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Download 2012 Annual Report 3.4 Mb C 100 M 72 J 0 N 32 45Pantone : 281 C 19672012 years In tribute to Marcel Mérieux... 1967Creation of Fondation Mérieux ANNUAL REPORT n 2012 Infectious diseases cause 13 million deaths each year around the world, predominantly in developing countries. “ “ For 45 years, Fondation Mérieux has been taking action to help ensure that every child, woman and man has fairer access to essential healthcare. 1967Creation of Fondation Mérieux 2 CONTENTS C 100 M 72 J 0 N 32 Pantone : 281 C 45 1972 Creation of the AMP 19672012 years (Agency for Preventive Medicine) 2012 ANNUAL REPORT n CONTENTS 3 P.4 President’s Message 2 IN THE FIELD: Director General’s Fighting Infectious P.26 The Caribbean P.6 P.8 Editorial Diseases P.28 Africa P.10 Enhancing Research Capabilities P.32 Indian Ocean P.16 Increasing Access to Diagnostics P.34 Asia Encouraging P.20 Knowledge-Sharing and P.42 Governance Training P.43 Main Financial Partners 2012 Accounts & P.44 Key Figures 1974 Bamako (Mali) 4 2 President’s Message Doctor Charles Mérieux created Gradually, at the impetus of Dr. Christophe Fondation Mérieux in 1967. By initiating Mérieux, we redirected our efforts a dialogue between North and South, towards the field, at the heart of disease his aim was to combat the infectious outbreaks, in an area where we are diseases that afflict developing countries, recognized for our expertise: biological ignoring borders between continents diagnostics. Without diagnostics, medi- and boundaries between human and cine is blind. We therefore decided to en- veterinary medicine. hance diagnostic capabilities in developing countries, by creating laboratories of This led to an epic adventure in vacci- excellence in infectious disease - the nology and preventive medicine, punc- Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratories - tuated by major advances in public equipping them with high-performance ALAIN MÉRIEUX n President health, such as the 1974 vaccination tools, training healthcare personnel, campaign in Brazil and the creation of and offering support through applied Bioforce to provide logistical training research programs. In addition to these for the coordinators of humanitarian central laboratories, we also renovate initiatives. The Fondation later became clinical laboratories within regional hos- involved in research into emerging pitals to give local populations access pathogens with, in particular, the to improved diagnostic accuracy for construction of the P4 Jean Mérieux better patient outcomes. Laboratory. C 100 M 72 J 0 N 32 45Pantone : 281 C 19672012 years 1974 Bamako (Mali) 2012 ANNUAL REPORT n PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 5 45 years of dedication… “For medicine that is innovative, plentiful and available throughout the world” We now have a presence in Mali, the same long-term vision of an integrated Louis Pasteur, and then carried on by Madagascar, Haiti, Cambodia, Laos, approach to healthcare, combining Drs. Charles and Christophe Mérieux. Myanmar, Lebanon and Tajikistan, and medicine, nutrition, water quality and We have developed this idea over the will soon be in Brazil and Bangladesh. education. years to give it greater momentum, moving towards medicine that is inno- We have been able to foster such a In 2012, we celebrated 45 years of action vative, plentiful, available throughout network through close collaboration in the fight against infectious diseases. the world and accessible to the most with local healthcare leaders. Today, the This action was made possible thanks underprivileged populations. GABRIEL and RESAOLAB networks to the outstanding mobilization of parti- bring together biologists and healthcare cipants hailing from very diverse back- It is an idea that we must take even professionals, working in our areas of grounds and the unwavering support of further, as there is still a very long way focus. our partners, such as Sanofi Pasteur, to go. who have worked with us for many We are making progress, shoulder to years. I pay tribute to them all. shoulder, with the researchers, doctors, biologists, universities, public healthcare We all believe in one grand idea. That organizations and government institu- idea was born in 1897 and nurtured by tions who work in the field. We all share Marcel Mérieux, who studied under 1974 Meningitis vaccination campaign (Brazil) 6 2 PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP How could we have created Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratories on 5 continents without the engagement of local partners, dedicated to public health?... BENOÎT MIRIBEL n Director General C 100 M 72 J 0 N 32 Pantone : 281 C 45 1983 Creation of Bioforce 19672012 years Développement 2012 ANNUAL REPORT n DIRECTOR GENEral’S EDITORIAL 7 2 PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP How could we have designed the recently in developing innovative initia- Together, we want to strengthen local GABRIEL network or the RESAOLAB tives to address infectious disease capacity and encourage the adoption program in West Africa without our challenges in developing countries. of research and training programs to partners to determine with us how expand the means that are available to New partnerships in 2012 took us to confront the challenges posed by fight infectious diseases, which are a to new territories such as Amazonia, infectious disease? concern to us all. Tajikistan and Bangladesh. They Since its creation in 1967, Fondation reinforce our integrated approach to Mérieux approaches its mission through healthcare, without boundaries between partnerships, bringing together public human and veterinarian medicine, in and private stakeholders, across borders, close alliance with local stakeholders. united around a common mission and Through the growing involvement of drawing on synergies of expertise and our partners, and backed by the resources to provide fairer access to confidence of the Mérieux family, the healthcare for vulnerable populations. Fondation’s teams strengthen, year by From the very beginning, this partnership year, the impact of the projects we approach has been in the Fondation’s conduct locally in infectious hotbeds to “genes”. We have reaffirmed it more help vulnerable populations. 1983 Les Pensières conference center 8 2 FIGHTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AN ORIGINAL MODEL FOR ACTION Fondation Mérieux offers an original 70% of medical decisions are based Access to improved model for action, based on an integrated on diagnostics, making them an approach to addressing public health essential part of healthcare at both diagnostic accuracy for issues and a long-standing expertise in individual and collective levels. By better patient outcomes is clinical biology. providing relevant and reliable results, biological diagnostics make it possible one of Fondation Mérieux’s 2 Its mission is to enhance to identify pathogens, prescribe the right local capacities in developing treatment for each patient, and monitor top priorities. To achieve its effects. countries to reduce the impact this, Fondation Mérieux of infectious diseases on On a wider scale, diagnostics are indis- vulnerable populations. pensable for epidemiological surveillance works closely with Fondation and establishing appropriate public health policies and prevention initiatives. Christophe et Rodolphe However, developing countries very Mérieux, an independent often lack facilities for clinical analyses, high-quality diagnostic tools, qualified family foundation under personnel and effective research the auspices of the Institut resources. de France, for which it operates in the field. C 100 M 72 J 0 N 32 Pantone : 281 C 45 1986 First “Cents Gardes” 19672012 years symposium on AIDS at Les Pensières 2012 ANNUAL REPORT n FIGHTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 9 2 FIGHTING FOCUSED ON RESOURCES 3 OBJECTIVES TO TAKE ACTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES n 100 people working in more than ten 1. ENHANCING LOCAL countries around the world RESEARCH CAPABILITIES n An international network of 13 training and through collaborative programs research centers NETWORKING on the pathologies specific to underprivileged countries, providing n Several hundred infectious disease experts TO TAKE ACTION training for researchers, and develo- involved in training and public health programs ping diagnostic tools for improved n Several thousand healthcare professionals To fulfill its mission in public health, the identification of infectious diseases. trained locally to provide better care for Fondation builds international networks vulnerable populations and actively develops partnerships n Integrated research teams bringing spanning all relevant disciplines. It works 2. INCREASING VULNERABLE closely with developing countries’ together some 15 researchers at the Emerging populations’ accESS TO health authorities, public and private Pathogens Laboratory in Lyon and academic research bodies, international DIAGNOSTICS the Christophe Mérieux Laboratory in Beijing organizations, governments, develop- by strengthening clinical biology n The GABRIEL* network federating ment banks, foundations, NGOs and capacities in regional public health 15 research units in different countries the healthcare industry. centers. n An annual budget of close to n15 million n A family foundation based in Lyon with 3. ENCOURAGING a presence in the USA, China and DIALOGUE AND close to a dozen developing countries KNOWLEDGE-SHARING within the public health community to contribute to the dissemination and development of expertise and * Global Approach for Biological Research on Infectious innovative projects. Epidemics in Low-income countries 1999 Creation of the P4 Jean Mérieux Laboratory 10 1. ENHANCING RESEARCH CAPABILITIES
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