A Workshop of the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on
Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety
Public-Private Partnerships in Clinical Lab
Capacity Strengthening
Lessons learned by Fondation Mérieux
Dr Christophe Longuet
June 25, 2015
A Family Foundation Serving Public Health
• Created in 1967 by Dr Charles Mérieux in homage to his father Marcel
Mérieux who worked on vaccines and serotherapy with Louis Pasteur
• Official public interest status in 1976
1897: Marcel Mérieux founds Institut Mérieux after
working with Louis Pasteur
1975: Dr. Charles Mérieux, 103 million meningitis
vaccines for Brazil
Today: Alain and
Alexandre Mérieux
Mission of Fondation Mérieux
Strengthen local capacities in
developing countries to reduce the
impact of infectious diseases on
vulnerable populations
Fondation Mérieux works in symbiosis with
Fondation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux,
a family foundation, under the auspices of the
Institut de France
Fondation Mérieux - Institut Mérieux
FONDATION MÉRIEUX
INSTITUT MÉRIEUX
FONDATION
CHRISTOPHE ET
RODOLPHE MÉRIEUX
32
%
ALAIN & ALEXANDRE
MÉRIEUX
COMPAGNIE MÉRIEUX
ALLIANCE
100
%
FONDATION MÉRIEUX USA
82
%
FOOD SAFETY
68
%
100
%
59
%
DIAGNOSTICS
55
%
IMMUNOTHERAPY
Current Strategy
Focus 1: Strengthen local applied research
capacities for more accurate and
timely
identification of infectious diseases
Focus 2: Improve the quality and accessibility
of biological diagnosis for vulnerable
populations to ensure appropriate care
Focus 3: Promote exchange among public
health stakeholders to share and enhance
knowledge on infectious diseases and foster
innovation
Main Funding Partners
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center / GEIS
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CDC Foundation
European Union
Fondation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Initiative 5% Fonds Mondial
International Cooperation of Monaco
Islamic Development Bank
NAMRU-2
Novartis Vaccines
Région Rhône-Alpes
Sanofi Pasteur / Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
World Bank (via West African Health Organization WAHO)
Main Operational Partners
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Catholic University Lyon (France)
Child Health Foundation (Bangladesh)
FioCruz (Brazil)
GHESKIO Centers (Haïti)
Institut Pasteur
Institute of Pathogen Biology of the Chinese Academy of Medical
Sciences (China)
KEMRI-CDC (Kenya)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Malaria Research and Training Center
Ministries of health of all collaborating countries
National Public Health Laboratory, LNSP (Haiti)
Saint Joseph University (Lebanon)
University of Health Sciences Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
West African Health Organization (WAHO)
WHO
GLOBAL PRESENCE
LEBANON
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Beirut
FRANCE
Fondation Mérieux Headquarters
Emerging Pathogens Laboratory
Les Pensières
UNITED STATES
CHINA
Christophe Mérieux Laboratory in Beijing
TAJIKISTAN
National Public Health
Reference Laboratory in
Duchanbe
BANGLADESH
IRAQ
Fondation Mérieux USA
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory
in Chittagong
Registration of
Fondation Mérieux
LAOS
SENEGAL
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory
in Vientiane
RESAOLAB
Laboratories
HAITI
CAMBODIA
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in
Port au Prince
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory
in Phnom Penh
MALI
BRAZIL
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in
Bamako
RESAOLAB Laboratories
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory
in Rio Branco (underway)
Local Fondation Mérieux Office
MADAGASCAR
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Antananarivo
ALGERIA
WEST AFRICAN NETWORK
OF LABORATORIES
Improve the quality
of laboratory services
for patient care and
disease
surveillance
WESTERN
SAHARA
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGER
Niamey
Dakar
Bamako
SENEGAL
BURKINA
FASO
GAMBIA
GUINEABISSAU
GUINEA
Conakry
BENIN
Ouagadougou
SIERRA
LEONE
NIGERIA
LIBERIA
IVORY
COAST
TOGO
GHANA
CAMEROON
Lomé
Porto-Novo
Partners: French Development Agency (AFD) International Cooperation
of Monaco, Islamic Development Bank, Stavros Niarchos Foundation,
West African Health Organization, ministries of health
Achievements
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Governance: 1 international steering committee and 7 national
steering committees
About 500 public and private laboratories
12 training centers (4 in each country) operational at national and
regional levels in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal
National plans for Continuous Education and for Laboratory Quality
Assurance validated in these three countries
8 training modules developed and delivered by more than 45
trainers in over 100 training sessions organized for lab workers
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Harmonized grids for field supervisions developed and 182 onsite supervisions/External Quality Control implemented
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Development of a Laboratory Information and Management
System LIMS currently being deployed in the network of laboratories
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Extension in all ECOWAS countries of the training component
through WARDS(West African Regional Disease Surveillance
Capacity Strengthening Project) supported by the World Bank
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Involvement of RESAOLAB against The West African Ebola
epidemic
Against Ebola
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Training in biosecurity and hemorrhagic fevers
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More than 500 laboratory professionals trained in 7
countries
E-learning module accessible online to lab technicians
throughout Africa
Secure systems for referring specimens to BSL4 Jean
Mérieux – Inserm Lab in Lyon
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Safe system for transporting specimens established with
RESAOLAB member countries, Institut Pasteur and
Inserm: +500 boxes sent to 7 countries (+2)
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2,500 personal protection equipments provided to Guinea,
covering all labs in the country
Mobile biosafety lab set up in Mali
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Collaboration with the GIZ and Charles Mérieux infectiology
center of Bamako
Expert missions in Guinea and Sierra Leone
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Lessons learned
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Build the project with your local partners not for
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Understand each other’s perspective
Catalyze the actions and give ownership in
implementation
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Develop clear agreements and be flexible
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Learn from your partners
Thank you