Our company as winner of the ISNTD (The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases) Festival 2017 Award for Scientific Engagement
Publish Date
24 FEB 2017
Overview
Our company received the ISNTD Festival 2017 Award for Scientific Engagement during the Festival held on February 23rd in London (UK).
In recognition for the outstanding innovation and engagement across all communication channels for diseases and conditions of poverty, Claudia Cecalupo, on behalf of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, received the ISNTD Festival 2017 Award for Scientific Engagement during the Festival held on February 23rd in London (UK).
This Award recognizes the rigorous scientific, public and patient engagement, the sustained advocacy for Neglected Tropical Diseases throughout a variety of communication formats and platforms as well as for the establishment of a dynamic and collaborative international research and civic community.
At the ISNTD Festival, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, joined forces with the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance to showcase the current efforts in the fight against schistosomiasis through videos, presentations and educational initiatives. The Global Health approach and programs for health solutions on infectious diseases were also presented at the event.