COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM)

The COVID-19 Health Systems Response Monitor (HSRM) contains information on how countries’ health systems responded to the pandemic between 2020 and early 2022. The Archive of individual country evidence is complemented by cross-country comparative Analyses which synthesise policy responses to key challenges presented by the crisis and point the way to building better-prepared and more resilient health systems.

 

The Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) was designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize information on how countries were responding to the crisis between 2020 and early 2022. The regular updates over this period have now been turned into an Archive of country evidence. It focuses primarily on the responses of health systems but also captures wider public health initiatives. Complementary cross-country Analyses highlight responses in key policy areas and lessons learnt.

The Monitor is a joint undertaking of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Click here for policy recommendations and technical guidance from the WHO Regional Office for Europe on how to strengthen the health systems response to COVID-19 and click here for the EU coronavirus response in the area of public health.

 

Publications

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Health system resilience post-COVID: Moving towards more European cooperation (Eurohealth)

The resilience of health systems and cooperation between Member States have become particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the occasion...

Health systems resilience during COVID-19:
Lessons for building back better

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a health system shock of unprecedented scale. Health systems resilience – defined as the ability to absorb, adapt,...

COVID-19 and the opportunity to strengthen health system governance (Eurohealth)

The aim of this special issue is to contribute to enhanced public health and health system resilience through addressing governance issues during the pandemic....

Strengthening health systems resilience: key concepts and strategies

Health system resilience is key to coping with catastrophic events, such as the economic crisis and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but there is much...

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