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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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Achieving Better Health: Successful Partnerships and Programs in Africa
The Touch Foundation's Achieving Better Health: Successful Partnerships and Programs in Africa takes stock of the past two years and provides insight into some exciting, new programmatic directions that will expand Bugando University's reach nationally.
Download PDF (2.75 MB)Audited Financial Statements 2009
The following financial report was prepared by independent auditors for the Touch Foundation Board of Directors.
Download PDF (0.07 MB)Health International Journal Article: A Practical Approach to Health System Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lowell Bryan, president of the Touch Foundation and a McKinsey director, is co-author of the following article that appeared in the journal, Health International, in December 2009 (issue 9). Bryan and the four other McKinsey authors explore the Touch Foundation and McKinsey's joint efforts to analyze the health systems challenges in the Lake Zone region of Tanzania. Please see the Touch Foundation's Catalyzing Change report to read the full findings from this study.
Download PDF (1.14 MB)Fall 2009 Newsletter
Events on both sides of the Atlantic this fall highlighted our close partnerships with the Tanzanian and US governments as well as with private sector partners committed to Tanzania. The newsletter also features the promotion of Lee Wells, formerly Director of External Affairs, to Executive Director, and covers the visit by two US Congresswomen from California to Weill Bugando's medical school and teaching hospital.
Download PDF (0.5 MB)Action now on the Tanzanian health workforce crisis: Expanding health worker training - the Twiga Initiative
Based on our experience at Weill Bugando, the Tanzanian Minister for Health and Social Welfare personally asked us to assist his Ministry in scaling up health worker training capacity at the national level. In early 2007, the Ministry developed the Twiga Initiative to dramatically increase health worker production. With the help of McKinsey & Company, we set out to identify a baseline for current national training capacity and to develop and prioritize initiatives intended to help the government achieve health training goals.
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