Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné

The Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), the former “Medical Research Unit
of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital”, was established in 1981 as a research centre located in the
rain forest region of Gabon in the Central African sub-region. The center has a long history of
evaluating interventions against malaria, including phase I to IV drug trials, vaccine candidate
evaluations and intermittent preventive treatment in infants and pregnant women. The past years
have seen a diversification into other areas such as tuberculosis, as well as bacterial and helminthic
infections. A number of epidemiological and social science research projects are performed on a
variety of research subjects.