• Mountain gorillas are critically endangered with only an estimated 700 left in the world.

• Uganda and many countries in Africa are among the 22 worst affected countries with Tuberculosis, contributing to 80% of the global TB burden

• People bordering protected areas often don’t boil their milk and are at risk of bovine TB from cattle that graze with buffalo.

• Scabies skin disease is one of the first recorded fatal diseases to spread from people to mountain gorillas.

• Revenue from gorilla ecotourism is transforming villages into flourishing trading centres enabling a sustainable livelihood for some of the poorest people in Africa.

Our Mission:
To promote wildlife conservation and human public health by improving the primary health care to people and animals in and around protected areas in Africa.

Our Vision:
To prevent and control disease transmission where wildlife, people and animals meet while cultivating a winning attitude to wildlife conservation and public health in local communities

Slogan:
Saving Africa’s Wildlife by improving the Health of People

• 2009 Whitley Fund for Nature Award

• Ashoka Fellowship for Leading Social Entrepreneurs, 2006

• International Scientific Seed Magazine’s – 1 of 8 revolutionary minds in Science who put their work to effect global change, 2007

• Excellence in recognition of Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion Tourism and Empowerment of Women in Uganda, 2007
• Outstanding Young Alumni Award Uganda British Council, 2008

• San Diego Zoo Conservation Medal Award Conservation In Action, 2008

CTPH has received the following awards in recognition of the organization’s work:
CTPH AWARDS

• Skal Foundation Award  Kampala Chapter 611 for promoting conservation activities in Uganda, 2007
• Winner World Summit Award Digital Inclusion of Bwindi Communities, 2007
• Finalist Stockholm Challenge Award, 2008

CTPH FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR FOR ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT

• Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Stanford University, 2006

Mountain gorillas are found in the rainforests that stretch across the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat encroachment, poaching, political and economic instability and preventable diseases threaten the mountain gorillas as the population has dwindled to an estimated 700 individuals. Uganda is home to half the world s population of endangered mountain gorillas, located in Mgahinga National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.  Surrounding these protected areas live isolated and impoverished communities with limited access to information and basic health services.  Diseases spread between humans, wildlife and livestock as a result of humans and gorillas living in such close proximity and having 98.4% identical genetic make up.