Category: 2024

Resilience in interconnected community and formal health (and connected) systems

Paper argues that resilience capacities in both formal and community health systems, and connected systems, be considered in health system resilience conceptual frameworks


Linking local knowledge to global discourse: Work on migration and health

Case study looking at ReBUILD’s work on migration and health, linking local knowledge to global discourse in various fora


Communities mobilise and take health action in a Sierra Leone learning site

Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to mobilise communities for health action in Sierra Leone


Towards a typology of financial autonomy of primary healthcare facilities in LMICs

A presentation from Prof Sophie Witter – Towards a typology of financial autonomy of primary healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)


Empowering women in healthcare: A community-led initiative for resilience and integration

Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to create a support group for informally-employed female refugee healthcare workers in Lebanon


Migration, displacement and health systems – podcast

A podcast from ReBUILD for resilience – ‘Migration, displacement and health systems’. Part of the ‘Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems’ series.


Health system resilience in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: preliminary document review findings

Presentation by Mengistu Hagazi of Mekelle University in Ethiopia titled ‘Health system resilience in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: preliminary document review findings’


Strengthening health system through advancement of data quality, evidence generation and use in decision-making: case study from a Learning Site in Nepal

Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work to strengthen the capacity to generate and utilise quality health data for effective planning in Kapilvastu, Nepal


Moving beyond capacity: A journey to evidence-based action

Case study looking at the impact of ReBUILD’s work exploring the structures underlying the absence of a culture of evidence-based action and decision-making within the Majdal Anjar Municipal Health Committee


Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems podcasts

The ‘Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems’ ReBUILD for Resilience podcast series. Explores a different resilience-related topic each episode.


Non-State and Informal Actors in Fragile Settings – podcast

A podcast from ReBUILD for resilience – ‘Non-State and Informal Actors in Fragile Settings’. Part of the ‘Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems’ series.


The Health Workforce in Times of Crisis – podcast

A podcast from ReBUILD for resilience – ‘The Health Workforce in Times of Crisis’. Part of the ‘Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems’ series.


Political economy analysis for health financing – a ‘how to’ guide

WHO’s Political Economy of Health Financing: How-to Guide lays out a structured way to organize and analyze key political economy factors that can impact a health financing reform


Strengthening climate-resilient health systems: opportunities and challenges – policy brief

Policy brief summarises key lessons from a webinar, Strengthening climate-resilient health systems: Opportunities and challenges, bringing together learning on ‘climate mainstreaming’ in the health sector from three projects undertaken by Oxford Policy Management


The Tragedy of War: partnerships and strategies to deliver essential health care to vulnerable Yemeni children and babies

A video lecture by Professor Najla Al-Sonboli which explores the challenges of delivering health services in challenging environments and illustrates how solidarity and support can make a difference.


No health without peace: Health justice in armed conflict settings – webinar

Video of a webinar on ‘No health without peace: Health justice in armed conflict settings’ featuring Najal Al-Sonboli, Khine Wai Wai Oo, Mohammed Abdalgadir, Mohammed Alkhaldi, Fouad Fouad and Egbert Sondorp


Gender, health systems resilience and equity – podcast

A podcast from ReBUILD for resilience – ‘Gender, health systems resilience and equity’. Part of the ‘Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems’ series.


Claiming local decision space: the Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar

In this AUB video, the ReBUILD for Resilience team in Lebanon present on the claiming local decision space: the Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar


Refugee women in the informal health sector in Lebanon: gendered experiences of close-to-community healthcare providers during the COVID-19 response

This paper explores the lived experiences of men and women close-to-community healthcare providers in Beqaa, Lebanon, examining their gendered experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic


Strengthening climate-resilient health systems: opportunities and challenges at policy and facility level – webinar

Video of a webinar on ‘Strengthening climate-resilient health systems: opportunities and challenges at policy and facility level’ featuring Elizabeth Gogoi, Mahwish Hayee, Kenneth C Ene, Renzo Guinto, Helen Yaxley and Sushil Baral


Using participatory research to address gender norms of female close-to-community health providers in Lebanon & Nepal – a poster

Poster on using participatory research to address gender norms of female close-to-community health providers in Lebanon & Nepal


Revisiting resilience in health systems research – podcast

A podcast from ReBUILD for resilience – ‘Revisiting resilience in health systems research’. Part of the ‘Stories of Resilience – Local Lives and Health Systems’ series.


Understanding health system resilience in responding to a pandemic: experience and lessons from an evolving context of federalization in Nepal

ReBUILD paper on how Nepal’s federalised health system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons to be learned


Health Workers – a film

‘Health Workers’ is a film that chronicles the journey of five female health workers who challenge ingrained social norms after relocating from Syria to Lebanon, where they unexpectedly become the sole breadwinners for their families.


The interplay of gender and other vulnerabilities: A participatory action research with informal Syrian close-to-community health care providers in Lebanon

In this AUB video, the ReBUILD for Resilience team in Lebanon present on the gendered experiences of close-to-community health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic


Video on the Kapilvastu Learning Site in Nepal

A video from HERD International which introduces the team’s learning site in Kapilvastu District in Nepal


Forced migration and health systems: a proposal for a new approach

Fouad Fouad speaks on Forced migration and health systems: a proposal for a new approach


Health sector policy responses for human resources for health during COVID-19

Case study looking at the impact of COVID-19 and federalisation on Nepal’s health system, how individual health workers adapted, and the policies enacted to support them


Innovative interim ethical procedures in fragile and shock-prone settings

A ReBUILD case study on the use of innovative interim ethical procedures in fragile and shock-prone settings such as Myanmar


Research on gender and close-to-community providers of health care – providing policy guidance in a pandemic

A ReBUILD case study on its research on gender and close-to-community health care providers and how it has provided policy guidance in a pandemic


Bringing political economy thinking into global health financing policy and practice in fragile and shock-prone settings

A ReBUILD case study on bringing political economy thinking into global health financing policy and practice, in fragile and shock-prone settings


Promoting evidence-based planning by enhancing stakeholders’ understanding of local evidence

A ReBUILD case study on capacity strengthening to encourage evidence-based decision making at the municipal level in Kapilvastu, Nepal


The power of knowledge: evidence-based action in the local governance of the Lebanese health system

A ReBUILD case study on the power of knowledge: evidence-based action in the local governance of the Lebanese health system