Strathmore University Business School, through the Institute of Healthcare Management, was recently awarded a grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to facilitate Leadership, Management, and Governance (LMG) training for the senior leadership of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and the Ministry of Health (MOH). This training will be carried out across 6 countries – Kenya, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Rwanda, and Cameroon. The LMG training Programme will be delivered in four modules for each country, over a period of 6 months.
The training, which took place between 12th to 16th September at SBS served as the first module for Kenya and aimed to equip the participants with skills to facilitate informed decision making across several policy implementation levels of the health systems.
Malaria eradication is a top priority for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) with focus on:
(a) Reduction of the burden of malaria by expanding the use of effective existing tools, including preventive medication and case management, improving disease surveillance and data for decision-making high-burden settings;
(b) Acceleration of progress toward eradication by investing in next-generation surveillance systems, elimination in regions where drug-resistant malaria has emerged, and research and development efforts, and
(c) Getting ahead of resistance by eliminating falciparum malaria – the type that causes the most severe cases – by developing a robust pipeline of new treatments, and analyzing disease and mosquito genetic data to quickly respond to threats.
For these to be achieved, it is important for malaria leadership in Africa to be equipped with LMG skills to facilitate informed decision making across several policy implementation levels of the health systems.
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