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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

1970 - Today

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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (born 8 January 1970) is a Ugandan veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organisation dedicated to the coexistence of humans, endangered mountain gorillas, and other animals in Africa. Kalema-Zikusoka was Uganda's first wildlife veterinary officer and featured in the BBC documentary Gladys the African Vet. In 2009, she won the Whitley Gold Award for her conservation work. In December 2021, she was proclaimed a United Nations Environment Programme's Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation for her work with the One Health initiative. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is the 798th most popular social activist, the 37th most popular biography from Uganda (up from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ugandan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ranks 798 out of 840. Before her are Hadizatou Mani, Lamiya Haji Bashar, Nikolay Alexeyev, Laura Lopes, Nisha Ayub, and Godeliève Mukasarasi. After her are Ronan Farrow, Joshua Wong, Gauri Lankesh, Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, Polly Higgins, and Bibi Aisha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ranks 978. Before her are Tim Story, Emily Jacir, Milko Kazanov, Victor Williams, Joyce Chepchumba, and Oleksandr Fedenko. After her are Elmer Bennett, Mohamed Samadi, Igor Boraska, Alisa Marić, Quincy Watts, and Rebekka Bakken.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ranks 37 out of 55. Before her are Irshad Manji (1968), Davis Kamoga (1968), Stephen Kiprotich (1989), Pione Sisto (1995), Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922), and Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (1984). After her are Jacob Kiplimo (2000), Winnie Byanyima (1959), Vanessa Nakate (1996), John Sentamu (1949), Simon Kuper (1969), and Micheal Azira (1987).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Uganda

Among social activists born in Uganda, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ranks 2. Before her are David Kato (1964). After her are Vanessa Nakate (1996), Sylvia Tamale (null), Pepe Julian Onziema (1980), Kasha Nabagesera (1980), Frank Mugisha (1979), Cleopatra Kambugu Kentaro (null), and Leah Namugerwa (2004).

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