The road to 2030: AMP Health’s refreshed strategy
As we embark on the next phase of our journey at AMP Health, we stand at a pivotal moment of reflection and renewal. The conclusion of our previous 5-year strategic period has prompted us to reassess our approach, aligning it with the global imperative set forth by the United Nations' 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recognising the interconnected nature of today's challenges, our updated strategy looks beyond primary healthcare alone and makes way for an intersectional approach by prioritising, promoting, and protecting the health and wellbeing of people and the planet.
As countries grapple with the impact of climate change, governments will need to look toward their central role in building resilient societies, and to do so requires the collaboration of different sectors. This compels us to examine other issues that intersect with healthcare and lend our support to the dismantling of siloes within and across sectors such as agriculture, education, youth, and the environment. We recognise that healthcare is a broader concept than the sum total of individual programmatic areas of health, and that many solutions to healthcare issues lie outside the scope of ministries of health, thereby highlighting the importance of intersectionality.
Our mission has also undergone a significant change, moving away from a sole focus on improving health outcomes, to one that is dedicated to supporting African governments to build visionary and effective public sector teams. AMP Health aims to accomplish this by helping these teams develop the leadership and management skills needed to realise ambitious goals.
Central to our approach are core principles of African focus, transparency, collaboration, agility, and intersectionality. These principles underpin every facet of our work, ensuring that our actions are aligned with the best interests of our government partners and the communities they serve. The last five years have demonstrated that our model works and that mentorship and coaching of teams – particularly embedded mentorship and coaching – yields extraordinary results in improving teams’ abilities to achieve their goals.
With this success in mind, our strategic goals have been largely retained but with amendments that reflect our new approach. While embedded coaching and mentoring remains integral to our model, we also recognise the importance of fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing beyond the initial phase of support. To this end, we are reallocating resources to prioritise sustainability planning from the outset of our engagements, catalysing enduring change within public sector teams.
By equipping public sector teams with leadership and management skills, we are laying the groundwork for transformative change in the health sector and beyond. As we forge ahead, our focus remains steadfast on building capacity and fostering collaboration for countries to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals. Together with our partners, we are shaping a future where resilient and visionary public sector teams propel Africa towards an even brighter, more sustainable tomorrow.
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