What makes health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards? Results from a scoping review

JB Nuzzo, D Meyer, M Snyder, SJ Ravi, A Lapascu… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative …

Cochrane Effective Practice and … - Cochrane database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background This review is one of a series of rapid reviews that Cochrane contributors have
prepared to inform the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic. When new respiratory infectious …

How can health systems better prepare for the next pandemic? Lessons learned from the management of COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada)

H Alami, P Lehoux, R Fleet, JP Fortin, J Liu… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged societies around our globalized
world. To contain the spread of the virus, unprecedented and drastic measures and policies …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing technology for infectious disease response in conflict zones: Challenges, innovations, and policy implications

OPC Ugwu, EU Alum, JN Ugwu, VHU Eze, CN Ugwu… - Medicine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Epidemic outbreaks of infectious diseases in conflict zones are complex threats to public
health and humanitarian activities that require creativity approaches of reducing their …

[HTML][HTML] Fragility and challenges of health systems in pandemic: Lessons from India's second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

MA Malik - Global Health Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The unprecedented healthcare demand due to sudden outbreak of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has almost collapsed the health care systems especially in the …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 and health systems resilience: lessons going forwards

A Sagan, S Thomas, M McKee, M Karanikolos… - Eurohealth, 2020 - apps.who.int
From the early days of the pandemic policy analysts have been trying to understand what
constitutes a resilient health systems response. This article takes stock of the national …

Human security as biosecurity: Reconceptualizing national security threats in the time of COVID-19

C Albert, A Baez, J Rutland - Politics and the Life Sciences, 2021 - cambridge.org
Research within security studies has struggled to determine whether infectious disease (ID)
represents an existential threat to national and international security. With the emergence of …

Lessons from the frontline: leadership and governance experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic response across the Pacific region

G Phillips, M Kendino, CE Brolan, R Mitchell… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Universal access to safe, effective emergency care (EC) during the COVID-19
pandemic has illustrated its centrality to healthcare systems. The 'Leadership and …

Barriers to maternal health services during the Ebola outbreak in three West African countries: a literature review

P Yerger, M Jalloh, CEM Coltart, C King - BMJ global health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, affecting Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone from 2014 to 2016, was a substantial public health crisis with …

Factors influencing the performance of community health workers: a qualitative study of Anganwadi workers from Bihar, India

A John, N Nisbett, I Barnett, R Avula, P Menon - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Globally, there remain significant knowledge and evidence gaps around how to support
Community Health Worker (CHW) programmes to achieve high coverage and quality of …