Full Description
Essential reading for those who work in global health, this practical handbook focuses on what might be the most important lesson of the last fifty years: that collaboration is the best way to make health resources count for disadvantaged people around the world. Designed as a learning resource to catalyze fresh thinking, "Real Collaboration" draws from case studies of teams struggling to combat smallpox, river blindness, polio, and other health threats. In honest appraisals, participants share their missteps as well as their successes. Based on these stories, as well as on analyses of many other enterprises, this accessible, engaging book distills the critical factors that can increase the likelihood of success for those who are launching or managing a new partnership. It features a solutions-oriented approach and covers leadership skills, management approaches and lessons from experienced project teams. The information is clearly presented in graphics, sidebars, checklists, and other useful features include the supplementary teaching aids that contain a DVD and additional online resources.
Contents
Foreword by Daniel M. Fox, Carmen Hooker Odom, and Samuel L. Milbank
Preface by William H. Foege
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Why Collaboration Matters and Why It Happens Too Rarely
Part One: Challenges Affecting Collaboration
2. The Diverse Landscape of Global Health
3. Nature of the Disease /Threat
4. Cultural and Social Challenges
Part Two: Insights from Past Partnerships
5. Lessons along the Partnership Pathway
6. The First Mile
7. The Journey: Discipline and Flexibility in Management
8. The Journey: Complementary Leadership Roles
9. The Last Mile
10. Ways for Donors to Encourage Collaboration
11. Conclusion: The Purpose of Real Collaboration
Toolkits The First Mile
The Journey: Management
The Journey: Leadership
The Last Mile
The Donor
Appendix 1. Coalitions and Collaboration in Global Health: A Dialogue Hosted by the Task Force for Global Health (formerly the Task Force for Child Survival and Development)
Appendix 2. Coalitions and Collaboration in Global Health: A Symposium for Global Health Leaders
Works Cited
Index
