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• Merck Basis and African First Women mark ‘World Assisted Reproductive Know-how Day’ 2023 by offering 490 scholarships to develop Embryologists, Fertility & Reproductive Specialists throughout Africa and Asia.
• Merck Basis makes historical past by coaching the primary native Embryologists and Reproductive & Fertility Consultants in lots of international locations akin to The Gambia, Liberia, Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Congo. Furthermore, supported coaching for the employees of First Public IVF Facilities in Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Niger, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
Merck Basis, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘World ART (Assisted Reproductive Know-how) Day 2023’ along with African First Women, who’re additionally the Ambassadors of “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom” Marketing campaign, by constructing and advancing fertility care capability in Africa and Asia.
Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis and President of “Extra Than a Mom” emphasised, “We at Merck Basis strongly imagine within the vital position of Embryologists and Fertility & Reproductive Care Specialists to empower infertile girls by means of enhancing their entry to info, change of mindset and high quality & equitable fertility care throughout Africa & Asia as a part of our “Greater than a Mom” marketing campaign.
As part of the marketing campaign, we marked World ART Day by means of offering greater than 490 scholarships to younger docs from 39 international locations to be the native Embryologists, Fertility & Reproductive care consultants of their international locations. Furthermore, lots of our Alumni have been skilled to be the primary native consultants of their international locations the place they by no means had even a single native embryologist or fertility specialist earlier than our program akin to; The Gambia, Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Malawi, Congo, Mozambique and extra.
Along with Merck Basis Alumni, and our companions, we’re making historical past and reshaping the panorama of fertility & Reproductive care throughout Africa and past.”
Merck Basis “Extra Than a Mom” is a robust motion that goals to empower girls residing with Infertility by means of entry to info, training, change of mindset, and financial empowerment. This highly effective marketing campaign defines interventions to construct high quality and equitable Reproductive and Fertility Care Capability, Break Infertility Stigma and Increase Consciousness about Infertility Prevention and Male Infertility.
“To present an summary, out of our complete 1580 scholarships, we have now offered greater than 215 Scholarships for medical and sensible coaching to Fertility Specialists and Embryologists, and greater than 275 Scholarships for PG Diploma and Grasp Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Medication, Scientific Psychiatry, Ladies’s Well being, Biotechnology of Human Assisted Replica & Embryology, Urology, Laparoscopic Surgical abilities to docs from 39 international locations throughout Africa and Asia. We’re pleased with this achievement,” added Dr. Rasha Kelej.
Furthermore, Merck Basis has skilled greater than 2500 media representatives from greater than 35 international locations to lift neighborhood consciousness and break the stigma round infertility and infertile and childless girls.
Merck Basis has additionally been empowering childless and infertile girls by means of their “Empowering Berna” initiative beneath their “Extra Than a Mom” motion. This initiative helps girls who can’t be handled for infertility anymore by serving to them to get skilled to ascertain small companies in order that they are often impartial and rebuild their lives. By ‘Empowering Berna’, the lives of many infertile girls have been remodeled in lots of African international locations like Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Niger, Malawi, and lots of extra.
Merck Basis in partnership with African First Women has additionally launched David’s Story, a kids’s storybook to emphasise robust household values of affection and respect from a younger age which can mirror on eliminating the stigma of infertility and the resulted home violence sooner or later. The storybooks have been localized for every nation and in three languages, English, French and Portuguese to have a greater join with the younger readers. Learn David’s Story right here:
https://merck-foundation.com/merckfoundation/public/uploads/digitallibrary/16230682228c2d31133aeda35530d4.pdf
Merck Basis’s pan African TV program “Our Africa”, that’s conceptualized, produced, directed, and co-hosted by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis and options African Style Designers, Singers, and outstanding consultants from varied domains with the goal to lift consciousness and create a tradition shift throughout Africa, has many episodes devoted to lift consciousness about infertility and breaking infertility stigma.
Watch the episodes right here:
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BONCtUJZLHI
Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqobIDOHc4E&characteristic=youtu.be
Episode 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXkB6sYb2Rw
Merck Basis has additionally launched about 30 songs, many of those songs have been created with the goal to interrupt the infertility stigma, as part of their “Extra Than a Mom” marketing campaign. Hearken to among the songs right here:
1. Watch, share & subscribe to the ‘Plus qu’une MERE’ composed and sung by Ms. Fortunate-Lou, the daughter of The President and The First Girl of Burundi: https://youtu.be/EEUjxjqlHv0
2. Watch, share & subscribe to the “Extra Than a Mom” music by Cwesi Oteng and Adina from Ghana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ6ZprqAAJs
3. Watch, share & subscribe to the “Extra Than a Mom” music by H.E. George Weah, the President of the Republic of Liberia created to help Merck Basis “Extra Than a Mom” motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfjS3kY2YWY
Hearken to all “Greater than a Mom” songs right here:
https://merck-foundation.com/our-programs/Merck-Basis-Extra-Than-a-Mom/Native-Songs-and-Youngsters-Tales
“To deal with this essential challenge of breaking infertility stigma and in addition a variety of different social points, we yearly launch Merck Basis ‘Extra Than a Mom’ Awards in partnership with African First Women. I might additionally like to ask the African Neighborhood of Media, Style, Movie making, and Musicians, college students, and potential skills in these fields to use for the awards this 12 months, to create a tradition shift and break the silence about a number of of the next subjects: Breaking Infertility Stigma, Supporting Lady Training, Ladies Empowerment, Ending Little one Marriage, Ending FGM, and/ or Stopping GBV in any respect ranges. I’m wanting ahead to receiving their artistic work on submit@merck-foundation.com,” concluded Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej.
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Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis and The First Girl of Central African Republic with infertile girls
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