Shifting the paradigm: using disease outbreaks to build resilient health systems

### Summary box Disease outbreaks and health emergencies cause substantial human suffering, death and economic loss. Such events push weak health systems to a breaking point, as witnessed during recent outbreaks of cholera, drug-resistant tuberculosis, Ebola virus disease and Zika virus disease.1–4 The current COVID-19 pandemic is testing the response and resilience of health systems worldwide, including well-resourced systems in Europe and...