APOPO US INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: APOPO US PLANS TO RAISE FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE AND HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES OF APOPO VZW. APOPO VZW IS A BELGIUM-BASED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WHOSE MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT DETECTION RATS TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS. APOPO VZW CURRENTLY USES DETECTION RATS TO DETECT MINES AND TUBERCULOSIS AND CONTINUES TO RESEARCH OTHER POSSIBLE RAT SCENT DETECTION APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD MAKETHE HUMAN RACE SAFER AND HEALTHIER. APOPO'S VZW'S VISION IS TO SOLVE PRESSING HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES WITH DETECTION RATS TECHNOLOGY.APOPO US WILL WORK TO FORWARD APOPO VZW'S CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES BY BUILDING FINANCIAL, MEDIA AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AMONG THE US PUBLIC FOR APOPO VZW'S FIELD ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE SO THAT IT ULTIMATELY CAN SAVE AND IMPROVE MORE LIVES.APOPO US WILL ALSO ENGAGE THE US AUDIENCE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE US ABOUT APOPO VZW'S MISSION AN

APOPO US WORKS TO SUPPORT THE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) PROGRAM, MINE ACTION PROGRAM AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF APOPO'S GLOBAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERED IN TANZANIA. APOPO US IS ALSO WORKING TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANDMINE AND TB ISSUE AMONG THE US PUBLIC, AND IN 2018 BEGAN PREPARING PAPERWORK TO SEND DEMONSTRATION RATS TO US ZOOS.APOPO'S TB DETECTION PROGRAMS WORKS WITH OVER 100 PARTNER CLINICS IN TANZANIA, MOZAMBIQUE AND ETHIOPIA AND SUPPORST THEM TO FIND AND TREAT MORE TB PATIENTS. FOR THIS, HUMAN SPUTUM SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED FROM PARTNER CLINICS THAT HAVE ALREADY TESTED THEM FOR TB, MOSTLY USING SPUTUM SMEAR MICROSCOPY. AT APOPO'S LABS THE SAMPLES ARE MADE SAFE AND RAPIDLY RECHECKED BY TRAINED TB DETECTION RATS FOLLOWED BY WHO-ENDORSE CONFIRMATION TESTS. CONFIRMED RESULTS ARE INSTANTLY SENT BACK TO THE CLINICS THAT OVERSEE PATIENT COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT. APOPO RAISES PARTNER CLINIC TB DETECTION RATES BY 40%.APOPO'S TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN 2018. APOPO'S DETECTED OVER 2,000 ADDITIONAL TB PATIENTS IN TANZANIA, ETHIOPIA, AND MOZAMBIQUE. THIS MEANS THAT MORE TB-POSITIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MISSED BY PUBLIC CLINICS ARE NOW PUT ON LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT BEFORE THEY CAN INFECT OTHER PEOPLE AND PROLONG THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF TB. APOPO'S LANDMINE DETECTION RATS, NICKNAMED HERORATS, IGNORE SCRAP METAL AND ONLY DETECT THE SCENT OF EXPLOSIVES, MAKING THEM MUCH FASTER AT FINDING LANDMINES THAN HUMANS WITH METAL DETECTORS. HERORATS ARE TOO LIGHT TO SET OFF LANDMINES, MAKING THEM A PERFECT TOOL TO SPEED UP DETECTION. WHEN INTEGRATED INTO CONVENTIONAL MINE CLEARANCE METHODS, SUCH VEGETATION- CUTTING MACHINES, AND MANUAL DEMINERS WITH METAL DETECTORS, THE RATS ARE PROVEN TO SIGNIFICANTLY ACCELERATE OPERATIONS, HELPING RETURN SAFE LAND TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AS QUICKLY AND COST-EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. THIS PREVENTS ACCIDENTS AND QUICKLY RETURNS LAND TO COMMUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTENANCE, AT A FRACTION OF THE COST, LEAVING FUNDS TO ADDRESS YET MORE AREAS.IN 2018 APOPO CONTINUED TO CONDUCT MINE AND EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE CLEARANCE IN CAMBODIA, AND ANGOLA. THE ORGANIZATION CLEARED OVER 1.8 MILLION TOTAL M2 OF LAND GIVEN BACK TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES, HELPING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RETURN TO THEIR LANDS AND LIVES FREE FROM THE THREAT OF MINES.. IN CAMBODIA APOPO'S HERORATS PROVED THEIR INCREDIBLE SPEED AND COST EFFECTIVENESS. HERORAT'S INTEGRATED WITH MANUAL DEMINING TEAMS WERE ABLE TO CLEAR LAND AT FOUR TIMES THE PACE, AND LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF MANUAL DEMINING TEAMS ONLY. APOPO ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW INITIATIVE TECHNICAL SURVEY DOGS, WHICH WHEN TEAMED UP WITH HERORATS, WILL IMPROVE COST EFFICIENCY OF MINE ACTION IN CAMBODIA AND ELSEWHERE EVEN MORE IN 2019 AND BEYOND.AT APOPO, WE TRAIN RATS TO SAVE LIVES AND OUR TEAM OF INNOVATORS MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN AT OUR TRAINING AND RESEARCH HEADQUARTERS IN MOROGORO, TANZANIA. RISING TO THIS CHALLENGE, OUR TEAM EMPLOYS A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF OUR EXISTING SCENT DETECTION APPLICATIONS AND EXPLORING INNOVATIVE NEW APPLICATIONS FOR THEM, WHILE CONTINUALLY EVALUATING AND ASSESSING ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE AND BUILDING LOCAL AND GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY.IN 2018, APOPO'S TRAINING TEAMS WORKED WITH MORE YOUNG RATS THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR, WITH A COMBINED TOTAL OF 126 RATS PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING ACTIVITIES. THIS INCLUDED MORE THAN 75 YOUNG RATS ENROLLED IN OUR MINE DETECTION TRAINING PROGRAM AND 51 NEW RATS CONTRIBUTING TO OUR TB DETECTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. A TOTAL OF 10 MINE DETECTION RATS (MDR) EARNED INTERNAL ACCREDITATION AND WERE DEPLOYED TO OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA, WHILE ANOTHER 10 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TRAINING LATE IN THE YEAR AND WERE EXPORTED TO CAMBODIA IN EARLY 2019. FINALLY, A COMBINED TOTAL OF 18 TB DETECTION RATS WERE SENT TO OUR TB PROGRAMS IN ETHIOPIA AND DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. TO MEET THESE TRAINING NEEDS AND BUILD INTERNAL CAPACITY, OUR TRAINING HEADQUARTERS ALSO WELCOMED 9 NEW RODENT TRAINERS/HANDLERS IN 2018 THAT WERE SELECTED FROM A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE POOL OF APPLICANTS.

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