Fondation Merieux

A family foundation dedicated to fighting infectious diseases

Regional Coordination Indian Ocean

Bénédicte Contamin

Benedicte Contamin is in charge of the projects for Fondation Mérieux in Madagascar since October 2006.

She is a doctor and expert in internal medicine and infectious and tropical diseases. She was the Senior Registrar assistant of Infectiology in Lyon. Afterwards she worked in the hospital of Pointe à Pitre in Guadeloupe and then in Reunion where she was a hospital doctor in 2002.

She has a Masters in Biological and Medical Sciences and has taken part in research activities in nutrition, oncology and infectiology and has also participated in the training of health professionals.

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