World TB Day 2023 By Dr. Tefera Azigew | APOPO Head of TB Each year on March 24th, we celebrate successes in the world of tuberculosis (TB) and take the opportunity to reflect on the commitments, leadership, investments, innovative research, and progress toward ending the TB epidemic. The overall global decline in TB is yet another […]
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March 8th is International Women’s Day. An occasion to celebrate the progress made towards achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment but also to strive for a greater momentum towards gender equality worldwide. Women’s day does not only recognize the extraordinary acts of women but encourages us all, to stand together, to advance gender equality around
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On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 3rd – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 – as UN World Wildlife Day (WWD) to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. This WWD
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The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hadja Lahbib (center), visited APOPO Angola from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February. APOPO Angola Program Manager, Manuel Agostinho (right) was invited by the Belgium Ambassador in Angola, Mr. Jozef Smets, to attend a reception dinner for the Minister in which several diplomatic and public entities attended. Mine Action was one of the prioritised
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In January 2023, APOPO hosted a visit from the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) APOPO’s operations in Zimbabwe. PM/WRA is APOPO’s largest donor in Zimbabwe, and with COVID 19 concerns finally largely resolved, it was an honor to host them on site. APOPO Zimbabwe
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Preparations and plans began falling in place in late December for the APOPO Dog accreditation, which is an annual requirement for all animal detection systems working in Cambodia. The first task involved flying four Technical Survey Dogs (TSD) from Bosnia Herzegovina to Cambodia, which proved to be a logistical challenge. The TSD had to be
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From December 16-18, APOPO hosted a Synytropic Agroforestry Training course in Morogoro, at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). The course was delivered in both English and Swahili to over 50 participants. As part of APOPO’s HeroTREEs program, APOPO partnered with Roland van Reenen, a permaculture and Syntropic Farming expert, who delivered APOPO’s first training almost
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A quarter of a century ago today, the Mine Ban Treaty, forbidding anti-personnel landmines, (also known as the Ottawa Treaty) was drafted and offered to all nations for signing. Today, the treaty has 164 signatories, representing 80% of the world’s governments, making it one of the world’s most widely accepted international agreements. No new countries
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Between November 18-26, the Cambodia program hosted a visit from APOPO CEO, Christophe Cox, from operational headquarters in Tanzania and a senior team from the Marketing department. The visit included the visiting all field sites including landmine detection rat clearance operations, the cluster munition survey dog operations and the dog training center. It also included
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