Zim First Lady lauds Merck Foundation scholarships covering the underserved medical specialties gap

By Kuda Pembere recently in Mumbai, India Over 100 scholarships to study in the underserved medical specialties such as fertility, embryology, respiratory medicine, oncology amongst others have been availed to Zimbabwean doctors under the Merck Foundation scholarship program, Zimbabwe’s First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa said. She said this during a Merck Foundation Africa-Asia Luminary last week in Mumbai, India. This is for the first time in Zimbabwe that we work on such an impactful program, it is history in the making. Through our long term partnership and as the ambassador…

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Zimbabwe Health Journalists Trained On Sensible Infertility Reporting

ZIMBABWE’S First Lady, Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa in partnership with the Merck Foundation and the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), hosted a half day training to sensitise Zimbabwean Journalists on issues around fertility and infertility. By Michael Gwarisa The development comes in the midst of a growing burden in fertility related complications in both women and men in Sub-Saharan Africa largely driven by lifestyle related health conditions and Non Communicable diseases (NCDs). Giving her remarks during the training, Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Dr Rasha Kelej said there were numerous risk…

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