Think Global Health
Think Global Health launched in 2020 as a joint initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations and IHME. Browse the articles written by IHME authors and published on the Think Global Health website.
Recommendations, analyses, forecasts, interviews, and data visualizations on the site have been circulated widely and many have been featured in or cited by news outlets including the New York Times, BBC, and many others. Think Global Health was nominated for a Webby Award in 2021 and 2022.
Avoiding health spending panic and neglect
Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?
Since the beginning of 2020, COVID has accounted for nearly 1 in 20 deaths globally. This makes it the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide, second-leading in the US, and number one in Brazil, England, France, and Mexico, among others.
Tackling air pollution starts at home
A critical need for clean household energy in rapidly developing countries.
COVID-19 fueled record-breaking investments in global health
Examining opportunities and challenges related to development spending.
Why it's hard to understand how COVID-19 affected global health system performance
Universal health coverage examined through the lens of tuberculosis.
Family planning: global disparities persist
Contraception access and options need to improve to help empower women, young people.
