Health system response to climate-related shocks in a lower-middle-income country setting: A comparative study of floods and droughts in Pakistan
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2026
Read this Global Public Health paper here. [opens new tab] Climate-related shocks in Pakistan, particularly floods and droughts, are increasingly disrupting essential health services and worsening existing vulnerabilities. Despite expanded disaster management structures, the health system’s ability to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to these shocks remains poorly understood. This study explored how planning, resourcing, coordination, and… Read more
Health systems strengthening and resilience-building in fragile and conflict-affected settings: Experiences and operational perspectives of international NGOs
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2026
Study addresses the evidence gap on how health system strengthening can be operationalised at the intersection between humanitarian and recovery phases, with perspectives of practitioners engaged in HSS in a range of fragile settings.
The role of diaspora in supporting health system resilience in fragile and shock-prone settings: A scoping review
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2026
Scoping review which aim examines the literature on diaspora contributions to health systems resilience in fragile and shock-prone settings
Strengthening institutional coordination for climate resilient health systems
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2026
Article examines coordination for climate resilient health systems in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan
Research capacity strengthening in fragile settings: Case study from ReBUILD for Resilience
Resource Type: Case studies
Year: 2026
Case study describing ReBUILD’s capacity strengthening approaches and activities to strengthen health policy and systems research skills
‘Urban Echoes’ – public health digital booklet for climate-affected communities
Resource Type: Learning tool/guides
Year: 2026
A poster developed by the team at BRAC JP Grant School of Public Health, Bangladesh as part of the Urban Echoes study, advising people in informal urban settlements on staying healthy when faced with the impacts of climate change.
‘Safe family, safe community’ climate health poster
Resource Type: Posters
Year: 2026
A poster developed by the team at BRAC JP Grant School of Public Health, Bangladesh as part of the Urban Echoes study, advising people in informal urban settlements on staying healthy when faced with the impacts of climate change.
ReBUILD special issue launch – webinar recording
Resource Type: Audio visual
Year: 2026
A recording of the webinar which launched the ReBUILD Special issue of Social Science and Medicine – Health Systems journal
Strengthening local health system resilience: Evidence and lessons from five years of embedded learning site research in the municipalities of Nepal
Resource Type: Briefs
Year: 2026
Policy brief provides national, regional & global stakeholders with evidence-based, actionable strategies for building health system resilience in a decentralized, LMIC context
Health financing in Syria: from fragmentation and donor dependence to a phased and nationally-led transition
Resource Type: Briefs
Year: 2026
Brief on the current state of Syria’s health financing system with recommendations for a transition to a basic public financing function and the introduction of a realistic Essential Health Services Package