Strong, equitable, and resilient health systems are essential to achieving universal health coverage and improving population health in an increasingly complex global environment. Yet health systems worldwide face growing pressures from pandemics, demographic change, migration, conflict, economic shocks, and workforce shortages.

PLOS Global Public Health invites submissions of original research for a new collection exploring how health systems can respond to these challenges, strengthen primary care, and advance universal health coverage.

Research to strengthen health systems 

We are now welcoming submissions from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers addressing a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:

 We are especially interested in research offering practical insights into how health systems can become more resilient, strengthen service delivery, and advance universal health coverage across low-, middle-, and high-income settings.

Contribute to the collection

Do you have research that could help strengthen health systems and improve access to care? Submit your research to the collection and be part of a global effort to address some of the most pressing public health challenges of our time.

Simply follow our step-by-step submission guide and enter ‘Health Systems Resilience, Primary Care, and Universal Health Coverage in an Era of Polycrisis’ in the free-text field.

We look forward to your contributions.

For any questions about the collection, please contact PLOS Global Public Health Executive Editor, Julia Robinson.