AUDIO

BBC4: Excess Baggage - 16 May, 2009

Human beings and wild animals do not live easily side by side, and the larger the animal the bigger the conflict. John McCarthy talks to two winners of the Whitley Awards for International Nature Conservation who have been tackling the problems. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a wildlife vet working with mountain gorillas in Uganda and has started a project to prevent the spread of diseases between the animals and humans, especially now that tourists are encountering gorillas at much closer quarters. Jittin Ritthirat works in Thailand trying to reconcile the needs of the wild elephants with those of the human residents of and visitors to the monsoon forest.
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INTRODUCTION TO CTPH - MAY, 2008

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka speaks about CTPH.

The New Security Beat: Sharing the Forest-Protecting Gorillas and Helping Families in Uganda - October 09, 2008

In this ECSP podcast, Kalema-Zikusoka describes CTPH’s success providing integrated health services, educating people about family planning methods, reducing human–wildlife conflict, and improving local livelihoods.
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VOICE OF AMERICA: Ugandan Conservationist Links Human and Wildlife Health - January 17, 2008

In Uganda, a conservationist is teaching members of poor rural communities that they have more in common with the neighboring wildlife than they think. She says, for example, that disease can be transferred between people and animals. And she says well-kept wildlife sanctuaries can provide an income for the community. Voice of America reporter Peterson Ssendi in Kampala profiles veterinarian Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and the work of her group, “Conservation Through Public Health.”
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BBC World Service: On the role of Information and Communication Technology - January 30, 2006

Lawrence Zikusoka, Founder and Director of ICT for Development of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) speaks about the role of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) for conservation and development in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Uganda on the BBC’s Go Digital Program on Tuesday, January 31, 2006.