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    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Liberia at 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 (1)
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    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Ladies of Liberia, Sao Tome, and Senegal (L-R) during the 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025
    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Burundi and Liberia (L-R) at 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025
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    • Merck Foundation CEO with Vice President of The Gambia, First Lady of Liberia during 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025
    • Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO with the First Ladies of Africa during the 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 (1)
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    • Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO with The First Lady of Liberia and The Gambia at 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 (L-R)
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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Rasha Kelej meets The First Lady of Liberia & 6 African First Ladies of Africa at the 12th Africa Asia Luminary 2025 in The Gambia

On the first day of the conference, the Plenary Session of the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 took place, featuring keynote speeches of First Ladies of Africa

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, recently conducted the 12th Edition of their annual conference, “Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary”, in partnership with the Government of The Gambia in Banjul, The Gambia. The conference is co-chaired by H.E. Mrs. FATOUMATTA BAH-BARROW, The First Lady of Gambia…

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    • Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO with the First Ladies of Africa and Asia during the MFFLI SUMMIT 2025
    • The First Lady of Angola during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Cabo Verde during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Central African Republic during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Gabon during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Ghana during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Kenya during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Liberia during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Maldives during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Mozambique during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Nigeria during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Sao Tome and Principe during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of Senegal during the Merck Foundation
    • The First Lady of The Gambia during the Merck Foundation
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Dr. Rasha Kelej & First Ladies of Africa & Asia call for action to Build Healthcare and Media capacity, Break Infertility Stigma & Support Girl Education during 2025 Merck Foundation First Ladies initiative - MFFLI

I was pleased to hear from the First Ladies of Africa and Asia about the remarkable progress they have achieved in their countries

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 on 19th and 20th June. The summit was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Merck Foundation Board of Trustees, and Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej,…

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    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Liberia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit
    • Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO with the First Ladies of Africa and Asia during the MFFLI SUMMIT 2025 (1)
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    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Liberia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit (1)
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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) meets The First Lady of Liberia & 13 African and Asian First Ladies of Africa at the Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative Summit 2025 to discuss their joint programs to strengthen healthcare capacity

Merck Foundation has overall provided 2280 scholarships for doctors from 52 countries in 44 underserved medical specialties

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Merck Foundation Board of Trustees, and Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation &…

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    • Merck Foundation CEO announce Liberian winner of Merck Foundation 'More Than a Mother' Media Awards 2023
    • Merck Foundation 'More Than a Mother' & 'Diabetes & Hypertension' Awards Ceremony 2023 (1)
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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) announce Liberian Winners of their Media Awards to Break Infertility Stigma, Support Girl Education and Diabetes- Hypertension awareness

The winners were announced and acknowledged by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of “More Than a Mother” campaign

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the Winners of Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition “More Than a Mother” Awards 2023 and “Diabetes and Hypertension” Awards 2023 from Liberia. Winners from the rest of the Africa were also announced, in partnership with African First Ladies, the…

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    • Merck Foundation CEO Senator Dr Rasha Kelej with The First Ladies of Africa during their MFFLI Committee Meeting (1)
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Rasha Kelej & African First Ladies called for 2024 action to Build Health capacity, Break Infertility Stigma & Support Girl Education during Merck Foundation First Ladies initiative - MFFLI in India

Merck Foundation has provided till today, more than 1700 scholarships to young doctors from 50 countries in 42 critical and underserved specialties

Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej and The First Ladies of Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo conducted MFFLI committee in India on 2nd day of 10th Merck Foundation Africa…

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    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with H.E. Mrs. CLAR MARIE WEAH, The First Lady of Liberia & Ambassador of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” (1)
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    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with H.E. Mrs. CLAR MARIE WEAH, The First Lady of Liberia & Ambassador of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” (3)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with H.E. Mrs. CLAR MARIE WEAH, The First Lady of Liberia & Ambassador of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” (4)
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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shares the partnership journey with Liberia First Lady 2018 to 2023 to transform patient care, Support Girl Education and break Infertility Stigma

Merck Foundation in partnership with The Liberia First Lady has also initiated “Educating Linda” Program

Merck Foundation CEO (Merck-Foundation.com) and Liberia First Lady meet with 12 African First Ladies during 9th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2022 to approve their future strategy and announce their impact report and call for action to build healthcare capacity and empower women & girls in Liberia; Merck Foundation…

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    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with Fashion Designers and Models during the shoot of “Our Africa by Merck Foundation” TV program
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Our Africa by Merck Foundation TV Program now on LNTV, Liberia; AYV, Sierra Leone and ZNBC, Zambia after a huge success on GH One TV, Ghana; NTV, Uganda and KTN, Kenya

‘Our Africa by Merck Foundation’ is a pan-African TV program that is conceptualized, produced, directed, and co-hosted by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation to feature African Fashion Designers, Singers, and prominent experts from various domains

Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com) broadcasted “Our Africa” TV Program on LNTV, Liberia, AYV, Sierra Leone and ZNBC, Zambia to address Social and Health issues through African Fashion and Art; Our Africa by Merck Foundation TV Program now on LNTV, Liberia; AYV, Sierra Leone and ZNBC, Zambia after a huge success on GH…

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Merck Foundation’s TV program’s “Our Africa by Merck Foundation” Eleventh Episode raises awareness on the Importance of Supporting Girl’s Education on GH One TV, KTN, NTV and LNTV

“Our Africa by Merck Foundation” TV program is being broadcast on four Prime TV Channels across Africa - KTN, Kenya; NTV, Uganda; GH One TV, Ghana, and LNTV, Liberia

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany released the Eleventh Episode of their TV program “Our Africa by Merck Foundation” at 2 pm on Sunday, 24th July 2022 on GH One TV, Ghana, repeated on Monday on 25th July at 1:30 pm. The rest of the 15 episodes…

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    • Snapshot of Educating Linda Song: “Girl Can" by Irene Logan and Cwesi Oteng from Liberia and Ghana
    • Snapshot of Educating Linda Song- 'Tu Podes Sim' by Hot Blaze and Tamyris Moiane from Mozambique
    • Message from Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2021
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Merck Foundation releases two new songs ‘Girl Can’ and ‘Yes, You Can’ to support girls' education and mark the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls

Merck Foundation continues its efforts to raise awareness about violence against females, empowering girls and women through education

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) also released a story book for children ‘Not Who You Are’, a story of a young couple – Mukama and Amina that experienced Gender Based Violence, overcame it, and decided to move along together to spend a happy and content life; Merck Foundation continues its efforts to…

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    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, Ceo of Merck Foundation and President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother
    • Senator. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother during her visit to Ugandan Childless Women with Hon. Sarah Opendi, Former Minister of State of Health Uganda to support Merck Foundation More Than a Mother Heroines in Uganda
    • Senator. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother with African First Ladies during the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary in 2017 at Cairo, Egypt
    • Senator. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother with African First Ladies
    • Senator. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother with The President of Senegal and African First Ladies
    • Senator. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck Foundation More Than a Mother with African First Ladies during the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2019 in Accra, Ghana
    • Senator. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with Merck Foundation Alumni of Oncology Training
    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Gambia
    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Ghana
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We Will Be Part of Africa’s History; This is Our Legacy-Senator Rasha Kelej on the Merck Foundation Africa Nexus

Emphasizes the huge success of 8th edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary which held for the first time online

We have met Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) known as Mama Africa and asked her about her vision for Africa.  She emphasized, “We are committed to making history with the transformation of the public healthcare sector in Africa. In sight are training of an army of…