Thomas J. Bollyky

Thomas J. Bollyky is director of the global health program and senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. Bollyky is also the author of the book Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.

Latest

The graph shows cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 over time for all countries with confirmed cases as of March 11. The x-axis show days since the first travel restrictions were implemented. For all travel restriction imposing countries, data has been indexed to start from their respective day zero of travel restriction implementation. CFR/Samantha Kiernan

Governance

Tracking Coronavirus in Countries With and Without Travel Bans

by Samantha Kiernan, Madeleine DeVita, Thomas J. Bollyky

Travel restrictions have neither stopped the spread of this novel coronavirus nor prevented it from becoming a pandemic

Governance

Picture shows a young boy carrying a backpack and wearing a school uniform standing in front of a brightly-colored building. A well-dressed woman directs him while a well-dressed man kneels and points a high-tech thermometer at his head to take his temperature.

Anticipating Coronavirus in West Africa

by Jason Socrates Bardi, Thomas J. Bollyky

Interview with Nigeria CDC leader Chikwe Ihekweazu on outbreak detection, preparedness, response, and COVID-19 in Africa

Women sit as they prepare for screenings during the breast cancer prevention campaign in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on October 12, 2019. Image shows a row of several women wearing colorful clothes. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Aging

The Growing Cancer Threat in Africa

by Thomas J. Bollyky

Cancer mortality is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, where the needed health care infrastructure is still lacking