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Institut Pasteur dans le monde | 2016.12.08
Institut Pasteur in Madagascar
Institut Pasteur in Madagascar
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News | 2014.03.05
A renovation for the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar
On March 6th, 2014 the Professor Christian BRECHOT, President of the Institut Pasteur, has inaugurated the Girard renovated building of the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar. This building built in 1935 has been brought up to international standards with fundings from the French Ministry of Research to meet quality and scientific excellence requirement. The Girard building hosts the following units...
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Vidéo | 2025.09.15
The plague in Madagascar
What if the plague had never disappeared?Antoine Brault, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, explains how his team is tracking rats and fleas in Madagascar to understand why plague epidemics are still reappearing today.Using a supercomputer, they have shown that from September onwards, the number of fleas explodes, increasing the risk of an epidemic—even when the rat population is declining. ...
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News | 2017.11.22
Plague outbreak: advice for travelers to Madagascar
An outbreak of pneumonic plague has been ongoing in Madagascar for several weeks. As indicated on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, "based on the available information to date, the risk of international spread of plague appears very low." WHO therefore advises against imposing any travel or trade restrictions on Madagascar. Here are some advice from the Institut Pasteur Medical Center....
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Report | 2017.10.24
Joining forces against the plague outbreak in Madagascar
For the last few weeks, Madagascar has been facing a particularly severe outbreak of pneumonic plague, which is mainly affecting the major urban centers of Antananarivo and Toamasina. Every year, between 250 and 500 cases are reported on the island. This year, the outbreak has occurred earlier than usual and touched urban areas, which increases the risk of transmission. The Institut Pasteur in...
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News | 2016.07.20
Malnutrition, a priority for the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar
Interview with Rindra Randremanana, epidemiologist, deputy-head of the epidemiology unit and leader of the nutrition theme at the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar.Many children suffer from malnutrition in Madagascar?Malnutrition is one of the worst threat to child health in our country. Despite the establishment, for several years, of prevention and control programs, chronic malnutrition still...
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News | 2018.02.14
High incidence of neonatal infections in Madagascar
Every year in the world, 4 million children die before the age of one, mainly in resource-limited countries, one-third of them due to a severe infection. The neonatal period alone (first month of life) accounts for one third of deaths before the age of one. This situation is all the more complex in a context of ever-increasing emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In 2012, the Institut...
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News | 2018.05.31
Elliot Rakotomanana, an anthropologist against malnutrition in Madagascar
With a master’s-level degree in the biochemistry of nutrition, Elliot Rakotomanana is currently pursuing his studies in the social anthropology of health. As a researcher at the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar, this 37-year-old is participating in the AFRIBIOTA research program, an innovative multidisciplinary project that seeks better understanding of chronic childhood malnutrition and...
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News | 2019.04.10
2017 pneumonic plague outbreak in Madagascar characterized by scientists
Plague is an endemic disease in Madagascar. Each year there is a seasonal upsurge between September and April, especially in the Central Highlands, which stand at an elevation of more than 800m. In 2017, an unprecedented pneumonic plague outbreak hit the main island, primarily affecting the capital Antananarivo and the main port city of Toamasina.Scientists from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar...
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News | 2025.09.12
Plague in Madagascar: a new model sheds light on the seasonality of outbreaks
A new model has been developed to elucidate the seasonal dynamics of plague in Madagascar. In this country, where the disease remains endemic, and most often occurs between October and March. The associated study, which arose from a collaboration between the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, paves the way for more effective eradication and prevention...