International research consortium examining health system resilience in fragile settings experiencing shocks incl violence, conflict & pandemics. UK aid funded.
NEW BRIEF: Aid cut responses & health system resilience in Sierra Leone
Impacts, coping strategies & long-term policy options to build resilience amidst funding volatility.
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New - Toolkit for research capacity strengthening in fragile and shock-prone settings
Practical guidance for designing, implementing and sustaining your own program, based on the ReBUILD experience
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NEW BRIEF: Somalia’s health system at a crossroads: Sustaining essential services in a changing financing landscape
When 85–90% of a country's health financing comes from development partners, what happens when that is cut?
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“What came across is how dynamic fragility, displacement and crisis are – ReBUILD for Resilience has found creative ways to work with and learn from this constant change in fragile contexts” was a comment from a participant in ReBUILD's recent final meeting.
Read about that meeting here...
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Check out this short film in which we hear from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Elaina Davis and members of the ReBUILD team.
They talk about ReBUILD's impact over 6 years, its legacy and how the evidence will inform FCDO planning.
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NEW BRIEF: 1,000 days of war: The role of the diaspora in supporting Sudan’s health system resilience
The first analysis of diaspora contributions to the resilience of Sudan’s health system, engagement pathways & factors that affect it
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New brief: Strengthening local health system resilience: Evidence and lessons from five years of embedded learning site research in the municipalities of Nepal
@herdintl provides evidence-based, actionable strategies for building health system resilience in LMICs
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How does a country that is one of the most vulnerable to climate change, extreme weather events and associated health risks deal with this threat at the policy level?
This brief from @herdintl in #Nepal aims to answer that question
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NEW PAPER - A liminal health system: Exploring the resilience strategies of healthcare providers & communities along the Thailand-Myanmar border
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Climate change has been a key theme in ReBUILD's research work. In this new paper, you can read about climate-related shocks in #Pakistan, particularly floods and droughts.
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New brief: Strengthening local health system resilience: Evidence and lessons from five years of embedded learning site research in the municipalities of Nepal
@herdintl provides evidence-based, actionable strategies for building health system resilience in LMICs
Read it here: buff.ly/bceXWZ7
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In Mustang District, researchers may often view field work through the lens of their challenges, but there is a quieter truth that can go unnoticed. One of our field researchers speaks of the beauty of working the in the remote Nepali mountains.
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Climate change has been a key theme in ReBUILD's research work. In this new paper, you can read about climate-related shocks in #Pakistan, particularly floods and droughts.
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New ReBUILD mini site launched!
Our 4 study sites and 8 key themes are summarised in a new site, packed with videos, case studies, publications and insights.
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New paper: Health systems strengthening and resilience-building in fragile and conflict-affected settings: Experiences and operational perspectives of international NGOs
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Recent paper - Diaspora as partners: strengthening resilience of health systems & communities amidst aid volatility
Explores the critical, overlooked & underutilised value of diaspora input to LMIC health systems.
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'The Lebanese diaspora and health system resilience: channels, contributions, and policy implications' is our next brief as we revisit ReBUILD's work on diaspora and health systems.
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Next in our revisit of ReBUILD's diaspora work we have 'The role of diaspora in building resilient health systems in fragile settings: key findings and policy recommendations'.
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