Second round of Leadership for Health programme, 15 November 2015–30 January 2016

Following a successful first round, WHO has launched a second round of the Leadership for Health  programme, which will take place between 15 November 2015 and 30 January 2016.

The second round comprises 2 phases: the first will take place in Oman from 15 to 27 November 2015; and the second in Geneva from 20 to 30 January 2016. Between the 2 phases, participants will write papers about leadership challenges in their respective countries. 

Background

A joint collaboration between the World Health Organization and Harvard School of Public Health, the Leadership for Health (LfH) programme aims to establish a critical mass of public health leaders capable of proactively tackle national, regional, and global health challenges that impact the health and socioeconomic well-being of populations. Launched for the first time in January 2015, in partnership with Harvard School of Public Health, the first round of the LfH programme grouped 25 selected mid- to senior-level health professionals from the Region for 4 weeks to enhance their leadership skills. 

Methods and approach

The LfH programme utilizes non-traditional teaching methods and focuses on competencies in leadership and leading change; politics of well-being and political analysis; organizational dynamics and change management; team-building, negotiation and conflict resolution; and system-wide thinking and problem-solving for health system strengthening. 

Harvard faculty, WHO staff and selected international and regional experts will facilitate the programme. Participants will also enjoy the opportunity of meeting participants of the first round to establish a solid regional network of regional public health leaders. 

Participants 

Participants of the programme will be public health professionals who have:

• prior training and qualification in public health;
• at least 10 years of experience in responsible management and/or leadership positions in public health or health management;
• demonstrated capacity for high performance, e.g. in public health practice, training or research programmes
• good listening, speaking and writing abilities in English.

The LfH Programme strongly encourages the participation of women.

Applications

Ministries of health are requested to send nominations along with the updated curriculum vitae by 15 July 2015 to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Exceptional individuals from the academia and civil society organizations working for public health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, who fulfil the aforementioned criteria above, will be considered and can also submit their CVs to the email above by 15 July.

Address all inquiries about the programme to Contact us.

Second round of the LfH programme - A joint collaboration between WHO and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 15 November 2015–30 January 2016

Programme schedule

Date	Duration	Location	Module	Activities
14 November		Travel from home country to Oman
15–November	1 day	Oman	Introductory module	Introduction to the LfH programme, 5 regional priorities
16-–20 November	5 days		Health systems module	How to successfully conduct a health systems reform (Offered by Harvard School of Public Health)
22–26 November	5 days		Leadership and management module	Strategy planning and implementation, leadership styles, highly motivated teams (Offered by Harvard School of Public Health)
27 November	1 day		Meet the leaders from the first round	Networking with participants from first round. Listening to and discussing changes implemented by participants from the first round.
28 November		Travel from Oman to home country
29 November–18 January	49 days	Prepare leadership paper
19 January		Travel from home country to Geneva
20 January	1 day	WHO HQ, Geneva	WHO module	Work of WHO, Governing Bodies
21–22 January	2 days		Communications module	Practising public speaking, media debriefing, etc.
23 January	1 day		Health diplomacy module	Practising diplomacy from local to global levels, conflict resolution, negotiation, etc.
25–30 January	6 days		Executive Board meeting	Observing and discussing selected sessions Learning about WHO Clusters Presenting papers Programme evaluation
31 January		Travel from Geneva to home country