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alt Health indicators such as life expectancy, malnutrition, child mortality and HIV/AIDS infection rates have worsened over the last decade. Ineffective management of health workers and resources is a significant contributor to declining health outcomes. Forging a partnership between top local business schools and local health organizations (public, private and nonprofit) is an innovative approach to addressing to these problems.

Business Schools are an ideal venue for training managers and leaders strong in critical thinking and problem solving skills. In a sector as complex as health, such skills are crucial to creating efficient, effective systems for service delivery.

Health Leadership and Management Training Survey

Current

Thanks to support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GBSN undertook a Health Leadership and Management Training Survey in three countries (Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal) in order to provide a solid foundation for designing one or more interventions, drawing on the specific contributions of business schools, which will significantly strengthen health care management in these countries.

Johnson & Johnson Health Management Fellowship

Current

Johnson & Johnson approved a grant for an annual fellowship which will enable African management faculty to spend two months at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and one week at UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

Strengthening Human Resources for Health: Best Practices in Leadership & Management Training Conference

Past

On July 12, 2007 GBSN convened its International Advisory Board for Health Management along with several other experts and practitioners in the field of health management for a one-day workshop. This workshop focused on best practices and lessons learned in teaching leadership and management to health professionals, and using Business Schools as a venue for strengthening human resources for health in developing countries. This was made possible by a generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Food for Thought

“Africa is where business is being redefined. What is happening here will actually teach us a fair bit about what the nature of business will be over the next century.”

– Will Mitchell, Professor of International Management and Strategy at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business