Runtime: June 2024 – June 2028
Client: Sponsored by NWO
Project description
Pandemic preparedness has become a world-wide concern after the Covid pandemic. Given climate change, future pandemics are becoming all the more likely. To better prepare for such events, it is of great importance to start working on the resilience of our health and care systems. In this project, which is a close collaboration with TU Delft, Institute of Technology Bandung, University of Indonesia, and the Pekumpulan Inisiatif, we set out to study and improve the resilience of the Indonesian health system. In the project, we bring different types of expertise together, ranging from knowledge about the spread of infectious diseases to knowledge about the functioning and governance of health systems.
We also make use of different methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative, in this action-oriented project. We set out to analyse the relations between climate-induced crises (e.g. floodings, heat waves) and the risk of infectious disease outbreaks, especially in vulnerable spaces and populations. We also analyse the Indonesian reaction and responses to the Covid pandemic in close collaboration with policymakers and citizen groups, and study the current resilience of the Indonesian healthcare system. From the results of this study, we develop a roadmap for further improving the resilience of the Indonesian health system.
Team
Amalia Hasnida, Robert Borst, Roland Bal