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What Is the World Health Organization

WebA short history of the WHO. Although the World Health Organization typically takes a leading role in coordinating international efforts to stop the spread of diseases, …

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Global Health Then and Now CFR Education

WebHealth has played a critical role in shaping the world’s economies and societies throughout human history. As civilizations have advanced and globalized, new …

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The Changing Demographics of Global Health

WebThe Changing Demographics of Global Health. Population growth and aging are fueling a spectacular rise in noncommunicable diseases, such as cancers and cardiovascular …

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The COVID-19 Vaccination Challenge: Lessons From History

WebVaccines are a major public health success story, but the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the many challenges involved in getting a vaccine to everyone …

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About the Global Health Program Council on Foreign …

WebThe Global Health program at CFR provides independent, evidence-based analysis and recommendations to help policymakers, business leaders, journalists, civil society, and …

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What Is Global Health

WebThe world is, on balance, much healthier. Global life expectancy is rising and infectious disease rates are declining. However, as the world becomes healthier, new challenges …

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What Is Soft Power

WebIn Poland, an estimated two-thirds of Poles listened to RFE in the 1980s as trade unions and other pro-democracy groups sought to end communist rule in the …

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Global Health Then and Now World101

WebAnd global health gains haven’t been uniform. Medical experts have made progress worldwide in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS. In 2022, global deaths from the …

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The Future of Global Health Is Urban Health

WebHealth has shaped the history of cities, but it is cities that will define the future of global health and economic development. The majority of the world’s …

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Women Don’t Have Equal Access to Institutions

WebTo protect women’s ability to conduct transactions in the public and private sectors, countries should: Eliminate any legal restrictions on women’s ability to travel, work, and …

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Judging How U.S. States Performed in the COVID-19 Pandemic …

WebHealth: a composite measure based on cumulative COVID-19 deaths and infections, adjusted for state-level differences in age and rates of diabetes, obesity, and …

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How Health Care Works Around the World World101

WebHealth care is subsidized minimally or not at all. Recent data shows that the government of an average low-income country spends less than $40 per person on health, compared to …

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Excerpt: Why Health Is Important to U.S. Foreign Policy

WebEXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The United States can gain significant domestic and international advantages by placing health squarely on its foreign policy agenda. Supporting public …

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How Do Governments Combat Climate Change

WebCap and trade. The term cap and trade refers to a government program designed to limit (or cap) private-sector greenhouse gas emissions.In cap and trade …

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What Is the World Health Organization

WebA short history of the WHO. Although the World Health Organization typically takes a leading role in coordinating international efforts to stop the spread of diseases, …

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Mapping China’s Health Silk Road Asia Unbound

WebThe Health Silk Road, a rhetorical extension of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is not an entirely novel concept, but it has been unearthed in ways that …

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Challenges of Global Governance Amid the COVID-19 …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic is both a world health crisis and a stress test for global health coopera-tion, exposing a glaring deficit in global health governance. As the virus continues its march across the world, it is time for the world to build an effective and resilient global public health system.

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Healthcare Costs and U.S. Competitiveness

WebGM says healthcare costs add between $1,500 and $2,000 to the sticker price of every automobile it makes. Health benefits for unionized auto workers became a central issue derailing the 2008

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What Is the FDA’s Role in Public Health

WebThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States’ regulatory agency for food, medical, and an array of other products, is a critical part of U.S. public …

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Comparing Six Health-Care Systems in a Pandemic

WebTaiwan’s National Health Insurance is a single-payer system, meaning that nearly all citizens and foreigners residing there for at least six months are covered by …

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How the SDGs Will Transform Global Health Governance

WebTranslating lofty development goals into significant advances in global health depends on effective global health governance, which a 2010 CFR report defines as “use of formal and informal

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Why the Fiscal Health of States and Cities Matters

WebCompounding this fiscal plight, federal stimulus largesse to states and cities is drying up. For FY2012 (ending in September), states and cities received just $24.1 billion …

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There Is a Risk of Extremist Violence Around the 2024 U.S.

WebAs the United States prepares for the 2024 presidential election, a new Contingency Planning Memo from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) warns of the …

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What Happened to ‘Stalemate’ in Ukraine

WebThe two-year-old war in Ukraine—which is far from deadlocked—could pivot dramatically in the coming months. U.S. decisions will play a decisive role.

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Support for Working Mothers Creates Workplace Equality

WebGovernments around the world are beginning to understand the cost of inequality for women in the workplace, and to take action. Between 2015 and 2017, over 110 countries and …

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Inability to Build Credit Limits Women Entrepreneurs

WebGovernments around the world are beginning to understand the cost of inequality for women in the workplace, and to take action. Between 2015 and 2017, over 110 countries and …

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Numbers of Visitors to China Rises From Pandemic-Era Lows

WebIntroduction Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already …

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