Subscribe
Subscribe today to receive CGD’s latest newsletters and topic updates.
All Commentary
Filters:
Topics
Facet Toggle
Content Type
Facet Toggle
Blog Type
Facet Toggle
Time Frame
Facet Toggle
Blog Post
September 15, 2014
The US Government has taken action to respond to the devastating Ebola epidemic in West Africa: about 100 CDC staffers have been deployed, $100 million spent on medical supplies and training, and an additional $75 million planned for 1,000 beds and 130,000 protective suits.
Blog Post
September 09, 2014
“Death and poverty are avoidable, but not tobacco taxes.” With this challenging statement, Prabhat Jha, Founding Director of the Centre for Global Health at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto laid out the most simple, cost-effective, and powerful intervention for charting a healthie...
Blog Post
September 02, 2014
It’s too early to know how large the economic impact of Ebola will be on West Africa and the world. Past experience, including the 2002-03 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic, suggest it could be very large indeed, especially in the African countries that have been hardest h...