- The eleventh Version of Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary was formally inaugurated by The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN, Chairman of Merck Basis Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp and Merck Basis CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej.
- The First Women of Burundi, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Zimbabwe and Zanzibar had been the Visitors of Honor and Keynote Audio system for the eleventh Version of Merck Basis’s Annual Convention.
- Greater than 10,000 healthcare suppliers, policymakers and media from over 70 English, French, Spanish and Portuguese talking international locations attended the Luminary by means of hybrid mannequin to profit from 5 parallel scientific and social periods to advance healthcare capability and consciousness in 44 crucial and underserved medical specialties.
- Celebrating seventh Anniversary of Merck Basis and marking 12-year journey of their growth applications, throughout 2024 Luminary.
Merck Basis (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, carried out the eleventh Version of their annual convention, “Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary”, below the patronage of The President of Tanzania, and in partnership with the Authorities of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam. The convention was formally inaugurated by H.E. Dr. SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN, The President of the United Republic of Tanzania along with Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Merck Basis Board of Trustees and Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis, together with First Women of 15 Nations, who joined because the Visitors of Honor and Keynote Audio system.
- H.E. Madam ANGELINE NDAYISHIMIYE, The First Woman of the Republic of Burundi
- H.E. Dr. DÉBORA KATISA CARVALHO, The First Woman of the Republic of Cabo Verde
- H.E. Madam BRIGITTE TOUADERA, The First Woman of Central African Republic
- H.E. Madam DENISE NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI, The First Woman of the Democratic Republic of The Congo
- H.E. Madam ZITA OLIGUI NGUEMA, The First Woman of the Gabonese Republic
- H.E. Mrs. FATOUMATTA BAH-BARROW, The First Woman of the Republic of The Gambia
- H.E. Mrs. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO, The First Woman of the Republic of Ghana
- H.E. Mrs. RACHEL RUTO, The First Woman of the Republic of Kenya
- H.E. Mrs. KARTUMU YARTA BOAKAI, The First Woman of the Republic of Liberia
- H.E. Mrs. MONICA CHAKWERA, The First Woman of the Republic of Malawi
- H.E. Mrs. SAJIDHA MOHAMED, The First Woman of the Republic of Maldives
- H.E. Mrs. ISAURA FERRÃO NYUSI, The First Woman of the Republic of Mozambique
- H.E. Mrs. MARIA DE FATIMA VILA NOVA, The First Woman of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
- H.E Mrs. MARIAM MWINYI, The First Woman of Zanzibar
- H.E. Amai Dr. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, The First Woman of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Merck Basis CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej emphasised, “I’m very proud to conduct Merck Basis Africa First Women Initiatives –MFFLI, along with our Visitors of Honor and Keynote Audio system, the First Women of 15 African and Asian Nations, who’re additionally the Ambassadors of “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom”. I prolong a particular welcome to the brand new members becoming a member of our platform. Collectively we mentioned the affect of our applications and the 2025 technique to construct healthcare capability and lift consciousness on a variety of delicate and demanding social points like Breaking Infertility Stigma, Supporting Lady Training, Ending Little one Marriage&FGM, Stopping GBV, Girls Empowerment, and vital well being points like Diabetes and Hypertension Consciousness.” Watch the speech of CEO of Merck Basis in the course of the inaugural program of their Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3DJHzMr
“I used to be delighted to listen to from the First Women of Africa about their experiences and the impactful tales from their respective international locations. Their achievements are an vital a part of celebrating our success,” Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Merck Basis Board of Trustees emphasised. Watch the speech of Chairman of Merck Basis BOT in the course of the inaugural program of their Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/4fAvVkj
The President of United Republic of Tanzania, H.E Dr. SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN emphasised “I’m delighted to host this prestigious convention in Tanzania. It’s a nice honor to inaugurate the convention alongside the First Women of Africa and Asia. I deeply respect the applications of Merck Basis which might be constructing healthcare capability, breaking infertility stigma, and supporting woman schooling.” Watch the speech of The President of United Republic of Tanzania in the course of the inaugural program of Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3VWS1GC
Merck Basis has supplied greater than 2080 scholarships to younger medical doctors from 52 international locations in 44 crucial and underserved specialties.
“Merck Basis’s partnership with the First Women has been essential in reaching this milestone of reworking the affected person care panorama and main Africa and Asia towards a greater, more healthy, and stronger future,” Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej emphasised.
Through the Inauguration Session of the Luminary, the First Women delivered their keynote speeches to share the affect of their partnership journey with Merck Basis.
H.E. Madam ANGELINE NDAYISHIMIYE, The First Woman of the Republic of Burundi expressed, “I’m very pleased with the exceptional achievements we’ve achieved collectively by means of our enduring partnership with the Merck Basis. They’ve been on the forefront to supply coaching to our native medical doctors and have supplied 55 scholarships to our younger Burundian medical doctors in lots of crucial and underserved specialties. I’m happy to share that one of many graduates of the Merck Basis Diabetes Grasp course has established Burundi’s First Diabetes middle that I visited myself. Furthermore, final yr, we inaugurated Burundi’s first public IVF middle, and Merck Basis supplied coaching for our Fertility Specialists, Embryologists, and Technicians, making them Burundi’s first native consultants in fertility care. These are nice achievements and tangible outcomes of our partnership. Furthermore, we’ve additionally supplied scholarships to 40 gifted underprivileged women, enabling them to proceed their schooling till they graduate. It is a essential initiative to empower our women by means of schooling.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Burundi in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3VR7Dvh
H.E. Dr. DÉBORA KATISA CARVALHO, The First Woman of the Republic of Cabo Verde shared, “I take nice pleasure in my position because the Ambassador of “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom” marketing campaign to empower infertile ladies by means of entry to data, schooling, change of mindset. I’m dedicated to supporting women’ schooling as I consider it’s a elementary pillar for girls’s empowerment. Therefore, as part of “Educating Linda” program, we’ve sponsored the schooling of 40 top-performing women in secondary faculty till they graduate. Our partnership that began in 2023 has been exceptional to this point, nevertheless, I sit up for reaching much more within the coming years.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Cabo Verde in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/41V4ZIT
H.E. Madam BRIGITTE TOUADERA, The First Woman of Central African Republic expressed, “I deeply worth our partnership with Merck Basis that started in 2015. It has been a journey of shared imaginative and prescient and dedication in direction of advancing healthcare capability, breaking infertility stigma, empowering infertile and childless ladies, and supporting woman schooling. We began with Merck Basis Greater than a Mom’s vital mission “Empowering Berna”, the place we established small companies for infertile ladies and skilled them to run their companies to allow them to have earnings, turn into unbiased and have a purposeful life. It was the primary time that we thought of infertile ladies in our nation. Additionally, by means of Training Linda program, we’re offering scholarships to 40 underprivileged schoolgirls to their schooling until they graduate. Furthermore, we’ve supplied a number of scholarships to our medical doctors for Oncology and Diabetes.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of the Central African Republic in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/41R1vr1
H.E. Madam DENISE NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI, The First Woman of the Democratic Republic of The Congo acknowledged, “I deeply respect Merck Basis’s dedication to advancing healthcare capability to reinforce entry to high quality and equitable healthcare for our nation’s folks. Collectively we’ve supplied 95 scholarships to our younger native medical doctors within the fields of Fertility, Diabetes and Oncology. Moreover, we’re sponsoring the schooling of 40 underprivileged however finest performing women, enabling them to proceed their schooling until they graduate as part of Educating Linda Program. I regard this extremely as educated women contribute to a talented workforce that drives the nation’s financial development.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of the Democratic Republic of The Congo in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/4gVQl8J
H.E. Madam ZITA OLIGUI NGUEMA, The First Woman of the Gabonese Republic acknowledged, “I’m very honored to be part of this prestigious platform. Merck Basis CEO gave me an in depth abstract of their applications to construct healthcare capability, empower women in schooling, and break the infertility stigma. At current, Merck Basis has supplied three scholarships to our medical doctors for Oncology and Diabetes Care. I’m excited to scale up this program and provoke all different applications in my nation very quickly.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of the Gabonese Republic in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/4gPWgfm
H.E. Mrs. FATOUMATTA BAH-BARROW, The First Woman of the Republic of The Gambia expressed, “My partnership with Merck Basis began in 2017, and we’ve achieved important milestones collectively. We have now supplied 84 scholarships to younger Gambian medical doctors in lots of crucial and underserved specialties. It is a important quantity given our nation’s small measurement, inhabitants, and restricted variety of healthcare suppliers. We’re additionally engaged on numerous initiatives to boost consciousness about crucial social and well being points. Collectively we’re additionally supporting the schooling of 40 Gambian schoolgirls till they graduate. I consider that schooling is a elementary proper for each woman, therefore, I worth and respect the Educating Linda program.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of The Gambia in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/41SIdl8
H.E. Mrs. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO, The First Woman of the Republic of Ghana acknowledged, “I’m very proud to share that Merck Basis has supplied 189 scholarships in medical specialties, that are all very crucial to us, for our native medical doctors who would be the future healthcare consultants of our nation. It is a important achievement for us, and we take nice pleasure in it. Because the Ambassador of Extra Than a Mom, I actually assist and respect this historic marketing campaign that goals to empower infertile and childless ladies by means of entry to data, schooling, change of mindset and lift consciousness about numerous social and well being points. I’m additionally comfortable to share that by means of Merck Basis Awards, we’ve celebrated greater than 100 winners until now and hope to proceed celebrating many extra winners. Furthermore, we’re supporting the schooling of 20 deserving Ghanaian schoolgirls to cowl their instructional expense till they graduate.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of Ghana in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3VR7JTF
H.E. Mrs. RACHEL RUTO, The First Woman of the Republic of Kenya shared, “As a brand new member of this platform, I’m very impressed with all of the achievements and applications to construct healthcare capability, break the infertility stigma and lift consciousness on delicate social and well being points. Till at this time, Merck Basis has supplied 210 scholarships to our native Kenyan medical doctors in 40 underserved medical specialties like Oncology, Diabetes, Preventative Cardiovascular Drugs, Cardiology and Endocrinology, Fertility, Embryology, Dermatology, Neonatal Drugs and extra. I sincerely thank and respect Merck Basis, and sit up for creating an enduring, constructive change collectively throughout our stunning continent.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of Kenya in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/4gUOdOy
H.E. Mrs. KARTUMU YARTA BOAKAI, The First Woman of the Republic of Liberia emphasised, “As a brand new member of this distinguished platform, I sit up for working carefully with Merck Basis and I’m very proud to be appointed because the Ambassador of “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom” marketing campaign, to empower infertile ladies by means of entry to data, schooling, change of mindset, and assist Lady Training. Until at this time, 47 scholarships have been supplied to our medical doctors from totally different provinces throughout Liberia in specialties like Fertility, Embryology, Sexual and Reproductive Care, Oncology, Diabetes and extra. I’m additionally happy to share that our Minister of Well being is one in every of Merck Basis Alumni due to this fact, we’re assured of the success of those applications to comprehend the perfect affect in remodeling our affected person care panorama in Liberia. I’m additionally happy to share about “Educating Linda” program, by means of which we’re offering scholarships to 20 deserving however underprivileged schoolgirls till they graduate.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of Liberia in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/41Rl9TD
H.E. Mrs. MONICA CHAKWERA, The First Woman of the Republic of Malawi expressed, “Our journey with Merck Basis started in 2020, and I’m proud to say that our partnership has continued to develop stronger annually. Collectively, we’ve launched into a number of initiatives geared toward remodeling the lives of individuals in Malawi and past. As a part of Merck Basis Educating Linda program, we’ve sponsored the schooling of 60 best-performing women of their secondary faculties until they graduate. I’m very pleased with this program because it’s a giant milestone for our younger Malawian women. Furthermore, we’ve supplied greater than 48 scholarships of 1 yr diploma and two-year grasp diploma to younger Malawian medical doctors in crucial medical specialties.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of Malawi in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/41LRueB
H.E. Mrs. SAJIDHA MOHAMED, The First Woman of the Republic of Maldives acknowledged, “I’m totally impressed with the environment friendly and impactful applications of Merck Basis. Listening to from my fellow First Women concerning the milestones they’ve achieved of their respective international locations, in partnership with the Merck Basis, is really inspiring. It solely motivates me to provoke these applications in my very own nation very quickly. We have now already shared an inventory of medical doctors with the Merck Basis CEO, and we’ll quickly be enrolling our medical doctors within the fertility coaching applications, as a place to begin. We additionally plan to enrol our medical doctors in different specialties, additional underscoring our partnership with the Merck Basis to reinforce healthcare capability within the Maldives.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of Maldives in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3BB5RI7
H.E. Mrs. ISAURA FERRÃO NYUSI, The First Woman of the Republic of Mozambique shared, “I’m proud to share that by means of our partnership with Merck Basis, we’re strengthening healthcare capability in my nation. We have now to this point supplied 16 scholarships to our Mozambican medical graduates, of which 14 scholarships have been supplied for the Diabetes Grasp course, particularly developed within the Portuguese language. These scholarships are very crucial for us since in Mozambique as per the accessible information, there are greater than 86% instances of undiagnosed diabetes. Furthermore, as part of Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom marketing campaign, we organized On-line Well being Media Coaching for our journalists to emphasise on the vital position that media performs to affect our society to boost consciousness on a variety of social and well being points. The coaching session benefitted a lot of our journalists.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of Republic of Mozambique in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3VWS1X8
H.E. Mrs. MARIA DE FATIMA VILA NOVA, The First Woman of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe shared, “I’m excited to share that we’ve initiated Merck Basis scholarship program in my nation, by efficiently offering a number of scholarships for our native consultants in Oncology and Diabetes Care. Furthermore, we’ve began implementing the group consciousness applications, which might be essential for breaking the stigma surrounding infertility and tackling different crucial social and well being points, comparable to supporting women’ schooling, ending youngster marriage and FGM, combating gender-based violence, and elevating consciousness about diabetes and hypertension. We are going to proceed scaling up these applications.” Watch the speech of The First Woman of São Tomé and Príncipe in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3WkFHR5
H.E. Amai Dr. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, The First Woman of the Republic of Zimbabwe expressed, “We have now a long-standing partnership with Merck Basis since 2019, and we’ve been in a position to present 122 scholarships to younger Zimbabwean medical doctors in lots of crucial and underserved specialties together with Fertility&Embryology, Oncology, Diabetes, Preventive Cardiovascular, Endocrinology, Sexual&Reproductive Care, Respiratory Drugs, Acute Drugs, and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Illnesses, Neonatal Care, Psychiatry, Inner Drugs, Emergency Pediatric, Orthopedic Trauma and extra. That is for the primary time in Zimbabwe that we work on such an impactful program, it’s historical past within the making. Moreover, by means of ‘Educating Linda’ program to assist woman schooling, we’ve supplied scholarships to 40 schoolgirls to finish their schooling by masking their tuition charges, until they graduate.” Watch the video of The First Woman of the Republic of Zimbabwe in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3VXk495
H.E. Mrs. MARIAM MWINYI, The First Woman of Zanzibar shared, “It was a pleasure to host Merck Basis Chairman, CEO and First Women to our nation. Listening to from my fellow First Women concerning the success of the Merck Basis applications of their international locations left me excited to begin this partnership in Zanzibar as properly. These exceptional achievements reinforce Merck Basis’s dedication to advancing affected person care panorama and empowering ladies and women’ schooling throughout our continent.” Watch the video of The First Woman of the Republic of Zanzibar in the course of the Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2024 right here: https://apo-opa.co/3BOYQU3
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Merck Basis is remodeling the Affected person care panorama and making historical past along with their companions in Africa, Asia, and past, by means of:
• 2080+ Scholarships supplied by Merck Basis for medical doctors from 52 Nations in 44 crucial and underserved medical specialties.
Merck Basis can be making a tradition shift and breaking the silence about a variety of social and well being points in Africa and underserved communities by means of:
• 3500+ Media Individuals from greater than 35 international locations skilled to raised increase consciousness about totally different social and well being points
• 8 Totally different Awards launched yearly for finest media protection, vogue designers, movies, and songs,
• Round 30 songs to deal with well being and social points, by native singers throughout Africa
• 8 Kids’s Storybooks in three languages – English, French, and Portuguese
• 7 Consciousness Animation movies in 5 languages – English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili to boost consciousness about prevention and early detection of Diabetes&Hypertension and supporting woman schooling.
• Pan African TV Program “Our Africa by Merck Basis” addressing Social and Well being Points in Africa by means of “Vogue and ART with Function” Group
• 700+ Women from 15 African international locations supported by means of scholarships or faculty gadgets, yearly.
• 15 Social Media Channels with greater than 6 Million Followers.
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