Speaking to the first cohort of selected
participants during the launch of the Healthcare Leadership Academy, Muhammad
Ali Pate, co-chair, Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria said, there is
leadership and management deficit at different levels of the health care system
that impede the delivery of expected quality care. This developmental gap, Dr.
Pate explained, is made evident by the low productivity and skill set of
healthcare workers and the poor financial health of the institutions they
manage.
“The Healthcare Leadership Academy recognises
these challenges and is established to respond to them using an innovative
approach,” Dr. Pate stated.
Muntaqa Umar-sadiq, CEO, Private Sector
Health Alliance, disclosed that the Healthcare Leadership Academy is a public-private
collaboration designed to institutionalize leadership as well as private sector
business and financial management approaches in the public health system. ‘The
HLA is an important step in developing synergies between the capabilities of
the private sector and the severe gaps in the leadership and managerial
capacity of public healthcare institutional leaders. He added that ‘the HLA is
a bold innovation that pooled non-traditional but complimentary partnerships to
build health worker and policy maker capacity and disrupt the poor health
system performance.”
The Private Sector Health Alliance of
Nigeria and Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation brokered and convened
partners and institutions to develop the Healthcare Leadership Academy to
incorporate leadership, quality improvement and private sector business
management approaches in the provision of quality care and governance of
institutions.
Dr. KelechiOhiri, CEO, Health Strategy and
Delivery Foundation, described the balanced scorecard approach of the program
that would deliver world class content and ensure capabilities are built across
four critical areas – namely, Financial Management; Leadership and
Organizational Development; Quality Improvement; and Population Health – with
the content adapted to the local context and a ‘field and forum’ approach that
combines in-class didactic curricula with real life, hands-on projects that are
relevant to their respective organisations.
The course is being delivered by global
experts from Cambridge University Judge Business School, institute for Health
improvement and Duke University alongside Lagos business School and EpiAfric.
Mrs. Shola David-Borha, CEO, Stanbic IBTC
Bank and board member, Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, while
formally inaugurating the first class of the HLA,called on other private sector
companies to join the platform provided by the Private Sector Health Alliance
to offer their capabilities and resources to complement government’s effort in
dramatically improving health outcomes through innovation and partnerships.
Director, Cambridge Judge Business School
Executive Education, Ms. AfuaOsie, stated that given the commitment and
partnership that catalysed the emergence of the HLA, it has the potential to be
the premier institution for building leadership capabilities in the African
health sector.
Founding partner, EpiAfric, Dr. ChikweIhekweazu,
added that the course content will be delivered over 10 weekends by global
experts who have extensive experience in teaching executives and policymakers.The
first batch of participant selected for the programed were shortlisted
following a screening exercise of submission by the various healthcare
providers. Graduates of this flagship program will be armed with requisite
skillset to bring about transformational and sustainable changes to their
facilities and communities upon completion of the program in December 2015.
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