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HLH Newsletter
July 2023
Welcome to the HLH Newsletter!
The HLH is a WHO knowledge platform to share cross-country learning on maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-pandemic recovery. Learn more about us here.
The HLH Newsletter is a place to share up-to-date information on key knowledge products from WHO and the Network of Networks. If you have any queries or wish to contribute, please email us: hlh@who.int.
HLH update
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The World Health Organization invites you to participate in a survey that aims to gather insights in how you have used the WHO Health Services Learning Hub (HLH) knowledge platform. The survey will help us to understand how the HLH has been utilized since its launch during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2021. It also solicits your opinions on how the HLH can be further developed to help countries with post-pandemic recovery of health services. Use the following link to access and complete the survey.
Please do share the survey link widely, in particular with anyone whom you know has used the HLH. If you have any questions email khatrij@who.int.
New Action Brief:
Other WHO news:
Primary Health Care for Resilient Health Systems in Latin America
Latin American countries were hard hit by COVID-19 with high mortality rates and the additional stress to health systems already overstretched by a number of challenges. This recent OECD report examines the experience of seven countries in Latin America – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru – considering primary health care policies and actions taken to absorb the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and aid recovery. The findings and recommendations of this report provide guidance to public authorities in the region in their efforts to better prepare and increase the resilience of health systems through stronger primary health care.
Digital technology proved instrumental for the delivery of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries around the world. This new resource from Imperial College London looks at the potential for digital technologies to support primary care delivery across the Sub-Saharan Africa where digital technology is being widely used. It describes the applications of digital health in this context, the levers for effective use of digital health in primary care, and the challenges and gaps. The report also provides recommendations for action and policy to key stakeholders to maximize the benefits of digital technologies for patients, providers, and health systems.
Health Systems Resilience During COVID-19: Cross-Country Lessons for Future Public Health Emergencies
In May, the Brown Pandemic Center hosted a discussion with the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and Makerere University School of Public Health exploring lessons learnt from countries on health systems resilience during COVID-19. The webinar recording can be found here.
Country experiences:
Costa Rica: https://www.exemplars.health/emerging-topics/ecr/costa-rica
Dominican Republic: https://www.exemplars.health/emerging-topics/ecr/dominican-republic
Sri Lanka: https://www.exemplars.health/emerging-topics/ecr/sri-lanka
Thailand: https://www.exemplars.health/emerging-topics/ecr/thailand
Uganda: https://www.exemplars.health/emerging-topics/ecr/uganda
Ghana is forthcoming
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