The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted health, lives and livelihoods world-wide, and has generated a social and economic crisis characterized by mass unemployment, increased levels of impoverishment, and exacerbation of longstanding inequities in health. As COVID-19 vaccines are deployed globally, a progressive transition from pandemic response to recovery will require renewed focus on building sustainable, resilient health systems, informed by the COVID-19 response.
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LANGUAGES: The session was in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation to both languages.
This Webinar, organized by the Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD), The World Bank and by PAHO/WHO, examined how health systems globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring actions to build health systems resilience in a manner that will improve capacity in preparedness and response against future pandemics, while moving towards our overarching goal of ensuring Universal Health.
- Health Systems Response and Resilience: Experiences and Lessons from the OECD
- Resilience in Health Systems: A perspective from The World Bank
- Strategy for Health Systems Resilience in the Americas - PAHO/WHO
- Francesca Colombo Head of the Health Division, OECD
- Zara Shubber Team Leader, Health Systems Resilience, The World Bank
- James Fitzgerald Director, Health Systems and Services, PAHO/WHO
- Amalia Del Riego, Chief, Health Services and Access Unit, PAHO/WHO