2026 ANRS MIE New Year address
ANRS Emerging infectious diseases 2026 New Year address by Yazdan Yazdanpanah, director of ANRS MIE
Last updated on 05 January 2026
For ANRS Emerging infectious diseases, 2025 has been a year of great achievements. And it is first and foremost you – our partner communities and institutions – to whom we owe them, for which you have my warmest thanks.
2025: the ANRS MIE confirms its position as a key player in addressing the challenges posed by infectious diseases.
Our agency has never been more present at the front line of crises, mobilising our rapid, graduated response to combat the Marburg virus in Tanzania, Ebola in Uganda and DRC, as well as chikungunya, West Nile and Rift Valley fever.
Our calls for proposals have never been more attractive, with 430 proposals submitted – four times more than in 2018.
We have never been more internationally present, thanks to our strengthened partnership with the World Health Organization – as coordinator of the Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) on filoviruses and as a WHO collaborating centre; and thanks to the creation of new partnership platforms with Brazil and Togo.
And yet, more than ever, we measure the challenges and obstacles that separate us from our vision: that of a world where epidemic risk is under control, where major infectious threats are neutralised, where HIV/AIDS is cured.
2026: Combining innovation and cooperation to address tomorrow’s crises
In 2026, we will continue to focus all our forces on this goal. In 2026, let us be united for innovative research in the face of epidemics!
The year 2026 will be that of the launch of the European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness, coordinated by us as part of a resolutely European strategy.
The year 2026 will be that of the ramp-up of the major national and European infrastructures – essential for a One Health approach to crisis response – for which we, along with our major institutional, hospital and university partners, are leading the roll-out.
The year 2026 will be that of the role of Emerging Infectious Diseases PEPR (PEPR MIE), that of the definition of an economic model, and that of stable and sustainable resources for our crisis preparedness mission.
Finally, we want 2026 to be a year in which we reflect and act on the question of how we can promote innovation at all stages of research, in conjunction with our major partners downstream. A subject that, as we know, will be decisive for how we respond to future crises, for the health and safety of our populations, and for the sovereignty of France and Europe. We will make it our theme for the Scientific Days of 2026, to which you are all warmly welcome.
In 2026, let us pursue innovative and supportive research together to anticipate crises, control epidemics, and strengthen the health and safety of our populations.
United for innovative research in the face of epidemics!
I sincerely hope that this New Year, for you and your loved ones, will be one of excellence, joy, and brimming with that active and serene hope that drives science and the men and women who practise it. Prof. Yazdan Yazdanpanah
For more information
- Opening of the first joint call for proposals of the GloPID-R consortium Global Research Improving Pandemic Preparedness (GRIPP) programme
- Launch of the first PEPR MIE Junior Chair call for applications as part of the France 2030 strategy
- The BE READY European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness will enter a new phase, the official launch ceremony for the Partnership is scheduled for 17 February 2026 in Paris, France.
