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April 14, 2011

Food and Water Security
Health Impact of Rising Food Prices

CFR’s Senior Fellow for Global Health, Laurie Garrett, discusses the implications of rising food prices on global health.

October 7, 2015

Global
The Drug Tradeoffs in TPP Deal

One of the most contentious issues in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations is related to intellectual property and medicines. CFR’s Laurie Garrett reviews the intensifying debate among industry…

November 2, 2010

Haiti
Fighting Cholera amid Haiti’s Debris

Haiti’s cholera outbreak is exacerbated by unclean water and a subpar sanitation system, and lagging infrastructure repairs highlight the inadequate global response to the country’s earthquake in Jan…

May 13, 2008

Myanmar
The Aftermath in Myanmar

CFR’s Laurie Garrett says if Myanmar’s regime continues to restrict access to aid workers, the carnage from the cyclone will exceed that of the tsunami.

September 11, 2015

Global
Is Universal Health Care an Attainable Goal?

The latest UN development initiative calls for achieving universal health coverage by 2030, a goal widely supported in the global health community but one that is possibly too ambitious, writes CFR’s…