Global Health Security
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Global Health Security
The rapid global movement of people, animals, and goods increases the risks that a local public health crisis could escalate into a worldwide catastrophe. In 2012, the Stimson Global Health Security Program explored the costs of strengthening health systems in developing nations -- and the costs of failing to do so.
Research and Analysis
May 1, 2019 | EXPERT:
April 30, 2019 - Tori Holt tesified in front of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights and International Organizations, a part of the House Foreign Affairs Committees in the U.S.
March 10, 2016 | EXPERT:
They came. They saw. They left.
March 7, 2016 | EXPERT:
By Melissa S. Hersh:
March 2, 2016
By Sharon Jackson:
May 15, 2013 | EXPERT:
On September 19th, the United Nations General Assembly convened global leaders to confront an emerging health issue with major socioeconomic implications for only the second time in history.
May 15, 2013 | EXPERT:
We need a coherent global health strategy that looks beyond each crisis to the bigger picture. The 2003 SARS outbreak, when a new and virulent pneumonia spread by international travelers killed hundreds and wreaked havoc on Asian economic growth, illustrated the vulnerability of even developed nations to emerging infections.
May 15, 2013 | EXPERT:
We need a coherent global health strategy that looks beyond each crisis to the bigger picture. The US has invested billions of dollars in confronting health threats abroad - one disease at a time
July 23, 2012 | EXPERT:
This week, the eyes of the health community will be on Washington, DC, as the United States hosts the International AIDS Conference for the first time in 22 years.
June 21, 2012 | EXPERT: , EXTERNAL: , EXPERT:
The revised International Health Regulations (IHR [2005]) conferred new responsibilities on member states of the World Health Organization, requiring them to develop core capacities to detect, assess, report, and respond to public health emergencies.
May 22, 2012
Stimson hosted a book event to discuss topics explored in the new book, Security and Development in Global Politics, which looks at seven core international issues from the point of view of security and development: aid, humanitarian assistance, governance, health, poverty, trade and res
January 9, 2012
By Karen Masterson - The November 2011 newsletter of Roll Back Malaria - a partnership sponsored
by the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the World Bank -
contains the following headline: "Nearly
December 16, 2011
By Meghan Seltzer - The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxins
Weapons Convention (BTWC) is currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland, through
December 22. At this meeting, countries are
discussing a range of issues concerning the BTWC, which is one of two treaties
December 11, 2011
November 30, 2011 | EXPERT: , EXPERT:
The Stimson Center project, Iran and America: A Dialogue about Disability, held in partnership with BlueLaw International LLP, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and Iranian partner organizations, assembled civil society leaders, academics, and other experts for a US-Iran cros
November 29, 2011 | EXPERT: , EXPERT:
The Stimson Center project, Iran and America: A Dialogue about
Disability, held in partnership with BlueLaw International LLP, the
Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and Iranian partner organizations,
