Where wildlife, people, and livestock intersect a downturn in any one invariably affects the survival of the others. We know that humans and gorillas have much in common, and that human diseases such as TB and scabies do infect and kill gorillas. In 2002, Dr. Gladys Kelema-Zikusokoa founded Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH.org). CTPH is a grassroots NGO that promotes the connections between conservation and public health by improving primary health care to both people and animals in rural and urban areas in Uganda, with a vision toward reduced outbreaks and transmission of disease wher
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