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APOPO

APOPO (Dutch: Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling, lit. 'Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development') is a registered Belgian non-governmental organisation and US non-profit which trains southern giant pouched rats and technical survey dogs to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They call their trained animals HeroRATs and…

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Headquarters
Morogoro, Tanzania
Fields
Mine action, tuberculosis, research and development, disaster relief
Formation
1997
Purpose
To develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change.
Region served
Africa, Asia, South America
Type
Non-governmental organization

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Organization

HeroRATS species profile

HeroDOGS species profile

Scent detection training

Scientific standards and blind testing

Detecting landmines

Detecting tuberculosis

Wildlife detection and conservation

Influence of animal psychology

Fundraising

Awards

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APOPO

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples198
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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APOPO

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related to history · 32
APOPO → African, After, Agriculture, Antwerp, Antwerp University, As, Bart Weetjens, Belgian, Belgium, Both Weetjens, Christophe Cox, Cox, Detection Rats Technology, Gambian, He, In, Initial, Institute, Mic Billet, Morogoro
related to Organization · 24
APOPO → Agriculture, An, An APOPO, Angola, Antwerp, APOPO's, APOPO’s, Belgium, Cambodia, Dar, Geneva, In, It, Maputo, Morogoro, Mozambique, Salaam, Sokoine University, Switzerland, Tanzania
related to Fundraising · 23
APOPO → Antwerp, Belgian, European Union, Flemish, HDIF, Health, Holland, It, JTIF, Liechtenstein, National Institutes, Norwegian, Only The Brave Foundation, Polish, Province, Skoll Foundation, Sweden, Trafigura Group, UBS Optimus Foundation, UK
related to Influence of animal psychology · 17
APOPO → Before Goodall’s, By, Dr, During, Goodall, Goodall's, HeroDOGS, HeroRAT, HeroRATS, In July, Jane, Jane Goodall, Peace, Tanzania, The, This, UN Messenger
related to Detecting tuberculosis · 16
APOPO → According, Dar, Eduardo Mondlane University, In, In Mozambique, Maputo, Morogoro, Mozambique, Public, Salaam, Sputum, Tanzania, TB, The, They, When
related to Awards · 10
APOPO → C2E, Cambodia, EFQM, Global Geneva Top, Magawa, NGO's' Global Journal's, NGOs, PDSA Gold Medal, The, Top
related to Public engagement and animal monthly adoptions · 10
APOPO → APOPO’s, By, HeroDOG, HeroRAT, It, Jane, Jane Goodall, The, This, When
related to HeroDOGS species profile · 8
APOPO → Belgian Shepherds, Biological Advantage, Dutch Shepherds, HeroDOGS, HeroRATS, Malinois, Technical Survey Dogs, These
related to External links · 7
APOPO → Bart Weetjens, Giant Rats That Save, Just RatsRats, LivesThe Landmine-Sniffing Rats, MozambiqueDetecting Tuberculosis, No Microscopes, Talk
related to Introduction · 7
APOPO → Both, By, HeroDOGs, HeroRATs, The HeroRATs, This, Throughout

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rats training detection trained tuberculosis herodogs tanzania dogs tb herorats rat samples animals work use program using used human mozambique

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
APOPOFieldsMine action, tuberculosis, research and development, disaster relief1.00infobox
APOPOFormation19971.00infobox
APOPOHeadquartersMorogoro, Tanzania1.00infobox
APOPOPurposeTo develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change.1.00infobox
APOPORegion servedAfrica, Asia, South America1.00infobox
APOPOTypeNon-governmental organization1.00infobox
APOPOWebsitewww.apopo.org1.00infobox
APOPOis aonly organisation in the world to use giant rats0.90text
TNTinstance ofHeroDOGS are trained to find the specific scent of explosives0.80text
dogs or rats detect only explosivesinstance ofAnimals0.80text
ignore scrap metalinstance ofAnimals0.80text
such as old coinsinstance ofAnimals0.80text

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