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Thoughts from Former U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services
Dr. Louis Sullivan draws parallels between the history of medical education in the United States and Tanzania.
U.S. Senators Richard Durbin and Sherrod Brown visited Tanzania in February 2010 to learn about the healthcare worker crisis. The World Health Organization estimates a global shortage of 4.3 million health workers, including about 1.5 million in sub-Saharan Africa.
Events Honor President Kikwete and other Vital Tanzanian Partners
Two events in New York and London this month highlighted the Touch Foundation's close relationship with the Tanzanian and US governments as well as with private sector partners engaged in Tanzania.
Tanzanian M.D. Student Shares His Story
Omare Boniface Atandi, a first year M.D. student at Weill Bugando university, gave the following letter to the Touch Foundation last week.
Tanzanian Healthcare Receives International Attention
The three-part series in the The New York Times on maternal healthcare rightly identifies a deadly bottleneck preventing thousands of women from receiving medical attention in Tanzania: the severe shortage of health workers.