Overview

More than 30 years removed from the 1978 Alma-Alta Declaration demanding “health for all,” the global community continues to suffer from wide variation in the quality of healthcare delivery systems, and inequity in health outcomes. Despite an increased commitment to global health from governments, foundations, the private sector and individuals, the design and implementation of health care delivery systems often fails to ensure that scientific discoveries are effectively applied, even for the most pressing health problems. Consequently, available resources are poorly deployed and the promise of resolving global health challenges goes largely unfulfilled.

To achieve sustained improvements in health, it is essential to develop the leadership and management skills of individuals who can leverage resources and apply evidence-based interventions to improve health in their countries. While often overlooked, effective leadership and management are critical to strengthening health systems and scaling up the quantity and quality of services. Leaders are needed at all levels of the global health architecture to:

Apply a multidimensional framework for analyzing global health issues from a variety of stakeholder perspectives to leverage collaborative solutions.
Think strategically about global health issues and apply systematic problem solving strategies to address challenges and achieve large goals with limited means.
Develop and use sound research and evidence to craft and implement innovative policies and practices.
Evaluate programs and use data for real-time feedback and improvement.
Promote and sustain the creation of a learning community within global health committed to continuous assessment of health paradigms and the dissemination of best practices.

About GHLI

The Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) supports health leaders to improve the performance of health systems through leadership development, quality improvement programs, and health systems research. The Institute is also a center for debate and progress on leadership and other critical global health issues.

GHLI is guided by a model of strategic problem solving which posits that the close integration of academic and practitioner perspectives is central to ensuring positive and lasting change. This model requires specification of the targeted problem, identification of core strategies to achieve a defined objective, leadership to implement the strategy and rigorous measurement to support continuous improvement. GHLI champions a relational framework for leadership, understanding leadership as a dynamic role within a group that can unlock synergies leading to the success of the organization.

Mission

The Global Health Leadership Institute develops the next generation of global health leaders at Yale and around the world through innovative educational, training and research programs to strengthen health systems and ensure health equity and quality of care for all.