Merck: Access to Health

In collaboration with key stakeholders, we work to ensure our science advances health care, and our products are accessible and affordable to those in need.

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Merck Announces Global Grants Program To Improve Access to Quality Health Care in Underserved Communities
To support the work of nonprofits dedicated to improving the well-being of underserved populations in communities around the world, Merck has announced a new global grants program, Solutions for Healthy Communities (SHC).

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Merck: Aiming for Health Equity and Business Success
Josette Gbemudu is motivated to ensure everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. As an executive director of health equity and social determinants of health for Merck, Gbemudu draws on her health policy and public health backgrounds.

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Our Partnerships Help Make Vaccines Accessible Worldwide
How our colleagues are collaborating with organizations to improve global vaccination rates

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Recognized on Fortune's 2022 Change the World List for Expanding Access to HPV Vaccines
Merck has been named to Fortune’s 2022 Change the World list. The annual list recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Advancing Health Equity Through Impact Investing
Despite incredible advances in science and medicine, significant gaps in access to quality health care still exist around the world. Impact investing is one way we are helping to bridge these gaps.

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Experts Discuss Importance of Cancer Screenings and Early Detection
In episode 5 of Teal Talks, Harris sits down with Dr. Laura Makaroff, SVP, prevention and early detection, American Cancer Society, and Merck’s Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, and Steve Keefe, AVP, to discuss cancer prevention and advances in screening.

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Merck Joins Novartis-Led Collaboration To Increase Diversity in Clinical Trials
Through a new collaboration with Beacon of Hope, Merck will operate clinical trials through four Historically Black Medical School clinical trial Centers of Excellence.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

35 Years: The Mectizan® Donation Program
In 1987, Merck committed to donate Mectizan – as much as needed, for as long as needed – with the goal to help eliminate river blindness.

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Taking Prostate Cancer Research Forward
Almost everyone knows somebody living with prostate cancer. But the people we know are not just a statistic or a number. They are our partners, parents, children, siblings and friends.

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Merck: The Vaccine Pioneers
The scientists who made giant strides in the fight against viral diseases included Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. Dr. Maurice Hilleman, who led Merck’s Department of Virus and Cell Biology from 1957 to 1984, also belonged to that group of pioneers.

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