NAIROBI, NAIROBI, KENYA, September 25, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the opening of the application period for the ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media recognition Awards 2018. The applications are invited by media professionals to showcase their work to raise awareness about infertility prevention and make infertility and breaking infertility stigma in Africa. The awards were introduced last year to recognize the outstanding health journalism and to recognize individual professional journalists who have produced accurate, informative, and compelling stories about infertile women or couples in Africa. Journalists from print, online, radio and multimedia platforms. Last date of submission: Entries can be submitted till 31st March 2019. How to apply? Entries can be submitted via email to [email protected] Merck Foundation recently concluded a ceremony to announce the winners of the ‘Merck … [Read more...] about Merck Foundation Calls for Applications for ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media Recognition Awards 2018
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Stay ‘relevant, supportive, in fight,’ Merck’s Warren tells Women of Color conference
Celeste Warren reflects back on an uncomfortable conversation she had many years ago with her high school guidance counselor. The woman suggested she pursue a career as an administrative assistant. It was steady work, the counselor said, and it would pay the bills. Speaking to a full audience at Color Magazine’s Women of Color Leadership & Empowerment Conference Monday at Merck & Co. Inc.’s Kenilworth facility, Warren said she never even considered that advice. Today, she is the vice president of Human Resources and Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence at Merck. For 21 years, she has been a powerful leader, taking her rightful seat at the table of one the world’s pharmaceutical giants. The topic of diversity and inclusion is critically important to Warren and, she said, the challenges faced today are not going to be corrected overnight. The problem took a long time to create itself and the solution requires an all-hands-on-deck-approach to … [Read more...] about Stay ‘relevant, supportive, in fight,’ Merck’s Warren tells Women of Color conference
OpGen Partnering with New York State Department of Health and Merck’s ILÚM Health Solutions to Detect Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections
Collaboration with NY Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center to utilize OpGen’s Acuitas AMR Gene Panel u5.47 and Acuitas Lighthouse Software within Statewide digital health and precision medicine platform at healthcare institutions statewide GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPGN) announced today a groundbreaking collaboration with the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) and ILÚM Health Solutions, LLC (“ILÚM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck’s Healthcare Services and Solutions, to develop a state-of-the-art research program to detect, track, and manage antimicrobial-resistant infections at healthcare institutions statewide. OpGen will work together with DOH’s Wadsworth Center and ILÚM to develop an infectious disease digital health and precision medicine platform that connects healthcare institutions to DOH and uses genomic microbiology for statewide surveillance and … [Read more...] about OpGen Partnering with New York State Department of Health and Merck’s ILÚM Health Solutions to Detect Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections
Merck & Co. unit moving to Capital Region, adding 115 jobs
Albany ILUM Health Solutions, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., will team up with the state Health Department and Gaithersburg, Md.-based data analysis company OpGen in a program to detect, track and manage antimicrobial-resistant infections at health care institutions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. ILUM will relocate to the Capital Region, invest up to $48 million and create up to 115 jobs over a five-year period, the governor said. The move comes as Wadsworth Center, the Health Department's public health laboratory, prepares to move into new Capital Region facilities under a $750 million commitment to move into new facilities. Envisioned as "a lab for the 21st century," Wadsworth is intended to attract private-sector companies and academic institutions to collaborate in research and development. A final location for the new Wadsworth Center hasn't yet been announced, but locations being eyed include the University at Albany's Health Sciences campus in East Greenbush and the … [Read more...] about Merck & Co. unit moving to Capital Region, adding 115 jobs
Merck Foundation to organize Merck Health Media Training to Break the Stigma around Infertility in Senegal and rest of Africa
Merck Foundation to provide training to media representatives from Senegal Merck Foundation to Call for Application for ‘Merck More than a Mother’ Media Recognition Awards 2018 Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany will organize the Merck Health Media Training on 31st of October 2018 at Le Centre International de conferences Abdou DIOUF (CICAD) in Dakar, Senegal from 11:00 to 17:30. The training program is a part of ‘Merck More than a Mother’ community awareness initiative and is being organized for the first time in Senegal for the media representatives. “I am delighted to initiate this important training session as I strongly believe that media plays a significant to influence our society to create a cultural shift. It has the capacity and ability to break the stigma around infertility in the community”, explained Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck More than a Mother. … [Read more...] about Merck Foundation to organize Merck Health Media Training to Break the Stigma around Infertility in Senegal and rest of Africa