The Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR) is an initiative under the World Economic Forum to ensure that health systems withstand future crises. In collaboration with the London School of Economics and Politics, AstraZeneca, Philips, and WHO Foundation, CAPRI is expanding PHSSR’s Asia-Pacific presence by leading local research teams to assess national and regional health systems.
The Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR) has conducted an in-depth examination of health systems in the region, resulting in published country-level reports on Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Pacific Islands (with specific attention to the Republic of Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu), Taiwan, and Vietnam. CAPRI, serving as the PHSSR’s Asia-Pacific research hub, has spearheaded four of these six reports and produced an Asia-Pacific Summary Report that considers the common issues affecting health systems in the region.
CAPRI has the following research leads:
PHSSR conducts research by using a common framework, which CAPRI has revised and updated for the Asia-Pacific context. This research highlights how health systems have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The framework draws upon the WHO’s five building blocks of health systems plus two contextual domains:
CAPRI joined PHSSR’s Global Summit at Expo 2025’s Health and Well-being Week. Attended by local and international leaders from the government, civil society, academia, and industry, the summit focused on noncommunicable diseases and digital health transformation.
CAPRI’s Third Annual Forum gathered over 300 participants, including 100 students, in Taipei. With a keynote by Sir Robin Niblett and panelists including policymakers from Taiwan, business leaders from Asia, and scholars and other experts from across the globe, the forum explored challenges and regional responses to rising geopolitical tensions, climate and health vulnerabilities, and economic uncertainty, as well as Taiwan’s growing role in global education and exchange.
Four years after the pandemic, CAPRI research highlights both vulnerabilities and solutions in Pacific Island health systems. The project provides lessons with global relevance for building resilience in the face of climate and health shocks.
As PHSSR’s first research hub, CAPRI authored reports on healthcare systems of Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Pacific Island countries of the Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu, with the Singapore report ongoing. The reports highlight prevailing challenges in healthcare governance, financing, and workforce management.
Our second Annual Forum brought together leaders and experts from across the Asia Pacific and beyond, including Gov. James Gilmore and Taiwan’s VP-elect Bi-khim Hsiao as keynote speakers, for insightful and exciting discussions on a plethora of topics: US and Taiwan leadership, economic interdependence, sustainability, health and energy policy, AI, disaster preparedness, resilience, and innovation.
Our inaugural Annual Forum featured 19 speakers from 12 countries, including Malcolm Turnbull, Chen Chien-jen, members of our International Advisory Council, and board and key stakeholders in the region’s policy community. They discussed pressing challenges to resilience and solutions as the Asia Pacific emerges from the latest crisis and prepares for future ones.
CAPRI Chair Syaru Shirley Lin spoke at the launch event, unveiling plans for the new phase of CAPRI-led research in the Asia Pacific. She emphasized the importance of comparative research and of the Asia-Pacific region in shaping resilient and sustainable health systems worldwide.
CAPRI joined leaders from Philips, AstraZeneca, Gavi, and WHO Foundation to stress the need for economic prioritization of health infrastructure to the importance and contributions of the Asia Pacific in global supply chains and global resilience.
We participated in the Healthcare System Resilience Summit at World Expo 2020 in Dubai. The CAPRI leadership together with experts and leaders worldwide discussed learnings from the pandemic and key innovations for recovery and resilience of healthcare systems.
CAPRI joined PHSSR’s Global Summit at Expo 2025’s Health and Well-being Week. Attended by local and international leaders from the government, civil society, academia, and industry, the summit focused on noncommunicable diseases and digital health transformation.
CAPRI’s Third Annual Forum gathered over 300 participants, including 100 students, in Taipei. With a keynote by Sir Robin Niblett and panelists including policymakers from Taiwan, business leaders from Asia, and scholars and other experts from across the globe, the forum explored challenges and regional responses to rising geopolitical tensions, climate and health vulnerabilities, and economic uncertainty, as well as Taiwan’s growing role in global education and exchange.
Four years after the pandemic, CAPRI research highlights both vulnerabilities and solutions in Pacific Island health systems. The project provides lessons with global relevance for building resilience in the face of climate and health shocks.
As PHSSR’s first research hub, CAPRI authored reports on healthcare systems of Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Pacific Island countries of the Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu, with the Singapore report ongoing. The reports highlight prevailing challenges in healthcare governance, financing, and workforce management.
Our second Annual Forum brought together leaders and experts from across the Asia Pacific and beyond, including Gov. James Gilmore and Taiwan’s VP-elect Bi-khim Hsiao as keynote speakers, for insightful and exciting discussions on a plethora of topics: US and Taiwan leadership, economic interdependence, sustainability, health and energy policy, AI, disaster preparedness, resilience, and innovation.
Our inaugural Annual Forum featured 19 speakers from 12 countries, including Malcolm Turnbull, Chen Chien-jen, members of our International Advisory Council, and board and key stakeholders in the region’s policy community. They discussed pressing challenges to resilience and solutions as the Asia Pacific emerges from the latest crisis and prepares for future ones.
CAPRI Chair Syaru Shirley Lin spoke at the launch event, unveiling plans for the new phase of CAPRI-led research in the Asia Pacific. She emphasized the importance of comparative research and of the Asia-Pacific region in shaping resilient and sustainable health systems worldwide.
CAPRI joined leaders from Philips, AstraZeneca, Gavi, and WHO Foundation to stress the need for economic prioritization of health infrastructure to the importance and contributions of the Asia Pacific in global supply chains and global resilience.
We participated in the Healthcare System Resilience Summit at World Expo 2020 in Dubai. The CAPRI leadership together with experts and leaders worldwide discussed learnings from the pandemic and key innovations for recovery and resilience of healthcare systems.
