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This multidisciplinary interventional research project (epidemiology, entomology, biology and socio-anthropology) aims to support the National Malaria Control Program (PNLP) of Benin in the implementation of its national strategy. It is divided into two main axes. The first axis will focus on strengthening the sentinel network that the PNLP…

The project, led by David Courtin and associating Richard Lalou and Adrian Luty from MERIT, aims to produce sensors measuring air quality and to increase the production of reliable spatial and temporal data on the concentrations of fine particles in three major cities in Ghana (Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast). These…

PEXCELV – Extra-cellular vesicles: contribution to the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria and source of biomarkers and therapeutic targets The objective of the PEXCELV project is to study, through an integrative multidisciplinary approach combining physicochemical, biological and omics analyses, the characteristics of extra-cellular vesicles. cells and their contribution to the pathophysiology of cerebral malaria in humans. This project funded by…

The SMMALA project seeks to improve the diagnosis of malaria by developing approaches based on the automatic analysis of images of thick film slides placed under the microscope. The ANR project led by UMR MERIT (leader Gilles Cottrell) and co-directed by the computational bioimaging team of the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS, rue…

This project led by Gwladys Bertin seeks to understand the mechanisms involved in severe malaria. These mechanisms are largely based on the interactions between host-pathogen interactions involving parasite virulence factors and immunological dysfunctions, all of which can be exacerbated by particular behaviors (inappropriate self-treatment) and a biological environment...

The journal Natural Product Reports published an article on April 6, 2023 on the existence of mugwort tea molecules (African species Artemisia afra and annual species Artemisia annua), different from artemisinin derivatives (ART), potentially effective in eradicating malaria at parasitic stages refractory to conventional treatments (hypnozoites and gametocytes). This job is the…

On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris Cité University broadcast the documentary The Pandemic Factory by Marie-Monique Robin. The screening, organized by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), which is also a co-producer, was accompanied by a debate with the director and Rodolphe Gozlan. In collaboration with the Mixed Unit of…

On Thursday May 25, 2023, the documentary Fighting against severe malaria in Benin: Fighting fatality was presented by Jean-Yves Le Hesran, Emeritus Research Director at UMR MERIT (IRD) and scientific advisor to the project. The latter presents the therapeutic itinerary of Beninese children suffering from severe malaria, between the first symptoms and admission…

Within the framework of the second Call for projects of the Partnership with African Higher Education (PEA), eight projects originating from five African countries were financed. Three of them are Beninese. Among the latter, INSPIRE-UAC “International Public Health Innovation Research Education – University of Abomey Calavi”. It is supported by the University of Abomey Calavi and the University…

IUIS-BIS joint Workshop on flow cytometry: From basic principals to research applications

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Young Associated Team MAHEVA: the consequences of helminthic infections on the response to malaria vaccine in pregnant women The LMI CONS HELM, the JEAI MAEVA as well as the research activities carried out within the framework of the MERIT unit project are part of EDCTP2 program supported by the European Union. The LMI CONSHELM and…