Towards health systems resilience to extreme weather events: Managing health needs during floods in Cambodia : EBA Dissertation Brief 2020:07
Saulnier, Dell LU
(2020)
- Abstract
- Extreme weather events like floods are expected to become more common as
climate change continues, putting health at risk. Systems should be able to
continue delivering essential health services when shocked by events like floods
and provide care for the expected new health needs caused by the shock.
Resilient health systems have the capacity to maintain their functions and to
change when shocked, enabling them to continue delivering these health
services, yet there is little evidence about what creates resilience. The
contribution of this thesis was to identify capacities that foster health systems
resilience, by assessing the effects of flooding on health and the capacity of the
public health system to... (More) - Extreme weather events like floods are expected to become more common as
climate change continues, putting health at risk. Systems should be able to
continue delivering essential health services when shocked by events like floods
and provide care for the expected new health needs caused by the shock.
Resilient health systems have the capacity to maintain their functions and to
change when shocked, enabling them to continue delivering these health
services, yet there is little evidence about what creates resilience. The
contribution of this thesis was to identify capacities that foster health systems
resilience, by assessing the effects of flooding on health and the capacity of the
public health system to manage health needs during floods in Cambodia.
Well-functioning health systems are key to reducing the health impacts of
extreme weather events and to achieving Universal Health Coverage. This is
also an issue of great relevance to Swedish development cooperation within the
areas of equitable health, sustainability and climate change. Recommendations
based on the findings include to: recognize context as a driving factor in
developing resilience; incorporate existing community actions into health
system shock responses to strengthen trust and resilience; learn from repeated
exposure to shocks; and strengthen health system stability and flexibility
through collaboration and relationships. (Less)
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- author
- Saulnier, Dell
LU
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- pages
- 39 pages
- publisher
- Expertgruppen för Biståndsanalys (EBA)
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 85dc255d-c57c-4aca-87e0-068f8e3661a9
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abstract = {{Extreme weather events like floods are expected to become more common as<br/>climate change continues, putting health at risk. Systems should be able to<br/>continue delivering essential health services when shocked by events like floods<br/>and provide care for the expected new health needs caused by the shock.<br/>Resilient health systems have the capacity to maintain their functions and to<br/>change when shocked, enabling them to continue delivering these health<br/>services, yet there is little evidence about what creates resilience. The<br/>contribution of this thesis was to identify capacities that foster health systems<br/>resilience, by assessing the effects of flooding on health and the capacity of the<br/>public health system to manage health needs during floods in Cambodia.<br/>Well-functioning health systems are key to reducing the health impacts of<br/>extreme weather events and to achieving Universal Health Coverage. This is<br/>also an issue of great relevance to Swedish development cooperation within the<br/>areas of equitable health, sustainability and climate change. Recommendations<br/>based on the findings include to: recognize context as a driving factor in<br/>developing resilience; incorporate existing community actions into health<br/>system shock responses to strengthen trust and resilience; learn from repeated<br/>exposure to shocks; and strengthen health system stability and flexibility<br/>through collaboration and relationships.}},
author = {{Saulnier, Dell}},
institution = {{Expertgruppen för Biståndsanalys (EBA)}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{Towards health systems resilience to extreme weather events: Managing health needs during floods in Cambodia : EBA Dissertation Brief 2020:07}},
url = {{https://eba.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020_07_webb-Saulnier.pdf}},
year = {{2020}},
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