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June 2010 Report
McKinsey on Africa is an anthology of provocative essays and interviews about Africa. Coverage includes the following perspectives: "Africa's growth story," "Doing business in Africa," and "Improving lives in Africa."
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Fall 2007 Newsletter
With the full support of the Government of Tanzania, the vision of the Touch Foundation broadened to address nationwide issues relating to the quality of health care, quantity of health care workers, and overall health of the population.
Download PDF (5.71 MB)May 2007 Newsletter
Medical residents from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York share experiences from their two-month rotations at their “twin” university in Tanzania. Joan and Sandy Weill, two of the Touch Foundation’s longest standing supporters, facilitated this “twinning” program between the northern and southern universities. In honor of the Weill couple, the hospital and medical university in Tanzania were officially named “Weill Bugando.”
Download PDF (4.17 MB)Annual Report 2006
Between 2005 and 2006, we nearly tripled our financial support to Weill Bugando, the teaching hospital and university in Tanzania. A pro-bono McKinsey & Company report affirmed the immediate need to increase training capacity of health professionals.
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This newsletter highlights the new accommodation, recently completed, to house approximately 320 students at Weill Bugando. The newsletter also introduces Professor Cassian Magori, a vital asset to the medical university and a vibrant personality. His experiences reveal some of the significant challenges posed to medical professionals in Tanzania.
Download PDF (0.94 MB)Investing in Tanzanian Human Resources for Health - An HRH report for the Touch Foundation
This report, based on field research conducted by a McKinsey team working with Touch Foundation staff in 2006, builds on the findings from McKinsey’s initial 2004 field visit to Tanzania. It focuses on the training of highly-skilled human resources for health (HRH) as the primary lever for addressing the global health care crisis and provides a strategy for the Touch Foundation to pursue to address it.
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