Tag: RASHA KELEJ

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

Kuda Pembere

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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African First Ladies join hands in the fight against Infertility and Stigma

Kuda Pembere

African First Ladies continue to wage their war against stigmatisation of women battling infertility yearning for societal change while initiating discussions on how to integrate infertility treatment into the public healthcare systems. By Kudakwashe Pembere Namibia’s First Lady Mrs. Monica Geingos at the 9th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary Conference said they are witnessing a high number of women being rejected by their partners due to infertility issues thus resorting to alcohol abuse. “We had to intervene on psychosocial issues like substance abuse, but also refer them to psychological treatment…

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Merck Foundation Trains 100 African Cardiovascular Experts

Patricia Mashiri

Merck Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in partnership with African First Ladies, Ministries of Health, Medical Societies, and Academia celebrated the World Heart Day by providing one-year Post-Graduate Diploma and two-year Master degree in Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine to 100 doctors from 25 countries in Africa and Asia. By Patricia Mashiri The initiative shows commitment towards building Cardiovascular preventive care capacity in Africa, Asia and beyond. Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation said he was proud of the training they have been providing so far in…

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Merck Foundation Aims To Bridge Specialist Gap In Africa And Asia

Healthtimes

MERCK Foundation trained over 1 100 medical practitioners from Africa and Asia to bridge the gap of shortage of health personnel in some countries. By Kudakwashe Pembere On the back of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, most of these trainings were done virtually. This was said by Merck Foundation CEO Senator Dr Rasha Kelej during her organisation’s inaugural session of the 8th Edition of the ”MERCK FOUNDATION AFRICA ASIA LUMINARY” 2021 Online Videoconference. I would to assure that as Merck foundation we have trained 350 doctors across 35 countries in Africa…

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Merck Foundation Marks World Artificial Reproductive Technology Day, Trains Embryologists and Fertility Specialists across Africa and Asia

Michael Gwarisa

MERCK Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks ‘World ART Day 2020’ through providing long term hands-on embryology training and clinical fertility specialists training to develop local Embryologists and fertility specialists to improve access to quality and cost-effective fertility care in Africa and Asia, this is as part of Merck More than a Mother campaign. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, President of Merck More than a Mother and One of 100 Most Influential Africans (2019) emphasized, “I strongly believe in the critical role of Embryologists and…

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