Partners

Touch has been a proud partner of the Government of Tanzania since our founding in 2004. We work in close partnership with the leadership of the Ministry of Health and the PO-RALG, collaborating on health-systems strengthening programs at the national, regional, and district levels. The Government of Tanzania has made incredible progress over the past two decades to improve the health status of the population and to improve service delivery for a country of nearly 70 million people. We are proud to work hand in hand with the government to build sustainable healthcare solutions for the people of Tanzania.

Touch partners with The ELMA Foundation on the watotoCare program which is piloting a new approach to post-natal care for newborns at Sengerema Hospital in northern Tanzania. watotoCare seeks to improve newborn health outcomes by keeping babies connected to the care system after discharge from a hospital. Through telehealth and transport innovations, watotoCare will enroll 5,000 newborn between July 2024 and December 2025.

Touch’s GAINS initiative is proudly supported by the Gates Foundation together with Sanofi and Lilly. The GAINS program provides a model continuum of care for NCD patients in rural Tanzania. GAINS ensures that rural NCD patients are connected to primary care facilities through the effective deployment of Community Health Workers, who are equipped with the tools and systems necessary to link patients to ongoing care and treatment.

Touch partners with the Vitol Foundation on a program that supports the CSSC network of hospitals and clinics to expand access to care for rural patients and to strengthen financial resilience. Touch’s SimuConsult program and Fast-Track are part of this initiative. Historically, Vitol has provided invaluable support for Touch’s legacy Treat & Train program, which expanded clinical rotations for medical students to rural areas.

The Fund for Innovation in Development is a new and ambitious financing mechanism. FID’s goal is to support innovation to contribute to the fight against poverty and inequality. FID’s objective is to scale up the most effective solutions with the most positive and lasting impact. Touch partners with FID on watotoCare, a program which seeks to improve newborn retention in the health care system through an innovative telehealth and transportation model.

Touch’s MediFIKIA initiative is supported by Sanofi's Global Health Unit for Sustainable Impact. Together with Sanofi, MediFIKIA is implementing innovative solutions to supply chain and patient tracking challenges that create barriers to high quality care for non-communicable disease patients at 28 hospitals in Tanzania’s Lake Zone.

Touch is a longstanding partner of the Vodafone Foundation, having worked together for over 10 years on the m-mama emergency transportation system for pregnant women in Tanzania. Today, Vodafone is a donor to the watotoCare program which works to keep newborns in rural communities connected to the healthcare system in the vital first weeks and months of life.

McKinsey & Company has contributed valuable in-kind support since Touch’s inception in 2004. Additionally, joint McKinsey-Touch projects have informed Touch’s strategy and approach to addressing the healthcare crisis in Tanzania throughout the organization’s history. McKinsey employees generously donate to Touch through their Gift of Hope campaign and serve on our Board of Directors.

DAK Foundation supports Touch’s HTM model for operations maintenance at Tanzanian hospitals. With generous funding from DAK, Touch has partnered with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health to provide technical and policy assistance for enhancing the medical oxygen ecosystem and improving health technology management at Tanzania’s tertiary hospitals.