Health justice in fragile and shock-prone settings: from theory to practice towards building resilient health systems

This presentation was made at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Japan in November 2024 by Wesam Mansour of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Health injustice is at the root of fragility, as well as being exacerbated by it, and thinking about and acting upon health justice is key in fragile settings. There is a lack of empirical evidence on what health justice means and its application in fragile settings. This session aimed to clarify the concept of health justice and how it has been applied using evidence from four fragile contexts where close collaborations with different stakeholders including the local communities have been established, and different participatory research methods have been used to co-create interventions to address inequities and build resilient health systems.

Watch a ReBUILD webinar on health justice in conflict settings here.