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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Graeme Green

Uganda’s first wildlife vet on breaking the mould – and why gorilla and human health are linked

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ugandan veterinarian, and the founder of Conservation Through Public Health
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ugandan vet and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, which aims to protect wildlife by improving human health and livelihoods.
Photograph: Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals Media

As a black African woman in a space often dominated by white, western males, the path to becoming a conservation leader didn’t always seem open to Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka.

“I remember a warden came to talk to us at wildlife club [at school] about mountain gorillas, which had just been discovered in Uganda and were being habituated. The people involved were white American researchers,” she says.

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