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Podcast interview on US global health spending
The Council on Foreign Relations interviews Lee Wells, Touch Foundation Director of External Affairs, on the importance of health worker training in improving basic health care. Listen to the podcast.
The New York Times highlights maternal health in Tanzania
The New York Times reports on the challenges associated with preventing and treating fistula, a physically debilitating and socially stigmatizing childbirth complication, in Africa. The article notes that community education, improved transportation, and greater access to hospitals, doctors and midwives are desperately needed.
Weill Bugando's first class of medical students graduates
We are proud to announce the graduation of Weill Bugando's inaugural class of nine medical students on November 22, 2008. The Touch Foundation and Weill Bugando were honored to hear from Tanzanian President Jakaya M. Kikwete at the ceremony.
On October 2, some six hundred guests attended the Touch Foundation's mchezo! benefit at Rose Theater, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Asante Supper 2008 raises $1 million for Weill Bugando
The Touch Foundation held its annual gala, the Asante Supper, at the Waldorf Astoria on May 21, 2008. Almost three hundred guests, including many of the Touch Foundation's long-standing supporters, came out for the Asante Supper, which is Swahili for "thank you."