Impactful training on sustainable health for managers in Sub-Saharan Africa concludes in Uganda
A total of 19 managers working in the health system, across sectors, from DRC, Uganda and Somalia met for the first time in Uganda in May 2022 after participating in the online professional leadership program Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health. They met to share their experiences of how the programme has helped them in initiating and managing change in their organizations and how they as a network can continue working together to contribute to sustainable health in their countries.
The study visit was a culmination of the 10-month online professional training program offered by Karolinska Institutet, Makerere University, Benadir University, University of Kinshasa School of Public Health and Tinkr within the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health. The training program aims to strengthen the capacity of professional managers to collaborate across sectors to innovate with the objective to strengthening both preventive and curative health care. This was the second time the program was offered and so far, in total 53 managers from all sectors in the health system have participated in the training.
Participants in the online professional leadership program Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health
Meet participants and hear the reflections
During the study visit, the participants shared their experiences, explaining how this training has been very useful in their profession.
“This program has really improved my work and way of thinking and working in my institution and team. We are now doing things differently”
explains Dr Abdiwali Mohamed Ahmed, Director General, Ministry of Health in Somalia.
“This training has equipped me with a lot of knowledge and skills, especially in innovative thinking and creativity. It has demystified innovation, coming down to simple innovative strategies within the organisation”
says Sheillah Bagayana, biomedical engineer from Uganda.
“I got many practical tools to use in my every day work. I also learned more about some concepts like the Agenda 2030, multisectoral collaboration and innovation”
says Dr Mammy Ngole, medical doctor from DRC.