Global Health Leadership

This timely book serves as an overview of the challenges in global health leadership from multiple perspectives, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of academics, researchers, and leaders from around the world who are conducting innovative and high-quality research in the field of global health (GH). The book helps illustrate theoretical and conceptual ideas of leadership using actual, very recent cases of GH issues from around the world. Leadership is an important element of education and training in GH. New courses in GH leadership are being offered every year at numerous universities around the world. These courses often provide an overview of the major components to successful efforts in GH, including cooperation, cultural competency, vision, etc. Leadership can come from many different sectors, including private corporations, national and local government and governmental officials, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, private citizens, and more. Given that global health practice is typically conducted in team settings with members from various countries, backgrounds, and cultural contexts, this book provides students, faculty, and professionals in public health and related fields with an opportunity to examine multiple examples of leadership in different contexts. Readers learn how leaders have overcome challenges faced in the operationalization of complex health interventions, foreign policy, and working with key stakeholders and organizations in this context. This book aims to: Identify key trends and issues working in global health contexts. Analyze situations in global health and explain the ways public health, health care, and other organizations can work together or individually to affect the health of a community. Recognize the ways that diversity influences policies, programs, services, and the health of a community. Support diverse perspectives in developing, implementing, and evaluating policies, programs, and services that affect the health of a community. Identify characteristics of global health leaders. Learn about ways to identify and measure success in leadership. Understand the challenges and barriers faced in GH programs and how to overcome those.