Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss, PhD, is a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center. Her recent work has examined the changing demographics of HIV/AIDS, public health emergency preparedness in Latin America, and immunization programs within fragile or disordered settings. A historian by training, she taught at the university level and published work on public health in 20th century Mexico before a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship placed her at the U.S. Department of State, where she worked on environmental health and the challenge of pandemic influenza.

A student washes her hands after clean up at a school in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Abuja, Nigeria on March 20, 2020. The photo shows a pair of hands actively lathering under a water tap against a blue background. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Poverty

Where WASH Figures in the COVID-19 Fight

by Katherine E. Bliss, Tanvi Nagpal

Hard-sought health security in sub-Saharan Africa should build on WASH programs, which are already proven to save lives