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Piétons andins circulant à côté d’un autobus à l’arrêt.

Andean cities choked by traffic pollution

The air in Andean cities is heavily polluted by traffic, which produces emissions that are very harmful to health, say IRD specialists and their Bolivian partners, who recommend that health risks should be assessed on the basis of the dangerousness of the particles emitted and not the quantity.

Hanoi suffocated by fine particles resulting from human activity

Most of the intense fine particle pollution in Hanoi can be linked to human activity, according to a recent study by IRD and its Vietnamese partners. Emissions of anthropogenic origin are both the most abundant and the most dangerous to our health. But they are also the only emissions on which we...
Paysage habité de l’Himalaya népalais.

Atypical leishmaniasis cases in Nepal defy science and medicine

IRD scientists and their Nepalese and Indian partners are working to address a new and atypical form of leishmaniasis that is raising concerns. The cases raise questions about the ecology of the Leishmania parasite responsible for this pathology, its vector, the immunity of newly affected...
Native American women and children, dressed in traditional clothing, at a market.

Tracking the first indigenous cancer in Peru

IRD scientists and their partners are fighting on all fronts–decoding the molecular signature, exposing the pathological mechanisms, even identifying possible treatment–to stave off a rare form of liver cancer in Peru.
Coronavirus

Covid-19: the need for a One Health strategy

If the pandemic continues, the risk that other animal species may be infected by Sars-Cov-2 will increase, thereby multiplying the possibilities of virus mutation and the likelihood of animals ultimately helping to spread the virus. It is therefore necessary to adopt an approach incorporating the...