response
Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management and European Union Ebola Coordinator, discusses the European Union’s role in the May-June 2018 Ebola response.
Frontline Perspectives on Pandemic Preparedness
Beth Cameron, CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security expert advisor and Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, discusses global health security and pandemic preparedness efforts with Amadou Sall and Andrew Kitua.
Opportunities for Health Diplomacy in North Korea
Kee B. Park, Harvard Medical School Paul Farmer Global Surgery Scholar and Korean American Medical Association Director of North Korea Programs, discusses opportunities for diplomatic progress with North Korea through health.
The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea
Health realities in North Korea are grim, poorly understood, and seldom studied as part of the larger problem of potential instability on the Korean peninsula.
A Ripe Moment for Reducing Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Immunizations are one of the most effective and cost-effective health promotion tools, yet despite focused efforts to increase global vaccine delivery, more than one in ten children received no vaccines in 2016.
The Spanish Flu a Century Later: 2018 is Not That Different From 1918
The Spanish influenza cataclysm ignited 100 years ago, and while we certainly live today in a superior state of preparedness, modernization and globalization have also driven up health security risks.
The New Barbarianism
Healthcare and humanitarian workers are increasingly in the crosshairs as hospitals and aid centers have become part of the battlefield in today’s wars.
Meeting Basic Health Needs in a Venezuela in Crisis: What Roles Can the United States and International Community Play?
Since 2014, Venezuela, which at one time enjoyed international recognition for its malaria elimination program, achievements in life expectancy, and progress addressing infectious diseases, has shown increasingly negative health indicators.
Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear
Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear” is a groundbreaking feature-length documentary that tells the story of the 2014 Ebola outbreak’s effect on America as well as the public health and government response.
Commission Launch
The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security officially launched on April 17, 2018. Commissioners gathered to discuss the major objectives of the Commission for its two-year life span.
Health Security in a Disordered World
On August 6, 2018, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security hosted a public event on U.S. leadership in meeting the burgeoning health needs of vulnerable populations living in the midst of conflict and disorder.
Second Full Meeting of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security
On October 2, 2018, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening Health Security held its second full Commission meeting to discuss the Commission’s ongoing work to construct and operationalize a ten-year U.S. vision for health security.
Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: A Conversation with Thomas J. Bollyky
On October 25, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted a conversation with Thomas J. Bollyky on his new book, Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.
Health Security and North Korea: Film Screening and Discussion
On October 29, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security hosted a screening of its new film, The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea, followed by a roundtable discussion with regional experts and providers of humanitarian assistance.
North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 105: What’s Next?
On November 14, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security co-hosted a panel discussion on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo with the CSIS Africa Program.
Clade X Pandemic Simulation Exercise
On January 28, 2019, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security convened a high-level Clade X pandemic simulation exercise in collaboration with Commission expert advisor Tom Inglesby and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.