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  • Crisis-Related Measles Outbreaks in Low-Income Countries and the Need for Increased Health Systems Resilience

  • Fawzieh Ghammari, Habib Jalilian
  • Journal:
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 18 / 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 October 2024, e206
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  • The measles is a highly contagious disease that can be prevented by vaccination. During and after crises, vaccination against measles decreases in low-income countries, leading to outbreaks. It is possible for developed countries to be at risk from these outbreaks through travel. Low-income countries’ health systems are not resilient to crises. Lack of capacity among these countries causes a decrease in vaccinations. As a result, we provide some recommendations for increasing the resilience of the health system in low-income countries in this letter.

  • Chapter 37 - Better Health Systems for Better Outcomes

  • from Section 2 - Transforming Health Systems: Confronting Challenges, Seizing Opportunities
  • Edited by Sameen Siddiqi, Aga Khan University, Awad Mataria, World Health Organization, Egypt, Katherine D. Rouleau, University of Toronto, Meesha Iqbal, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston
  • Book:
    Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries
    Published online:
    08 December 2022
    Print publication:
    29 December 2022, pp 578-593

  • Summary

    This Chapter distils and brings together key lessons presented throughout the book, complements these with additional experiences needed for health systems to make a difference to the lives of the people they serve. It highlights the importance of health systems and systems thinking beyond traditional models and frameworks; critical role of leadership in health; the changing role of ministries of health in the 21st century and in the ‘post’ COVID-19 period; complexities of health system reforms and the importance of their political disposition; integrating security as an additional goal of the health system and making them resilient; significance of measuring, monitoring and managing health systems for achieving the desired results; and empowering communities and hearing their voices as essential to making it happen! Each section concludes with key messages for policymakers, managers, health care providers and professionals striving to strengthening of health systems in their countries.