Introduction

The Advanced Healthcare Management Program (AHMP) was launched in April 2024 with an Inaugural guest lecture by Dr. Olusoji Adeyi – a renowned health development practitioner & former director of Health Nutrition & Population Global Practice at the World Bank on “the leader needed for African Healthcare Systems within the context of evolving and challenging Global Health Systems”

The main objective of the course is to build the capacity of leaders/decision makers in the African health sector to steer/navigate their respective health systems/ programs in a manner that is responsive to the African context while being cognizant of the various current and emerging global health issues, technologies, politics and others.

A course for African Senior leaders of Health from Public, Private, and non-governmental organizations who would like to be game changers for the sector.

Programme Objective

The Advanced Healthcare Management Programme is designed to explore the multifaceted challenges faced by regional healthcare leaders. It equips participants with the frameworks and skills necessary to implement new processes, organizational designs, and leadership strategies.

Target Participants

This Programme is tailored for senior leaders in the health sector from public, private, and non-governmental organizations across Africa. The aim is to empower these leaders to become catalysts for positive change within the sector.

Reasons to Join

Authentic Contexts for Discussion

• This programme employs various learning methodologies to broaden perspectives, align corporate strategies with global trends, identify innovative opportunities, and effectively address healthcare challenges specific to Africa.

International Peer Network

• Participants will gain insights through interactions with senior executives from around the world. The exchange of experiences and visions empowers them to collaborate more effectively and persuasively.

Reflect on your Leadership

• This programme encourages participants to step back, rethink leadership approaches, and venture beyond their comfort zones. Coaching sessions provide valuable guidance.

Global Health Innovation Challenge

• Engage in innovative project-based activities with individual feedback, fostering new knowledge and perspectives to become a game changer in global health.

Practical Exposure to local and international Organizations enterprises and systems

Programme Delivery

The curriculum is delivered through theme-oriented modules that combine facilitated sessions, practical case studies and skills building. The sessions balance knowledge and skills and are structured and delivered in participant cantered rather than facilitator led way. As such the course is highly participatory and based on principles of adult learning.

Throughout the modules, participants can share their thoughts and experiences openly and learn from one another as much as they learn from the facilitators. In addition, every opportunity is made to invite guest speakers to share relevant and interesting practical experiences with the course participants.

Focusing as it does on leadership with management content, the course stresses the development of Personal Leadership Skills development in all its modules and uses the Adaptive Leadership Model.

The programme spans multiple modules, including Understanding the Global Health Systems, Strategy for Global Healthcare Managers, Trends in Global HRM, Building Excellence in Operations, Supply Chain Management, Focus on Recent Trends in Global Health Innovation and Change, Specialization Modules, and more.

It adopts the blended learning approach (both in-person and virtual learning).

Modules

The course is organized in five modules that are delivered in a blended learning approach both virtually and in-person through a blend of high-level guest lectures, panels, speakers, case studies, paper reviews and experiential field visits both locally and internationally.

1. Module one: Theme – “Health Systems – a holistic approach”: Leading & Managing Health Systems for access (services & commodities), coverage, quality and safety
2. Module two: Theme – “Drivers of holistic health systems”: Financing, Human Resources for Health and Health Information Systems and Technology
3. Module three: Theme – Current and Emerging opportunities & threats in holistic health systems” Specialization/deep dive into select units e.g., Climate/One Health, Global Health Security, Health Diplomacy, 4Ds of health transitions, current & evolving disease trends etc.,
4. Module four: Theme – “Innovations for access to quality healthcare”: through innovation, entrepreneurship, organizational change and research. (International exposure visit)
5. Module five: Theme – “Vision & Mission holders in holistic health systems: Leading the health sector into the future”: Leadership & Governance

Programme Structure

The programme spans multiple modules, including Understanding the Global Health Systems, Strategy for Global Healthcare Managers, Trends in Global HRM, Building Excellence in Operations, Supply Chain Management, Focus on Recent Trends in Global Health Innovation and Change, Specialization Modules, and more.

Candidates undergo pre-course work, providing a formal introduction to the Programme. This includes sharing case studies and personal assessment insights to prepare participants for the program’s commencement.