Malawi Tackles Infertility with Merck Foundation

Rebecca Ejifoma

CEO of Merck Foundation, Dr. Rasha Kelej and First Lady of Malawi, Prof. Gertrude Mutharila

Merck foundation has partnered the first lady of Malawi, Professor Gertrude Mutharika and others, to train Malawian doctors in the fields of cancer, diabetes and fertility care as efforts to improve access to equitable and quality healthcare in the country against infertility stigma.

Merck Foundation Partners Guinea to Launch First Merck Health Media Training

•••Calls for application from print, electronics and online media professionals with deadline
Rebecca Ejifoma

Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President, Merck More Than a Mother with the First Lady of Guinea, Mrs. Djene Condé

Merck Foundation in partnership with First Lady of Guinea, Djene Conde, to build healthcare capacity in the fields of Oncology, break the stigma around fertility and diabetes care set to hold the first Merck Health Media Training in Conakry, Guinea.

Experts: People-Oriented Programmes Can Curb Population Explosion in Nigeria

Rebecca Ejifoma

With the country’s over-bloated population, experts have advised that the nation needed to strategically implement effective people-oriented programmes that would stem the tide of the negative impact of population explosion on her resources and stability.

Breasts’ Cancer Survivors: Regaining Lost Confidence with Silicon Breast Form, Mastectomy Bras in Nigeria

Silicon breast forms in different colours

With the arrival of silicon breast forms and post mastectomy bras in Nigeria, dashed hopes have been restored. Rebecca Ejifoma chronicles the sordid experience of a survivor, who had been yearning for silicon form bras since 1993 among others