{"id":9186,"date":"2026-04-15T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:29:53","slug":"message-from-ceo-of-merck-foundation-senator-rasha-kelej-on-marking-world-hypertension-day-2024-by-providing-760-scholarships-for-future-cardiovascular-diabetes-and-endocrinology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasha-kelej.com\/?p=9186","title":{"rendered":"Message from CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Rasha Kelej on marking \u2018World Hypertension Day 2024\u2019 by providing 760 scholarships for future Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and Endocrinology experts in 52 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Merck Foundation CEO with Merck Foundation Alumni from Zambia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

At Merck Foundation, we mark\u00a0\u201cWorld Hypertension Day\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0by improving access to quality and equitable Hypertension, Diabetes and Cardiovascular preventive care, which are all co-related, in Africa, Asia & Latin America.\u00a0Together with our\u00a0Ambassadors – The First Ladies of Africa<\/strong>, and partners like\u00a0Ministries of Health, Medical Societies and Academia<\/strong>, we have till today provided more than\u00a0760 scholarships to doctors from 52 countries<\/strong>, of One-year PG Diploma and Two-year Master degree in Preventive Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity & Weight Management, and also a special 3 months Diabetes Mastercourse in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.\u00a0\u00a0These scholarships have been provided to the young doctors to form a strong platform of experts nationwide, and not only from capitals or big cities. In total, we provided more than\u00a01810 scholarships to doctors from 52 countries in 42 critical and underserved medical specialties.\u00a0<\/strong>Also,\u00a0<\/strong>We recently launched new Fellowship Programs of One-year Clinical Cardiovascular care and One-year Clinical Diabetes, onsite training programs in India for African doctors. These programs will help us to further improve cardiovascular, Hypertension and Diabetes care in Africa and other developing countries.<\/p>

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In partnership with African First Ladies, we have released a children\u2019s storybook and adapted animation Film\u00a0\u201cMark\u2019s Pressure\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0with an aim to focus on the causes of the early onset of hypertension and raising awareness about its early detection, prevention and management.\u00a0Through our new animation film \u201cMark\u2019s Pressure\u201d, we want to encourage our communities to reduce salt, stop sugar, exercise regularly, eat healthy and stop smoking, this is the only way to prevent and manage hypertension and diabetes, which are predominant risk factors for the development of several serious complications and diseases.<\/p>

Watch the\u00a0\u201cMark\u2019s Pressure\u201d\u00a0Animation Film here:<\/strong><\/p>

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