Namibia: Merck Foundation supports African doctors with over 90 scholarships to address healthcare gaps – News

Tanzanian president Samia Hassan says progress has been made in maternal care in Tanzania, but more needs to be done.

She says producing local specialist doctors is a challenge the Merck Foundation is helping to address by offering doctors across Africa medical scholarships.

Hassan was speaking at the 11th edition of the Merck Foundation Africa-Asia annual conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Tuesday.

Namibian doctors have so far received over 90 scholarships from the Merck…