Health systems resilience during COVID-19: Lessons for building back better
Published on: 11th June 2024
Reference type: Strategy
Summary:
This health policy series book by the WHO European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies sets out that health systems resilience – defined as the ability to absorb, adapt, and transform to cope with shocks – is needed to ensure sustained performance of health system functions. The book identifies 20 key strategies, grouped according to the health systems functions that have been found as enhancing health systems resilience in the face of COVID-19. The strategies describe how to secure and (re)allocate financing while leaving no one behind, and emphasize the importance of governance and the need for more health workers who are fit for the job and well supported.