Think Global Health is an initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations in collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Think Global Health chose IHME for its expertise in measuring the world’s health problems. Think Global Health launched on January 21, 2020.
Recommendations, analyses, forecasts, interviews, and data visualizations on the site have been circulated widely and many have been featured in or cited by Vox, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, New York Times, Intercept, Washington Post, the BBC, and many others. Think Global Health was nominated for a Webby Award in 2021.