Monique Capron

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement operates as a scientific and technical public institution which provides information, expertise, support and training in production performance. It performs research centered on the relationship between human beings and its environment in intertropical areas. In that context the IRD implements research projects on sleeping sickness and the vectors transmitting the disease. The company is headquartered in Marseille, France.

Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie (IHEST) offers seminars and interventions to elected officials and public officials to promote the use of science in decision-making. The company is based in Paris, France and ultimately controlled by the Government of France. The board of directors includes 19 members, including representatives from the government and former auditors. The IHEST brings in high-level speakers from various fields to provide training to executives on economic and societal issues using scientific knowledge and collective intelligence.

Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale provides medical services. The firm specializes in biomedical research and public health research. The company is headquartered in Paris, Cedex, France.