Recovery toolkit: supporting countries to achieve health service resilience: a library of tools and resources available during the recovery period of a public health emergency

Overview

The overall goal of this Toolkit is to support countries in the reactivation of essential health services in the aftermath of a public health emergency. The Toolkit has been constructed to support the implementation of national health plans. The initial target audience are WHO Country Offices, for onward sharing and dissemination to ministries of health and implementation partners in-country.

The development of this Toolkit has been driven by the need for normative guidance in the context of a public health emergency and the importance of being able to easily access relevant sources of technical assistance, including appropriate and useful resources. Since February 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been working closely with national governments and the international health community, mobilizing a large-scale response effort in relation to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa. This involved providing technical experts, strategic support, resource mobilization, guidance development, training and capacity-building, supplies and logistical support and expediting research and development during the response and on into the early recovery period.