March 11, 2016
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Launch of the AFRIBIOTA research program: a new approach in the fight against child malnutrition
More than 30 Madagascan and international scientists and clinicians met from March 7 to 9, 2016 at the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar for the official launch of the AFRIBIOTA project, an ambitious multidisciplinary research program to improve our understanding of chronic child malnutrition. The long-term aim of this innovative program, which combines fundamental and clinical research - especially research into the intestinal microbiota in children in conjunction with social science and neuroscience research - is to develop new diagnostic approaches that can be easily used in the field.