Founded in 1924, the Institut Pasteur de Dakar works to accelerate equitable, sustainable, and affordable access to health in Africa. As a Senegalese non-profit foundation recognized for public utility, the IPD provides communities with health solutions and laboratory services, engages in cutting-edge biomedical research and innovation, manufactures vaccines and essential diagnostic products for African populations, develops human capital, and participates in public health activities such as epidemiological surveillance, epidemic response, and public health management.