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Our Wild World

Our Wild World

Monday at 8 AM Pacific

April 21st 2014: Conservation Through Public Health

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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Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is one of the leading conservationists and scientists working to save the critically endangered mountain gorillas of East Africa. As Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), a nonprofit organization based in Uganda with a US Office in North Carolina, Dr. Gladys promotes conservation and public health by improving primary health care to both people and animals in protected areas in Africa with a vision to control transmission of disease where people, wildlife and livestock meet. Under siege by poachers, loss of habitat and warfare, Dr. Gladys has discovered another serious threat to these majestic creatures—transmission of human diseases to gori
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https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2129/our-wild-world Our Wild World https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2129/our-wild-world 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 where people, wildlife and livestock intersect. With an innovative methodology focusing on the interdependence of wildlife and human health, CTPH utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach between governmental and non-governmental agencies, wildlife authorities and the communities themselves, whom also depend upon the health of their families, livestock and the gorillas. VoiceAmerica | Talk Radio | Online Talk Radio studio@voiceamerica.com false DD/MM/YYYY Add to Calendar
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