"Resilience is the ability of a PHC system to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions" (WHO OF). Resilient systems demonstrate awareness of their system capacities and risks, diversity in the services they deliver and sources of funding, self regulation in maintaining core functions, and ability to coordinate and communicate with stakeholders, citizens, and non-state actors, and adaptability in shifting resources to meet needs in both emergency and non-emergency times.