The Pasteur Network is an alliance of 32 member institutes across 25 countries on five continents, combining local presence with global scientific connections to address infectious disease, biosecurity and public health challenges. On 20 April 2026 it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to expand collaboration on epidemiology and data Science, laboratory research and vaccine testing, clinical trials capacity in disease-endemic regions, biosecurity, and manufacturing, including mRNA vaccine capability. The partnership builds on existing links with network members such as Senegal's Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Brazil's Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz, both part of CEPI's Vaccine Manufacturing Facility Network. Separately, on 29 May 2026 the Institut Pasteur in Paris was a founding partner, alongside Oxford, Universite Paris Cite and others, of the UK-France Strategic Biomedical and AI Health Alliance targeting women's health, infectious disease and pandemic preparedness.

Common Questions

What is the Pasteur Network and where does it operate?

The Pasteur Network is an association of about 33 research institutes in 25 countries affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in Paris. It operates across West Africa, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America, providing laboratory, sequencing, and outbreak response capacity in regions where public health infrastructure is limited.Source: Pasteur Network

How is the Pasteur Network involved in the H5N1 vaccine trial?

CEPI expanded its partnership with the Pasteur Network on 21 April 2026 to build regional vaccine R&D and surveillance capacity in West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean as part of the H5N1 mRNA Phase 3 infrastructure.Source: CEPI

Is the Pasteur Network involved in the MV Hondius hantavirus investigation?

Yes. Institut Pasteur de Dakar, a Pasteur Network member, is running serology, sequencing, and metagenomic analysis on MV Hondius cluster samples alongside NICD South Africa to determine Andes strain characteristics and potential secondary transmission.Source: CIDRAP

What is the Pasteur Network?

It is an alliance of 32 Institut Pasteur partner laboratories across 25 countries working on infectious disease research, biosecurity and public health.

What does the Pasteur Network's CEPI partnership cover?

Signed 20 April 2026, it covers epidemiology, laboratory and clinical trials capacity, biosecurity and vaccine manufacturing, including mRNA capability, in disease-endemic regions.Source: CEPI

Is the Pasteur Network part of the UK-France biomedical alliance?

The Institut Pasteur in Paris, a Pasteur Network member, was a founding partner of the UK-France Strategic Biomedical and AI Health Alliance signed 29 May 2026.

Source Material

UK and France launch landmark biomedical and AI health alliance CEPI and Pasteur Network partner to advance regional vaccine R&D and outbreak preparedness Pasteur Network — Wikipedia Pasteur Network — official website

How the World Sees Them

France

The French government provides core funding to the Paris Institut Pasteur and has a diplomatic interest in the Pasteur Network as a vehicle for French scientific influence in former colonies across Africa and Indochina.

CEPI donors

CEPI's expansion of the Pasteur Network partnership is seen as a practical mechanism for distributing H5N1 vaccine R&D and regulatory capacity beyond the US-EU pharma axis, addressing equity concerns in the 100 Days Mission framework.

West Africa

Pasteur Network institutes are first-line outbreak laboratories for countries with limited national reference-lab capacity; their involvement in both the Hondius sequencing and the CEPI H5N1 expansion reflects their dual surveillance and R&D role.