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 to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They call their trained rats 'HeroRATs'.
Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling | |
| Formation | 1997 |
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| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | To develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change. |
| Headquarters | Morogoro, Tanzania |
Region | Africa, Asia, South America |
| Fields | Mine action, tuberculosis, research and development, disaster relief |
| Website | www |
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