Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative Summit

Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative Summit – MFFLI

MFFLI - SUMMIT is a Merck Foundation platform of African First Ladies and “Merck More Than a Mother” Ambassadors established with the aim to discuss challenges, define solutions, measure impact and share experience to ensure continuous improvement and exchange variable aspects of different cultures in order to localize and/or standardize specific messages that can raise awareness and create a culture shift across Africa with regards to the below objectives:

Breaking the Stigma around infertile couples in general and infertile women in particular.
Empowering Girls and Women in Education in general and in STEM in particular.
Improving access to quality & equitable healthcare solutions.

First Ladies of more than 18 Countries have partnered with Merck Foundation to lead and execute the initiatives in their respective countries as Merck More Than a Mother Ambassadors.

Our Ambassadors of “Merck More Than a Mother” are:

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The Ambassadors of Merck More Than a Mother have their own social media campaign for their respective countries, view here all their social media campaigns.

Merck Foundation's first online summit with African First Ladies to strengthen healthcare capacity and joint response to COVID 19