International Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Men and women around the world risk their own lives when clearing landmines in an effort to help the local communities who live in fear of these dangerous, hidden weapons. For deminers, International Landmine Awareness Day is no different to any other day on the minefield. For APOPO, […]
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APOPO at annual conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For a second year in a row, meetings and active campaigns to commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day have been very restricted due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In Ethiopia, the consortium of the Federal Ministry of Health, Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) and Addis Ababa City Administration
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By Dr. Lena Fiebig | APOPO Head of TB World Tuberculosis Day 2021 The Stop TB Partnership announced that “12 months of COVID-19 eliminated 12 years of progress in the global fight against tuberculosis”. They shared new data showing that nine of the countries with the most tuberculosis (TB) cases saw drastic declines in TB
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By Dr. Negussie Beyene | Program Manager TB Ethiopia APOPO carries out mass screening and capacity building project APOPO in partnership with Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), the Ethiopian chapter of the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief association (GLRA), the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Federal Prison Administration has been working on
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Raising awareness to protect forests and livelihoods. On March 3rd 1973, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was drafted and signed with the objective to conserve wildlife and prevent international trade from pushing species into extinction. Since 2013, the date has designated as World Wildlife Day, representing
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APOPO Morogoro hosts team from the Ministry. Last week on February 25th, APOPO Tuberculosis (TB) Detection Tanzania was honored to host a high-level visit from the Government Chief Medical Officer (CMO, the senior government official who oversees Medical Services in Tanzania) in Morogoro. Prof. Abel Makubi (pictured above holding a HeroRAT after his tour), was accompanied by three Directors
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A day to celebrate the achievements of women in STEM. Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Tackling some of the greatest challenges of the U.N. Agenda for Sustainable Development – from improving health to combating climate change — will rely on harnessing all talent. That means getting more women working in
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Unrestricted access and safety will generate further economic opportunities in areas currently off limits. Zimbabwe has some of Africa’s most beautiful wilderness, including the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor, a vital part of a three-country conservation area. But hidden landmines make this area dangerous not only for people but also their livestock and precious wildlife. The wildlife corridor lies within Gonarezhou National Park which is an integral
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Program visit from Belgian government following their support. We are thrilled to announce that the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BMFA) has committed € 436,653 in funding to APOPO Angola to boost our efforts to eradicate the threat of landmines in the country. Landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Angola are the legacy of four decades of armed conflict,
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