Conservation Through Public Health

Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) is a non-profit organization based in Uganda and the US 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.Conservation Through Public Health's 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.Lawrence Zikusoka is a co-founder and Director of Information, Communication, and Technology.[2] 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.[1] The organization's work on these projects has been reported on PBS Frontline,[3] at USAID,[4] and presented at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Lawrence Zikusoka and Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka of CTPH, at their headquarters office in Kampala.
Gladys Kalema-ZikusokaEast AfricaUgandamountain gorillaBwindi Impenetrable National ParkQueen Elizabeth National ParkRwandaWorld Summit AwardSt Andrews Prize for the Environment