In the South MERIT also has IRD structuring mechanisms formalizing the co-construction and co-implementation of research, training and innovation projects.

An International Joint Laboratory on the consequences of helminthic infections
LMI CONS-HELM
includes our partners from Benin and Ghana but also theUniversity of Perpignan and the one at Sao Paulo.

Three Young Associated Teams
at IRD (JEAI)
Senegal
CLISAS
on the consequences of climate change on health
Ghana
STIMULUS
on the bio-ecology and resistance of Anopheles mosquitoes to insecticides
Benin
TILAPIA
on severe malaria

Two locations (Benin and Ghana)
and a construction site in Senegal.
Benin
Our work takes place within two partnership structures:
le Joint Joint Laboratory (LMC) “CERPAGE”
(Centre for study and research on pathologies associated with pregnancy and childhood)
and Benin Clinical Research Institute (IRCB).
Ghana
our laboratories are located at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra.