By Nigel Nassar, New Vision, 22nd June 2008 

HER inspiration is not rooted in big names, but a pet. This pet, a cat, did not even have a name. Pussycat is all it went by. But its meek disposition and tenderness infused love into people around it. Young Gladys Kalema was one such of the pet’s biggest fans.

Growing up in Kampala as the youngest of six children, Kalema fell in love with the pet. And in a blink of an eye, she had made friends with all the pets at their home — and given them names too — Pillie the cat, Tina the dog, name it.

Twelve students and two professors will spend three weeks in a remote Ugandan jungle as part of an interdisciplinary extended study course that emphasizes hands-on learning and research involving rare mountain gorillas. The students also will be working with the Ugandan Wildlife Authority on wildlife management issues, as well as with Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), a nonprofit organization addressing community health concerns.

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has just learned that former AWF Charlotte Conservation Fellow Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has received a Conservation-In-Action Award from the Zoological Society of San Diego.

For the first time in the history of the Zoological Society of San Diego, two new categories for the annual Zoological Society's Conservation Medal, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Conservation-In-Action Award, will also include a monetary award to assist with the conservation work being done by the recipients. 

Population-health-environment (PHE) programs take a variety of forms, with some including only these three elements, and others addressing additional development components such as livelihoods, gender issues, and even conflict. The flexibility that allows PHE programs to meet communities’ needs so effectively is perhaps nowhere more evident than in East Africa.

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British Council and the Management Forum Steering Committee have the pleasure of inviting you to a Management Forum discussion.

Topic:  Ensuring a clean and healthy environment through effective leadership
 

Voice of America reporter Peterson Ssendi in Kampala profiles wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, an Ashoka Fellow and the work of her group, “Conservation Through Public Health.”

On 23th November, 2007 during CHOGM His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh sent the first official email from the CTPH Telecentre at Queen Elizabeth National Park. Below is the official message.

From: CTPH Information
To: 'CTPH Information'
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 2:23 PM
Subject: The First Official Email from the CTPH Telecentre at Queen Elizabeth National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Uganda

By Anthony Adornato, Colgate University

Working out of an office inside Colgate University's Ho Science Center, a group of students is having an impact on a community more than 7,000 miles away - in Uganda, Africa.

The undergraduates are part of a unique venture between Colgate and Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an Africa-based nongovernmental organization focused on environmental conservation and public health in a remote region of Uganda.