The 1st Steering Committee of ECOMORE 2 project has been held in Phnom Penh on 23-24 January 2018. Directors or their representatives of the five partner institutes, Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, Institut Pasteur in Lao PDR, NIHE in Hanoi, NHL in Myanmar and RITM in Philippines and the PI of the five components participated in this event. AFD, IRD representatives and external experts actively contributed in the discussions. Maud Seguy represented the International Department of the Institut Pasteur and chaired the meeting (see detailed list of participants below).
During this 2-day meeting, the detailed protocols of each country components have been presented; presentations are available in “Publications”. It was noticeable that limiting topics of field studies to dengue and leptospirosis resulted in more technical and dynamic discussions in comparison with ECOMORE 1 project. Additionally Mr. Philippe Lagier (AFD) expressed his satisfaction because in this perspective, Networking and Regional Approach are now a reality for this second phase of ECOMORE.
The transversal component on the variations of the climate which will be led by IRD is still debated and the AFD has recommended to practically integrate this study in the framework of other components to better document the link between dengue and leptospirosis threat when the climate changes. The next step will be to conduct discussion between IRD and the partners to tailor the component with the needs of the different country studies and to effectually use data produces by the field surveys.
List of participants in the 1st Steering Committee of ECOMORE 2
| Name | Position | Institute |
| Maud Seguy | Head of Projects Management –Department of International Affairs Chairman of the Steering Committee |
IP |
| Philippe Lagier | Project manager / Health Department | AFD |
| Didier Fontenille | Director | IPC |
| Paul Brey | Director | IPL |
| Ferdinand Salazar | Chief Science Research Specialist Department of Medical Entomology PI of the ECOMORE study |
RITM |
| Richard Paul | Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases Unit | IP |
| Luciano Tuseo | Head of Programme Malaria, Other Vector borne and Parasitic Diseases |
WHO |
| Chan Sorya | Project Manager / AFD Cambodia | AFD |
| Guillaume Daufresne | Director of Administration and Finance | IPC |
| Sébastien Boyer | Head of the Medical Entomology Unit | IPC |
| Morales Vargas | Entomology Unit | Mahidol University |
| Marc Grandadam | Head of Virology Unit PI of the ECOMORE study |
IPL |
| Edward Thomsen | Expert DDMS | LSTM |
| Sébastien Marcombe | Head of Entomology Unit | IPL |
| Veasna Duong | Virology Unit | IPC |
| Etienne Chevanne | Epidemiologist | IPC |
| Guillaume Narjollet | Cooperation Counselor | French Embassy |
| Tran Nhu Duong | Vice-Director | NIHE |
| Lep Mai | Chief of Dept. of Community Health and Network Coordination |
NIHE |
| San Mya | Head of Bacteriology Unit PI of the ECOMORE study |
NHL |
| Win Thein | Director | NHL |
| Ly Sowath | Deputy Director / Senior Epidemiologist PI of the ECOMORE study |
IPC |
| Cyrille Goarant | Head of Leptospirosis URE | IPNC |
| Patrice Piola | Head of the Epidemiology Unit | IPC |
| Philippe Dussart | Head of the virology Unit | IPC |
| Vincent Hebreteau | Research Officer Espace-Dev | IRD |
| Benjamin Sultan | Researcher | IRD |
| Yves Froehlich | Coordinator ECOMORE | IP |
| Oeng Rotana | Communication Assistant | IPC |
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