Leadership Competencies
CATALYSE, NURTURE AND SUPPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP
Our Objectives
The purpose of this website is to catalyse, nurture and support public health leadership. It will advocate for initiating/ expanding efforts to catalyse strong public health leadership at all levels. Public health leadership can be nurtured through providing training/education and experience sharing. Finally, the current leadership can be supported by providing a space for discussion among current public health leaders.
Critical Public Health Leadership
Enhancing public health leadership at all levels is essential for achieving sustainable development goals related to health and wellbeing, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact.
Sustainable Development Goal
SDG 3 aims to reduce maternal and child mortality, combat diseases like AIDS and tuberculosis, and improve universal health coverage by 2030. The goal also focuses on reducing deaths from non-communicable diseases, road accidents, and environmental pollution.
Equitable Access and Quality Care
Improving access, quality, and affordability of health services is crucial. As medical technologies advance, health systems face increased costs and growing public demand for better care.
The Role of Digital Health
Digitization and telemedicine offer solutions to some healthcare challenges by improving access, reducing costs, and enhancing the quality of care, making them vital tools for achieving health-related goals.
Why public health leadership?
A Framework for Public Health Leadership
Leaders and Managers
Unique Public Health Leadership Competencies
Public health leaders require distinct competencies that go beyond traditional business leadership, including the ability to collaborate with and influence a diverse range of leaders—from political and clinical to research and civil society—using scientific evidence.
Community Engagement and Behaviour Change
Public health leaders, especially at the grassroots level, must work closely with community leaders to drive behaviour change and achieve health goals, addressing social and environmental determinants of health through inter-sectoral collaboration.
Differentiating Leadership and Management
Leadership and managerial competencies are distinct, with effective public health leadership extending beyond organizational boundaries to influence broader actions, as depicted in the intersecting circles of leadership and management.