
June 30, 2008 Leadership Development Program (LDP) in Ghana to Present Project Results The Ghana LDP facilitator team is presenting at the 2nd scientific conference of the Leadership and Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa conference held at the Ghana Institute of Public Administration. … June 30, 2008 Ministry of Public Health Unit Becomes First Afghan Government Agency Certified by the U.S. Government to Receive Significant Direct Funding The Grants and Contracts Management Unit (GCMU) of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in Afghanistan oversees the awarding and management of service delivery grants to private-sector health service providers. … June 30, 2008 Virtual Leadership Development Program (VLDP) for Reproductive Health Commodities Security Launches in Francophone Africa In partnership with Constella Futures and John Snow, Inc. (JSI), MSH launched the VLDP for Reproductive Health Contraceptive Security on June 23, 2008. … June 30, 2008 Virtual Forum: “Using Leadership to Reposition Reproductive Health on the Public Health Agenda” In June 2008, the Global Exchange Network for Reproductive Health (GEN) hosted a virtual forum: “Using Leadership to Reposition Reproductive Health on the Public Health Agenda.” … June 30, 2008 Increase in Contraceptive Coverage among Women in Rural Nicaragua From September 2007 to February 2008, LMS conducted a Leadership Development Program for 35 Ministry of Health staff working in rural municipalities of Nicaragua. … June 16, 2008 LeaderNet: Outcome of Virtual Seminar on Performance-Based Financing From May 5–9, LeaderNet hosted the virtual seminar, “Performance-Based Financing of Health Services: Paying for Results Not Processes.” … June 16, 2008 The LMS AIDS Care & Treatment Project Tests Nearly 29,000 People in Three Weeks During a period of three weeks in May 2008, the LMS AIDS Care & Treatment Project (LMS-ACT) in Nigeria conducted large-scale mobile HIV Counseling & Testing (HCT) outreach in Niger and Kogi States. … June 16, 2008 LMS Abstracts Accepted for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting The LMS Global Leadership team has had two abstracts accepted for the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting. … June 16, 2008 “Coaching for Professional Development and Organizational Results” eManager Now Available in French MSH’s online publication, The eManager, Coaching for Professional Development and Organizational Results is now available in French on the MSH website. … June 16, 2008 LeaderNet Surveys Members’ Use of Resources and Capacity Building Needs LeaderNet, the LMS network for knowledge and experience exchange in management and leadership, has completed a survey of members’ use of the network and capacity building needs going forward. … May 18, 2008 MSH Contributes to the Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH) As a direct result of MSH’s Center for Leadership and Management and LMS participation in the Global Health Work Force Alliance meeting in Kampala in March, the AAAH invited MSH to serve as a resource in its Health Workforce Strategic Planning Workshop. … May 18, 2008 CLM Presents on Management and Leadership in Human Resources The Human Resource (HR) specialist of MSH’s Center for Leadership and Management (CLM) presented on a panel at the Harvard School of Public Health, April 18, 2008, on “Migration and HIV/AIDS: New Crisis of Human Resources in Health.” … May 18, 2008 The LMS-Aids Care & Treatment Project in Nigeria begins ARV Therapy On March 31st, 2008, the LMS AIDS Care & Treatment Project (LMS-ACT) enrolled its first four patients on antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. … May 18, 2008 Cost and Revenue Analysis Tool Chosen as Best Practice In May 2008, CORE was chosen as one of the best practice costing tools by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Secretariat hosted by the World Health Organization. … May 18, 2008 ADRA Further Incorporates MSH Leadership Practices into Its Programs A primary way ADRA is mainstreaming LMS practices is through the APLI, ADRA’s Professional Leadership Institute. … May 18, 2008 Honduras: LMS-ULAT Program Presents Shared Vision The LMS-ULAT team in Honduras worked with USAID, the Ministry of Health, and other key stakeholders to develop a shared, realistic vision for significantly reducing maternal and child mortality in the country by 2015. … May 5, 2008 Medical School in Nicaragua Integrates Leadership and Management into Curriculum The UNAN School of Medicine Board in Managua, Nicaragua, has approved the adapted medical school curriculum, which includes the integration of approaches to leadership and management development. … May 5, 2008 New LeaderNet Seminar: “Performance- Based Financing of Health Services: Paying for Results not Processes” On May 5, LeaderNet launched a new virtual seminar, “Performance-Based Financing of Health Services: Paying for Results not Processes.” … May 5, 2008 U.S.-Based Public Health Provider to Use the Managers Who Lead Handbook Upon reviewing a copy of Managers Who Lead: A Handbook for Improving Health Services, the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has ordered 30 copies and plans on using the resource as the main textbook in their internal leadership development activities. … May 5, 2008 Update on the LMS Project in Honduras: Local Technical Assistance Unit (ULAT) The LMS project in Honduras provides administrative and financial management support to ULAT (Local Technical Assistance Unit), a USAID-funded program working with the Ministry of Health (MOH). … May 5, 2008 MSH Staff and Consultant Working to Support Global Fund Activities Nominated for OGAC Award Ann Lion Coleman, the OGAC CTO for MSH’s Grant Management Solutions (GMS) project announced the OGAC Award Nomination at their April meeting in Washington, D.C. … May 1, 2008 LeaderNet Seminar “Coaching for Professional Development and Organizational Results” Concludes The LMS virtual seminar “Coaching for Professional Development and Organizational Results” concluded on April 4, 2008. … April 21, 2008 Strategic Planning for Japanese and Vietnamese HIV/AIDS Program Managers In late 2007, the Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development (FASID) and MSH facilitated a course on strategic planning for multi-sector HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam. … April 21, 2008 Leadership Networking Workshop Held for Hospital Directors in Afghanistan Tech-Serve, the LMS Associate Award in Afghanistan, has been running a series of Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) for Provincial Health Teams since late 2006. … April 21, 2008 Nine Nigerian Public Sector Teams Complete Leadership Development Program LMS/Nigeria delivered the final session of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) in March 2008 to nine teams from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development. … April 21, 2008 LMS-ACT Launches Mobile Clinics to Reach People in Remote Areas of Nigeria The LMS AIDS Care & Treatment (LMS-ACT) Program, a PEPFAR-funded Associate Award in Nigeria, has completed renovation of six health clinics in Kogi State and five clinics in Niger State. … April 4, 2008 Leadership and Management Training for Human Resources in Tanzania In collaboration with the Capacity Project, LMS conducted two workshops for 26 senior-level managers from the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Muhimbili National Hospital, and the Christian Social Service Commission. … April 4, 2008 Progress in Global Fund Activities in Cote d’Ivoire After participating in a transparent membership renewal process and electing a new Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) President in February 2008, 20 primary members of the newly re-organized CCM attended an MSH-led orientation workshop. … April 4, 2008 LMS Program in Haiti Launches, Project Director Hired In December 2007, USAID/Haiti requested technical assistance from LMS covering a wide variety of interventions under the umbrellas of capacity building for HIV/AIDS and management of family planning commodity security. … April 4, 2008 Virtual Forum: “Effective Programming for Long-Acting and Permanent Methods: A Forum for Family Planning Program Managers and Policymakers” EngenderHealth, Family Health International, and LMS are delivering the online forum “Effective Programming for Long-Acting and Permanent Methods: A Forum for Family Planning Program Managers and Policymakers” using LMS’ Global Exchange Network. … April 4, 2008 Virtual Leadership Development Program for Family Planning Service Delivery Teams Launches In March 2008, the Virtual Leadership Development Program for Family Planning (VLDP/FP) Service Delivery Teams launched. …
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