diplomacy&development

The new purpose-built hospital ship will expand the impact of Mercy Ships’ life-changing surgeries, anaesthetic care and surgical education for future generations of patients and healthcare professionals in sub-Saharan Africa. A groundbreaking agreement between MSC Group, MSC Foundation and the charity Mercy Ships ( https://MercyShips.org ) International prepares for the construction of a brand-new hospital ship that will deliver free surgery and training annually to thousands of people in Africa. On 8 April, the chairman of MSC Group and MSC Foundation, Capt. Gianluigi Aponte, Diego Aponte, MSC Group President and Member of the MSC Foundation Board, and Mercy Ships Founder Don Stephens finalised an agreement to kickstart this new project with a generous anchor donation from MSC Foundation, reflecting the visionary leaders’ commitment to supporting access to critical healthcare for the generations to come. “I spent part of my childhood and early years in the shipping industry in the Ho...

Le nouveau navire, construit spécialement pour être un hôpital, permettra à Mercy Ships d'élargir encore l'impact de ses interventions chirurgicales, des soins anesthésiques et de l'enseignement de la chirurgie, sur des générations futures de patients et de professionnels de la santé en Afrique sub-saharienne. Un accord inédit entre le Groupe MSC, la Fondation MSC et l'organisation humanitaire internationale Mercy Ships ( https://MercyShips.org ) annonce la construction d'un tout nouveau navire-hôpital qui offrira chaque année des interventions chirurgicales et des formations gratuites à des milliers de personnes en Afrique. Le 8 avril, Capitaine Gianluigi Aponte, Chairman du Groupe MSC et de la Fondation MSC, Diego Aponte, président du Groupe MSC et membre du conseil d'administration de la Fondation MSC, et Don Stephens, fondateur de Mercy Ships, Don Stephens, ont finalisé un accord permettant de donner le coup d'envoi à ce nouveau projet grâce à une donati...

    Merck Foundation and African First Ladies mark World Health Day 2024 by providing 1740 scholarships to doctors from 52 countries in 44 specialties: Transforming patient care in Africa and beyond.   • Merck Foundation and African First Ladies together mark ‘World Health Day’ 2024 in a mission to transform patient care via providing more than 1740 scholarships to doctors from 52 countries in 44 critical and under-served medical specialties. Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2024 together with Africa’s First Ladies who are also Ambassadors of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” Campaign through their Scholarship and Capacity Building Program. Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation emphasized, “At Merck Foundation, we mark World Health Day every single day of the year over the past 12 years, by building healthcare capacity and transforming patient care across Africa, Asia and beyond. I am proud ...