
History

2018
G5 Sahel
Inauguration of a second mobile laboratory provided to G5 Sahel member countries

2017
50 years
Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Foundation at the Les Pensières Center for Global Health

2017
Laos
Inauguration of the first Food Safety Laboratory in Vientiane

2017
Cambodia
Inauguration of the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Phnom Penh, following renovation work and strengthening of the technical capacity of the laboratory

2017
Madagascar
Inauguration of the “Maison Bénédicte”, a training and community center for young people


2016
Laos
The Christophe Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease becomes the Center of Infectiology Lao Christophe Mérieux following official recognition by the Laos Ministry of Health

2016
Medical center in Iraq
Inauguration of the Pauline-Marie Jaricot Mother and Child Medical Center in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan

2016
Brazil
Inauguration of the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease with a Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in the Fundhacre Hospital in Rio Branco

2015
SPHaïtiLAB
Inauguration of the SPHaitiLAB project to help improve the health of Haiti’s population by conducting analyses and offering strategic advice on laboratory policy

2015
I-Lab
Launch of the I-Lab project in an effort to help Senegal’s National Laboratory Directorate implement an automated system for collecting epidemiological data from laboratories

2015
LAB-NET
Launch of the LAB-NET project in Guinea to establish a dedicated surveillance system for viral hemorrhagic fevers



2014
Mobile laboratory in Mali
Inauguration of a mobile laboratory dedicated to the detection of the Ebola virus is set up in the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease in Bamako


2012
Docteur Christophe Mérieux Center
Creation of the Docteur Christophe Mérieux Center in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) with “Les Enfants du Mékong”


2011
BAMS Haiti
Four years after Mali, the BAMS (Bachelor in Applied Medical Sciences) training course is launched in Haiti

2010
ACDx
The first ACDx advanced diagnostics course is held at Les Pensières Center for Global Health

2010
Madagascar
Inauguration of the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease and the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Antananarivo

2009
RESAOLAB
Launch of the West African Network of Biomedical Analysis Laboratories (RESAOLAB, Réseau d’Afrique de l’Ouest des Laboratoires d’Analyses Biologiques) to strengthen the health infrastructure in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal

2009
GLOBE
Launch of the online biomedical expertise portal GLOBE (Global Link for Online Biomedical Expertise), dedicated to scientists and health professionals

2009
Laos
Inauguration of the Christophe Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease and the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Vientiane


2008
GABRIEL
Launch of GABRIEL, an international network of laboratories cooperating on research into infectious diseases in developing countries


2008
Emerging Pathogens Laboratory
Inauguration of the Emerging Pathogens Laboratory in Lyon (France)

2007
BAMS Mali
Launch of the BAMS (Bachelor in Applied Medical Sciences) training course for laboratory technicians in Mali

2007
Charles Mérieux Conference
The first Charles Mérieux Conference, on the theme of global health

2007
Fondation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux
The Fondation Rodolphe Mérieux becomes the Fondation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux

2005
Cambodia
Inauguration of the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in the University of Health Sciences in Phnom Penh

2005
Mali
Inauguration of the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease and the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Bamako

2003
Faculty of Pharmacy in Phnom Penh
Reconstruction of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

2003
Alain Mérieux
Alain Mérieux becomes President of the Mérieux Foundation

2001
Fondation Rodolphe Mérieux
Creation of the Fondation Rodolphe Mérieux


1999
Jean Mérieux-Inserm BSL-4 Laboratory
Creation of the Jean Mérieux-Inserm BSL-4 laboratory in Lyon (France)

1986
Cent Gardes
Creation of the Cent Gardes Symposium dedicated to HIV at Les Pensières Center for Global Health

1983
Bioforce development
Creation of Bioforce development, for training human health logisticians

1976
Granted public interest status
The Mérieux Foundation receives public interest status

1974
Vaccination campaign in Brazil
One hundred million Brazilians are vaccinated against meningitis in a huge vaccination campaign

1972
Association for the Promotion of Preventative Medicine
Creation of the Association for the Promotion of Preventative Medicine (known today as the Agence de Médecine Préventive, AMP)

1967
Mérieux Foundation
Creation of the Mérieux Foundation by Doctor Charles Mérieux, as a tribute to his father Marcel Mérieux

1897
Institut Mérieux
Marcel Mérieux, a student of Louis Pasteur, creates the Institut Mérieux, dedicated to the development and production of human and animal vaccines