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Located in 25 countries on five continents, the Institut Pasteur International Network includes 32 institutions, which are united by shared values and missions for the benefit of populations. Present in numerous endemic areas, the International Network has, time and time again, demonstrated its major role as a sentinel for emerging infectious diseases.
Guided by ethics and a firm adherence to Pasteurian values, the Institut Pasteur International Network strives to improve human health.
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The role of the Institut Pasteur International Network is to help improve public health, particularly by dealing with infectious agents, through:
biomedical research,
public health activities,
innovation and technology transfer.
These activities are carried out with a view to sustainable development. This is achieved by building up local capabilities while respecting human rights and the environment.
The Institut Pasteur International Network is a community of research institutes, united by shared Pasteurian values and missions and working according to the specific strengths of each one and each country. All members join the Network on a voluntary basis. They have signed the Institut Pasteur International Network Cooperation Agreement and a charter of Pasteurian values.
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The Institut Pasteur has demonstrated its international vocation since its very creation.
The first Institut Pasteur outside of France was set up by Albert Calmette in Saigon in 1891. Its role was to administer vaccines for rabies and smallpox in Indochina. Numerous others were then set up in Asia, such as the laboratory founded by Alexandre Yersin in Nha Trang in 1895, and the one in Hanoi in 1925.
Many were also established in Africa. Firstly in North Africa with an initial institute set up in Tunis in 1893, followed by one in Algiers in 1894 (for Algeria), and then Tangier in 1910 and Casablanca in 1929 (for Morocco).