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Saving gorillas by bringing healthcare to local people in Uganda

How can bringing healthcare to local villagers in Uganda help save the Critically Endangered mountain gorilla? The answer lies in our genetics, says Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, wildlife veterinarian and director of Conservation through Public Health (CTPH).
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LAIR OF THE SILVERBACKS

It's a lush green tropical forest in southwest Uganda, home to about half of the world's estimated 700 mountain gorillas. But what makes Bwindi so special is not only these critically endangered, magnificent, and charismatic cousins with whom humans have in common 98.4 percent of their genetic material, but also the special charm and hospitality of the people who share this fragile World Heritage site with the planet's gentle giants – and whose livelihood is increasingly dependent on gorilla ecotourism.
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She has dedicated her life to making human beings co-exist with animals

You don’t need to have fully read Dr Gladys Kalema’s profile to comprehend her love for wildlife. The gorilla sculptures at the reception of her office, speak volumes. It is not by accident that today, she is one of the most popular conservationists of our time. Back in the day, when she joined Kibuli Secondary School, she helped revive the Wild Life Club which had gone quiet. She confesses to have been a passionate lover of cats when she was a child.
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CTPH FOUNDER AND CEO WINS THE WHITLEY GOLD AWARD

On 13th May 2009, Conservation Through Public Health Founder and CEO, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka won the Whitley Gold Award for grassroots nature conservation also known as the "Green Oscars", presented by HRH, Princess Anne, at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The Whitley Awards worth £30,000 were presented to five other outstanding conservation leaders from Bulgaria, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
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MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN DIRE STRAITS, DNA REVEALS

Mountain gorillas are in more trouble than we thought. Fewer of them are living in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) than previous estimates suggest. This is one of only two places worldwide where the gorillas survive in the wild.
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LETTERS TO THE NEW U.S. PRESIDENT

Jan 6, 2009
As we become increasingly aware of the great threat of climate change to life on Earth, we must not forget the other immediate threats of poverty, disease, and population growth. These threats are interrelated and need to be addressed simultaneously. An approach that is working here in Africa is to integrate programs for population, health, and the environment.
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SHARING THE FOREST IN UGANDA

June 26, 2008
On the outskirts of Uganda's remote Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, endangered mountain gorillas forage in local gardens. Rapid population growth has pushed people to settle near the gorillas' habitat--sometimes leading to conflict. But an innovative community development program seeks to conserve these magnificent animals by improving the quality of life for Ugandans living near Bwindi, say Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and Lynne Gaffikin in the latest issue of Focus.
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HER LOVE FOR ANIMALS KEEPS GORILLAS, PEOPLE IN BWINDI HEALTHY

Jun 22, 2008
by Nigel Nassar, New Vision
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.
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COLGATE GROUP HEADS TO UGANDA FOR EXTENDED STUDY

Dec 26, 2007
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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.
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AWF CHARLOTTE FELLOW CONSERVATIONIST IN ACTION

Dec 16, 2007
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.
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DR. GLADYS KALEMA-ZIKUSOKA RECEIVES SAN DIEGO ZOO AWARD

Dec 6, 2007
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.
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UGANDAN CONSERVATIONIST LINKS HUMAN AND WILDLIFE HEALTH

Nov 28, 2007
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."
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PRINCE PHILIP OPENS THE CTPH TELECENTRE AT QENP

Sep 6, 2009
Author: CTPH Information
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.
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UGANDAN CONSERVATIONIST VISITS CAMPUS, PRAISES STUDENTS

Nov 26, 2007
Author: Anthony Adornato, Colgate University

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THE DUKE OPENS QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRE IN KASESE

Nov 20, 2009
Author: Felix Basiime, Daily Monitor
The Duke of Edinburgh has launched the Conservation Through Public Health Telecentre in Queen Elizabeth National Park at Kikorongo in Kasese District.
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DUKE BRINGS KASESE TO STANDSTILL

Nov 6, 2007
Author: Carol Natukunda & Kyomuhendo Muhanga, New Vision
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, yesterday opened a computerised information center in Kikorongo village, Kasese district. The telecentre, constructed with the support of the British High Commission, will serve as the training facility in which the local people learn how to use computers and access information that can help them to improve their lives.
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MICROSOFT AND UNIDO PARTNER WITH CTPH

Apr 6, 2007

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Microsoft's joint project to bring the benefits of ICT to rural communities was marked today with HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who sent the first official email from a new telecentre in Uganda, managed by Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH).
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80,000 NEW TB CASES YEARLY

Mar 25, 2007
Author: Joyce Namutebi, New Vision
With an estimated 80,000 new cases of tuberculosis occurring in Uganda annually, the World Health Organisation has asked the Ministry of Health to declare it a national emergency.
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LAUNCH OF POPULATION, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM

Feb 7, 2007
CTPH launched a Population, Health and Environment (PHE) initiative through a planning workshop with stakeholders on 7th February 2007 in Kanungu District where Bwindi is found. This program has potential to strengthen community based family planning in communities surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
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CTPH FOUNDER AND CEO, BECOMES ASHOKA FELLOW

Sep 15, 2006
CTPH Founder and CEO, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has been elected an "ASHOKA Fellow". She joins the global fellowship of leading social entrepreneurs having satisfied the selection criteria and successfully completing a rigorous selection process. Gladys was elected a Fellow based on her vision of linking Uganda's wildlife management and rural public health programs to create common resources that benefit both people and animals.
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BWINDI NATIONAL PARK GETS FIRST TELECENTRE SERVICE

Nov 29, 2005
Author: Esther Nakkazi, The Daily Monitor
Eng. Lawrence Zikusoka is the Founder and Director ICT for Development, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH). He opened the first telecentre at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. He spoke to Esther Nakkazi, at the Telecentre in Bwindi recently and below is the excerpt:
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ON THE GORILLA TRAIL WITH NNABAGEREKA

Nov 10, 2005
Author: Lillian Nsubuga, Guest Writer, The Weekly Observer

Torrential rains the previous night ensured that Saturday, October 15 started off gloomy, with a persistent drizzle that depressed the soul.

The usual morning forest sounds were drowned by the noise of fast running water in the jungle. The more you listened, the more you longed for a few extra hours in the warm bed.
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THE NABAGEREKA OF BUGANDA TRACKS THE RARE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

Nov 9, 2005
Author: Uganda Wildlife Authority
The Nabagereka of Buganda, Lady Sylvia Nagginda on 15th October 2005 became the first queen in the whole world to track the rare mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and what a great time she had!
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BWINDI GORILLAS GET CLINIC

Nov 7, 2005
Author: Gerald Tenywa, New Vision

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ... said a laboratory for undertaking tests on endangered mountain gorillas had been put in place in Buhoma village at the fringes of the park. CTPH and its partners, which include the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), had contributed to the building of the laboratory early this year.
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BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA: CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH TELE-CENTRE

Nov 1, 2005
Author: Masha Katz, Telecentre.org
In May 2005 'Conservation Through Public Health' (CIPH) built the first state-of-the-art multipurpose Telecentre at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda - home to endangered mountain gorillas. The eco-friendly Telecentre features high-speed satellite connectivity, solar equipment, voice telephony, thin client computers, laptops, scanner and printer.
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BWINDI RECOVERY ON

Oct 27, 2005
Author: Elizabeth Agiro, The Weekly Observer
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Kanungu district was a remote area with no electricity or any other sign of civilisation. The Joseph Kibwetere cult which claimed hundreds of lives in a 2000 inferno and the attack on tourists by Rwandan Interahamwe rebels a year earlier had caused a slump in business.
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UGANDA'S BWINDI TELECENTRE COLLECTS DATA ON GORILLAS AND TARGETS TOURISTS AND LOCAL

Oct 25, 2005
Author: Russell Southwood, Balancing Act (London)
All too often telecentres have seemed like a solution in search of a problem. But Bwindi telecentre is being used to collect conservation information on local gorillas in the dense tropical forest and is targeting its services at both tourists and locals.
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CTPH RECEIVES 0,000 MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GRANT!

Oct 24, 2009
We are pleased to report that the MacArthur Foundation has approved CTPH for a grant of 0,000 to help the Uganda Wildlife Authority address the threat of wild animal disease in two of its national parks in Bwindi Impenetrable and Queen Elizabeth, southwestern Uganda.
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BWINDI GETS TELE-CENTRE

Oct 20, 2005
Author: Gerald Tenywa, New Visison
Conservation through Public Health (CTPH) has built a telecentre in a bid to empower communities around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to improve health and livelihoods.
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TELECENTRE OPENS NEAR BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST

Oct 3, 2005
Author: Esther Nakkazi, WOUGNET
Most of them had to trek over 10kms to the telecenter to gain computer skills. One of them walked from as far as the Congo border and another one from a neighboring sub county, which is 20kms away but they persisted. They attended their computer lessons devotedly until they graduated last month at the Bwindi Telecenter.
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"PROTECT VITAL APE HABITATS" UN URGES

Jul 13, 2004
Author: New Vision (Kampala)
The United Nations urged Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo last week to protect vital ape habitats on their borders after a huge swathe of forest was cut down on the Congolese side.
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MISS WILDLIFE COMPETITION

Apr 15, 2004
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CTPH Founder and CEO, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka was selected to be the Guest of Honor at Miss Wildlife Competition on the 3rd April 2004 .
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UWA TO CONTROL ANIMAL-TO-HUMAN INFECTIONS

Mar 27, 2004
Author: Gerald Tenywa, New Vision (National)
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has formed a partnership with Conservation Through Public Health to control the spread of diseases around the protected areas, top wildlife officials have said.
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CTPH FORMS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. IN UGANDA

Feb 9, 2004
Author: Joint CTPH/CISCO Press Release
Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) in Uganda has formed a strategicpartnership with Cisco Systems, Inc. under the Cisco Networking Academy program and Least Developed Countries Initiative.
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AFRICA WINS TWO AWARDS AT WSIS

Dec 11, 2003
Author: Rebecca Wanjiku, Highway Africa News Agency
Two innovative African projects that have set the pace in Information Communication Technology (ICT) content development were recognised by the inaugural World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Awards last night.
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USING ICT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN AFRICA

Nov 5, 2003
Author: Kampala

The Department of Women and Gender Studies (DWGS), at Makerere University with support from I-Network, has hosted the second in a series of Gender and ICT for Development Seminars aimed at enhancing women's participation in gender and technology initiatives for Uganda.
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THE OLD BUDONIANS CLUB CONGRATULATES OBS, OGS

Oct 30, 2003
Author: Dr. Edward Kayondo, New Vision
The Old Budonians Club congratulates the following members on their recent achievements
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UGANDAN EXPERT � PART OF GLOBAL CONTENT JURY

Oct 20, 2003
Author: World Summit Award News
Lawrence Zikusoka, Founder & Director, ICT for Development, Conservation Through Public Health, has given the outstanding honour of acting as one of the international referees who will take part in the Grand Jury of the World Summit Award (WSA) 2003.
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND ICTS

Oct 8, 2003
Author: I-Network News
It all begun when the couple Mr. Lawrence and Dr. Gladys Zikusoka joined two professions, that is Veterinary Healthcare and Information and Communication Technologies to improve the Public Healthcare and wildlife conservation.
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LAUNCH OF CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH IN UGANDA

Sep 24, 2003
Author: Conservation Through Public Health
A strategic planning and stakeholder consultation workshop for Conservation Through Public Health to launch the new grassroots non-profit organization was held on September 24th and 25th 2003 at the Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
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NGO PLANS TO CONTROL ANIMAL, HUMAN DISEASES

Sep 17, 2003
Author: Cyprian Musoke, New Vision
A civil society organisation, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), is to launch an integrated approach to wild life conservation and human health in Bwindi national park next week.
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BROWN BAG ON CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH

May 27, 2003
Author: Conservation International
Please join Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, for a brown bag talk entitled: "A TB Survey at the Human, Wildlife and Domestic Interface in Uganda : Implications for Conservation and Public Health."
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US HAILS UGANDAN ON WILDLIFE STUDY

May 27, 2003
Author: New Vision
Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusoka recently graduated from North Carolina State University, with a masters degree specialising in veterinary medicine. Her professors praised her for dedication to wildlife conservation and concerns on public health.
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