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Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) signs MoU for 2021 Yesterday on December 10th, APOPO Cambodia Program Manager, Michael Heiman and CMAC Director-General, His Excellency Heng Ratana, met in Phnom Penh to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the continuation of APOPO’s Mine detection Rat (MDR) and CMAC mine clearance operations in Cambodia in 2021.   APOPO works to […]

#Standup4HumanRights Seventy years ago today, the United Nations (UN) chose December 10th as international Human Rights Day and drafted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It is a day dedicated to reminding all of us that human rights should be enjoyed by everyone. APOPO’s work is connected to human rights because landmines deprived thousands of people of their fundamental rights,

What APOPO does to tackle environmental exploitation from conflict. In 2001, November 6th was declared by the UN as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness of the damaging impact that war and armed conflict has on the environment. APOPO’s

Sokoine University of Agriculture tour project facilities and sites. On May 29th, the APOPO team in Morogoro, Tanzania was happy to host a high-level visit from the management team of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) including the Vice Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Prof. Raphael Chibunda, accompanied by Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof. Peter R. Gillah; Director for Postgraduate studies,

So, why the new look? Our current branding has been going strong for almost two decades. Celebrating our 20th birthday last year provided a great opportunity to give a fresh feel to the whole APOPO brand. Don’t get us wrong, we loved our old logo and know many feel the same. That said, we believe the

In 2019 APOPO U.S. transitioned leadership of its U.S. Board from Mari Kuraishi, the founder of Global Giving, to Kristen Davis the former Head of IT at the International New York Times. The whole APOPO family thanks Mari for her instrumental leadership in starting up and making APOPO U.S. a successful independent 501 c3 organization.

MKUTA receives award for Community Leadership and Mobilization from the Stop TB Partnership. On the 23rd of October 2018, the Stop TB Partnership organized an event to present the 2018 Kochon Prize in The Hague, The Netherlands. The 2018 Kochon Prize was awarded to the Minister of Health of South Africa Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi and to

By Robert Burny | Country Program Manager, APOPO TB Mozambique APOPO adopts GeneXpert technology for confirmation tests Last year, Mozambican health authorities started a equipping clinics with WHO endorsed diagnostic technology that in order to find more TB-positive patients at clinics. Called a GeneXpert machine, it involves molecular TB tests to detect TB in sputum samples

By Dr. Miriam Schneider | Senior Researcher Introducing the HeroRATS to alternative training  Improving the accuracy of scent detection is one of the most important aims for APOPO’s TB-detection rats. APOPO’s Research & Development (R&D) team recently embarked on the development of an alternative procedure, using an operant conditioning chamber to train the HeroRATs. APOPO researches