26 Aug Reader’s Corner: Walking with Gorillas
Guest: Author and Uganda’s first Wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka joins John to discuss her book ‘Walking with Gorillas’. Published : 7th August 2023 Source : Cape Talk...
09 May Wildlife conservation and human health go hand-in-hand, says Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Outward Voices is a collection of personal essays from individuals who are doing their part to protect our planet. For Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, founder of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an organization dedicated to the co-existence of wildlife, humans and livestock in Africa, the success...
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....
13 Jul For Africa’s great apes, even ‘best-case’ climate change will decimate habitat
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04 Sep NC State Veterinary Master’s Graduate Honored for Wildlife Conservation
Groundbreaking wildlife conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, who received her master’s degree in specialized veterinary medicine from the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the 2020 Aldo Leopold Award honoring outstanding contributions to the protection of mammals and their habitats....