Leading to A Better World
GLOBAL HEALTH
TRUE LEADERS
SERIES
INDOHUN National Coordinating Office:
Kampus UI Baru Depok, Faculty of Public Health G Building 3rd Floor, Depok, West Java, Indonesia 16424 (+62)2191018778 (+62)81295951160 nco@indohun.org www.indohun.org
INDOHUN National Coordinating Office:
A series of Global Health True Leaders
(GHTL) training has been successfully
conducted in four countries: Indonesia
(January 17-26, 2014), Thailand (April
18-22, 2014), Vietnam (April 25-29, 2014)
and China (May 5-9, 2014). Ninety-two
students and eighty-nine young professionals
from 10 countries including Indonesia,
Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines,
Lao PDR, Cambodia, China, Nepal, and
Myanmar participated in this prestigious
event. They were the best of 269 submitted
applicants come from several countries in
Asia and Africa. The participants were
across professions including graduate and
postgraduate students, medical doctors,
veterinarians, NGO’s staff, lecturers,
researchers, associate professor, managers,
government officer, young public health
practitioners, etc. The events were
sponsored by IDRC Canada while GHTL
in Indonesia also sponsored by
USAID-RESPOND and the Indonesia National
Armed Force. It had 2 major
components including classroom training
and site visit in the designed place. The
empowerment of leadership skills are also
implemented in Indonesia through the
mental and leadership training at the
military headquarters of RINDAM VII/
Wirabuana.
These series of training was led by Prof.
Wiku Adisasmito from Universitas
Indonesia. The trainers for the 3-4 day
classroom exercises consisted of
international trainer involving Mr. Marc
Baril from Stelerix Strategic
Management Inc. in collaboration with
12 national trainers in each countries,
including Universitas Indonesia, Bogor
Agricultural
“I saw self-confident improvement of True Leaders participants after
they exercised in the training. Congratulations.”
—
Prof. Wiku Adisasmito, Coordinator of Global Health TrueLeaders Series
Leading to
A Better World
:
The Global Health True Leaders Series
University, Mahidol University,
Hanoi School of Public Health,
Thailand One Health University
Network (THOHUN) and
Kunming Medical University.
Ms. Margaret Morehouse from
EPT-RESPOND was also invited
as the global trainer during the
GHTL in Indonesia. The trainers
delivered lectures, facilitated role
plays and games and
administered table top exercises
to facilitate learning on the
following topics: (1) Ecohealth &
System Concept, (2) Global Issues
and Challenges, (3) Culture,
Presentation, (9) Infectious
Disease Management, (10) Agriculture and Health, (11) Disease Prevention and Control, (12) Advancing Network and Partnership (13) How to Develop a Winning Proposals.
In his welcome address, Prof. Wiku
Adisasmito said that he organized
contribute to national and regional
priorities.
The classroom exercise were
followed by a site visit activities in
the designed place to observe the
Ecohealth problem in community
level. A community outreach at
Gowa District in South Sulawesi
was conducted in Indonesia. The
community outreach allowed the
participants to apply the concepts
that they learned from classroom
activities to the medical check-ups,
livestock supplementation and
community seminars they
conducted at 3 villages in Gowa.
The site visit in Koh Chang,
Thailand allowed the
participants to observe the
Ecohealth problem arose in
unhygienic migrant villages,
public health services in Koh
Chang Hospital, learning the
surveillance program in Malaria
Clinic Koh Chang. In Vietnam,
the participants visited the
Ecohealth research site in
Vietnam. The participants were
being given the chance to
observe the biogas system
implementation in the small-scale
pig farm and integrated farming
in Ha Nam province. In China,
the selected site visit was
YuanMou County where
participants learned about the
health facility at township and village level as well as the pesticide usage in the plantation farms and its potential environmental health effects.
A young Indonesian True Leader exercised his confidence & professionalism to give a press release about disease outbreak. (Indonesia GHTL, 17-26 January 2014
After following several days of intense training and
field practice, participants believe that their
communication skills were improved, their ability in
developing proposals were sharpened and their
leadership skills being enriched with the true leaders
values. During the program, participants with
different backgrounds were sharing knowledge and
experience, learning other profession’s system
concept and empowering partnership
multidisciplinary and multi-cultures. Liu Maoling, a
Chinese participant said that it was the first time for
her to speak in front of the public and she got the
chance to train her ability.
The GHTL network platform has been already
built in form of twitter, facebook, mailing list, and
Instagram. The GHTL alumni can spread
information and build partnership through the
platform. The Indonesian participants opened a
discussion group on Twitter for Global Health
True Leaders (#GHTL). An Indonesian student
participant, Riris Dwi, tweeted that he had lots of
hope for the Global Health True Leaders and
encouraged his co-participants to make the call for
being a true leader come true.
Yunus Kuntawi Aji, a participant who works as a
medical doctor at Dompu regency, one of isolated
areas in Indonesia, said "Global Health True
Leaders program taught me a lot about things
needed to become a leader in health sector. I
learned about teamwork, public speaking,
leadership, as well as the concept of one health
during the program. Being one of its participants
was one of the best experiences in my life. The
program gave me opportunity to meet such smart,
talented, and inspiring people from Southeast
Asia. I believe in the near future, the alumni will
work together across professions and across
nations to solve many health problems."
Marc Baril facilitated a role play on handling press conferences for outbreaks of diseases. The participants found this activity interesting because it allowed them to test their ability to be calm, poised and collected when grilled by the media. (China GHTL, 5-9 May 2014)
Dr. Arlyne Beeche of IDRC explained about IDRC program and their concern on Ecohealth FBLI projects. (China GHTL, 5-9 May 2014)
A student gave a mini-lecture on health issues at the medical check-up organized by the military and the local health office of Gowa District, South Sulawesi for 286 residents. (Indonesia GHTL, 17-26 January 2014)
Participants were enjoying the Marshmallow games to exercise their ability on networking and teamwork in Vietnam. (Vietnam GHTL, 25-29 April 2014)
INDOHUN National Coordinating Office
Kampus UI Baru Depok, Faculty of Public Health G Building 3rd Floor, Depok, West Java, Indonesia 16424 (+62)2191018778 (+62)81295951160 nco@indohun.org www.indohun.org
