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Institut Pasteur du Laos

Institut Pasteur du Laos is a Lao National Institution created by Prime Ministerial Decree in November 2007. The Institut Pasteur du Laos is the result of a long term and joint decision between the Lao Ministry of Health and Institut Pasteur Paris. IPL operations started in December 2011

The Institut Pasteur du Laos has a mandate from Lao Ministry of Health to fulfil activities of public service:
1. Research and diagnosis on emerging infectious diseases and vector borne diseases.
2. Training, education and capacity building.
3. Technical assistance to National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology for investigation of epidemics.

The Institute benefits from a large degree of autonomy (legal, scientific, management, financial).

The Institute hosts 5 laboratories:
* Virology (medical virology group, pathogen discovery group),
* Vaccine preventable and infectious diseases,
* Medical entomology,
* Parasitology,
* Infectiology and Public Health.

Among the facilities, there is a BSL3 and a dedicated Training Center for hands-on laboratory training and biosecurity enhancement.

Sustainability relies on research grants, international donors and philanthropy, as well as through a foundation (“Fondation Institut Pasteur du Laos”) created in 2018 and embedded in Fondation de France.

Contacts

A list of all staff working in the unit
Philippe BUCHY
Director
Pascal MASSE-NAVETTE
Chief Financial Officer
Moritoshi IWAGAMI
Head of the Parasitology Unit
Blandine RAMMAERT
Head of the Infectiology & Public Health Unit
Khamsing VONGPHAYLOTH
Head of the Entomology Unit
Gary WONG
Head of the Virology Unit

Technical specificities

Archives Division

Photo Library

Available in Aug 2025

BioBank

BioBank

Epidemiological Tools : cohort, sentinel sites, hospital partnership

Epidemiological Tools : cohort, sentinel sites, hospital partnership

Hospital sentinel sites for arbovirus surveillance

Center of Informatics for Biology

Center of Informatics for Biology

Bioinformatics platform

Animal House and Vectopole

Animal House and Vectopole

Insectarium

Laboratories : specialty / BSL2, BSL3

Laboratories : specialty / BSL2, BSL3

01 BSL2, 01 BSL3

Public Health

Surveillance

Biological Surveillance

Arboviruses, SARS-CoV-2 (in support of National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology and CDC)

National and international technical expertise

National and international technical expertise

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants, arboviruses (DENV, CHIKV, Zika), Avian influenza viruses
Director: Philippe BUCHY
Year of establishment: 2007
Type: Public Institution
Global staff: 68
Scientific staff: 37
Support staff: 31
Address: Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak district, Vientiane, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Phone: +856 30 591 1788
Email: info@pasteur.la