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Rasha Kelej, a Senator and Merck Foundation CEO, Africa’s Unsung ‘Sheroes’ of Women and Youth Empowerment

PTI | Mumbai Mumbai, Maharashtra, India&Cape Town, South Africa– Business Wire India Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, an African woman to hold the position of the first CEO to Merck Foundation. She is also Senator at the Egyptian Senate, a strong crusader for transforming patient care in Africa and developing countries, passionate advocate of women’s rights and girls’ education, one of the most influential African women in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She is…

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Rasha Kelej, a Senator and Merck Foundation CEO, Africa’s unsung ‘Sheroes’ of women and youth empowerment

ANI PR Cape Town [South Africa]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 18 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, an African woman to hold the position of the first CEO to Merck Foundation. She is also Senator at the Egyptian Senate, a strong crusader for transforming patient care in Africa and developing countries, a passionate advocate of women’s…

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South African health regulator approves Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 boosters

By Reuters South Africa’s health regulator on Thursday approved the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for a second dose or booster, paving the way for the shot widely used in South Africa to shore up protection against the Omicron variant, Reuters reported. South Africa had announced earlier this month that it was preparing to offer people…

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South African study offers hope ahead of second Christmas of COVID-19 pandemic

By Reuters A study by South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) suggested that those infected with Omicron were much less likely to end up in the hospital than those with the Delta strain, Reuters reported. COVID-19 cases also appear to have peaked in South Africa’s Gauteng province, where Omicron first emerged, it said. The study, which…

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Egypt inaugurates largest petroleum complex in Upper Egypt

By XINHUA Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday inaugurated the Assiut Gasoline Production Complex, the largest petroleum complex in Upper Egypt, and a number of other developmental projects in the area. Located in Assiut Province, the Assiut Gasoline Production Complex is “one of the state’s strategic projects, and it is within the framework of development plans…

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