Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) is a non-profit organization based in Uganda and the USA that conducts programs to protect gorillas and other wildlife from human and livestock disease risk; to reduce human and livestock diseases in the vicinity of wildlife; to increase the local use of family planning; and to use information/communication technology both to help local-level development and to educate people about the environment.http://ctph.org/about_method_ctph.php It was founded by Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organization dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa. She was Uganda's first woman to be the country's wildlife veterinary officer...

, Lawrence Zikusoka, and Stephen Rubanga in 2002. It has a special focus on the endangered mountain gorilla

Mountain Gorilla

The Mountain Gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla. There are two populations. One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three National Parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga in the eastern Democratic...

 and has programs in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and is situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the western Great Rift Valley...

 and Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park

-Location:The national park is located in western Uganda, spanning the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Bushenyi and Rukungiri. Its location is approximately , by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The town of Kasese lies just outside the northeastern edge of the park,...

 in Uganda, and cooperative work with parks and wildlife areas extending into Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 and Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

.

Mission

Conservation Through Public Health stated mission is to achieve gorilla conservation by enabling humans, wildlife and livestock to coexist through improving primary healthcare in and around Africa’s protected areas.http://ctph.org/about_method_ctph.php

Administration

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organization dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa. She was Uganda's first woman to be the country's wildlife veterinary officer...

 is the CTPH co-founder and CEO. Lawrence Zikusoka is a co-founder and Director of Information, Communication, and Technology. Stephen Rubanga is the third co-founder and Chief Veterinary Technician.http://ctph.org/about_meet_staff_ctph.php

Projects and achievements

CTPH's three main projects are 1. wildlife health monitoring, including monitoring mountain gorillas for infection by human diseases and possible treatment; 2. improving human health and family planning in the vicinity of gorilla habitat to protect gorillas from disease and to benefit local communities; and 3. information, education, and communication projects in the remote areas where CTPH attempts to benefit the local communities.http://ctph.org/about_method_ctph.php The organization's work on these projects has been reported on PBS Frontline http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda901/video_index.html, at USAID http://www.ehproject.org/phe/ctph-ugandafinal.html, and presented at the Woodrow Wilson Center http://www.docstoc.com/docs/24168854/Protected-Areas-Human-Livelihoods-and-Healthy-AnimalsIdeas-for.

CTPH has received a number of awards for its achievements, including as Finalist, Stockholm Challenge Award, 2006http://www.stockholmchallenge.org/project/data/conservation-through-public-health-bwindi-impenetrable-national-park-telecentre; and Winner, World Summit Award

World Summit Award

The World Summit Award is a global initiative for selecting and promoting the world's best electronic media and applications. It sees the bridging of the digital divide and narrowing of the "Content Gap" as its overall goal and, as of 2006, involves representatives from 168 countries on each...

, Digital Inclusion in Bwindi Communities, 2007http://www.wsis-award.org/winners/winners.wbp?year=2007; and Skal Foundation Kampala Chapter 611 for promoting conservation activities in Uganda, 2007. http://vitalwave.blogspot.com/2009/10/gorillas-and-computers.html The co-founder and CTPH CEO Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organization dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa. She was Uganda's first woman to be the country's wildlife veterinary officer...

 has additionally been recognized with many awards for her achievements with CTPH.http://ctph.org/about_ctph.php

See also

• Tropical rainforest
  Tropical rainforest
  A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator . This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall...
  
  
• Mountain gorillas
• Environmentalism
  Environmentalism
  Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
  
  
• Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
  Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
  Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organization dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa. She was Uganda's first woman to be the country's wildlife veterinary officer...
  
  
• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and is situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the western Great Rift Valley...
  
  
• Queen Elizabeth National Park
  Queen Elizabeth National Park
  -Location:The national park is located in western Uganda, spanning the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Bushenyi and Rukungiri. Its location is approximately , by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The town of Kasese lies just outside the northeastern edge of the park,...
  
  

External links

• Conservation Through Public Health - Official site
• Mongabay interview with CTPH's CEO, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka