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Access Feature Story: Merck Helps: The Merck U.S. Patient Assistance ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Access Feature Story: Fighting HIV/AIDS in BotswanaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Community Feature Story: Working in the Community to Help Fight Childhood AsthmaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Community Feature Story: Providing Meals to Those in NeedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Community Feature Story: Helping to Close the Gaps in Diabetes CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Environment Feature Story: A Shining Example of Environmental CommitmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Access Feature Story: Providing Free Vaccinations to Nicaraguan BabiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Access Feature Story: Helping to Protect the Sight of Future GenerationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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International Council of Nurses/ Merck Mobile Library Project: The Healing Power of InformationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many African nations lack a critical tool in the fight against AIDS, malaria and other diseases: nurses. “In our country, we should have more than 22,000 nurses, but there are only 9,000 now,” says Banda Aaron, a teacher at the Lewanika School of Nursing in Mongu, Zambia. This shortage is particularly problematic because nurses are the primary health care providers for the vast majority of Zambians. (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - February 19, 2008 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

New Jersey Performing Arts Center: The Art of Good EducationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Actor and musician Terrance Kennedy can do something most teachers would never dare: Get a teenage boy to do a plie in front of his friends. “Once you create an environment of mutual respect and trust, they don’t mind the plie," Mr. Kennedy says, referring to the graceful ballet movement that’s often part of the theater and dance classes he teaches at New Jersey schools. (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - February 18, 2008 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Building an Ethical South Africa One Step at a TimeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Willem Landman , Ph.D., grew up during apartheid in South Africa, an experience that ignited a passion for justice and helped him become a powerful force for social change in his country. Today, Dr. Landman uses that same directness to build consensus and foster positive change form the inside out as chief executive officer of the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicSA), a non-profit organization that promotes and advances ethical practices in health care, business and government (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - January 9, 2008 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Building and Ethical South Africa One Step at a TimeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Willem Landman , Ph.D., grew up during apartheid in South Africa, an experience that ignited a passion for justice and helped him become a powerful force for social change in his country. Today, Dr. Landman uses that same directness to build consensus and foster positive change form the inside out as chief executive officer of the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicSA), a non-profit organization that promotes and advances ethical practices in health care, business and government (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - January 9, 2008 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Medical Students Fight a Silent Killer among Asian and Pacific IslandersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Steven Lin discovered his calling when his brother-in-law was diagnosed with hepatitis B at just 22. “He was healthy one day and doubled over in pain the next,” Mr. Lin, now himself 22, recalls. “At the hospital, he was told that he would likely have liver cancer by age 40. That shook my world.” (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - January 8, 2008 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Merck Company Foundation Expands Network of Immunization Training Centers in AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Merck Company Foundation announced today a $2.8 million commitment to establish two new immunization training centers in Uganda and Zambia and to expand the Foundation's support of two existing centers in Kenya and Mali as part of the Merck Vaccine Network – Africa (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - November 21, 2007 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Public Health Officials Announce First Country to Eliminate Transmission of the Tropical Disease OnchocerciasisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Public health officials gathering at the 17th Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) in Quito, Ecuador, today announced that transmission of the tropical disease onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) has been halted in Colombia, marking the first time that the disease has been eliminated as a public health problem on a country-wide basis. (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - November 20, 2007 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Merck Publishes New Consumer Health Guide to Help Patients Make the Most of Their Annual Doctor’s VisitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Merck has published the Guide to Making the Most of Your Annual Doctor’s Visit, a new free information resource designed to help patients more effectively communicate with their doctors. Merck is making the Guide available free-of-charge as part of the Company’s commitment to provide unbiased health information resources to the public, which began in 1899 with the publication of the first Merck Manual (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - August 17, 2006 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Working Toward a Sustainable FutureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
April 22 is Earth Day, a day to pause and reflect on the importance of protecting and preserving the environment and ensuring a sustainable future for everyone. At Merck, we are working hard across the Company to minimize the environmental impact of our day-to-day activities. This includes reducing energy consumption at our facilities and finding innovative ways to make our manufacturing processes “greener” and more energy-efficient. (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - April 26, 2006 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Merck LaunchesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People increasingly want information they can use to take more active roles in their own health care decisions. Now there’s a new, free resource from Merck to help. Your Health Now (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - September 21, 2005 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Merck Expands its HIV/AIDS Partnerships to ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Think of the global AIDS epidemic, and many people think first of Africa – particularly southern Africa, where in some countries more than a third of the adult population is infected with the HIV virus. But Africa is not alone in its struggle against HIV/AIDS. (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - July 15, 2005 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations

Merck Receives Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge AwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Merck & Co., Inc. recently received a 2005 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Merck was one of six organizations recognized for their significant contributions to advancing pollution prevention and industrial ecology (Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck)
Source: Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck - July 13, 2005 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: organizations