Institut Pasteur de Guinée

Institut Pasteur de Guinée (IPGui) is an autonomous Guinean public institution with special status created in September 2015. As part of the “One Health” concept, it interacts closely with the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Guinea. Its vision is to develop high-level human and technological capacities for research serving the health of populations in Guinea and worldwide.
Its major objective is to respond to epidemic emergencies, to participate in surveillance and research on infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses, to train and support Guinean scientists and finally to provide public health services to the population. Since 2018 and the opening of its first laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Guinée has been developing in close collaboration with its Guinean and international partners, and in particular with the financial support of AFD – Agence Française de Développement and the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). Its main missions are research, public health and training.