Real Collaboration What It Takes for Global Health to Succeed [Hardcover]

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 Collaborationdraws 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.

Features a solutions-oriented approach

Covers leadership skills, management approaches and lessons from experienced project teams

Information is clearly presented in graphics, sidebars, checklists, and other useful features

Supplementary teaching aids including a DVD and additional online resources

Mark L. Rosenbergis President and CEO of The Task Force for Global Health.Elisabeth S. Hayesis Associate Director of the Center for Global Health Collaboration at The Task Force for Global Health.Margaret H. McIntyreis President of MHM Associates.Nancy Neillis a writer and consultant who has worked with global health teams for more than a decade.

This book addresses one of the major problems facing global health: leadership without cooperation. President Jimmy Carter

The fight for global health equity is a struggle that we can't even think about winning without the right partners. This book presents very important lessons about collaboration, including some that we learned from working together on MDR-TB in Peru. Anyone who wants to succeed in global health, to work effectively for solÃ~