In December 2023, players of People’s Postcode Lottery, through funds raised and allocated by the Postcode Global Trust, generously awarded an additional £100,000 to APOPO. This humanitarian funding...
World + 7 more
World + 7 more
In December 2023, players of People’s Postcode Lottery, through funds raised and allocated by the Postcode Global Trust, generously awarded an additional £100,000 to APOPO. This humanitarian funding...
Second UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on tuberculosis Following the outcomes of the United Nations General Assembly’s second high-level meeting (UNHLM) on tuberculosis (TB) on September 22,...
Angola + 6 more
2021 APOPO ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED A year of growth and expansion. For the past two years, we have all faced the unprecedented challenge of a global pandemic that has not spared any country, community...
Ethiopia + 2 more
By Dr. Negussie Beyene | Program Manager TB Ethiopia World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2022 This World TB Day, APOPO renews its commitment to work harder and save more lives but challenges its supporters...
Tanzania + 1 more
The APOPO Tuberculosis (TB) team in Dar es Salaam was delighted to host Ms Katarzyna Sobiecka, First Counsellor from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Tanzania at our TB Detection research...
Tanzania + 1 more
Polish Aid supports APOPO TB detection in Tanzania. This week, the APOPO team was thrilled to host representatives from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tanzania at our Training and Research...
APOPO’s Pioneering HeroRATs Expand to a Total of 57 Clinics and Hospitals supported by Tanzania’s Health Authorities MOROGORO, Tanzania — APOPO is proud to announce its Tuberculosis Detection Rats...
Tanzania + 6 more
MOROGORO, Tanzania — The charity famed for its use of specially trained rats in landmine and tuberculosis detection celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Harnessing the highly attuned sense of...
Mozambique + 2 more
On September 29th, the Government of Flanders pledged 1.1 million euros to APOPO in Mozambique for its TB-detection program using scent detection rats. In 2012 APOPO and its partner the Eduardo...
Ethiopia + 2 more
APOPO, the NGO that trains African giant pouched rats to detect tuberculosis in patients missed by local clinics in Tanzania and Mozambique, is proud to announce the opening of its new TB-detection...
On Wednesday the 23rd of November, APOPO celebrated the opening of its new HeroRAT TB Detection Facility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Partners, donors and clinic staff alike attended the celebration...
In May 2016, APOPO reached a landmark of identifying 10,000 TB positive patients who were initially missed by their local clinics and sent home. In Sub-Saharan Africa, public clinics use conventional...
The Giant Pouched Rat has become famous for its size and remarkable ability to save lives by sniffing out landmines and tuberculosis. The animal is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa with four main...
Earlier this year, APOPO in partnership with the Tanzanian Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA) set plans in motion to begin building APOPO’s new TB center in Dar es salaam with a top-notch lab, brand...
APOPO’s new TB clinic in Maputo has successfully managed to increase the TB case detection rate of local collaborating clinics by 44,1% in 2013. Since the project began late last year, APOPO’s...