Health Systems for Health Security Workshop

Thursday, 20 May 2021 | 1200 to 1700 hrs (CET)

The World Health Organization & the University of Leeds co-organize a workshop on “Health Systems for Health Security”.

Countries have made significant progress in improving capacities to manage health emergencies. Yet recent events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have demonstrated that no country is fully prepared to deal with a crisis of this scale, speed and severity. While exposing gaps in health security, the COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted limitations in health systems to absorb the shock and increased demands of such an event, including being flexible and agile enough to adapt to disruptions and ensuring the continuity of essential health services. Although governments have accomplished much about health security, there is a clear need for building more robust and more resilient health systems to prevent, prepare for, earlier detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Thus, this is a timely opportunity to leverage the advances made in COVID-19 and increase investments in health systems for health security (#HSforHS).

Opening remarks will be delivered by

Dr. Jaouad Mahjour - Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and International Health Regulations - WHO

Professor Simone Buitendijk - Vice Chancellor - University of Leeds

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