African Health Leaders : Making Change and Claiming the Future / edited by Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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Cover; Foreword: Her Excellency Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma; Foreword: Dr Judith Rodin, Dr Mark Britnell, and Dr Paul Fife; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Part 1 Overview of African health leaders; 1 Introduction to Part 1: Overview; Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp; 2 Health leadership in Africa; Francis Omaswa; Part 2. The greatest challenges; 3 Introduction to Part 2: The greatest challenges; Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp; 4 Pioneering work on HIV/AIDS in Uganda; Peter Mugyenyi; 5 Mobilizing the community against maternal death-the Malawi community champion model; Chisale Mhango.

6 Epidemiology and health policy in AfricaLuis Sambo; Part 3 All the resources of the community; 7 Introduction to Part 3: All the resources of the community; Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp; 8 Community health, community workers, and community governance; Miriam Khamadi Were; 9 The development of community directed treatment for tackling river blindness; Uche Amazigo; 10 Politics, economics, and society; Bience Gawanas; Part 4 Making the best use of all the talents; 11 Introduction to Part 4: Making the best use of all the talents; Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp.

12 Tecnicos de cirurgia-assistant medical officers trained for surgery in MozambiquePascoal Mocumbi; 13 All the skills of the health team; Hannah Faal; 14 The evolution of professional education and health systems in sub-Saharan Africa; Gottlieb Monekosso; 15 Indigenous knowledge systems; Catherine A. Odora-Hoppers; Part 5 Health for the whole population-leaving no-one behind; 16 Introduction to Part 5: Health for the whole population-leaving no-one behind; Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp; 17 Twenty years of improving access to healthcare in Rwanda; Agnes Binagwaho.

18 HIV/AIDS and National Health Insurance in South AfricaNigel Crisp; 19 Coverage of the poor-innovative health financing in Ghana; Frank Nyonator; 20 Health for the whole population; Patrick Kadama and Peter Eriki; Part 6 The future; 21 Introduction to Part 6: The future; Francis Omaswa and Nigel Crisp; 22 The future: view from a Minister; Miatta Kargbo; 23 The future: younger and future leaders; Nigel Crisp with contributions from John Paul Bagala, Clarisse Bombi, Susana Edjang, Ndwapi Ndwapi, Kelechi Ohiri, and Nana Twum-Danso; 24 The future: vision and challenges.

Francis Omaswa and Nigel CrispAppendix 1 Africans on the world stage; Index.

Most accounts of health and healthcare in Africa are written by foreigners. African Health Leaders: Making Change and Claiming the Future redresses the balance. Written by Africans, who have themselves led improvements in their own countries, the book discusses the creativity, innovation and leadership that has been involved tackling everything from HIV/AIDs, to maternal, and child mortality and neglected tropical diseases. It celebrates their achievementsand shows how, over three generations, African health leaders are creating a distinctively African vision of health and health systems.