Tamara Giles-Vernick

A Global Social Sciences Network for Infectious Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance (SoNAR-Global) (Horizon 2020)

SoNAR-Global is a global consortium led by social scientists specializing in emerging infectious diseases (EID) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It will build a sustainable international social science network to engage the active participation of […]

6 Members

Microbial and viral circulations among people and wild and domesticated animals in an ecotone, Democratic Republic of Congo (MICROTONE)

Zoonotic transmissions are a major global health risk, with human-animal contact frequently raised as a driver of emergence. Studies of zoonotic transmission risks are often piecemeal, targeting bushmeat, specific animal reservoirs, or single pathogens. […]

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4 Members

MITICA: Identifying the mechanisms of acquisition of a dysbiotic microbiota and pediatric environmental enteropathy in infants in the context of chronic malnutrition

Philippe Sansonetti (PI)

Undernutrition contributes to more than 40% of the global child mortality rate. In 2014 stunting, which is the main manifestation of chronic undernutrition, affected 159 million children. Stunting entails long-term repercussions for the child, […]

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4 Members

A sociocultural study of hepatitis B and vaccination in two contexts: Burkina Faso and Central African Republic

This study is an in-depth anthropological investigation of hepatitis B and vaccination in Ouagadougou, Bobo Dioulasso and the Cascades region of Burkina Faso, and in Bangui, Central African Republic. There exist few published anthropological […]

Biomedical Engagement in the West African Ebola epidemic

The aim of this study is to capture the experiences and individual recollections of biomedical researchers at a broad range of European, African, North American, and Asian research institutions participating in the response to […]

3 Members

NéoVac (Neonatal Vaccination against Hepatitis B in Africa)

Yusuke Shimakawa (PI)

Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of premature adult deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to liver cancer or cirrhosis. To reduce the disease burden, it is critical to […]

Ebola 100

The purpose of this study is to conduct a “history of the present” of the West African Ebola Outbreak by investigating the personal experiences and recollections of people involved in the humanitarian response. In […]

Hepatitis B in Burkina Faso and Central African Republic

As a follow-up to ANRS funding for a feasibility study (ANRS 12232), I received in 2011 funding from ANRS for an in-depth anthropological study of hepatitis B and vaccination in Bobo Dioulasso and the […]

5 Members

A multi-disciplinary study of human beings, great apes, and viral emergence in equatorial Africa (SHAPES)

This multi-disciplinary study examines the changing nature and contexts of human contact with great apes and monkeys in equatorial Africa and the health consequences of that contact. Biomedical researchers have scrutinized the nature of […]

THE EMERGENCE OF HIV IN AFRICA : Ethnomedical and historical perspectives

The aim of this project is to develop a more grounded, robust historical context for the emergence of HIV. While some hypotheses for the emergence of HIV have been suggested, they have been offered […]

3 Members

TORCADIA : Epidemiology of severe childhood diarrhea: A case control study in the Central African Republic (CAR)

Muriel Vray (PI)

(Collaborators: Sébastien Breurec, Ionela Gouandjika,Thierry Frank, Caroline Martin (IP Bangui), Petulla bata, Jean Gody (Complexe pédiatrique Bangui), Tamara Giles-Vernick, Loic chartier, Muriel Vray (IP Paris)). Funding : The fondation Total. Diarrhea ranks as the […]

Malaria in southwestern Burkina Faso