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The USAID-funded Leadership, Management, and Governance Project builds more transparent and accountable health systems and improves health for all by collaborating with leadrs at all levels of government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to develop and scale up interventions to improve leadership, management, and governance.

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Key Practices of Good GovernanceCultivating Accountability

■ Cultivating personal accountability ■ Nurturing accountability to external

stakeholders ■ Fostering internal accountability ■ Measuring performance with

transparency ■ Sharing information ■ Providing effective

oversight

Engaging Stakeholders

■ Engaging diverse stakeholders ■ Building trust ■ Engaging health service users

■ Engaging health providers and health workers

■ Collaborating with other sectors

■ Establishing gender-responsive governance

Setting Shared Strategic Direction

■Establishing shared vision

■ Defining strategic direction of the organization and reporting progress

■ Enabling and exercising leadership

Stewarding Resources

■ Mobilizing and allocating resources

■ Building efficiency and sustainability

■ Using information, evidence, and technology

■ Practicing ethical and moral integrity ■ Eradicating corruption

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GOVERNANCE

Continuous Governance Enhancement ■ Cultivating governance competencies ■ Establishing governance infrastructure ■ Continuous governance education ■ Performing regular governance assessments

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Governance Guides

A series of guides that help cultivate accountability, engage stakeholders, set shared strategic direction, and steward resources for health system strengthening.

Governance Handbooks

Training handbooks for governance improvement in

ministries of health, provincial health departments or

provincial health systems, district health offices or district health systems,

hospitals, and health centers.

“How to Govern the Health Sector and its Institutions Effectively” in The eManager

Presents key practices of good governance and their nine key enablers, examples from the field, and helpful governance tools and resources.

Governance eLearning Certificate Track

Learn more about the role of good governance for better health service delivery and

greater health impact.

Online Seminars, Study Groups, and Webinars

Take part in online governance learning through the USAID Global Health Learning Center and LeaderNet. The next online seminar on board governance begins on October 11.

Health Systems in Action

A practical guide with tools and resources for health

professionals, including chapter 3, “Governance of

Health Systems and Health Organizations.”

LMG Project Governance Resources Available at www.LMGforHealth.org