Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp together with the African First Ladies.
Like every year, Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘World Cancer Day 2024’ themed ‘Close the care gap’ together with Africa’s First Ladies and Ministries of Health through their Cancer Access Program to build quality and equitable cancer care capacity in Africa with the aim to increase the limited number of Oncologists and develop the first multidisciplinary cancer care teams across the continent. We mark World Cancer Day together with Africa’s First Ladies, not just on a specific day, but every day and every year through transforming and advancing cancer care in Africa by enhancing professional capacity and improving access to high-quality and equitable cancer care throughout the continent. I am proud to share that Merck Foundation together with African First Ladies is successfully increasing the limited number of Oncologists in Africa by providing 140 scholarships to young African doctors from 28 countries.
Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with Merck Foundation Alumni.
Merck Foundation in total provided more than 1700 scholarships to doctors from over 50 countries in 42 critical and underserved medical specialties. In some of these countries, there was not even a single Oncologist, therefore, we are proud hat we are making history in Africa through training the first Oncologists and First Cancer Care teams in many countries such as; The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Liberia, Guinea Conakry, Central African Republic, Chad, and Niger. Merck Foundation is committed to leading Africa to a better future through transforming the landscape of Cancer care in the continent.
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We are making history together by providing these important scholarships for the first oncologists and /or the first cancer care teams in many countries across Africa.
Kind Regards,
Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej,
CEO of Merck Foundation.
