Our projects are designed to fight infectious diseases in low-resource settings across the globe. With our French origins, we naturally began working in countries with strong francophone ties in West Africa and Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Gradually our geographic scope has expanded, and today we work in 30 countries.
With our networks of clinical and research laboratories, we reach patients in remote communities with little or no access to diagnostic testing services. In all the countries where we work, we have developed ties with local partners to take the lead in designing and implementing projects that will make a lasting impact.
Our partner in France, the Mérieux Foundation, carries out initiatives all over the world by relying on a solid network and a comprehensive health approach.
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Bangladesh
COVID-19 support for refugees and children with disabilities, and researching TB and typhoid
2 GABRIEL research network members: the Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi) in Dhaka & International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research Bangladesh (icddr,b) in Dhaka and the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases (BITID - home to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Chattogram, with a BSL3 platform and biobanking
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Benin
Improving access to testing and strengthening the laboratory system through RESAOLAB, the 7-country West African Network of Medical Biology Laboratories, of which the Ministry of Health has been a since 2013.
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Brazil
Researching viral hepatitis, performing COVID-19 studies at the first BSL3 lab in the Amazon, the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Rio Branco in the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease at the FUNDACRE (Acre State Hospital Foundation)
3 GABRIEL research network members: the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) in Rio de Janeiro, the Bioinformatics Laboratory (LABINFO) of the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC) in Petropolis, and the Tropical Medicine Institute of University of São Paulo
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Burkina Faso
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2009 Strengthening access to testing through RESAOLAB, fighting AMR, caring for young burn victims
GABRIEL research network member: the Laboratory of Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, University Hospital Sanou Souro in Bobo Dioulasso
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Cambodia
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2001
Renovating clinical laboratories, implementing SEALAB, the 3-country Southeast Asian regional network for emerging human and zoonotic infectious disease outbreak response and CamLab, the national network of clinical laboratories
GABRIEL research network member: the University of Health Sciences (UHS), home to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Phnom Penh
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Cameroon
Renovating health facilities, improving care for latent tuberculosis, and strengthening health security
GABRIEL research network member: the Centre Pasteur du Cameroun in Yaoundé
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China
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2006
Improving tuberculosis diagnosis and the rational use of antibiotics
GABRIEL research network member: the Institute of Pathogen Biology of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, home to the Christophe Mérieux Laboratory of Beijing
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Building capacity to stop Ebola outbreaks in Eastern DRC
GABRIEL research network member: the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory at the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) Goma with a BSL3 platform and biobanking, created through a partnership between Mérieux Foundation and USAID
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France
Mérieux Foundation teams working for over 50 years
Headquarters of the Mérieux Foundation in Lyon: an independent family foundation with public interest status under French law, established in 1967
Les Pensières Center for Global Health on Lake Annecy, 40 minutes from Geneva: a leading-edge conference and training center aimed at advancing healthcare worldwide, belonging to the Mérieux Foundation
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Georgia
Applied research and training in the field of infectious disease surveillance
GABRIEL research network member: the National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Mycobacteriology Laboratory in Tbilisi
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Guinea
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2010
Improving national disease surveillance system and building capacity in laboratories through projects like RESAOLAB, LABOGUI and LAB-NET
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Haiti
Over 20 years strengthening lab systems and improving lives of mothers and children; implementing C19 HaitiLab to strengthen epidemic response capacities
GABRIEL research network member: the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Port-au-Prince at the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health, the only BSL3 laboratory operating in Haiti, directed by Christophe Mérieux Prize laureate, Dr. Jean-William Pape
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India
Biosafety and biosecurity training, addressing public health issues to improve child survival
GABRIEL research network member: King George’s Medical University, Translational Medicine Unit in Lucknow
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Iraq
Building schools and health centers, medical and psychological care for displaced persons and war victims
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Laos
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2005
Improving care of people living with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis, and implementing SEALAB, the 3-country Southeast Asian regional network for emerging human and zoonotic infectious disease outbreak response and Lab Kham, the Khammouane Province laboratory network
GABRIEL research network member: the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Vientiane at the Center of Infectiology Lao Christophe Mérieux
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Lebanon
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2008
Fighting tuberculosis and supporting Syrian refugee and Lebanese mothers and children
2 GABRIEL research network members: the Lebanese University Microbiology, Health and Environment Laboratory in Tripoli and Saint Joseph University, home to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Beirut, with a BSL3 platform and ISO8 cleanroom
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Madagascar
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2006
Fighting disease, educating and feeding children, coordinating RESAMAD, the national network of hospital laboratories
GABRIEL research network member: the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease at the University of Antananarivo, home to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Antananarivo
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Mali
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2003
Training lab professionals, enhancing research capabilities, building health security Implementing RESAOLAB, the 7-country West African Network of Medical Biology Laboratories since 2009
GABRIEL research network member: the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Bamako in the Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease, with a BSL3 platform
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Myanmar
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2010
Implementing SEALAB, the 3-country Southeast Asian regional network for emerging human and zoonotic infectious disease outbreak response and LabMyNet, the national network to scale up HIV Viral load testing
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Niger
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2012
Strengthening access to testing and lab capacity through RESAOLAB since 2013, improving global health security by reducing the impact of disease outbreaks
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Paraguay
Sequencing and research to fight AMR, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases such as leishmaniosis and Chagas
GABRIEL research network member: the Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research at the National University of Asunción
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Republic of Congo
Partner laboratory: the Christophe Mérieux Laboratory at the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research in Brazzaville, directed by Christophe Mérieux Prize laureate, Dr. Francine Ntoumi
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Senegal
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2008
West African hub for the Mérieux Foundation
Developing innovative tools, information technology to support laboratories and disease surveillance, strengthening access to testing and lab capacity through RESAOLAB since 2009
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Tajikistan
Fighting tuberculosis
Partner laboratory: the National Reference Laboratory for Public Health in Dushanbe, with a BSL3 platform, built with support from the Global Fund
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Togo
Mérieux Foundation teams working since 2012
Building skills and infrastructure to improve testing, surveillance and response to AMR and emerging disease threats through RESAOLAB since 2013
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Tunisia
Isolating and studying highly pathogenic agents (tuberculosis, rabies, etc.) and emerging or re-emerging viruses such as West Nile and Ebola
Sentinel laboratory: Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Tunis at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis with infrastructure including a BSL3 platform
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Ukraine
Collaborative research on tuberculosis
GABRIEL research network member: the Zaporozhye State Medical University, Laboratory of Molecular Genetic Studies, with a BSL3 platform
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United States
Mérieux Foundation USA teams working for over a decade Headquarters of the Mérieux Foundation USA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit established in 2012, located in Washington, DC.