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Low potential risk of introduction of yellow fever in Cape Verde19/07/2010 A multidisciplinary mission of 15 days was organized by the WHO following a request from the Minister of Health of Cape Verde to assess the risk of introduction and endemic of Yellow Fever virus in Cape Verde and propose appropriate prevention measures. |
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Valérie Pécresse, French Minister of Higher Education and Research at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai07/07/2010 Mrs. Valérie Pécresse, French Minister of Higher Education and Research visited Institut Pasteur of Shanghai (IPS) on July 6. |
She expressed her wish to IPS to contribute to the development of new diagnostic tools, new drugs and new vaccines in the spirit of Louis Pasteur’s humanism.
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Establishment of a Chair Françoise Barré-Sinoussi with the Total Foundation06/07/2010 |
After a first sponsorship agreement signed in 2005, the Total Foundation renews its commitment to the Institut Pasteur in the fight against infectious diseases by extending its support for five years. The funding, providing from the new agreement signed on June 15, will enable the creation of a Chair Françoise Barré-Sinoussi for training and research on HIV / AIDS, research programs in the fight against infectious diseases and ground activities, particularly against emerging and re-emerging diseases.
With the support of the Total Foundation, a project involving the collaboration of both Institutes Pasteur of Madagascar and Paris led to the establishment of an integrated infrastructure for care and research in Madagascar, including the construction of a clinic which works should be completed late 2010.
A partnership agreement between the IRD and Institut Pasteur06/07/2010 The IRD (Institute for Research and Development Research) and the Institut Pasteur signed on April 6, 2010, a partnership agreement to develop research collaborations in areas and communities overseas and in countries located in Africa, in the Mediterranean, in Southeast Asia, in Latin America and the Indian Ocean.
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Annual Scientific Meeting of Institut Pasteur International Network29/06/2010 Hong Kong Sar, China 22 and 23 November 2010
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New international partnership to fight viruses23/06/2010 Institut Pasteur Shanghai today signed a partnership agreement with the Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics.
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Several fatal cases of yellow fever diagnosed at the Institut Pasteur in Bangui23/03/2010 As part of the yellow fever surveillance program in the Central African Republic, the Institut Pasteur in Bangui was solicited by the Ministry of Health to investigate several deaths due to haemorrhaging. The patients’ serum was analysed at the haemorrhagic fever laboratory (WHO Collaborating Centre for haemorrhagic fevers), where they tested positive for yellow fever IgM. |
The WHO Regional Centre for Arbovirus Research at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar confirmed these results. In all, 27 cases, including 9 deaths, were registered in 2009 with an epidemic peak in the month of November (13 confirmed cases and 4 deaths).
Entomological studies performed jointly between the Institut Pasteur in Bangui, the Ministry of Health and WHO as a result of these studies showed a strong presence of mosquito vectors from both the forest and urban cycles (Ae. africanus and Ae. aegypti). The viral genome is currently being sought in lots of mosquitoes of the sub-species Stegomya (Ae. aegypti) and vaccination campaigns have been organised in response.
Launch of a European project on tuberculosis in the Mediterranean region9/03/2010 This month, the EUMEDNETvsTB project will officially begin, bringing together the Institut Pasteur and members of the International Network to improve tuberculosis and research and control in the Mediterranean region. Scientists will aim to understand the genetic diversity and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, and its interaction with the human immune system. |
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Members of the International Network in the consortium include the Stephan Angeloff Institute in Bulgaria and the Instituts Pasteur in Tunis, Algeria and Guadeloupe, in addition to outside partners in Germany, Spain and Morocco. The scientific coordinators are Brigitte Gicquel of the Institut Pasteur and Helmi Mardassi of the Institut Pasteur in Tunis.
The €1 million project is financed by the European Commission under the auspices of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
Meeting at IP Tunis on the serach for a vaccine against leishmaniasis11/02/2010 The third meeting of the European project RAPSODI, which aims to develop a candidate vaccine targeting most species of Leishmania, at the origin of the human disease leishmaniasis, took place 28-30 January 2010 at the Institut Pasteur in Tunis. |
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This conference allowed researchers to advance toward the definition of procedures and methods for future clinical trials. Other presentations covered the epidemiology and diagnosis of the disease, whose visceral form is almost always fatal.
The project’s participants include research institutes and other organisations located in endemic countries such as Tunisia, India and Peru. The project is financed by the Seventh Programme Framework (FP-7) of the European Commission.
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Scientific conference on hepatitis C in Egypt10/02/2010 The third annual scientific conference of the ANRS research site on viral hepatitis took place on 23-24 January 2010 in Cairo (Egypt). This conference provided an overview of research projects currently underway in the country, where hepatitis C prevalence rates are the highest in the world.
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The ANRS site brings together several Egyptian and French research teams and is coordinated by Arnaud Fontanet (Institut Pasteur) and Mostafa Kamal Mohamed (Ain Shams University in Cairo).
Seminar on the impact of climate change on infectious diseases9/02/2010 A Franco-American seminar on climate change and infectious disease was organised 14-15 December 2009 at the French Embassy in Washington, DC by its Mission for Science and Technology and Health Service, in cooperation with the CNRS and INSERM. |
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The conference allowed scientists from both countries to exchange information on current programming and to discuss reinforcing epidemiological surveillance, future intervention strategies and the necessity of a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach.
This seminar brought together participants representing American organisations such as the CDC, NIH, the EPA, as well as several universities (Maryland, Michigan, Princeton, Columbia) and French organisations including the IRD, InVS, IFREMER and, of course, the Institut Pasteur.
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The Institut Pasteur in Bangui co-organises a workshop on HIV and associated diseases28/01/2010 The Institut Pasteur in Bangui and the AlterSanté Association organised a workshop on the theme “Research as a tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS” on 26-27 January 2010. The conference served to evaluate the current situation with respect to clinical research on HIV/AIDS in the Central African Republic, as well as to promote coordination between clinicians and researchers. |
The 35 participants discussed patient management for adults and children, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, coinfections (tuberculosis, hepatitis, malaria), and drug resistance.
"The workshop was a great success, bringing together stakeholders working on HIV/AIDS in the CAR in a collegial and convivial atmosphere," said Dr. Kazanji.
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The Institut Pasteur in Dakar investigates Cape Verde’s first dengue epidemic18/01/2010 Following the first-ever outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde, the Institut Pasteur in Dakar sent a team of scientists to investigate the epidemic in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Africa.
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Nominations in the International Network18/01/2010 The nomination of the new executive director of the Institut Pasteur in Algeria, Prof. Mohamed Tazir, was announced on 3 January 2010 by the Algerian Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform. Prof. Tazir is a physician and a microbiologist who has worked with the Institut Pasteur in Algeria for over 30 years.
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