Tuesday 21 November 2023 (12:00-13:00 CET)
Resilience is the ability of the health system to absorb, adapt and transform to cope with shocks and is critical to maintaining adequate health system performance under stress. Primary health care is an enormous contributor to resilience as demonstrated during COVID-19.
Primary care offers health security through its commitment to prevention and equity and its holistic approach to health, addressing the wide array of health needs.
What features of primary health care make it central to ensuring health security? What can countries learn from each other? How can investing in primary health care strengthen resilience in the future? Join us to find out!
Speakers:
Juliane Winkelmann, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
Sara Calderón, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Zlate Mehmedovic, Ministry of Health, North Macedonia
Tom Rausch, Ministry of Health, Luxembourg
Moderators:
Matthias Wismar & Erica Richardson (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
00:00 Introduction
04:27 Poll
05:35 How primary health care can strengthen resilience
17:04 Poll results
18:31 North Macedonia primary health care
29:58 PHC health workforce in Spain
36:16 PHC and trust in Luxembourg
43:33 Q&A
55:46 Closing