Merck Foundation together with African First Ladies mark International Day of Girls and Women in Science by providing scholarships to Female African Doctors – African Business

Merck Basis (www.Merck-Foundation.com) launch “MARS Finest African Girl Researchers Awards” yearly to empower and acknowledge ladies in science; Merck Basis empowers African Ladies within the areas of Science and Expertise by way of offering 650 scholarships to feminine docs out of 1470 scholarships; Merck Basis just lately carried out MARS Awards Ceremony with African Union and 11 African Ministers introduced MARS Finest African Ladies Researchers and Younger African Researchers Awards winners; Merck Basis additionally introduced the Name for Functions for Merck Basis Africa Analysis Summit – MARS Awards 2023 to empower Ladies and Youth in STEM in Africa with particular give attention to scientific analysis in Ladies Well being and Infertility & Reproductive Well being.

Merck Basis, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘Worldwide Day of Women and Ladies in Science 2023’ along with African First Girls by way of their Merck Basis “STEM Program” and “Educating Linda” program.

Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis emphasised, “We at Merck Basis mark ‘Worldwide Day of Women and Ladies in Science 2023’ by supporting and empowering ladies within the areas of Science and Expertise. Although ladies have made super participation and progress in profession, there’s nonetheless under-representation of ladies in these fields. We purpose to bridge the gender-inequality hole and allow ladies to take part equally within the areas of Science and Expertise.

We now have additionally launched MARS Awards to understand and acknowledge ‘Finest African Ladies Researchers’ and ‘Finest Younger African Researcher’. Our purpose is to empower ladies and younger African researchers, advance their analysis capability and promote their contribution to STEM (Science, Expertise, Engineering and Arithmetic).”

Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej additional emphasised, “In partnership with my expensive sisters, African First Girls, we’ve been remodeling the affected person care panorama in Africa by offering medical coaching to younger docs in lots of crucial medical specialties. Out of the whole 1470 scholarships offered, greater than 650 scholarships have been offered to feminine medical graduates. That is near 45% of the whole beneficiaries, which is a good milestone for us.”

Yearly, Merck Basis conducts “Merck Basis Africa Analysis Summit- MARS” in partnership with African Governments and African Union Scientific. This yr’s MARS will probably be in partnership with Worldwide Federation of Fertility Societies -IFFS, Africa Reproductive Care Society – ARCS, Manipal College and African Union Scientific Technical Analysis Fee. MARS brings collectively researchers and coverage makers from throughout Africa to arrange for the street forward in Africa’s improvement as a global hub for excellence in scientific innovation and outline interventions to empower ladies and youth by way of schooling generally and in STEM particularly.

Merck Basis additionally introduced the Name for Functions for his or her prestigious Merck Basis Africa Analysis Summit (MARS) Awards 2023.

Watch Merck Basis Africa Analysis Summit MARS 2022 Award Ceremony video right here: https://apo-opa.info/3YmvPoM

Merck Basis strongly believes that Schooling is among the most important areas of ladies empowerment and serves as the bottom and key consider driving an impactful change.

“Along with African First Girls, Merck Basis has contributed to the way forward for 1000’s of women by offering scholarships to proceed their schooling and offering important faculty gadgets, by way of our “Educating Linda” program in lots of African nations reminiscent of Burundi, Malawi, Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and extra. Merck Basis has launched many inspiring youngsters’s storybooks and songs to help woman schooling. Furthermore, we’ve introduced awards of greatest Movie, Tune, Style Designs and Media to help woman schooling”, added Senator Kelej.

Furthermore, by way of their “Our Africa” TV program, Merck Basis emphasised on the significance supporting woman schooling by way of many episodes and has devoted 3 episodes out of the 15 episodes to this matter. The pan African TV program is conceptualized, produced, directed, and co-hosted by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis. The TV program has been broadcasted on Nationwide TV Stations of Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and shortly to be additionally broadcast in The Gambia, Ghana Kenya, and Botswana.

Watch the certainly one of Episode of “Our Africa by Merck Basis” TV program on Supporting Lady Schooling: https://apo-opa.info/3YnnFfV

Merck Basis has additionally launched many inspiring songs with African Artists to help woman schooling.

1. Watch, share & subscribe to the “Lady Can” music right here, sung by two well-known singers, Irene and Cwezi from Liberia and Ghana respectively: https://apo-opa.info/3JXvJ2A
2. Watch, share & subscribe to the “Superwoman” music right here, sung by two well-known singers, Cwezi and Adina from Ghana respectively: https://apo-opa.info/3JXvJ2A
3. Watch share & subscribe “Tu Podes Sim” Portuguese music, which suggests “Sure, You Can” in English by Blaze and Tamyris Moiane, singers from Mozambique in English right here: https://apo-opa.info/3HTeBs7

Merck Basis has additionally launched and launched attention-grabbing storybooks for youngsters to underline the significance of women’ schooling and allow them to achieve their potential in STEM.

1. To learn Trip into the Future Storybook, pls go to: https://apo-opa.info/3ldlzAo
2. To learn Educating Linda Storybook, pls go to: https://apo-opa.info/3log420

Particulars for MARS AWARDS 2023

Abstracts are invited from final yr PhD college students, younger investigators concerned in analysis and Medical Medical doctors in Postgraduate Medical Fellowship program associated to both of the next subjects:

1) Ladies Well being

2) Infertility and Reproductive Well being

Candidates must be based totally at African Analysis Institutes and Universities, though collaboration inside Africa in addition to outdoors can be welcome.

Final Date of Submission:

Functions could be submitted until 30^th June 2023

How you can apply:

Apply on-line right here: https://apo-opa.info/3JTOoME

Alternatively, Functions and abstracts could be submitted by way of e-mail to [email protected]

together with CV (together with Identify, Gender, Nation, College/Hospital Identify, E-mail handle, Cell Quantity) and the summary doc as an attachment.

Entries are invited beneath the under classes:

• Finest African Ladies Researchers
• Finest Younger African Researcher

Different Particulars:

• All Abstracts will probably be peer reviewed.
• The Winners obtain a 3-month Analysis Coaching scholarship in India
• One Finest Summary winner from every class will get a possibility to current their on the IFFS World Fertility Congress in Athens.

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