This article is the lead article in the Human Resources for Health journal's first quarterly feature.
The series of seven articles has been contributed by Management Sciences for Health (MSH) under
the theme of leadership and management in public health and will be published article by article
over the next few weeks. The journal has invited Dr Manuel M. Dayrit, Director of the WHO
Department of Human Resources for Health and former Minister of Health for the Philippines to
launch the feature with an opening editorial to be found in the journal's blog.