With the Mérieux Foundation, at the heart of infectious outbreaks
The Mérieux Foundation fights infectious diseases in resource-limited countries. An independent foundation with official public interest status, it is also a shareholder in Institut Mérieux via the Compagnie Mérieux Alliance family holding.
The Mérieux Foundation is an operating foundation that focuses its actions on strengthening local capacities to improve diagnosis, surveillance, response to epidemics and access to care. It thus contributes to the achievement of several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The Mérieux Foundation is particularly involved in the public health issues that have the greatest impact on the countries in which it operates: – antimicrobial resistance, – tuberculosis, – acute respiratory infections, – emerging pathogens.
Committed to a global health approach, the Mérieux Foundation integrates, beyond its expertise in biology, the main factors impacting health: access to healthcare and living conditions (nutrition, education, etc.), including support to mother-and-child programs.
The Christophe Mérieux Prize
Presented annually since 2007, the Christophe Mérieux Prize aims to foster high-level research on infectious diseases in resource-limited countries. It is awarded by Institut de France with the support of Compagnie Mérieux Alliance, the family holding company and majority shareholder of Institut Mérieux.
Present in
25
countries
23
training centers built or renovated
A network of
19
applied research units
Over
25
collaborative research programs throughout the world
34
hospital laboratories renovated
17
laboratories built, including 9 Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratories
127
employees in 13 countries
A
21
million euro annual budget
10
Dr. Christophe Mérieux Prizes awarded to researchers in developing countries