With ageing populations, the rising burden of chronic disease and the impacts of climate change on health, health systems are struggling to meet people’s health needs. And around the world, inequities in healthcare are growing from low- to high-income countries, with vulnerable populations the most affected.
To address these challenges, we need to priortise building stable, resilient health systems with the right infrastructure, to deliver equitable outcomes and meet people’s health needs today and tomorrow.
Together with the London School of Economics (LSE) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), we established the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR), a non-profit, multi-sector, global collaboration focused on policy change to improve global health by building more sustainable and resilient health systems. This public-private collaboration is now active in more than 30 countries and has built, and continues to expand upon, one of the largest bodies of work on the sustainability and resilience of health systems globally.
The PHSSR has published 26 reports with robust, evidence-based recommendations for policy change, and the collaboration has resulted in 30+ policy changes around the world to strengthen health systems and positively impact care and treatment for millions of patients.
Guided by three pillars; robust research, evidence-driven recommendations for change, and driving action to positively transform health systems, the PHSSR is taking a cross-border and cross-sectoral approach to accelerate change for our health systems. Since launching, the partnership has been joined by other members including Philips, KPMG, the Center for Asia‐Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI) and the WHO Foundation alongside other organisations at regional and national levels.
With its unmatched collective expertise spanning health research, policy and innovation, the PHSSR is driving focused interventions and policy change.

Health systems must prepare for future pandemic threats, climate change, conflict, or technological or economic shocks. Then, when the next crisis occurs, we can mobilise quickly and potentially reduce the number of preventable deaths. This can only be done if we make health a strategic asset.
Taking bold action for a sustainable future
We support the PHSSR's global goals by providing tools and resources for research and convening. By working with others to enable knowledge sharing, we are helping to build a platform which facilitates global, multi-sector policy implementation.
The collective efforts of the partnership are strengthening health systems to positively impact the delivery of care and treatment for millions of patients.
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