The Economic Impact of Global Health Security

In today’s interconnected world, a health threat anywhere is a threat everywhere. A pathogen can travel from a remote village to major cities on all continents in 36 hours.

There is also a potential impact on the U.S. economy. In today’s world of global trade and travel, an outbreak in a single country overseas has the power to substantially impact U.S. revenue and jobs.

This Economic Impact of Global Health Security Social Media Toolkit includes communication tools that make it easy for individuals and partner organizations to promote the release of two CDC-authored articles in Health Security:

• Relevance of Global Health Security to the U.S. Export Economy examines how public health emergencies in other countries can influence U.S. jobs and exports.
• Impact of Hypothetical Infectious Disease on U.S. Exports and Export-Based Jobs presents a possible scenario of events that could happen to the U.S. economy if an epidemic were to strike a key region, such as Southeast Asia.

The toolkit includes:

• Sample social media messages for Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
• Hashtags and handles
• Downloadable shareable graphics
• Global health security photos

The Economic Impact of Global Health Security Sample Social Media Messages

How to use: Pair these messages with one of our many graphics and photos on your social media profiles.

Twitter Posts

Relevance of Global Health Security to the U.S. Export Economy

• In addition to tragic loss of life, disease outbreaks can cause trade disruptions. Will the U.S. export economy be vulnerable if one occurs? Examine the possibilities in Health Security Journal.
  http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0051
• Health threats are able to disrupt the global economy and U.S. jobs linked to exports. Learn more in Health Security Journal. #globalhealthsecurity
  http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0051
• Preventing, detecting and controlling infectious diseases at their source helps to prevent widespread health and economic disruption. #globalhealthsecurity http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0051

Impact of Hypothetical Infectious Disease on U.S. Exports and Export-Based Jobs

• A global infectious disease outbreak can have a catastrophic impact on key aspects of the U.S. economy and the public’s health. One outbreak model explains how. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0052
• #Globalhealthsecurity efforts can reduce the negative economic and health impacts of an outbreak. Read about the potential threats a global outbreak presents. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0052
• U.S. efforts to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks abroad can help to protect the demand for U.S. exports that support U.S.-related jobs. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0052

Facebook Posts

Relevance of Global Health Security to the U.S. Export Economy

• Although the global transportation network provides many efficiencies for trade, it may also speed up the spread of an infectious pathogen to major cities. Could a disease outbreak cause trade disruptions? Learn more by reading Global Health Security: Relevance to the U.S. Export Industry. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0051

Impact of Hypothetical Infectious Disease on U.S. Exports and Export-Based Jobs

• Could a global disease outbreak put America’s economy in jeopardy and threaten the public’s health? An outbreak scenario in Health Security provides details on this threat. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0052

Instagram Posts

Relevance of Global Health Security to the U.S. Export Economy
Outbreaks, even without crossing borders, can disrupt trade flows by destabilizing economies that serve as export markets. Will the US export economy be vulnerable if one occurs? The link in our profile provides more info from Health Security Journal.
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0051

Impact of Hypothetical Infectious Disease on U.S. Exports and Export-Based Jobs
Could America’s economy and the public’s health be in jeopardy if a global infectious disease outbreak occurred? To understand the potential outcome, the link in our profile provides more info from Health Security Journal.
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2017.0052

Hashtags and Handles

#GlobalHealthSecurity
@cdcglobal Twitter
@cdcglobal Facebook
@cdcglobal Instagram
@DrMartinCDC Twitter

Download Shareable Graphics

How to use: Post and share these graphics and videos on your social media channels, blogs, and websites. Find more Global Health Security social media graphics here.