| Founder | Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Lawrence Zikusoka, Stephen Rubanga |
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| Focus | Save species; Promote health of wildlife, humans, and livestock; Empower local communities; Promote sustainability |
Area served | East Africa, Uganda |
Key people | Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Lawrence Zikusoka, Stephen Rubanga |
| Website | www |
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.[1] It was founded by Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Lawrence Zikusoka, and Stephen Rubanga in 2002. It has a special focus on the endangered mountain gorilla and has programs in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, and cooperative work with parks and wildlife areas extending into Congo and Rwanda.