CGHA organizes its work around questions rather than subject areas. Each programme exists to establish what happened after a policy was implemented — not whether the policy sounded persuasive when it was proposed.

These are empirical questions. They require evidence rather than assumption.

TOBACCO & NICOTINE

Tobacco and Nicotine

Do tobacco-control policies reduce disease?

Do they help smokers?

Do smokers switch to lower-risk alternatives?

What happens when governments prohibit products that consumers continue to demand?

3 publications · 4 projects →

GLOBAL HEALTH GOVERNANCE

Global Health Governance

Are international institutions accountable for results?

Do international agreements improve health?

How should organizations respond when new evidence emerges?

1 publication · 3 projects →

PANDEMIC POLICY

Pandemic Policy

Did pandemic interventions improve health outcomes?

Which policies worked?

Which created unintended consequences?

What lessons should guide future preparedness?

4 publications · 4 projects →

MEDICINES

Medicines

Do regulatory systems protect patients?

How common are counterfeit and substandard medicines?

Which policies improve medicine quality and patient safety?

Fieldwork underway · 3 projects →

MARKETS & BEHAVIOR

Markets and Behavior

How do consumers actually respond to regulation?

How do markets adapt?

What unintended consequences emerge?

3 publications · 4 projects →