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CELEBRATING OUR NURSES

International Nurses Day 2020 International Nurses Day is celebrated every May 12. The anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, British social reformer, statistician and founder of modern nursing. She was born in 1820. This year, on the 200th anniversary, the nursing profession gets some of the due attention and recognition since nurses are contemporary […]

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HERORATS Y COVID-19

¿Se puede entrenar a nuestras ratas africanas gigantes para que detecten el COVID-19? Mientras COVID-19 sigue extendiéndose, estos son tiempos difíciles para todos nosotros. Ahora mismo, estamos haciendo todo lo posible para mantener las operaciones diarias y prestar servicios a nuestra comunidad. Aunque hay mucha incertidumbre, sabemos que tenemos que adaptarnos rápidamente a nuestra realidad

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HERORATS AND COVID-19

Can our African giant pouched rats be trained to detect COVID-19? As COVID-19 continues to spread, these are challenging times for us all. Right now, we’re doing everything possible to sustain daily operations and provide services to our community. While there’s a lot of uncertainty, we know that we need to adapt fast to our

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WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY 2020

By Dr. Lena Fiebig | APOPO Head of TB It’s high time to fight tuberculosis and COVID-19. Normally, this would have been the day to stress the massive global tuberculosis (TB) burden and the need to find and treat all patients with TB. This would also have been the time to celebrate the TB detection rats journey

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WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 2020

Raising awareness to protect wild fauna and flora. 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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