17 Jan Lessons in promoting human-wildlife coexistence
"The health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment."...
27 Apr Call for COVID rules that reduced infections in gorilla parks to remain
Respiratory infections recorded among mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park dropped from a pre-pandemic average of 5.4 outbreaks among family groups to just 1.6 per year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020....
14 Dec Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health
Years before the obsession with wild-borne pathogens latching onto humans gripped the world, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka was already dealing with disease spillovers. Except, she worried about humans infecting gorillas in her native Uganda....