The Road to Resilient Public Health Systems: A People-Centered Approach to Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Response

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) convened a webinar to highlight the outcomes from the Leading and Managing for Results in Pandemics (LMRP) program, a team-based, experiential learning program developed in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and designed to improve public health emergency preparedness and response. 

LMRP was created as part of the MSH-led Building Capacity for National Public Health Institutes program and has been implemented in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, and Uganda. During the webinar, representatives from each country shared their experience participating in the LMRP program and discussed its value for strengthening leadership and management practices within a public health emergency response. The webinar also highlighted collective quantitative and qualitative results gathered from the program’s evaluation. 

Panelists  

• Yahya Disu, Head of Corporate Communication, Risk Communication and Community Engagement, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nigeria
• María Angélica Bautista Huancahuari, Nurse Practitioner, Dirección Regional de Salud de Ica, Peru
• Simon Kyazze, Head of Operations, National Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Ministry of Health, Uganda
• Lovemore Kawayi, Health Promotion Officer, Mzimba North District Health Office, Malawi
• Dennis Matheka, Deputy Unit Head of Nursing Services, Government of Makueni County, Kenya
• Julien Niyingabira, Health Communications Division Manager, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Rwanda

Co-Moderators

• Wawira Munyi, Country Project Director, USAID Health Systems for TB Project, Kenya, Management Sciences for Health
• Paul Waibale, Senior Principal Technical Advisor for Infectious Diseases, Management Sciences for Health

Remarks

• Shelley Bratton, Lead, National Public Health Institute Program, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• Nicole Carbone, Technical Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation, Management Sciences for Health 
• Kate Henderson, Technical Director, Leadership & Governance, Management Sciences for Health  

• Briana Lucido, Public Health Analyst, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention