View source for Urgent Action to curb COVID to people and gorillas

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|Description=COVID-19 continues to pose a major threat to people and endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi, Uganda. Limited awareness and poor access to healthcare compound risk. Transmission of COVID-19 to the closely related mountain gorillas would be catastrophic for the species. We must protect both people and gorillas by urgently supporting 59 Village COVID-19 Taskforce committees to continue conducting home-based care, community surveillance and prevention awareness and continuing to test gorillas.


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=Challenge=
Impoverished communities around Bwindi have poor access to health care information and services, leaving them at high risk of COVID-19 infection. Their neighbours - the endangered Mountain Gorillas - being so closely related to humans, are also at high risk of COVID-19 infection when they range in community land. With healthcare facilities already under-resourced, we need to reduce spread of COVID-19 among local communities which will in turn reduce risk of transmission from people to gorillas.

=Long-Term Impact=
Your support will greatly help to ensure the survival of 43% of the World's remaining mountain gorillas, as well as supporting the health of community members and other local residents. Without urgent action, including to promote vaccination since only 2% of the population are currently fully vaccinated, COVID-19 will have drastic consequences for Bwindi, it's endangered gorillas and surrounding communities and we risk losing some of our closest primate cousins.

=References=

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|Problems=204349,201527
|Solutions=201529
|organization_id=49659
|Region=Uganda
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|feature_image=File:Group_photo_with_VCTF_members_for_Murore_and_Nyamikumbu_Large.jpg|VCTF members of Nteko parish around Bwindi
|images=[[File:ph_52950_205875.jpg|,File:ph_52950_205876.jpg|,File:ph_52950_205877.jpg|,File:ph_52950_205878.jpg|,File:WhatsApp_Image_20221024_at_7.jpeg|Health worker from Mpungu Health center teaching,File:Gorilla_photo_by_Ryoma_Otsuka_Large.jpeg|Mountain gorilla in Bwindi. Photo by Ryoma Otsuka,File:Nteko_VHCTS_Large.jpeg|Nteko parish VHCTs,File:Adult_Female_Murema_with_her_baby_Large.jpeg|Adult Female Murema with her baby,File:VCTF_data_AprilJuly_2022_Large.PNG|VCTF data for April to July 2022,File:VCTF_data_distribution_per_parish_Large.PNG|VCTF data distribution per Parish April _July 2022,]]
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