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Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The Company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service.

Corporate Responsibility
Values and Standards; Science and Innovation; Enabling Access; Environment, Health and Safety; Commitment to Communities At Merck, our business is discovering, developing and delivering novel medicines and vaccines that can make a difference in people's lives. But our mission also entails something more. As a Company, we seek to maintain high ethical standards and a culture that values honesty, integrity and transparency in all that we do.

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  Banda Aaron manages an ICN/Merck Mobile Library in Zambia

International Council of Nurses/ Merck Mobile Library Project: The Healing Power of Information
Many African nations lack a critical tool in the fight against AIDS, malaria and other diseases: nurses. “In our country, we should have more than 22,000 nurses, but there are only 9,000 now,” says Banda Aaron, a teacher at the Lewanika School of Nursing in Mongu, Zambia. This shortage is particularly problematic because nurses are the primary health care providers for the vast majority of Zambians...
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2007 Annual Review

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