News - Mérieux Foundation

Project

The PCV study comes to an end: a better understanding of pneumococcus circulation following vaccination in countries with limited resources

October 4, 2025, Cambodia and India

The PCV study, conducted by the Mérieux Foundation and two GABRIEL network member laboratories in Cambodia and India, has reached ...

Publication

Tuberculosis and migrant populations: an international publication for faster action in a crisis context

October 3, 2025, Lebanon

The Mérieux Foundation has contributed to a new analysis entitled “Tuberculosis at the crossroads: urgent action for migrant and refugee ...

Announcement

Dorothée Lintner appointed Director General of the Mérieux Foundation

October 1, 2025, Lyon (France)

The Board of Directors has appointed Dorothée Lintner as Director General of the Mérieux Foundation. She will take up her ...

Event

ACDx 2025: A week of discussion and collaboration to support diagnostics

September 30, 2025, Les Pensières Center for Global Health (France)

The 14th Advanced Course on Diagnostics (ACDx) was held at the Les Pensières Conference Center in Veyrier-du-Lac (France), from September ...

Call for tenders: laboratory supplies and equipment – Amagara Yacu

September 9, 2025, Burundi

Project

RISK4KIDS, a new study to improve the diagnosis of pediatric respiratory diseases in Bangladesh

August 7, 2025, Bangladesh

Officially launched in Bangladesh in July 2025, the new Mérieux Foundation study RISK4KIDS focuses on improving the distinction between tuberculosis ...

Publication

DEDICATE project: new publication on the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis

July 23, 2025, Bangladesh

The IJTLD Open scientific journal is publishing a new article entitled “Diagnostic Accuracy of RISK6 Assay in Childhood Pulmonary TB” ...

Event

A very successful third edition of EpiCourse

July 16, 2025, Les Pensières Center for Global Health (France)

How can we guarantee effective epidemiological surveillance and response in complex emergencies, such as following natural disasters or during conflicts? ...

GABRIEL network

A GABRIEL network study published in Frontiers!

June 25, 2025, Asuncion (Paraguay)

The international scientific journal Frontiers has published the results of a study conducted by the Research Institute for Health Sciences ...

Event

Reinforcing Regional Cooperation for Hepatitis Elimination: The Mekong Hepatitis Symposium Returns to Vientiane

June 11, 2025, Vientiane, Lao PDR

On June 4–5, 2025, the Mekong Hepatitis Symposium brought together public health experts in Vientiane, to discuss the elimination of ...

Event

ADVAC is 25 years old! We take a look back at this historic course

June 3, 2025, Les Pensières Center for Global Health (France)

The 2025 edition of the Advanced Course in Vaccinology – ADVAC – organized by the Mérieux Foundation and the University ...

Project

Reporting workshop for the TRIuMPH project: strengthening the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Madagascar

May 25, 2025, Antananarivo (Madagascar)

From May 14 to 16, 2025, the Hotel Carlton in Antananarivo hosted the reporting workshop for the TRIuMPH project (TRIcycle ...