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 […]
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APOPO Camboya Educación sobre Riesgos APOPO trabaja de forma rápida y rentable para hacer que la tierra sea segura mediante la retirada de minas terrestres y otros explosivos, como las municiones de racimo, para que las familias que viven cerca de campos de minas puedan reconstruir sus vidas y medios de subsistencia en condiciones de
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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
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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
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Nuevo Informe Mundial sobre la Tuberculosis. El 14 de octubre, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) reveló en un nuevo informe que la pandemia de COVID-19 ha invertido décadas de progreso hacia la erradicación de la tuberculosis (TB). Esto no hace sino confirmar lo que muchos expertos venían temiendo. Según el Informe Mundial de
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El embajador belga de turno visita APOPO TB Tanzania. El #GirlsTakeover mundial del Día Internacional de la Niña (11 de octubre) es un llamamiento a la acción en favor del cambio social y político para derribar las barreras de la discriminación y los prejuicios que frenan a las niñas. Cada año, niñas de todo el
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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
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El Embajador Regional para África Austral visita el Laboratorio de Maputo. El equipo de APOPO TB Mozambique estuvo encantado de recibir la visita del Embajador de Bélgica en Sudáfrica, Namibia, Botsuana, Zimbabue, Mozambique, Lesoto y Eswatini, S.E. Didier Vanderhasselt, a nuestro laboratorio de detección de la tuberculosis en Maputo. El embajador estuvo acompañado por Séverine
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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
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