Dr Rasha Kelej and Mrs Neo Masisi be a part of palms

Chairman and CEO of the Merck Basis assembly with the President and First Girl of Botswana to acknowledge their Alumni and Award winners; Merck Basis Chairman & CEO meets Botswana President and First Girl to launch long-term partnership to construct healthcare capability, forestall Stigma & GBV infertility and Assist ladies’ schooling in Botswana; The Merck Basis introduced the First Girl of Botswana as a “Extra Than a Mother” Ambassador to construct well being care capability, break the stigma of infertility, forestall GBV and help ladies’ schooling.

Professor Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp and Dr Rasha Kelej, Chairman and CEO of the Merck Basis assembly with the President of Botswana and the First Girl to underline their long-term dedication to the well being, social and financial growth of Botswana; The Merck Basis Marks a Robust Milestone in Reworking the Panorama of Affected person Care and Ladies’s Assist Schooling in Partnership with the First Girl of Botswana.

The Merck Basis, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany formally launched their applications in partnership with AU Mrs. NEO JANE MASISI, the First Girl of Botswana, who can also be the Ambassador of the “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom”, the applications that began in 2018 aimed toward reworking affected person care, constructing well being care capability, breaking the stigma of infertility, empowering girls, supporting ladies’ schooling, ending GBV in Botswana and the remainder of Africa.

This system was held within the esteemed presence of the President of the Republic of Botswana, HE Dr MOKGWEETSI ERIC KEABETSWE MASISI and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Merck Basis, Professor Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp.

The Summit was chaired by the First Girl of Botswana, HE Mrs. NEO JANE MASISI, and CEO of Merck Basis, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej.

HE emphasised Dr. MOKGWEETSI ERIC MASISI, President of Botswana in the course of the launch

“I actually recognize the joint applications of The First Girl of Botswana and the Merck Basis. I’m delighted to see the numerous, measurable impression of those applications and their long-term dedication to the well being and social growth of our lovely nation, in such a brief time period. Botswana wants these helpful applications; I sincerely want them success.”

The Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of the Merck Basis and President of the “Extra Than Mother” ​​Marketing campaign, emphasised, “It’s a nice honor to satisfy with the President of the AU of the Republic of Botswana, and our long-term accomplice and my expensive sister, AU Mrs. NEO JANE MASISI, First Girl of the Republic of Botswana and Ambassador of the “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom” to formally launch the Merck Basis Packages within the nation, and to underline our dedication to constructing healthcare capability and media, affected person care reworking panorama, bringing GBV to ben, break the stigma of infertility and help ladies’ schooling, collectively within the nation.”

HE expressed Mrs. NEO JANE MASISI, First Girl of the Republic of Botswana, Ambassador of the “Merck Basis Extra Than a Mom”,

“It’s a pleasure to welcome and meet the Chairman and CEO of the Merck Basis to our nation. Collectively we formally launched and likewise celebrated vital milestones of the good success of our joint applications to construct healthcare capability, remodel affected person care, break down the stigma of infertility, help girls’s schooling and finish GBV, in our nation since 2018.

In a really brief time period, we now have been in a position to present 46 scholarships to our younger medical doctors in lots of specialties which might be essential to us. We’re pleased with our achievements collectively.”

“I’m very pleased to share that collectively we now have reworked the affected person care panorama of Botswana by offering 46 scholarships of One 12 months On-line PG Diploma and Two 12 months Masters Diploma to native Botswana medical doctors throughout the nation in lots of medical specialties important underserved areas resembling Oncology. , Diabetes, Endocrinology, Embryology, Fertility, Sexual and Reproductive Care, Acute Drugs, Dermatology, Weight problems and Weight Administration, Respiratory Care and Inner Drugs and extra, it’s thought-about a superb quantity for a inhabitants of two.7 M. And we nonetheless going to supply extra scholarships to native well being care suppliers all through the nation”, emphasised Professor Dr. Frank Stangenberg Haverkamp, ​​Board of Trustees of the Merck Basis.

“I’m additionally very pleased to share that along with Her Excellency, the First Girl of Botswana, we’re additionally supporting ladies’ schooling by offering scholarships and bicycles to 40 faculty ladies to cowl their transport and different schooling bills in order that they’ll attain their potential and achievement. their desires”, added Dr Rasha Kelej.

Professor Dr. added. Frank Stangenberg Haverkamp,

“Our aim is to enhance folks’s general well being and well-being by constructing healthcare capability throughout Africa, Asia and different growing nations. We’re strongly dedicated to remodeling the panorama of affected person care via our scholarship program.”

“The Merck Basis has supplied 1810 scholarships to physicians from 52 nations in 42 crucial and underserved medical specialties. Out of the overall of 46 scholarships supplied in Botswana, 19 scholarships have been supplied for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Weight problems and Weight Administration, for Batswana medical doctors from completely different states throughout the nation, which is essential to enhance entry to truthful high quality diabetes and hypertension. affected person care not solely in Gaborone however throughout the nation. After finishing the course, these medical doctors will be capable to arrange diabetes or hypertension clinics of their Well being Middle or Hospital with the intention of serving to to forestall and management the illness in their very own communities,” added Senator Dr Rasha Kelej.

Out of the 46 scholarships, 10 scholarships have been supplied to medical doctors in Fertility and a one-year PG Diploma and a two-year Grasp’s diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Drugs. This can be a large quantity that may promote girls’s well being within the nation.

5 Scholarships have been supplied for Oncology to develop and help the most cancers care capability within the nation.

Moreover, 12 scholarships have been supplied for Acute Drugs, Respiratory Care, Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Inner Drugs and extra as a part of the Merck Basis’s Capability Development Program.

The Merck Basis can also be working intently with the Botswana First Girl to encourage ladies and sensitize communities concerning the significance of women’ schooling. As a part of their ‘Educate Linda’ programme, the Merck Basis will sponsor the schooling of 20 deserving faculty ladies, till they graduate. Moreover, the Merck Basis additionally supplied 20 bicycles to encourage ladies to proceed going to highschool, as they often drop out resulting from lengthy distances.

“I actually imagine that when the ladies are educated, their nations develop into extra highly effective, stronger and extra affluent”, added Senator Kelej.

The Chairman and CEO of the Merck Basis along with The First Girl of Botswana additionally visited faculties within the nation to satisfy the beneficiaries of the Stitching machine donations and see their success.

Throughout the Summit, the Merck Basis Awards Ceremony was held, the place 7 winners of the Merck Basis Awards had been acknowledged by the Chairman of the Merck Basis, the CEO of the Merck Basis along with the Botswana First Girl.

As well as, in addition they addressed the journalists in the course of the Merck Basis Well being Media Coaching held in partnership with The First Girl of Botswana for Batswana journalists, to emphasise the vital function the media performs in influencing society to create cultural change with the intention of tackling it. all kinds of social and well being points resembling: Breaking the Stigma of Infertility, Supporting Schooling for Ladies, Empowering Ladies, Ending Little one Marriage, Ending FGM, Stopping FGM, Consciousness of Diabetes and Hypertension.

Aside from this, the Name for Purposes for 8 vital Merck Basis Awards in partnership with The First Girl of Botswana for Media, Musicians, Vogue Designers, Movie Makers, college students, and potential new abilities in these fields was introduced Merck Basis. The coaching program was additionally addressed by distinguished Medical Consultants and Media and Authorities Officers.

Moreover, the Chairman of the Merck Basis, and the CEO of the Merck Basis along with The First Girl of Botswana signed just a few copies of their completely different youngsters’s story books entitled: “Mwy Na Mam” created for kids and younger folks to emphasizing and strengthening the household values ​​of affection and respect from an early age; “Not Who You Are” to show boys to like and respect their future wives and eliminate home violence, to emphasise the significance of empowering ladies via schooling and “Sugar Free Judas” and “Weight Mark” to advertise a wholesome way of life and elevating consciousness on early detection and prevention of Diabetes and Hypertension. Hundreds of copies of those story books are going to be distributed to Botswana faculty college students.