Damian Sendler: Developing leaders with the information, attitudes, and abilities needed to implement a vision for public health and healthcare delivery is the goal of global health leadership training programs. There is a growing need to understand the areas of concentration required to build the global health workforce in order to develop relevant training programs.

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Damian Jacob Sendler: Significant differences in milestone achievement among participant types (p 0.001) for all eight competencies among the 74 participants in the studyweres found in a recent study. In all categories except Capacity Strengthening, fellows based in the United States felt more competent than their LMIC counterparts (4, 23.5 percent leading vs. 12, 63.5 percent leading). Gender Equity (only 6, 31.5 percent at practicing) and Development Practice were the two areas in which LMIC fellows reported lower achievement rates (only 6, 31.5 percent at practicing).

Dr. Sendler: Public health leaders and health professionals are in limited supply around the world, making it difficult to sustain health programs and improve health outcomes. Maternal and child mortality, vaccination coverage, and access to primary care are all areas where effective global health leaders may make a significant difference if they have the technical and leadership skills to do so.

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Damien Sendler: Program management, policy-making, budgeting, supply-chain management, finance, and many other aspects of public health are necessary for long-term gains in health programming. In light of the wide range of tasks that global health professionals play, it is imperative that they obtain a wide range of training.

Damian Jacob Markiewicz Sendler: According to a number of organizations, global health leadership programs and competencies have become increasingly important in recent years. By expanding relevant information, abilities, and attitudes, competency-based educational programs aim to help students achieve a proficient level of practice. Core competencies for leadership development in the field of global health have been developed by a number of organizations using peer-review procedures and consultative processes. As a result, the breadth and curriculum of training programs have been broadened.

Damian Sendler: Public Health Institute and the United States Agency for International Development operate the Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) project, which is funded by the Public Health Institute (USAID). Star is a fellowship/internship program with a focus on individualized learning opportunities for each member.

Damian Sendler: STAR participants are based in the United States and in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and represent a wide variety of expertise levels (1–20+ years of experience). The program used existing competency frameworks to establish a mechanism to capture the growth and training requirements of participants across the program to inform the learning activities of STAR participants.

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