http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/Merck.com - Feature Stories About Merck14242http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/http://www.merck.com/site_images/mercklogo-rss.jpgInternationalCou02/19/2008http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/02192008_icn.html?src=rssTue, 19 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMTMany 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.NewJerseyPerform02/18/2008http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/02192008_njpac.html?src=rssMon, 18 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMTActor and musician Terrance Kennedy can do something most teachers would never dare: Get a teenage boy to do a plie in front of his friends. “Once you create an environment of mutual respect and trust, they don’t mind the plie," Mr. Kennedy says, referring to the graceful ballet movement that’s often part of the theater and dance classes he teaches at New Jersey schools.BuildingandEthic01/09/2008http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/01092008_ethical_south_africa.html?src=rssWed, 09 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMTWillem Landman , Ph.D., grew up during apartheid in South Africa, an experience that ignited a passion for justice and helped him become a powerful force for social change in his country. Today, Dr. Landman uses that same directness to build consensus and foster positive change form the inside out as chief executive officer of the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicSA), a non-profit organization that promotes and advances ethical practices in health care, business and government MedicalStudentsF01/08/2008http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/01092008_fighting_silent_killer.html?src=rssTue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMTSteven Lin discovered his calling when his brother-in-law was diagnosed with hepatitis B at just 22. “He was healthy one day and doubled over in pain the next,” Mr. Lin, now himself 22, recalls. “At the hospital, he was told that he would likely have liver cancer by age 40. That shook my world.”MerckCompanyFoun11/21/2007http://www.merck.com/about/feature_story/11212007_mvna_press_release.html?src=rssWed, 21 Nov 2007 13:00:00 GMTThe Merck Company Foundation announced today a $2.8 million commitment to establish two new immunization training centers in Uganda and Zambia and to expand the Foundation's support of two existing centers in Kenya and Mali as part of the Merck Vaccine Network – Africa