The Touch Foundation and McKinsey & Company complete assessment of health systems throughout the Lake Zone region

Working with a team of consultants from McKinsey & Company's health systems practice, Weill Bugando leadership and Tanzanian health ministry officials, the Touch Foundation completed the diagnostic phase of the Lake Zone Initiative in the spring of 2008.

The Touch Foundation and McKinsey & Company complete diagnostic phase of the Twiga Initiative to expand health worker training

At the request of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Touch Foundation recently completed an assessment of the opportunities for expansion of the Tanzanian health worker training system. Swahili for "giraffe," the Twiga Initiative pushes toward the ultimate goal of doubling intake in Tanzania's nearly one hundred health worker training schools.

Welcoming President Kikwete to dinner in New York

On September 20th, we gathered together several of our key partners to welcome  HE President Jakaya M. Kikwete and First Lady Mama Salma Kikwete to New York.

Touch signs agreement with US Government

In a small ceremony presided over by President Kikwete at our dinner in September, Touch signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, which manages the $15 billion President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR).

Partnering with Abbott Fund

The Touch Foundation has launched a partnership with the Abbott Fund to improve laboratory services in the Lake Zone region of Tanzania, which covers roughly one-third of Tanzania's population.