The seminar presented the key concepts of health system resilience and stages of a shock as they relate to systems thinking, and discussed strategies for building resilience from the evidence and lessons learned during COVID-19 in the European region.

Facilitators: Dr Dell Saulnier and Dr Daniel Cobos, Co.Leads of the SYSTAC European Hub

Prof. Steve Thomas Trinity College Dublin. Prof. Thomas is the Edward Kennedy Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of Health Policy and Engagement for the School of Medicine. He is the lead author of the ’Strengthening health systems resilience: Key concepts and strategies’ report from the European Observatory.

Anna Sagan London School of Economics and Political Science. Anna is a Research Fellow at LSE and an Honorary Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research areas include health system resilience, health insurance, and health system value. She is the Editor of the ’Health systems resilience during COVID-19: Lessons for building back better’ report from the European Observatory.