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CGD in the News
February 04, 2015
The lesson of the Ebola crisis is that when faced with emerging infectious disease threats, the world needs to react faster and stronger—based on enhanced global cooperation and better preparation. Failing to do so could mean an even deadlier epidemic the next time.
CGD in the News
October 06, 2014
We live in a global disease pool. In the end, once a disease begins to spread, there’s no escaping an infection, whether it first appears in Africa, Asia, or the U.S. Travel bans are less effective than hiding under a rock and considerably more costly. To battle continuing epidemics and any fu...
CGD in the News
September 29, 2014
Again, the relative importance of global threats from climate change to pandemic disease has grown over the past 30 years, but the Cold War mindset helps explain why the foreign policy establishment has been so flat-footed in its response to rising temperatures and the Ebola outbreak–these pro...
CGD in the News
August 25, 2014
On Aug. 22, the World Health Organization announced a draft strategy to combat the West African Ebola outbreak over the next six to nine months. That’s a sign that the global health body isn’t optimistic about a rapid end to an epidemic that has killed around 1,300 people so far. An exte...