This report outlines the proceedings and discussions at a session on Building health systems
resilience in fragile states emerging from conflict or other forms of severe disruption which
was organised by the Thematic Working Group on Health Systems in Fragile and Conflictaffected States (TWG-FCAS) at the 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
As well as presenting and discussing experiences and learning from two case studies,
participants explored broader questions around potential strategies and likely barriers to
achieve greater health systems resilience in the medium term, and identified relevant
research questions that would lead to better evidence to support appropriate strategies.
The session also helped to identify the next steps for the (TWG-FCAS) to take forward the
use of the concept of resilient health systems in FCAS, and appropriate research activities.