David P. Fidler

David P. Fidler is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. 

Governance

The Pandemic Agreement Fractures in the Latest Negotiations

WHO member states continue to disagree on critical issues and might tackle them after adopting a pandemic agreement

Governance

The United States Targets Cervical Cancer and Lead Exposure

The Biden administration launched efforts to reduce cervical cancer and lead exposure that could have brief policy lives

Governance

National Security Debate on Global Health Enters a New Phase

Controversies about national security and global health are changing in a post-pandemic, geopolitical, and warming world

Governance

President Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy on Global Health

Geopolitics and domestic polarization have stymied the president's efforts to reclaim U.S. global health leadership

Governance

The G7 Exposed the Health Dangers of a Multi-Crisis World

The latest G7 summit revealed the expanding gap between health threats and policy solutions in a world of many crises

Governance

U.S. Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health

Covert U.S. information operations during COVID-19 expose the dangers that global health faces when rival powers compete

Governance

The Amendments to the International Health Regulations Are Not a Breakthrough

The major amendments misdiagnose problems that arose during COVID-19 and create processes that paper over disagreements

Governance

The New U.S. Strategy on Global Health Security

The strategy seeks to make U.S. foreign policy on global health more effective

Governance

The Endgame for Global Health Governance Negotiations

Talks to finalize a pandemic agreement and IHR amendments enter decisive stages as the world's divisions deepen

Environment

At COP28, the Climate-Health Nexus Turned a Corner, for Better and Worse

Health got more attention, a change that magnifies the unprecedented dangers an unprepared world faces

Governance

Henry Kissinger, Foreign Policy, and Global Health

Kissinger’s legacy informs the U.S. foreign policy experience with global health

Environment

Climate Change and Health at COP28

The conference in Dubai seeks to elevate health in climate policy