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Projects of the 2013 Bio-Asia program involving IRD teams have been launched
25 March 2013
Three projects involving IRD research units have been selected for the 2013 BIO-ASIA program. In order to develop their synergies, the kick-off meeting of their project was launched on March 25th and 26th in the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) in Vietnam. The Bio-Asia Regional ...
Malaria: a vector infecting both apes and humans
19 March 2013
In 2010, a study revealed that the main agent of malaria in humans, called Plasmodium falciparum, arose from the gorilla. Today, the vector which transmitted the parasite from apes to humans has just been identified. A Franco-Gabonese research consortium has determined which species of anopheles ...
Kick-off meeting of the research project SEAe
24 September 2012
Contributing to the reduction of mortality and morbidity associated to infectious encephalitis in Southeast Asia, is the ultimate objective of the international projet SEAe. Coordinated by a network of universities and French research agencies, the SEAe project brings together partners, which ...
the 2nd Steering Committee meeting for SMILING project in South East Asia
24 September 2012
Contributing to the nutrition security of vulnerable populations in Southeast Asia, is the ultimate objective of SMILING, a European project that started in January 2012. The 2nd Steering Committee meeting has been held in Bangkok the 13th and 14th of September in the Sukosol Hotel. Coordinated ...
Symposium - Social and Ecological dimension of Infectious diseases
13 October 2011
The regional symposium SEDID (Social and Ecological dimension of Infectious diseases) brought together 90 researchers, engineers and students, from 6th to 7th october 2011 in Bangkok, at Mahidol University, with the participation of the 4 IRD representatives in Asia and two Directors of IRD ...
Snakebites a public health problem in Africa
23 May 2011
For snakes the best form of defence is attack. Some show complete ruthlessness when they sense they are under threat. They all have their methods. The Gaboon viper, for example, injects its venom very deep into the muscles with its 5 cm long fangs. The spitting cobra blinds its victims with its ...
Interdisciplinary Approach to the Management of HIV: A Model for other Infectious Diseases?
16 March 2011
Thirty years after the discovery of HIV and AIDS, extraordinary progress has been made both with its prevention and treatment. During the last decade, with antiretroviral treatment, AIDS has become a chronic disease. Research must continue in order to make treatment sustainable, safer, simpler ...
ESCAPE : Environmental and Social Changes in Africa past, present and future
16 March 2011
A third of the African population faces widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition. The most affected are rural households whose livelihood is heavily dependent on traditional rain-fed agriculture. The high population growth rate has increased the numbers of malnourished and poor people more ...
Chikungunya: The key role of "innate immunity"
30 December 2010
Chikungunya virus, first isolated in Tanzania in 1953, caused a great number of epidemics in Africa and South-East Asia in the course of the 20th Century. A global threat This infectious disease, like yellow fever and dengue, is caused by an arbovirus, transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods, ...
Onchocerciasis: an exemplary control programme
13 December 2010
In the 1960s, onchocerciasis was a major public health hazard and a serious socio-economic problem in Africa. This disease is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a filarial worm transmitted by blackflies of the Simulium damnosum species complex, whose larvae live in fast-flowing streams and rivers. ...
