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With over 30 years of experience in global health programming and teaching, the author offers practical and insightful guidance in this unique book for managing global health projects in resource-constrained settings.
List of contents
Introduction. 1.The fundamentals of managing global health projects. 2.Building global health project teams. 3.Developing detailed activity plans. 4.Improving project team performance. 5.Supervising project team members. 6.Communicating with project team members. 7.Interacting with external stakeholders. 8.Managing project budgets. 9.Monitoring health project activities. 10.Evaluating health projects. 11.Reporting on project activities. 12.Some final thoughts.
About the author
Dr. Paul Robinson is a physician and global health professional with over three decades of international experience in global health programming. He has managed health programs; developed program proposals, partnerships, and reports; mentored and trained staff; and directed technical teams in low- and middle-income countries and in organizational headquarters in the US. He has worked with several non-government, non-profit, and UN organizations. He taught university course on global health as an adjunct professor.
Summary
With over 30 years of experience in global health programming and teaching, the author offers practical and insightful guidance in this unique book for managing global health projects in resource-constrained settings.
Beginning with an overview of fundamental principles, the book delves deeply into a ‘nuts and bolts’ approach to health project management. From building project teams and developing detailed activity plans to evaluating health projects and report writing, this book brings the readers a wealth of knowledge they can use to manage health projects. Besides a list of key takeaways and discussion questions, each chapter features a case study exercise from real life situation where readers can picture themselves as project managers, sharpening their understanding of concepts and strategies.
Timely and original, this book is an essential resource for university students of global health courses preparing to manage global health projects in low- and middle-income countries, as well as for newly engaged project managers.
