Global Health Leadership and Management (J-B Public Health/Health Services Text)

Written by an international panel of distinguished global health experts, this book distills valuable lessons from a wide variety of successful health programs that have been implemented around the world. Global Health Leadership and Management gives practical suggestions for enhancing and developing the essential skills of leadership, management, communication, and project planning for health care leaders. The book will assist health leaders to work well within their communities and effectively plan, direct, implement, and evaluate effective programs and activities. Global Health Leadership and Management outlines and describes such core competencies as Identifying challenges and developing and managing policy Developing strategies, pathways, and solutions Creating networks and partnerships and planning for change Learning from experience to build a generation of leaders Leading and managing teams by recognizing and celebrating success

SARS; Mad Cow Disease; the HIV/AIDS pandemic; obesity . . . such new health challenges emerge each day around the world. What health leaders can and must do to manage these looming public health crises is precisely the subject of this book. Written for professionals, students, researchers, and faculty, Global Health Leadership and Management is an essential guide to improving world health by enhancing health care management skills.

Written by an international panel of distinguished global health experts, this book distills valuable lessons from a wide variety of successful health programs that have been implemented around the world. Global Health Leadership and Management gives practical suggestions for enhancing and developing the essential skills of leadership, management, communication, and project planning for health care leaders. The book will assist health leaders to work well within their communities and effectively plan, direct, implement, and evaluate effective programs and activities.

Global Health Leadership and Management outlines and describes such core competencies as

• Identifying challenges and developing and managing policy

• Developing strategies, pathways, and solutions

• Creating networks and partnerships and planning for change

• Learning from experience to build a generation of leaders

• Leading and managing teams by recognizing and celebrating success

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Reviewer:Ross M. Mullner, PhD, MPH(University of Illinois at Chicago)
Description:This book highlights the work of the Global Health Council (GHC), the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to advancing policies and programs that improve health around the world. It primarily discusses management and healthcare issues occurring in developing countries.
Purpose:The emphasis of this book is on how to make a global approach to health result in improvements of the health of poor people in economically poor countries. One of its main arguments is that the lack of management skills is the single most important barrier to improving health throughout the world.
Audience:This book is written for professionals in public health, policymakers, and politicians. The book brings together an impressive group of authors. They include, for example, David Rockefeller, who writes the foreword, and Kofi Annan, who writes the epilogue.
Features:This edited book contains 17 chapters. The chapters are divided into five areas: 1) identifying challenges and developing and managing policy; 2) developing strategies, new pathways, and solutions; 3) creating networks and partnerships and planning change from within; 4) learning from experience and building a generation of leaders; and 5) leading and managing teams while recognizing and celebrating success.
Assessment:This book is well written, interesting, and an enjoyable and easy read. Three chapters are particularly interesting: William Novelli's "Managing Health, Health Care and Aging," Susan Dentzer's "HIV/AIDS: Lessons from Brazil," and Dao De Ching's "Leading for Success."

First Annual Gates Award for Global Health / Melinda French Gates A new role for corporate America : partners in global health and development / Raymond V. Gilmartin From challenges to policy / Lee Jong-wook Managing health, health care, and aging / William D. Novelli Leadership, equity, and global health / Harlan Cleveland HIV/AIDS : lessons from Brazil / Susan Dentzer Corruption and health care : need for new solutions / Peter Eigen Business approach to HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa / Spencer T. King Health in the developing world : achieving the millennium development goals / Jeffrey D. Sachs Leadership and management for improving global health / Frances Hesselbein Creating public health alliances : the American Cancer Society experience / John R. Seffrin Leadership development for global health / Jo Ivey Boufford Challenges to health in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union : a decade of experience / Martin McKee Building the next generation of leaders / Joy Phumaphi Creating public health leaders : public health leadership institutes / William L. Roper and Janet Porter Leading for success / Nils Daulaire Epilogue : the road ahead / Kofi A. Annan This book identifies the key challenges and solutions for public health issues that will affect the health, welfare, and lives of the billions of people throughout the world. * Includes information on innovative and cost-beneficial activities, such as public-private partnerships and programs focused on specific target groups.