Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Scientist

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (born 8 January 1970) is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organisation dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa. She was Uganda's first woman to be the country's wildlife veterinary officer and was the star of the BBC documentary, Gladys the African Vet. In 2009 she won the Whitley Gold Award for her conservation work.

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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Birth dateJanuary 08, 1970
Residence
Uganda
Education
University of London
North Carolina State University
Known for
Mountain gorilla

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