The Maison de l’Artemisia is a worldwide network (130 Houses of Artemisia in 28 countries) with a humanitarian vocation that promotes a better knowledge of medicinal plants (in particular Artemisia annua and afra) to fight malaria and other diseases. This action, in line with the One Health initiative (human, animal and environmental health), promotes the development of micro-businesses through the creation of local, sustainable supply chains.
The humanitarian association (Law 1901) in France, created at the end of 2012 by Lucile Cornet-Vernet, has three missions:
- Accelerate research into Artemisia herbal tea, an ancestral treatment for malaria
- Supervise and increase the responsible production of Artemisia in malaria-affected countries via Artemisia Houses, local centres of expertise
- Encourage the global community of people committed to Artemisia and actively involved in change.
Our history
In Ethiopia, the spectacular recovery of her friend Alexandre Poussin from severe malaria with Artemisia annua herbal tea led Lucile Cornet-Vernet to seek scientific proof of its effectiveness. And so began the adventure of La Maison de l’Artemisia.
In view of the difficulty of financing a therapeutic solution that everyone can grow at home, our association has worked ceaselessly since 2013 to create a worldwide network of doctors, researchers, agronomists, farmers, NGOs and volunteers working in synergy to prove that this plant effectively treats malaria and bilharzia. La Maison de l’Artemisia has financed clinical studies in Africa, including some to WHO standards.
By helping to develop the cultivation of these medicinal plants, La Maison de l’Artemisia enables local actors in over twenty African countries to treat themselves at low cost, locally and effectively while one in two drugs sold in Africa is counterfeit and drug resistance develops.
Our story
In Ethiopia, the spectacular recovery of her friend Alexandre Poussin from severe malaria with Artemisia annua herbal tea led Lucile Cornet-Vernet to seek scientific proof of its effectiveness. And so began the adventure of La Maison de l’Artemisia.
In view of the difficulty of financing a therapeutic solution that everyone can grow at home, our association has worked ceaselessly since 2013 to create a worldwide network of doctors, researchers, agronomists, farmers, NGOs and volunteers working in synergy to prove that this plant effectively treats malaria and bilharzia. La Maison de l’Artemisia has financed clinical studies in Africa, including some to WHO standards.
By helping to develop the cultivation of these medicinal plants, La Maison de l’Artemisia enables local actors in over twenty African countries to treat themselves at low cost, locally and effectively while one in two drugs sold in Africa is counterfeit and drug resistance develops.
Lucile Cornet-Vernet
Lucile Cornet-Vernet is a Doctor of Dental Surgery in Paris.
In 2012, she learned that a traditional Chinese medicine plant could be effective against malaria, but that it doesn’t grow very well in Africa, which is home to 90% of malaria sufferers. This plant is Artemisia annua.
She therefore founded the association La Maison de l’Artemisia to help agronomists adapt the plant to subtropical countries. Since then, the NGO has been spreading cultivars adapted to different climates throughout the African continent.
In 2022, she was made an Ashoka Fellow and joined this global laboratory for social innovation which supports social entrepreneurs who are breaking new ground. Ashoka is the 7th most influential NGO in the world!
She has also been a TedX, Caritas, Shamengo speaker in France and Africa.
She is the author of a book published by Actes Sud “Artemisia, une plante pour éradiquer le paludisme”, in 2018.
Find out more about Lucile
Our team
La Maison de l’Artemisia is a vast network of men and women who work with kindness, trust and transparency.
Guided by common values of sharing, fellowship and justice, we work together respecting the Earth and Humankind.
The permanent staff:
Lucile CORNET-VERNET: Founder and vice-president of La Maison de l’Artemisia
Flore de BORDE: Consultant, communication
Sophie DESCOLAS: Newsletters, donor follow-up, administration
Darling GUIDIGAN: West Africa project manager and coordinator
Diane de JOUVENCEL: Consultant, social business projects
Florian MARCHADOUR: Project manager and coordinator for Central Africa, East Africa and Madagascar
Arnaud NOUVION: Public relations manager
Audrey SOUGNEZ: Bio-engineer in agronomic sciences
Our Administration Board meets regularly to define the strategy for the Association.
Our work
Our main goals are :
- to develop and run the Maison de l’Artemisia network by providing centres with a hotline, agronomic, medical, legal, management and communication documents,
- to introduce Artemisia to specialists and the general public,
- to encourage the acceleration of research for better recognition,
- to seek funding.
Charter and shared quality label
Sustainable and responsible production
Pesticide-free, GMO-free production.
Fair income
For farmers, processors and resellers.
Responsible processing
Drying, shredding and packaging under clearly defined hygiene standards.
Fair price
Affordable sales price to ensure the most deprived have access to the herbal tea.
Sharing knowledge, expertise and experience within the network
Joint communication
Ongoing projects
Support our work
Every donation helps to open Houses of Artemisia, support our teams or raise awareness among the most disadvantaged.
Support our work
Every donation helps to open Maisons de l’Artemisia, support our teams or raise awareness among the most disadvantaged.
Volunteer with us
If you are motivated by our project and would like get involved, contact us now to find out how you can help spread Artemisia cultivation and knowledge throughout the world.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Volunteer with us
If you are motivated by our project and would like get involved, contact us now to find out how you can help spread Artemisia cultivation and knowledge throughout the world.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The book
The story of our adventure is recounted in the book “Artemisia, une plante pour éradiquer le paludisme” (Artemisia, a plant to eradicate malaria), published in November 2019 by Actes Sud in the collection ‘Domaine du Possible’.
Lucile Cornet-Vernet, together with author Laurence Couquiaud, relates the origins of this formidable personal quest to defeat malaria.
The book
The story of our adventure is recounted in the book “Artemisia, une plante pour éradiquer le paludisme” (Artemisia, a plant to eradicate malaria), published in November 2019 by Actes Sud in the collection ‘Domaine du Possible’.
Lucile Cornet-Vernet, together with the author Laurence Couquiaud, relates the origins of this formidable personal quest to defeat malaria.
