From health systems to systems for health: much more than semantics

Clearly, the shift from health systems to systems for health is more than just semantics. It has profound consequences for people and groups most at risk of ill health—the poor, the marginalised and the discriminated against, who are living in conditions that often are least conducive to health. Although a systems approach may be more complex and challenging than the building blocks approach, it represents a much needed step change to enabling more people to live healthier and longer lives with dignity and wellbeing. If the Alliance’s conceptualisation can get traction, it will go some way to fostering healthy societies by fixing systems, not people.

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Buse, K. (2022) From health systems to systems for health: much more than semantics BMJ 2022; 379 :o3016 doi:10.1136/bmj.o3016