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2024 Scientific Reports

The Institute in 2024

The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC), created in December 1953, is a non-profit research institution
operating under the high patronage of the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MoH). Our mission is to
contribute to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases through research, public health
activities, and training. This report presents the Institute’s activities in 2024.


As of 31 December 2024, the IPC’s on-site staff represented 17 different nationalities. Scientific
activities are carried out by more than 35 scientists, each holding at least a PhD or a doctorate degree
in medicine, veterinary medicine or pharmacy and another PhD or master’s degree.


The IPC’s activities encompass four main categories: (i) biomedical research with a specialization in
infectious diseases, (ii) support and capacity building for public health in Cambodia and the Greater
Mekong Sub-region, (iii) the provision of health services (laboratory, vaccination), and (iv) training and
education. The IPC focuses on infectious diseases and on public health challenges and issues, which
include illnesses related to arboviruses, respiratory viruses, rabies, malaria, antimicrobial resistance
in microorganisms, and zoonosis, among others.
These complex scientific matters, particularly those that involve pathogens with complex life cycles
that can involve humans, mammals, and arthropods — studied with a One Health approach — could
not be effectively addressed without complementarity between the Institute’s units and specialists
(entomologists, doctors, veterinary scientists, immunologists, epidemiologists,…).
Scientists can rely on high-level technical platforms to carry out their research and public health
activities including a Biosafety Level-3 (BSL3) laboratory, sequencing platform, single-cells analysis,
biobank and an animal research facility.


Research activities done in 2024 were featured in 60 articles published by scientists affiliated to IPC,
appearing in peer-reviewed international journals. Among them are 30 (50%) as first or last author
and 35 (58%) with an IF greater than or equal to 4.
The year 2024 saw the realization of important work carried out sometimes for several months or
years by different units which led to the obtaining of various large-scale projects: PREZODE-AFRICAM,
ECOMORE, RACSMEI, …


Post-exposure rabies management activities decreased slightly in 2024, by -3.8% compared to 2023,
with the management of 58,203 (vs 60,476 in 2023) patients in our 3 rabies prevention centres. The
risks related to rabies indeed remain high in Cambodia: 65 % of the 181 animals tested for rabies virus
at the Virology Unit were positive.


The IPC plays a major role in the training of university students. Its scientists participate in curricula
offered by local universities, including the University of Health Sciences (UHS) in Phnom Penh.
Additionally, the IPC itself welcomes many students for internships and practical experiences. During
2024, 154 students interned at the IPC. This is higher than the 131 welcomed in 2023. Among the 154
students, 128 were Cambodian nationals, while the others were from France, Belgium, Laos, Kenya,
Cameroon.


An ambitious capacity-strengthening policy for young Cambodians was put in place in 2022 (young
talents at the IPC), allowing them to carry out their doctorate studies at the IPC (scholarships for nonIPC students and continued salaries for IPC personnel). This policy continued throughout 2024. As a result, 2 Cambodian defend their PhD (Immunology and Epidemiology and Public Health Unit) and IPC
hosted 15 PhD student on 31st December 2024 (9 Cambodian and 6 foreigners)
Our Health Service activities in 2024 compared well to those of 2023: (i) our Medical Biology
Laboratory’s activities decreased by 9.4 % (5.6 vs 6.1 million of “B”), (ii) a 4.4 % increase for the total
number of tests performed by for the Laboratory of Environment and Food Safety (34,758 vs 34,246);
and (iii) a 19 % increase for the total number of injections (including vaccinations and
immunoglobulins) provided by the International Vaccination Centre (53,017 vs 44,374). 

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