A synthesis of concepts of resilience to inform operationalization of health systems resilience in recovery from disruptive public health events including Covid-19

Bibliographic Data

ID22090827
AuthorsGeraldine McDarby (World Health Organization, corresponding author), Redda Seifeldin (0000-0001-6374-0880, World Health Organization), Yu Zhang (0000-0002-0059-270X, World Health Organization), Saqif Mustafa (0000-0002-2034-9387, World Health Organization), Mila Petrova (0000-0001-7351-6815, World Health Organization), Gerard Schmets (World Health Organization), Denis Porignon (0000-0002-0843-5696, World Health Organization), Suraya Dalil (0000-0003-1841-5610, World Health Organization), Sohel Saikat (0000-0003-0952-6036, World Health Organization, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume11
Pages1105537-1105537
Publication date2023-05-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1105537
PMID37250074
OpenAlexW4376279491
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited30

This article is part of the Research Topic ‘ Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict ’ Health systems resilience has become a ubiquitous concept as countries respond to and recover from crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, war and conflict, natural disasters, and economic stressors inter alia . However, the operational scope and definition of health systems resilience to inform health systems recovery and the building back better agenda have not been elaborated in the literature and discourse to date. When widely used terms and their operational definitions appear nebulous or are not consistently used, it can perpetuate misalignment between stakeholders and investments. This can hinder progress in integrated approaches such as strengthening primary health care (PHC) and the essential public health functions (EPHFs) in health and allied sectors as well as hinder progress toward key global objectives such as recovering and sustaining progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), health security, healthier populations, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper represents a conceptual synthesis based on 45 documents drawn from peer-reviewed papers and gray literature sources and supplemented by unpublished data drawn from the extensive operational experience of the co-authors in the application of health systems resilience at country level. The results present a synthesis of global understanding of the concept of resilience in the context of health systems. We report on different aspects of health systems resilience and conclude by proposing a clear operational definition of health systems resilience that can be readily applied by different stakeholders to inform current global recovery and beyond

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