Strategic Leadership Development:
Making a Difference in Reproductive Health
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Strategic leaders can create consensus among major stakeholders on organisational vision and strategy by advancing its mission through strategic planning and organisational and leadership development.

In the context of HIV/AIDS programme, strategic
leadership may be the missing piece in RH programme effectiveness especially when addressing the crucial linked response of RH and HIV/AIDS. As for accelerating improvements in RH, a strategic leadership development initiative (SLD) in Asia was proposed with the rationale that a systematic approach to results-based implementation may be the catalyst for accelerating policy and programme actions to significantly improve RH.


Seminar on Strategic Leadership of HIV/AIDS Programmes

In 2003, ICOMP organised an international seminar on Strategic Leadership of HIV/AIDS Programmes in Uganda. Funded by UNAIDS, UNFPA, WHO, Sida and CIDA, it was organised in collaboration with the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), Population Secretariat in Uganda, the Ugandan AIDS Commission and the Regional AIDS Training Network. Six major themes reflecting leadership and programme challenges in HIV/AIDS and RH programmes produced better understanding of how innovative approaches could bring positive outcomes as well as new leadership insights and skills for improving HIV/AIDS programme.

Overall, most participants felt strongly that they understood strategic leadership requires special personal skills and competencies, and what implementation of it would entail. They also found that the leadership skills and knowledge acquired from the seminar discussions and the skills workshop to be highly beneficial and practical.


Building organisational leadership capabilities:
1. Sharing experiences.
2. Distilling lessons.
3. Strengthening individual strategic leadership competencies.

Proceedings of the
InternationalSeminar on
Strategic Leadership of
HIV/AIDS Programmes
5-8 May 2003, Uganda