After he finishes his interim one-year stint as Nevada County’s Public Health Officer, at the end of the month, it’s back to Uganda for Doctor Scott Kellermann. Kellermann says he’ll be on a flight on New Year’s Day. Kellermann says he’s resuming his work on infectious diseases. That includes what he describes as a “pretty audacious project”. It’s called the “Epicenter For Emerging Infectious Diseases”…

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20 years ago, Kellermann and his wife Carol relocated to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda to work with the Batwa pygmies. Over the next decade, he founded a Community Hospital there. And the Kellermann Foundation was initiated by Nevada County residents to support the work at the hospital…

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Kellermann also founded one of the leading nursing schools. Also, a development program, with a focus on educating Batwa children.