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Project
LAB-NET project ends with successful results: a mapping of Guinean laboratories and a post-Ebola action plan
February 18, 2019, Conakry (Guinea)
On January 31, 2019, the final LAB-NET steering committee was held, followed by the project’s closing ceremony, under the high ...
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Project
REDISSE: epidemiological surveillance strengthened in 47 ECOWAS health districts
February 7, 2019, West Africa
Between December 2018 and January 2019, the Mérieux Foundation and the Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development (CCISD) ...
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Event
Workshop on dengue pre-vaccination screening organized by GDAC and PDC at Les Pensières Center for Global Health
January 21, 2019, Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier du Lac (France)
The Mérieux Foundation hosted the workshop "Dengue pre-vaccination screening based on serostatus: rapid tests and implementation strategies" organized by PDC ...
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Partnership
Agence Française de Développement, Institut Pasteur and the Mérieux Foundation seal their partnership to rebuild the National Health Laboratory of Myanmar
December 21, 2018, Paris (France)
Rémy Rioux, Director General of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), signed on Friday, December 21st a delegation agreement for a ...
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Event
3rd Meeting of the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC) Working Group on Case Management
December 6, 2018, Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)
On the 5th and 6th of November, key players involved in efforts to control cholera across the world met for ...
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Project
Mérieux Foundation delegation visits partners and programs in Bangladesh
December 6, 2018, Bangladesh
In November 2018, Mr. Alain Mérieux, Dr. Robert Sebbag, a Mérieux Foundation Board member, and Prof. Hubert Endtz, director of ...
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Event
The Mérieux Foundation and its partners present new approaches to strengthen laboratory systems at ASLM2018
December 4, 2018, Lyon (France)
The Mérieux Foundation is participating in the 4th conference of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), an international, biennial ...
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Partnership
The Mérieux Foundation, Mérieux Foundation USA and Penn State’s Applied Biological and Biosecurity Research Laboratory inaugurate their strategic partnership
December 3, 2018, University Park, Pennsylvania (USA)
The Mérieux Foundation, Mérieux Foundation USA and Penn State’s Applied Biological and Biosecurity Research Laboratory (ABRL) have signed a Memorandum ...
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Support for Laboratories
Laying the foundation stone of the future Faculty of Pharmacy of Madagascar at the University of Antananarivo
November 23, 2018, Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Construction work for the building that will house the future Faculty of Pharmacy on the campus of the University of ...
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Event
A Global Vaccinology Training Workshop to review the status of advanced vaccinology education around the world
November 22, 2018, Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)
The first Global Vaccinology Training Workshop was held November 7-8, 2018 at Les Pensières Center for Global Health, bringing together ...
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Publication
Scientists warn of potential typhoid crisis after discovering new highly drug-resistant strains
November 13, 2018, Lyon (France)
Two new highly drug-resistant forms of Salmonella Typhi have been discovered in Bangladesh. The bacteria are responsible for typhoid fever, ...
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Publication
BSL3 containment laboratory at the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease of Mali featured in the journal New Microbes and New Infections
October 11, 2018, Bamako (Mali)
An article written by teams from the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease of Mali and the Mérieux Foundation has ...