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Presence of Leadership and Management in Global Health Programs: Compendium of Case Studies

There is growing awareness that well led and managed global health solutions are required to achieve effective and sustainable health programs, especially at the scale needed to attain Millennium Development Goals and other global targets. This compendium of case studies reviews the current evidence of the impact of leadership and management on health.

Reversing the AIDS Epidemic through Third-Generation Health Systems: A Call to Action

We need a dramatic change in thinking—and action from donors, policymakers, and program managers in the public, private, and nongovernmental (NGO) sectors—to focus on strengthening health systems in the countries most affected by HIV & AIDS. To meet the Millennium Development Goal of reversing the epidemic by 2015, we must change how we design and deliver services.

Most-At-Risk Populations (MARPs) Guidelines and Standards for Non Governmental Organizations

These guidelines provide standards for HIV prevention program implementation for non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations, against which services provided to the target populations can be monitored and evaluated to ensure quality and client satisfaction.

HIV Prevention Technical Briefs - Executive Summary

Management Sciences for Health’s Building Local Capacity for Delivery of HIV Services in Southern Africa Project (BLC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have written a series of technical briefs on priority HIV prevention topics.

Strengthening the Involvement, Care and Support of People Living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa: A Situational Overview

Prepared by the USAID-funded AIDSTAR-Two project, this situational overview provides a detailed analysis of the response to the epidemic by associations and support groups of people living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Organizational Capacity Building Framework: A Foundation for Stronger, More Sustainable HIV/AIDS Programs, Organizations and Networks

This technical brief developed by the AIDSTAR-Two project presents a framework that offers a simplified and systematic approach to organizational capacity building that most local implementers, especially those that provide HIV and AIDS services, can draw from to better fulfill or expand their mandates.

Health, Economic Development and Trade

Africa is the fastest growing continent in the world— with a projected average economic growth rate of 6 percent from 2013-2015. Health is becoming increasingly important as economies grow. This brief explores the relationship between health, economic development and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa by reviewing available evidence taken from published research and data.

Uganda Celebrates the Launch of Accredited Drug Shops in Kibaale District

On November 12, 2009, Uganda’s Honorable Minister of Health, Dr.

Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services, 2nd edition

A guide to evaluate whether health information products and services meet the requirements needed to make them effective, used, and adapted by health care practitioners and policymakers in the field.

Human Resources for Health Action Framework

The Human Resources for Health Action Framework (HAF) was developed by representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, donors, partner countries, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the academic community at a technical consultation in Washington, DC, on December 14–15, 2005. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S.

Leadership and Management to Empower the Health Workforce

A broken health system is a silent killer. It results in more illness and death despite the fact that the public health and medical knowledge exists to greatly reduce illness and save millions of lives every year, especially in developing countries. What is missing is the leadership capacity to ensure that the management systems are in place to apply and scale up this knowledge.

The Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project Newsletter (Vol. 1, Issue 1)

This quarterly bulletin provides information on the activities of the Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP). Funded by USAID and led by Management Sciences for Health, IHSPP combines evidence-based approaches, proven service delivery strategies, and extensive public health expertise to support the Rwandan Ministry of Health in building its health system. In this issue:

Pediatric HIV: AIDS Featured Supplement

The themes emerging from this collection are straightforward and within our grasp. To be sure, there is an urgent need to strengthen earlier diagnosis of newborns to identify exposed and infected children and strategies for getting those children into HIV care and treatment services sooner than has been the norm.

mHealth Compendium, Volume Three

Mobile health (mHealth) is the provision of health services and information via mobile and wireless technologies. The mobile phone has become ubiquitous in Africa, making mHealth an important tool with which to impact the health of Africans. When applied correctly, mHealth can make real contributions to improved health outcomes.

NDA Gives Pharmacies Deadline to Meet Standards

Ugandan daily newspaper, New Vision reports: Drug dealers and pharmacies have a two-year grace period to style up and meet the required good pharmaceutical practice or face closure. This follows announcement by the health minister that all public sector pharmacies will be subjected to inspection just like the private sector.State minister for health in charge of general duties, Dr.

Challenges Encountered in Capacity Building: A Review of Literature and Selected Tools

Prepared by the AIDSTAR-Two project, this technical brief presents the results of an extensive literature and tools review conducted in 2009 that identified critical needs in the area of capacity building, including improved monitoring and evaluation, increased focus on basing capacity building programs on assessment, and wider dissemination of tools and approaches.

Systematic Organizational Capacity Building: Tackling Planning and Implementation Challenges

Prepared by the USAID-funded AIDSTAR-Two project, this technical brief explores the types and causes of typical implementation challenges faced by local implementing organizations, and shares some promising practices and stories from the field that demonstrate the results of effective implementation of capacity building interventions by civil society organizations.

Child and Youth Care Workers in South Africa

This technical brief developed by the AIDSTAR-Two project examines a specific cadre of health workers, child and youth care workers.

Health Care Financing Reform in Ethiopia: A Path to Sustainable Financing While Improving Quality and Equity

Health Care Financing Reform has allowed health facilities to retain and use their revenue for health service quality improvements. Hospitals and health centers in the three big regions started to retain revenue in 2005-2006, and now it is being rolled out to all regions as a national program. As a result of revenue retention, health facility budgets have improved significantly.

Paving The Way Toward Professionalizing Leadership And Management In Healthcare

The Abuja Declaration (WHO 2011), which reported on investments in health, noted that funding targets are being missed, both domestically and in terms of international assistance.

Guide for Training Community Leaders to Improve Leadership and Management Practices

To be better leaders, we must be better people, take actions that bring us closer to our communities, and use the best management tools and strategies available. The Guide for Training Community Leaders to Improve Leadership and Management Practices is designed for individuals, teams of managers, or institutions from the public health sector and other sectors of civil society that work a