APOPO News

Improving food security and wildlife conservation. Harare, Zimbabwe – Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has provided US$1 million to APOPO Mine Action for clearing a dense minefield in the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor in southern Zimbabwe for the next two-years. The project aims to improve food security and wildlife conservation in the […]

By Christophe Cox | CEO APOPO 3-day course in Tanzania in partnership with SAT This past weekend, APOPO organized the first-ever course in Syntropic Farming in Tanzania, from the 3rd to the 5th of December 2021. This initiative is part of the APOPO HeroTREEs project, and carried out in partnership with Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania. The course was

Support for TB Tanzania to partner with more clinics.  The APOPO Tuberculosis (TB) team in Dar es Salaam was delighted to host Ms Katarzyna Sobiecka, First Counsellor from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Tanzania at our TB Detection research facility on November 18th. Ms Sobiecka enjoyed a full tour of our detection rat research facility and discussed the

Demining for development Thanks to the continued support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and U.S. Government, APOPO is now able to strengthen its activities in Zimbabwe, aiming to clear a dense minefield laid over four decades ago in one of the largest conservation areas in the world. APOPO has been tasked

APOPO Cambodia Risk Education APOPO works quickly and cost-efficiently to make land safe by clearing landmines and other explosives, like cluster munitions, so families living near minefields can rebuild their lives and livelihoods in safety. It is vital that during that time we teach people how to stay safe. Risk education sets out to arm as many people as possible with potentially

New Global Tuberculosis Report out. On October 14th, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in a new report that the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed decades of progress towards eradicating tuberculosis (TB). This only confirms what many experts have been fearing. According to the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2021, which includes data from more than 200 countries, approximately 1.5

Belgian Ambassador for the day visits APOPO TB Tanzania. The global #GirlsTakeover on International Day of the Girl (11 October) is a call to action for social and political change to bring down barriers of discrimination and prejudice that hold girls back. Each year, girls from all over the world step into the roles of

Regional Ambassador for Southern Africa visits Maputo Lab. The APOPO TB Mozambique team was thrilled to host a visit from the Ambassador of Belgium to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho & Eswatini, H.E. Didier Vanderhasselt to our tuberculosis detection lab in Maputo. The ambassador was accompanied by Séverine de Potter (Head of the Diplomatic Office in Maputo) and Claudine

Ceremony to officialize partnership with INAD On Tuesday the 22nd of September, APOPO Angola signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new partnership with ️Instituto Nacional de Desminagem (INAD) – the national mine action institute and main public demining operator in Angola. This new partnership is funded by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BMFA).