Gerard Schmets

Dados Biográficos

ID9005756
NOMEGerard Schmets
PRENOMESGerard
SOBRENOMESchmets
ASSINATURASCHMETS G
AFILIAÇÕESWorld Health Organization
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2014
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Health policy, collaboration and investment in the post-Covid era

    Open AccessSohel Saikat, Sohel Quaderi Saikat et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2026

    The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in health systems globally, highlighting chronic underinvestment, fragmentation, and a lack of preparedness with catastrophic impact on public health, economies and societies. Lessons learned reconfirmed the necessity to build health systems resilience, integrating efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health security in tandem. This study identified 63 global and regional policies, collab…

  • Operationalising health in the humanitarian–development–peace nexus (HDPN) in Africa

    Open AccessAmbrose Talisuna, Sohel Saikat et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Humanitarian needs are escalating globally, with around 300 million people requiring assistance—over half in Africa. These crises are increasingly driven by conflict, climate-related disasters and emergencies and economic instability, all severely impacting public health and disrupting health systems. A new approach is essential to address root causes of humanitarian crises and develop durable solutions. In response to this need, the WHO develope…

  • Use of Results-Oriented Monitoring tools to enhance global health accountability

    Open AccessMaria Roura, Eva Capa et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    Governments and organisations must demonstrate accountability and delivery of results. Results-Oriented Monitoring (ROM) is a European Commission mechanism aiming at enhancing internal control and management. The Health System Strengthening (HSS) for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme provides support towards achieving UHC through policy dialogue in 115 countries. Drawing from the ROM review of the HSS for UHC programme, we examine the val…

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

    Open AccessGeraldine McDarby, Redda Seifeldin et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    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 b…

  • Developing technical support and strategic dialogue at the country level to achieve Primary Health Care-based health systems beyond the Covid-19 era

    Open AccessJeremy Cheong Chi Mo, Archana Shah et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    This article is part of the Research Topic ‘ Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict ’. Pursuing the objectives of the Declaration of Alma-Ata for Primary Health Care (PHC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and global health partners are supporting national authorities to improve governance to build resilient and integrated health systems, including recovery from public health stressors, through the long-term…

  • Towards applying the essential public health functions for building health systems resilience

    Open AccessYu Zhang, Geraldine McDarby et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change-related events, protracted conflicts, economic stressors and other health challenges, call for strong public health orientation and leadership in health system strengthening and policies. Applying the essential public health functions (EPHFs) represents a holistic operational approach to public health, which is considered to be an integrated, sustainable, and cost-effective means for supporting universal heal…

  • Towards universal health coverage in the WHO African Region

    Open AccessHumphrey Karamagi, Prosper Tumusiime et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    The move towards universal health coverage is premised on having well-functioning health systems, which can assure provision of the essential health and related services people need. Efforts to define ways to assess functionality of health systems have however varied, with many not translating into concrete policy action and influence on system development. We present an approach to provide countries with information on the functionality of their…

  • Health systems governance

    Open AccessMaryam Bigdeli, Benjamin Rouffy-Ly et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    box Over the past decades, health systems have experienced major transformation. The role of ministries of health has changed, progressively shifting from direct provision of health services to overall stewardship of the health sector, including financing and oversight of private providers.1 Health reforms have triggered that shift, fostering new institutions, such as national medicines agencies, public health agencies, disease control agencies (…

  • Health-system resilience

    Open AccessMarie-Paule Kieny, D Evans et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the World Health…2014

    Disease outbreaks and catastrophes can affect countries at any time, causing substantial human suffering and deaths and economic losses. If health systems are ill-equipped to deal with such situations, the affected populations can be very vulnerable.1 The current Ebola virus disease outbreak in western Africa highlights how an epidemic can proliferate rapidly and pose huge problems in the absence of a strong health system capable of a rapid and i…