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Merck, the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company, announced the start of Merck Diabetes Award and Merck Hypertension Award across more than 30 African And Asian universities with the aim to build a platform of Diabetes and hypertension experts across the globe.
In February 2015 Merck in partnership with Dubai Medical University invited all medical students to apply for “Merck Diabetes Award“2016 with the theme of “Every Day is a Diabetes Dayâ€.
Merck announces the winner who will receive the award in a big ceremony attended by Merck Health care CEO, The dean of Dubai Medical University, President of International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Africa, Vice President of Pan African Cardiology Society and the director of NCDs of Indonesia Ministry of Health.
The students across African and Asian medical universities will be asked to submit a concept paper aiming to improve the awareness about Diabetes early detection and prevention in their countries and to encourage their society, scientific community, local authorities, media and relevant stakeholders to think and act on Diabetes Every Day. The winner from each university will be provided by one year postgraduate Diabetes Diploma.
Merck has decided to kick off its Hypertension Award for the same university with theme “What the Health Heart needsâ€, the winner of this award will be provided by one year Postgraduate Preventive Cardiovascular Medicines in South Wales university
“Merck plays an important role in building healthcare capacity Africa addressing Non Communicable Diseases(NCDs) focusing on rural areas , medical students and local partnership with Academia, Ministries of Health , policy makers and governments,†explained Belen Garijo, CEO of Merck Healthcare and Member of The Executive Board of Merck.
“We’re excited about the medical students’ application for Merck Diabetes Awards, most of their ideas were very innovative and can make a change in Diabetes landscape in UAE. The scientific committee decided to give the award to two applicants, the first winner was Nujood Al Shirawi, a graduate if Dubai medical University and currently intern house officer under Dubai Health authority (DHA),†said Dr Dima Abd
Elmannan, Clinical Dean of Dubai Medical Colleges.