TY - JOUR T1 - Focusing on implementation: the power of executing many small advances well JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - 145 LP - 145 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00100 VL - 1 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2013/08/01 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/1/2/145.abstract N2 - Success often comes through many small, incremental, well-executed improvements. The highly regarded business classic Good to Great1 found that one ingredient of highly successful businesses is pursuing and refining their core business year after year through incremental improvement and execution. So, too, in global public health. Yes, we have “game changers” in global health, to a degree, such as chlorhexidine for neonatal cord care, insecticide-treated bed nets, oral rehydration solution, contraceptive implants, pneumococcal vaccine, and even task shifting. But real success with these and dozens of other more modest interventions rests … ER -