Husna Husna fell ill soon after her mother in law was diagnosed with tuberculosis. My name is Husna and I’m 32 years old. I live with my husband and five of his family members in Dar es Salaam. Last year my mother in law fell ill with a fever and cough. We thought she just […]
STAFF STORY: ZACARIAS Alberto Jorge Zacarias is an APOPO Mine Detection Rat (MDR) supervisor. “I joined APOPO in 2006 and worked as a deminer for 2 years. Before this I had worked with NPA as a deminer, researcher and dog trainer. At that time the HeroRATs were not yet deployed. We cleared landmines with metal
Marcio follows newly diagnosed patients to gather data on their illness. “My name is Marcio Madussa and I am the Research Study Coordinator at APOPO’s Tuberculosis (TB) research project in Maputo, Mozambique. I collect data from 5 of the 20 collaborating health clinics in partnership with APOPO. Once the HeroRATs identify new TB cases by
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Haruna Haruna lost her daughter to TB, she was very afraid when her clinic was unable to find out what was wrong with her. “I’ve been ill for 3 months now. It started with a terrible cough and night sweats, but now I am very weak from not not being able to eat much. I
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Nuru’s clinic didn’t find the tuberculosis in her body and she ended up passing it on to her grandchildren. My name is Nuru and I am 62 years old. I live in Dar es Salaam with my two grandchildren who are at school here whilst their mother works out of town. Last year I began
Partner: Rafael The Vet Director who developed a co-research project. “I am the Director of the Veterinary University and before that I was a lecturer here at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo. I have been aware of the TB work that APOPO has been doing for years through Emilio Valverde, the APOPO TB manager here in
Partner: Lulu Lulu’s TB was missed by the clinics but detected by APOPO. She joined volunteer group MKUTA to help raise TB awareness. I was once very sick. I almost died because my local clinic couldn’t identify my illness. Thankfully APOPO found TB. They saved my life. I got treatment and recovered. I then joined
Onesia’s sister suffered from tuberculosis and she vowed to do all that she could to try and stop TB. “My name is Onesia and I am 26 years old. I have been studying ways to prevent and treat TB since my sister suffered from it two years ago. It is an insidious and dangerous disease that
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MINE ACTION MOZAMBIQUE: SAM MUCAVELI For thirty years, landmines have prevented Sam from grazing his cows on pasture land near his home. Now the land has been made safe and… My name is Sam Mucaveli and I am a cattle farmer and community leader. The nearby powerline was mined during the civil war to protect it