Real collaboration what it takes for global health to succeed (University of California Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Foreword / Daniel M. Fox, Carmen Hooker Odorn and Samuel L. Milbank -- Preface / William H. Foege -- 1. Introduction: Why Collaboration Matters and Why It Happens Too Rarely -- pt. 1. Challenges Affecting Collaboration -- 2. Diverse Landscape of Global Health -- 3. Nature of the Disease/Threat -- 4. Cultural and Social Challenges -- pt. 2. Insights from Past Partnerships -- 5. Lessons along the Partnership Pathway -- 6. First Mile -- 7. Journey: Discipline and Flexibility in Management -- 8. Journey: Complementary Leadership Roles -- 9. Last Mile -- 10. Ways for Donors to Encourage Collaboration -- 11. Conclusion: The Purpose of Real Collaboration -- Toolkits -- First Mile -- Journey: Management -- Journey: Leadership -- Last Mile -- Donor -- Appendix 1. Coalitions and Collaboration in Global Health: A Dialogue Hosted by the Task Force for Global Health (formerly the Task Force for Child Survival and Development) -- Appendix 2. Coalitions and Collaboration in Global Health: A Symposium for Global Health Leaders
"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 Collaboration draws 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"--Provided by publisher