Doris Mollel Foundation is an award winning, women-led foundation ending maternal and newborn deaths, and advancing adolescent reproductive health in East Africa, through evidence-based, research-driven and community-led interventions.
Explore moreMaternal & Child Health
Focus area
Maternal & Child Health
Strengthening healthcare delivery for newborns and mothers by building and furnishing facilities and staff housing, equipping hospitals, training healthcare workers, and using data to drive outcomes.
Advocacy
Focus area
Advocacy
Influencing governments and private sector to improve the wellbeing of children, girls, and women through evidence gathering, research translation, community mobilization, and national and international stakeholder engagement to drive policy change.
Adolescent Reproductive Health
Focus area
Adolescent Reproductive Health
Empowering adolescents, in and out of school, with knowledge and tools for informed health decisions through peer-led interventions, youth-led dialogues, media campaigns, and movement and coalition building.
Emerging Issues
Focus area
Emerging Issues
Addressing social and health crises through flexible, community-led interventions.
For the year ended December 31, 2025.
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Low birthweight, sick newborns & premature babies cared for across 85 partner facilities
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In-school adolescents & youth (ages 10–24) reached with SRH education
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Out-of-school adolescents & youth (ages 10–24) reached with SRH education through peer educators
Policy win
Paternity leave: fathers in Tanzania now receive 7 days of paternity leave, up from 3 days.
Policy win
Paid maternity leave: mothers of premature babies in Tanzania now receive paid maternity leave from birth until the 40th week of pregnancy is complete.
Policy win
WHO recognition: November 15 — World Prematurity Day is now on the WHO official calendar.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus presented an award to Doris Mollel Foundation for leadership in improving the health of mothers and newborns in Tanzania and beyond.
Partner organizations: Embassy of France, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Segal, World Health Organization, Every Pregnancy, Diamond Trust Bank, Jhpiego, Pivotal, KCA, Partner organization.
