Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an NGO and non-profit that protects endangered gorillas and other wildlife through One Health approaches. After graduating with a Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1995, she established Uganda Wildlife Authority’s first veterinary department in 1996. In 2015, she founded Gorilla Conservation Coffee to support farmers living around gorilla habitats. CTPH won the 2020 Saint Andrews Prize for the Environment. Dr Kalema-Zikusoka is an Ashoka Fellow, National Geographic Explorer, 2009 Whitley Gold Award Winner, 2019 Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa Finalist and 2021 UNEP Champion of the Earth Laureate. In 2023, she published a memoir “Walking with Gorillas: the Journey of an African Wildlife Vet, about her conservation and leadership journey.
Conservation Through Public Health
Chief Executive Officer
Uganda
https://www.ctph.org
