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Launching of the Institut Pasteur in Laos
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23/01/12 Today, Monday January 23, 2012, in Vientiane the launch of the Institut Pasteur in Laos was officiated by the Lao Minister of Public Health, professor Prof Som Ock Kingsadat, and the President of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, professor Alice Dautry. |
STRonGer kick-off-meeting, 13 and 14 December 2011, Institut Pasteur in French Guiana
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15/12/11 The STRonGer program for " Strengthening transdisciplinary research on Infection us and Emerging Diseases in French Guiana: linking fieldwork, benchside and bedside" is a scientific program whose objective is to significantly reinforce, in the short term, the existing medical research capacities in French Guiana to better meet the infectious health risks for the Guianese population. STRonGer is the first Research Potential project of the 7th Framework Programme for research and development (FP7-REGPOT-2011-1) obtained by a Guianese Coordinator. STRonGer is coordinated by the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane for a period of 42 months. The financial contribution of the European Commission to the program is 3.7 million of euros. The kick-off-meeting was held on 13 and 14 December 2011 at the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana bringing together all partners in Europe and French Guyana. |
The Institut Pasteur in Montevideo celebrates its fifth anniversary
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13/12/11 The Institut Pasteur in Montevideo, founded in 2006, celebrated on December 6, 2011 its fifth anniversary with the President of the Republic of Uruguay, José Mujica, the Minister of Education and Culture, Ricardo Ehrlich, the Ambassador of France in Uruguay, Jean-Christophe Potton and the first Executive Director of IP Montevideo and current Chairman of its Board, Guillermo Dighiero. |
Institut Pasteur in Madagascar - Agreement for establishment of influenza diagnosis sites in Madagascar's Hospitals
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23/11/11 The official signing of the Agreement between on the one hand, the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar represented by its Director, Professor Christophe Rogier and secondly, the Ministry of Public Health, represented by His Excellency the Minister, Doctor Pascal Jacques Rajaonarison was held Monday, November 14, 2011at the Ministry of Health, in the presence of Professor Jean Louis RAKOTOVAO. Link to the press release |
120 years of the Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City
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18/11/11 The Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City, established in 1891 by Albert Calmette, celebrates its 120th anniversary November 18, 2011 in the presence of Madame Tien, Minister of Health, and representatives of many French and international scientific institutions. The Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City is an active member of the Institut Pasteur International Network. The Scientific Meeting associated with the ceremony was dedicated to emerging diseases, confirming the role of the Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City in surveillance and research on infectious diseases in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. For more information: http://www.pasteur-hcm.org.vn/english/index.jsp |
Awardees: Scientific International Meeting of the Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network
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17/11/11 The first Scientific International Meeting of the Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network entitled “Challenges in Global Health: Opportunities for Institut Pasteur International Network” November 10 2011 brought together over 270 scientists and allowed many exchanges. The quality of scientific presentations of young scientists during the meeting reflects the scientific renewal of the Network. Two Prizes were awarded for the best oral presentation: One Prize was awarded for the best poster: Sima DRINI (IP Tunis) working on immune responses to Leishmania proteins. To read online the Abstracts Book and the photo album : http://pasteur-network-meeting.org/Paris2011/ |
44th Board of Directors and Scientific International Meeting of the Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network on November 8-10, 2011 at Institut Pasteur, Paris
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02/11/11 The 44th Board of Directors will gather all the Directors of the institutes from the Institut Pasteur International Network on November 8-10, 2011 at Institut Pasteur, Paris. On this occasion, a full day will be dedicated to the first Scientific International Meeting of the Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network entitled “Challenges in Global Health: Opportunities for Institut Pasteur International Network”. This meeting will be held at the Centre d'Information Scientifique (CIS) in Institut Pasteur campus, on November 10, 2011 from 8:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. There are no registration fees. Nevertheless registration is mandatory. You are invited to see the programme and register now: http://pasteur-network-meeting.org/Paris2011/ We look forward to seeing you at the symposium! |
The Report 2010 of the Institut Pasteur International Network is available
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05/06/11 This report describes some of the recent achievements of the Institut Pasteur International Network. It does not claim to be exhaustive but outlines the milestones and major achievements in the fields of public health and research.
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Inauguration BSL2 and BSL3 laboratories at the Institut Pasteur in Bangui
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12/07/11 On 1 July 2011, two high-security laboratories BSL2 and BSL3 funded by the French Ministry of Labour, Employment and Health was inaugurated at the Institut Pasteur in Bangui (IPB) by His Excellency Mr. François Bozize, President Central African Republic, in the presence of Prof. Alice Dautry, President of the Institut Pasteur and His Excellency Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador, High Representative of the French Republic. All members of the Government of the Central African Republic as well as ambassadors and representatives of international organizations were present. According to Dr. M. Kazanji, Director of IPB "both P2 and P3 laboratories will enhance our diagnostic capacity and allow extensive research in the field of emerging viral and bacterial diseases and HIV / AIDS."
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Chikungunya in New-Caledonia
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24/05/11 At the end of February 2011, the sanitary authorities of New Caledonia announced the first autochtonous case of Chikungunya on the territory. Since, near around thirty cases were biologically confirmed by the Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia (IPNC).
The IPNC in association with the National Reference Centre of Arbovirus, WHO collaborating Centre and the Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health platform ( PF8), Institut Pasteur in Paris, proceeded to the molecular analysis of the virus from this first autochtonous case. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate that this viral isolate belongs to the Asia lineage, which corroborates the Indonesian origin of the imported cases. Further investigations are currently in progress to assess the risk of a chikungunya epidemic in New Caledonia.
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Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting
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13/05/11 The Asia-Pacific regional meeting of the Instititut Pasteur International Network will be organised in in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) at the end of May 2011. On this occasion, an international symposium on “Surveillance and Discovery in Respiratory and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases” will be held from May 29th to May 31st. This symposium will bring several regional projects to a close and, especially, it will mark the conclusion of a flagship project of the network: SISEA (Surveillance and Investigation of Epidemics in South-East Asia). This regional meeting means to be a forum for Pasteur Institutes and their partners to discuss major advances and gaps in the understanding of emerging infectious diseases as well as to promote further collaboration in the Asia Pacific Region region for the benefit of patients' care. It will be also an opportunity to outline a way forward implicating scientists, health authorities, universities, NGOs and training instances active at the regional level. We thank our sponsors for supporting this challenging event: AFD, DHHS/ASPR, SANOFI, ROCHE, DKSH, Institut Pasteur International Network. |
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai announces the creation of « Advance BioChina »
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29/03/11 The Institut Pasteur of Shanghai announces today the creation of its global biotech accelerator company Advance BioChina. Advance BioChina will incubate and accompany up to 25 companies over the next 5 years. |
World Tuberculosis Day, March 24 2011
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22/03/11 World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. Today tuberculosis causes the deaths of about 1.6 million people each year, mostly in the Third World. March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way toward diagnosing and curing tuberculosis. A lot of institutes from the Institut Pasteur International Network mobilize against the Tuberculosis. |
BioVision The 7th World Life Sciences Forum, March 27-29, 2011 - Lyon, France - Symposium "Securing Global Health in the 21st century: epidemic intelligence, identification of risks and opportunities for control" March 28,2011
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09/03/11 BioVision is a three-day international forum, held in Lyon every two years. BioVision is the place to update your knowledge on the latest developments in various life sciences disciplines. BioVision offers you a multi-faceted perspective on current and tomorrow's health and environmental challenges where Life Sciences can make a difference. BioVision is a unique opportunity to enrich your network with contacts from different backgrounds and geographical horizons. In parallel to the official program of Biovision, about fifteen events satellites are organized by our partners; *a session will be organized by the WHO, the Fondation Mérieux and the Institut Pasteur on the difficulties of access to the diagnosis in the PVD, "Securing Global Health in the 21st century: epidemic intelligence, identification of risks and opportunities for control". This particular session will be held on Monday, March 28th from 9:00 am till 11:00 am. |
Start of the activities of the fiftieth anniversary of the Institut Pasteur in Bangui
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25/02/11 The Institut Pasteur in Bangui was inaugurated on February 25th, 1961. This year of 2011, the Institut Pasteur in Bangui (IPB) thus celebrates its 50 years of existence in Central African Republic. This anniversary gives it the occasion to take place on the front of the national and international scientific and media scene to make visible all activities of excellent research and those of scientific training, as well as actions of support for the health service which it spreads in aid of the Central African population. These various terms will so testify of the affection of the IPB in the Central African Republic and to its inhabitants in the service of whom it works since 1961.
February 25th, 2011, start of the demonstrations for the fiftieth anniversary of the Institut Pasteur in Bangui was launched by the President of the Republic Mr. François Bozizé with an exposure on the history of Louis Pasteur and the IPB. An important partof the government of Central African Republic was present (Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Minister of Department of Education, Minister of the Agriculture). The French gouverment was represented by the Ambassador, the First Secretary and the Leader of the Cooperation All year round exhibitions with the public are foreseen: open day, exposures, conferences, projections of scientific films and meeting with the researchers.
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Yellow fever in Côte d'Ivoire
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03/02/11 Côte d'Ivoire is currently experiencing an outbreak of yellow fever which was notified to WHO by the Ministry of Health on January 03, 2011. |
