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Fashion Designer and Project Runway All Stars Winner Mondo Guerra Collaborates with Merck to Help Empower People with HIV to Work with Their Doctors to "Tailor" Their Treatment Plan

National HIV education campaign underscores need for good physician-patient communication

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., JULY 17, 2012 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that Mondo Guerra fashion designer and winner of the hit television show Project Runway All Stars is using his professional and personal experiences to help empower people living with HIV to work with their doctors to take a "tailored approach to their treatment plan. Prompted by Mondo's artistic self-expression and his personal story, I Design encourages …show more content…

This spring marked his triumphant return to Project Runway All Stars as the winner of the show.

Mondo has been HIV-positive for more than 10 years, and since his courageous disclosure, has become an advocate for HIV awareness. He is currently collaborating with Merck on I Design, a national HIV education campaign to help empower people with HIV to play an active role in working with their doctors to design an HIV treatment plan. Mondo continues to serve as a role model in the HIV Community by speaking openly about his status and encouraging others to do the same.

About Merck
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