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More Is Possible Now to Address North Korea’s Health and Humanitarian Needs

By J. Stephen Morrison
Feb 22, 2019

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.

  • Global Disorder
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Fentanyl Opens a Grave New Health Security Threat: Synthetic Opioids

By J. Stephen Morrison and Emily Foecke Munden
Jan 18, 2019

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.

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The Impossible State Podcast: The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

By J. Stephen Morrison and Victor Cha
Nov 2, 2018

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.

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North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 90: What Is to Be Done?

By J. Stephen Morrison and Judd Devermont
Nov 2, 2018

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.

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Video: The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

By J. Stephen Morrison and Justin Kenny
Oct 29, 2018

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.

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Preview: The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

By J. Stephen Morrison and Justin Kenny
Oct 2, 2018

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.

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The New Realism, An Uncomfortable Middle

By J. Stephen Morrison
Sep 25, 2018

We are at a turning point in thinking about what comes next in controlling HIV/AIDS in the coming years.

  • High-Risk Disease Outbreaks
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Navigating the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By Peter Salama and J. Stephen Morrison
Sep 14, 2018

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.

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Winning the Fight Against Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

Sep 13, 2018

Antimicrobial drug resistance is a complex, long-range global crisis threatening the foundations on which modern medicine is built.

  • Drug Resistance
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Protecting Health Security in a Disordered World

Sep 13, 2018

The reality of the disordered world demands U.S. leadership and action to ensure health security.

  • Global Disorder
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Preventing and Responding to High-Risk Disease Outbreaks

Sep 13, 2018

High-risk disease outbreaks are a real and growing threat to U.S. national security at home and abroad.

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Managing the Promise and Threat of Evolving Biotechnology

Sep 13, 2018

Biotechnology is moving swiftly and holds the potential to revolutionize many fields if properly managed.

  • Managing Biotechnology
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Accelerating Medical Countermeasures

Sep 13, 2018

Medical countermeasure development faces significant barriers yet remains critical to U.S. response to health security crises.

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The Role of the IFRC in Humanitarian Response and Preparedness

By Elhadj As Sy and J. Stephen Morrison
Jun 28, 2018

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.

  • High-Risk Disease Outbreaks
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Health Security Downgraded at the White House

By J. Stephen Morrison
Jun 28, 2018

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.

  • High-Risk Disease Outbreaks
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The Global Threat of Yellow Fever

By Daniel Lucey and J. Stephen Morrison
Jun 21, 2018

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.

  • High-Risk Disease Outbreaks
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European Leadership in Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Health Response

By Christos Stylianides and J. Stephen Morrison
Jun 13, 2018

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.

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Frontline Perspectives on Pandemic Preparedness

By Amadou Sall, Andrew Kitua, and Beth Cameron
May 31, 2018

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.

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Opportunities for Health Diplomacy in North Korea

By Kee B. Park and and J. Stephen Morrison
May 23, 2018

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.

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The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

By J. Stephen Morrison, Victor Cha, Rebecca Hersman, Kee B. Park, Ambassador Mark Dybul, Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg, Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, Nancy Lindborg, and Christine Wormuth
May 8, 2018

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.

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A Ripe Moment for Reducing Vaccine-Preventable Disease

By Nellie Bristol
Mar 13, 2018

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.

  • Developing Countermeasures
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The Spanish Flu a Century Later: 2018 is Not That Different From 1918

By J. Stephen Morrison and and Jonathan E. Hillman
Mar 9, 2018

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.

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The New Barbarianism

By J. Stephen Morrison and and Justin Kenny
Sep 6, 2017

Healthcare and humanitarian workers are increasingly in the crosshairs as hospitals and aid centers have become part of the battlefield in today’s wars.

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Meeting Basic Health Needs in a Venezuela in Crisis: What Roles Can the United States and International Community Play?

By Katherine Bliss
Apr 17, 2017

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.

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Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear

By J. Stephen Morrison, Jacki Lyden, and Cathryn Streifel
Apr 22, 2016

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.

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Commission Launch

Apr 19, 2018

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.

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Health Security in a Disordered World

Aug 8, 2018

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.

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Second Full Meeting of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security

Oct 2, 2018

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.

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Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: A Conversation with Thomas J. Bollyky

Oct 25, 2018

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.

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Health Security and North Korea: Film Screening and Discussion

Oct 29, 2018

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.

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North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 105: What’s Next?

Nov 14, 2018

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.

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Clade X Pandemic Simulation Exercise

Jan 28, 2019

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.

  • High-Risk Disease Outbreaks

About the Commission The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security aims to chart a bold vision for the future of U.S. leadership in global health security, at home and abroad. The Commission brings together a distinguished and diverse group of senior leaders who bridge the health and security fields, comprising members of Congress, past administrations, industry, foundations, universities, and NGOs, and the Commission is advised by a group of preeminent subject experts. This is a two-year effort organized by the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.

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