The 2015 Dedonder Clayton Award

The Dedonder Clayton Award honors scientists in Africa and Asia whose outstanding research is decisive to progress in public health, specifically in the field of research on HIV / AIDS and related infections. This award, in the amount of $ 46,000, allows support the scientific work of the winner's team.

This Prize is awarded by Pr Christian Bréchot, President of the Institut Pasteur and Pr Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008, and a jury representatives of the Institut Pasteur International Network and the ANRS. The Dedonder Clayton Prize is awarded every year since 2011.

The winner this year is Mr Avelin Fobang Aghokeng (PhD, researcher at IRD - Yaoundé in Cameroon) for his project on "Implementing the test and treat approach in Cameroon: challenges of HIV diagnosis and viral drug resistance".

The Prize Award Ceremony will take place at the Institut Pasteur in Paris during the 2016 Scientific Symposium of the Institut Pasteur International Network on Thursday 1 December 1^st, 2016 at 8.30 am. Mr. Avelin F. Aghokeng will present his research project.

For more information on the previous winners see the webpage:

For more information on the previous winners see the webpage