Malardé Institute

The Institut Louis-Malardé (ILM) is a medical research institution in Papeete, Tahiti, focused on public health research and epidemiological monitoring in French Polynesia.

[1] Initial funding was provided by American sailor William Albert Robinson.

[3] It later worked on Ciguatera fish poisoning[4] leprosy, Zika virus,[5] and Dengue fever.

[10] In 2010 it established the Polynesian Center for Research and Promotion of Island Biodiversity in partnership with the University of French Polynesia, IFREMER, and the Research Institute for Development.

[7] In 2019 it was authorised to import sterile mosquito eggs to help in its research.