L\u2019Organisation mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 (OMS) publie un hommage au Dr Bernard Philippon, entomologiste m\u00e9dical et chercheur fran\u00e7ais en sant\u00e9 publique, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 28 septembre 2026 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 87 ans. Directeur de recherche \u00e0 l\u2019Institut de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (IRD, ex-ORSTOM), il a consacr\u00e9 l\u2019essentiel de sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tude et au contr\u00f4le des simulies, vecteurs du parasite Onchocerca volvulus responsable de l\u2019onchocercose (\u201cc\u00e9cit\u00e9 des rivi\u00e8res\u201d) en Afrique.<\/p>\n
Le texte rappelle son r\u00f4le central au sein du Programme de lutte contre l\u2019onchocercose en Afrique de l\u2019Ouest (OCP), lanc\u00e9 en 1974 et cl\u00f4tur\u00e9 en 2002, puis du Programme africain de lutte contre l\u2019onchocercose (APOC), lanc\u00e9 en 1995 pour \u00e9tendre la lutte \u00e0 d\u2019autres pays d\u2019end\u00e9mie africains. Comme chef de l\u2019Unit\u00e9 de lutte antivectorielle de l\u2019OCP, il a contribu\u00e9 au d\u00e9ploiement d\u2019actions de lutte antivectorielle \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle combinant recherche scientifique, surveillance entomologique et interventions coordonn\u00e9es afin d\u2019interrompre la transmission de la maladie. L\u2019OMS souligne que, \u00e0 la fin de l\u2019OCP, l\u2019onchocercose \u00e9tait ma\u00eetris\u00e9e dans 11 pays d\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest, avec environ 600 000 cas de c\u00e9cit\u00e9 \u00e9vit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Les travaux de recherche du Dr Philippon ont aliment\u00e9 la base de connaissances sur l\u2019\u00e9cologie des simulies, la lutte antivectorielle et la dynamique de transmission de l\u2019onchocercose, constituant un appui scientifique aux strat\u00e9gies de contr\u00f4le et d\u2019\u00e9limination actuellement mises en \u0153uvre en Afrique. L\u2019hommage insiste \u00e9galement sur son engagement dans le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s de recherche dans les pays africains o\u00f9 il a travaill\u00e9, notamment par la formation et l\u2019encadrement de jeunes scientifiques africains dans le domaine des maladies tropicales. Certains d\u2019entre eux poursuivent aujourd\u2019hui des travaux de recherche appliqu\u00e9e de terrain. Au sein de l\u2019APOC, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 membre du Comit\u00e9 consultatif technique, apportant son expertise aux orientations techniques et aux d\u00e9bats du programme, dans une logique de rapprochement entre recherche et interventions concr\u00e8tes de sant\u00e9 publique.\u00a0(contenu r\u00e9sum\u00e9 par l’IA)Lire la Suite<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" L\u2019Organisation mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 (OMS) publie un hommage au Dr Bernard Philippon, entomologiste m\u00e9dical et chercheur fran\u00e7ais en sant\u00e9 publique, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 28 septembre 2026 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 87 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