[In the Media] HGPI ranked 4th global health policy think tank worldwide (February 5, 2019)
date : 2/14/2019
HGPI was ranked 4th among global health policy think tanks worldwide in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report published January 2018. HGPI has been included in the ranking for ten consecutive years.
■HGPI was ranked 4th in the world in Global Health Policy
■HGPI was ranked 3rd in the world in Domestic Health Affairs*
HGPI was the highest-ranking Asian think tank and the only one from Japan included in the ranking.
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Top Global Health Policy Think Tanks (2018)
1. Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) (United Kingdom)
2. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) (United States)
3. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
4. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) (Japan)
5. Chatham House, Centre on Global Health Security (United Kingdom)
6. Brookings Institution (United States)
7. RAND Corporation (United States)
8. Fraser Institute (Canada)
9. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) (Spain)
10. Council on Foreign Relations, Global Health Program (CFR) (United States)
Top Domestic Health Affairs Think Tanks (2018)
1. Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) (United Kingdom)
2. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) (United States)
3. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) (Japan)
4. RAND Corporation (United States)
5. Philips Center for Health and Well-Being (Netherlands)
6. Brookings Institution (United States)
7. Fraser Institute (Canada)
8. Cato Institute (United States)
9. Urban Institute (United States)
10. Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) (United States)
* The “2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report” can be downloaded from this page.
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