An FdS Project: Winner of the Pierre Fabre Foundation Award

On May 20, 2019, six organizations from Occitanie presented their projects during a ceremony held at the Pierre Fabre Foundation’s headquarters.

These projects aim to improve access to healthcare in the Republic of Guinea, Benin, Cambodia, Rwanda, Chad, and Burkina Faso.

Launched in 2016, the Pierre Fabre Foundation’s Occitanie Call for Projects is aimed at development cooperation actors in the region who are implementing initiatives to support health development for disadvantaged populations in the Global South. It reflects the Foundation’s commitment to supporting the efforts of health cooperation actors in the Occitanie region. Béatrice Garrette, the Foundation’s Executive Director, noted on this occasion that since 2002, nearly 70 different initiatives have received one-time financial support from the Foundation. And since 2016, the Occitanie Call for Projects has supported 23 projects in 16 countries.

The 2019 call for projects was open from November 12, 2018, to January 31, 2019. Of the projects received this year, 28 were reviewed by the selection committee, which selected the following six winners, including the project by:

Frank Mennechet and his team at the Institute of Molecular Genetics in Montpellier (Montpellier, Hérault) – Collaborative epidemiological and basic research on adenoviruses in Chad and Burkina Faso, within the broader context of vaccination.

"Adenovirus: Receptors, Intracellular Transport, and Vectorology" Laboratory
Location: IGMM, CNRS
Project Leader: Franck Mennechet (MCU, University of Montpellier)
Laboratory Director: Eric J. Kremer (DR1 – INSERM)
Océane Paris (Ph.D. student at the University of Montpellier – IGMM)
Aline Raissa Ouoba (Ph.D. student at the University of Montpellier – IGMM and at the Muraz Center in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso)

Our research project, a recipient of a grant from the Pierre Fabre Foundation, is part of a broader effort to improve vaccination strategies using viral vector-based vaccines in the Global South. This research project combines both basic and field research, with a focus on “North-South” scientific exchange between the University of Montpellier, the CNRS, andTchadand Burkina Faso(developing on-site research with local partners, training students, and raising awareness and educating the scientific and medical communities on a wide range of topics related to vaccination).

Regional Call for Projects from the Pierre Fabre Foundation