Making 'resilience' useful again: recognising health system resilience as an effective boundary object

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium bmarchal@itg.be.
² Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium.
³ Department of Conflict Resolution, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁶ Royal Thai Government Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁷ Family Medicine and Population Health Department, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁸ Research Group for Urban Development, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Department of Clinical Sciences, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Bruno Marchal et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;8(5):e012064.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012064.

¹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium bmarchal@itg.be.
² Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium.
³ Department of Conflict Resolution, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁶ Royal Thai Government Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁷ Family Medicine and Population Health Department, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁸ Research Group for Urban Development, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Department of Clinical Sciences, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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Keywords: COVID-19; control strategies; health policy; health systems; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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