“To be a successful leader in public health, one will have to know how to build successful coalitions.’’ —Bill Foege | |
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In global health there is a compelling need for what we call "real collaboration," the give-and-take of human beings who are so dedicated to a mission they will set aside the politics of organizations, share the difficulties, and invent solutions together. Yet, collaborations in global health often fall short of what they hope to achieve. The difficulty comes in translating the attitude and concept of collaboration into concrete applications. The Center for Global Health Collaboration (CGHC) serves as a global technical resource center designed to improve the chances that the multi-organization and multi-sectoral collaborations needed to address today's health and development problems will be successful. The Center grew out of an initial research project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Rockefeller Foundation to investigate practical lessons from those with experience working in coalitions in global health.  One of the results of our research is the newly released book: Real Collaboration: What it Takes for Global Health to Succeed (University of California Press, February 2010). 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.
Real Collaboration is designed to provide a practical handbook to guide the stages of collaboration and includes a DVD with video presentation about a collaborative effort, as well as a toolkit to support the design and implementation of collaborations. Components of the toolkit can be downloaded to support your collaboration or for use as an instructional step in building or assessing your efforts. There are five components to the toolkit, corresponding to the stages of your collaboration journey defined in the book. Click on the related component in the list below, to review steps or to begin using the toolkit. Click here to go to the First Mile Worksheet. Click here to go to the Journey Management Worksheet. Click here to go to the Journey Leadership Worksheet. Click here to go to the Last Mile Worksheet. Click here to go to the The Donor Worksheet. Click here to order a copy of the book. For information about using the book for global health, or for information about curricula and the toolkit focused on collaboration, email the Task Force collaborations team at RealCollaboration@taskforce.org. The Center is now working with global partners to develop an active learning approach that will be widely applicable and of benefit to global agencies that work in health and development, to implementing organizations, to countries, and to donors. To date, the Center has worked with hundreds of leaders around the globe, representing more than 30 countries, on issues such as road safety, neglected tropical disease control, and partnership policy for large multi-national organizations. |
Program Staff Mark Rosenberg, MD, MPP Program Director President and CEO Lisa Hayes, MBA Associate Program Director For more information please contact: Lisa Hayes, MBA Tel: 1.404.592.1471 lhayes@taskforce.org |
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