Global Health Security: Resources

Below are links to further information about global health security, including resources for the International Health Regulations (2005) and Global Health Security Agenda.

Tools

• WHO Joint External Evaluation Tool
• CDC Foundation: A Health Threat Anywhere Impacts Business Everywhere
• CDC Digital Press Kit: (Global Health Security)

Websites

• CDC and HHS
  • Global Health Security
  • CDC’s Role in Global Health Security
    • Prevent
    • Detect
    • Respond
  • FY 2015 Ebola Response Funding
  • Global Health Security website (Office of Global Affairs, HHS)
• Other Websites
  • Global Health Security Agenda
  • Strengthening health security by implementing the International Health Regulations (2005) (WHO)

• Fact Sheets

  • Global Health Security Agenda
    • Implementing the Global Health Security Agenda [197 KB, 1 Page]
    • Vision and Overarching Target of the Global Health Security Agenda [807 KB, 2 Pages]
    • U.S. Commitment to the Global Health Security Agenda [3.2 MB, 2 Pages]
    • Global Health Security Agenda: Action Packages [258 KB, 26 Pages]
    • Driving Outcomes Toward the Global Health Security Agenda [1.2MB, 2 Pages]
    • Investing In Health: Investing In Africa’s Future – Science and Health [397 KB, 2 Pages]
  • White House
    • The U.S. Commitment to the Global Health Security Agenda
    • Global Health Security
    • Global Health Security Agenda: Getting Ahead of the Curve on Epidemic Threats
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
    • Emerging Pandemic Threats 2 (EPT-2) Program
    • EPT-2 Alignment with the Global Health Security Agenda [63 KB, 3 Pages]
  • CDC Global Health Security Funding
    • FY 2015-2019 Emergency Funding – Overview [442 KB, 1 Page]
    • FY 2015-2019 Emergency Funding – Global Health Security Agenda and National Public Health Institutes [630 KB, 1 Page]

  Key Scientific Articles and Reports

  • CDC-Authored
    • Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda: Progress and Early Impact for U.S. Investment, 2016 December
    • Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic, Lancet. 2015 May 9; 385 (9980): 1884 – 1901.
    • Safer Countries Through Global Health Security. Lancet. 2014 Mar 1;383(9919):764-6.
    • Strengthening global health security capacity–Vietnam demonstration project, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jan 31;63(4):77-80.
    • Rapidly Building Global Health Security Capacity — Uganda Demonstration Project, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jan 31;63(4):73-6.
    • International Health Regulations – What Gets Measured Gets Done. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jul; 18(7): 1054–105.
    • Investing in a Safer United States – What is Global Health Security and Why Does it Matter? [920 KB, 16 Pages] Center for Strategic and International Studies. August 2012.
  • Select Partners
    • The cost of Ebola. The Lancet Global Health. 8 July 2015; Vol. 3, Issue 8 , e423
    • Health-care worker mortality and the legacy of the Ebola epidemic. World Bank. 9 July 2015
    • Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) [422 KB, 26 Pages] World Health Organization (WHO). 2015 Jan 16.
    • Bridging the Health Security Divide: Department of Defense Support for the Global Health Security Agenda. Biosecur Bioterror. 2014 Sep-Oct;12(5):247-53.
    • Global Health Security Agenda and the International Health Regulations: Moving Forward. Biosecur Bioterror. 2014 Sep-Oct;12(5):231-8.

  Blogs on Global Health Security

  • White House
    • Uniting in Seoul to Extinguish Epidemic Threats through the Global Health Security Agenda
    • Why Global Health Security Is an Emergency
    • Making the World Safer from Pandemic Threats: A New Agenda for Global Health Security
    • Welcoming the G20’s Commitment to Stop Ebola and Strengthen Global Health Security
    • White House Hosts Meeting on Global Health Security
  • CDC
    • Indonesia Takes a Leadership Position in the Global Health Security Agenda
    • Global Health Security in Africa: Collaborations Between CDC and African Partners
    • Helsinki, Finland – The Next Step in Accelerating Global Health Security
    • Strengthening Global Health Security Protects Americans
    • Fresh Voices From the Field: Building Partnerships for Global Health Security in Vietnam
    • A Layer of Protection: CDC Partners With Vietnam to Strengthen Global Health Security
    • CDC in Thailand: Working abroad for global health security
    • Global Health Security

  Media Coverage

  • U.S. Government
    • New York Times: Obama Urges Global Effort to Help Prevent Epidemics
    • Washington Post: Leaders Urged To Strengthen Global Health Security In Wake Of Ebola Epidemic
    • Vox: Ebola czar – “This thing isn’t over yet.” And the next pandemic could be even worse”
  • CDC
    • Voice of America: Q&A: Ahead of Seoul-Hosted GHSA Meeting, CDC Director Talks Ebola
    • The Atlantic: Why Global Health Security Is imperative
    • CNN: 5 ways disease in other countries can kill you
    • Associated Press: US looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak.
    • Cultures Magazine: Happening Now: Q&A with Dr. Thomas Frieden [39 MB, 116 pages]
    • CDC in the News