COVID-19 represented a major shock to global health systems, not the least to resource-challenged regions in the Global South. We report on a case of digital, information system resilience in the response to data needs from the COVID-19 pandemic in two countries in the Global South. In contrast to dominant perspectives where digital resilience enables bounce back or maintenance of a status quo, we identify five bounce forward resilience preconditions (i) distributed training, (ii) local expertise (iii) local autonomy and ownership (iv) local infrastructure and (v) platform design infrastructure. These preconditions enable an elevated degree of resilience that in the face of an external shock such as COVID-19 can deliver a bounce forward or strengthening of the information system beyond its pre-shock state.

翻译：COVID-19代表着全球卫生系统的重大冲击,特别是全球南部面临资源挑战的区域。我们报告了全球南部两个国家在应对COVID-19大流行的数据需求时对数字信息系统的抗御能力案例。与数字抗御能力能够反弹或维持现状的主要观点相反,我们确定了五个前瞻抗御能力先决条件:(一) 分配培训;(二) 当地专门知识;(三) 地方自治和所有权;(四) 地方基础设施;(五) 平台设计基础设施。这些先决条件使得在面临CVID-19等外部冲击时,信息系统能够超越震前状态,向前推进或加强。