Merck Foundation, UM sign pact for post-grad trainees


(From left) Ee, Dr Rasha, Prof Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Dr Yap, Abdul Rahim, Dr Tunku Kamarul Zaman and Prof Adeeba exchange documents at the signing ceremony.

MERCK Foundation, a non-profit company and subsidiary of Merck KGaA Germany, and Universiti Malaya have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at providing fellowship training for post-graduate medical trainees from Africa and other developing countries.

Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Mary Yap Kain Ching witnessed the event.

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