CDC: Protecting Jobs and Economy through Global Health Security

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Many U.S. jobs are related to exports.

In our increasingly interconnected world, continued advancement of global health security (GHS) can help protect Americans and people around the world from the devastating health and economic consequences of infectious disease outbreaks and public health emergencies. Learn how CDC is using GHS to protect America’s economic wellbeing.

Global Health Security and Economic Protection Research

A recent CDC article examines the importance of GHS in protecting the health and economic wellbeing of the U.S. states. Read Global Health Security: Protecting the United States in an Interconnected Worldexternal icon and review the State Data Table.

Learn more in our U.S. economic profile: CDC and Health Security: Helping to Protect America’s Jobs and Economy.

Disease outbreaks can cause economic disruption. Decreasing demand for U.S. exports with illustration of ship. Putting U.S. export-related jobs at risk with illustration of warehouse and person on forklift. Global health security helps safeguard America's health and economic stability. HHS logo. CDC logo. www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection
Image of airplanes traveling around a world map with HHS and CDC logo. DISEASE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES A pathogen can travel from a remote village to major cities around the world in as little as 48 hours. www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection
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Page last reviewed: January 28, 2019
Content source: Division of Global Health Protection, Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention