The concept of health system resilience has gained popularity in the global health
discourse, featuring in UN policies, academic articles and conferences. While substantial …

Introduction The variety of frameworks and models to describe resilience in the health
system has led researchers and policymakers to confusion and the inability to its …

Background Research on health systems resilience has focused primarily on the theoretical
development of the concept and its dimensions. There is an identified knowledge gap in the …

Abstract System resilience has long been an area of study, and the term has become
increasingly used across different sectors. Studies on resilience in health systems are more …

Background Understanding the resilience of healthcare is critically important. A resilient
healthcare system might be expected to consistently deliver high quality care, withstand …

Background: Health systems are based on 6 functions that need to work together at all times
to effectively deliver safe and quality health services. These functions are vulnerable to …

Health system resilience, known as the ability for health systems to absorb, adapt or
transform to maintain essential functions when stressed or shocked, has quickly gained …

Health system resilience is key to coping with catastrophic events, such as the economic
crisis and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but there is much confusion about what …

The need for resilient health systems is recognized as important for the attainment of health
outcomes, given the current shocks to health services. Resilience has been defined as the …

Abstract Background The 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak was a wake-up call regarding the
critical importance of resilient health systems. Fragile health systems can become …