Scott and Carol Kellermann arrived in Uganda in 2000 to conduct a medical survey of the Batwa pygmies. Their findings were alarming, but through their vision and your support, a region is being transformed.

BEFORE

The Kellermann’s survey of the Batwa pygmies unveiled a forgotten people group with no land or permanent homes. More than one-third of their children died before they reached the age of 5. Malaria and malnutrition were rampant.

Other people groups in the area also were faced with poverty and poor health. Throughout the region, virtually no medical care was available for 120,000 people, most of whom had to walk long distances to get help for preventable diseases.

The Kellermann’s moved to Uganda, lived among the people, and started a clinic under a ficus tree. From there grew Bwindi Community Hospital and extensive public health programs.

NOW

The 150-bed full-service hospital is ranked among the best in Uganda. Its services include medical and surgical care, a colorful pediatric ward, a neonatal unit for premature or sick infants, demonstration gardens, a Waiting Mothers’ Hostel where expectant mothers can stay before giving birth safely at the hospital, and much more.

Community health programs bring mobile clinics to remote settlements, treat local residents, and educate all local citizens about the value of good nutrition, prenatal care, and how to prevent diseases, including malaria and HIV/AIDS.

NIH-FUNDED INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH

Bwindi Community Hospital is engaged in research with the NIH-funded EpiCenter for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence (EEIDI). EEIDI surveys bats, mosquitos, primates and humans searching for novel viruses in the hope of preventing another pandemic.

HOW WE HELP

Your generous support of the Kellermann Foundation makes high-quality, low-cost healthcare available to over 280,000 area residents through the hospital.
Perform more than 1,500 surgeries annually, including surgical camps, with less than 1% sepsis rate. BCH has an advanced surgical theatre with portable oxygen cylinders, neonatal equipment, HDU beds, x-ray machine and oxygen concentrator.
Conduct more than 65,000 HIV tests and treat more than 1,000 HIV-positive patients annually
Maintain 97% TB treatment completion rate
Serve 150 prenatal patients annually with 95% returning for fourth visit and provide 700 mothers with
family planning
Deliver approximately 1,800 babies annually and immunize all children born at the hospital, reducing the child mortality rate for children under five to 5%
Care for 1,000 critically ill children annually with 98% malnutrition recovery rate
Conduct 1,800 community outreach programs annually
Serve over 6,000 school children with health education
Foster relationships with major U.S. healthcare entities including Mayo Clinic, Harvard School of Public Health, UT Dallas, UC Davis, UC Berkley, Scranton University, UTSW Medical School, Tulane University