The heroic efforts of countless researchers, administrators, and nonprofits, together with trillions of dollars in charitable contributions, may have led to important improvements in individual clinical settings and lives, yet system-wide progress has seemed virtually unobtainable against global health initiatives.
Unlike most collaborations, collective impact initiatives involve a centralized infrastructure, a dedicated staff, and a structured process that leads to a common agenda, shared measurement, continuous communication, and mutually reinforcing activities among all participants.
