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Uganda National Academy of Sciences
(UNAS)
Updates: Colloquium on the Ethic of Care and Responsibility in Global Health Partnerships at the UNAIDS headquarters. Geneva, Switzerland, 19 May 2025.
To be the premier national academy of sciences in Africa, facilitating societal transformation.
Our Strategy 2024 – 2029
This strategy builds on past achievements and provides a blueprint for the Academy’s future. It focuses on new and emerging technologies, best scientific practices, innovation, continuous learning, and decolonization of knowledge systems. Its write-up blends traditional and modern approaches to strategy formulation.
The Academy’s aspirations are summarized in its vision statement: “To be the premier national academy of sciences in Africa, facilitating societal transformation,” and its mission statement: “To apply integrated knowledge of the sciences, arts, and humanities to foster systemic shifts in mindsets and practices crucial to our sustained national development.”
Download Now
President’s Message on the UNAS Home
Dear UNAS Fellows, Members, Partners, Supporters, and all stakeholders,
What is it about the sciences that inspires us? For me, it has always been about helping my patients. In the early 1990s, when I returned home to Uganda as a young doctor, I recognized that the best way to serve my country and my patients—many of whom were dying unnecessarily to HIV/AIDS—was to use the sciences to make clear their pain and suffering, and also to identify possibilities to alleviate it. This idea of the sciences, as a tool to help illuminate the depths of our problems and reveal the possibilities for a better future, is one that is dear to my heart.
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Governance, Transparency, and Accountability
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Health and Nutrition
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About Us
Created to provide credible, balanced, and evidence-driven advice to the Nation.
The Uganda National Academy of Sciences is an independent, non-profit, nonpolitical, and membership-based service organization. UNAS was created to provide credible, balanced, and evidence-driven advice to the nation on matters of science and development.
UNAS draws its membership from the Fellowship of the Academy who are recognized for their lifetime achievements in the sciences and humanities. Fellows are active contributors to the national and international academic community.
Who We Are
Strategic plan
Our Fellows
These are not only UNAS fellows, but are also individuals who are pioneers or have achieved academic excellence in their specific field of expertise. These fellows have come together under UNAS to guide and give oversight on issues affecting the nation through research, projects, publications, seminars and conferences. See a brief about some of the researchers below.
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Prof. Nelson K. Sewankambo
FUNAS, MBCHB, MSC, M.MED, FRCP, LLD (HC),
A Ugandan physician, academician, medical researcher and medical administrator. He is a Fellow of UNAS – FUNAS, and also an external affiliate of Institute of Medicine, USA.
Prof. Mary Jossy N. Okwakol
FUNAS, BSc. , MSc, PHD, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
The founding Vice Chancellor of Busitema University in Uganda. She holds a B.Sc in Botany/Zoology, M.Sc and PhD in Zoology from Makerere University, with further training at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London.
Latest Publications
Renewal from Our Roots: Uganda’s Journey to Self-Reliance and Self-Sufficiency
Read more
Trust In Our Nation
Read more
Domestic Financing
Read more
Education Systems
Read more
Reimagining Being and Belonging in Uganda
Read more
Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Read more
Owning our Futures: Approaches to Realize Community Action for Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda
Read more
Advancing Youth Wellbeing in Uganda: A Systems Approach for Sustainable Programming
Read more
Enacting an Ethic of Care and Responsibility in Global Health Partnerships
Read more
Flat A4, Lincoln House, Makerere University P. O BOX 23911, Kampala Uganda,
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Agriculture
Children
Education
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Urbanization
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Who We Are
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+256 414 533 044
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Home
About
Who We Are
Mission and Values
Standing Committees
What We Do
UNAS Council
UNAS Fellows
UNAS Secretariat
Our Programs
Agriculture and Environment
Children, Youth and Families
Education
Governance, Transparency and Accountability
Health and Nutrition
Antimicrobial resistance
Vaccines and Immunization
Urbanization
Annual Scientific Conference
Publications
Consensus Study Reports
Convening Activity Proceeding Reports
Newsletters and General Publications
News
Partnerships
Contact Us
+256 414 533 044
Uganda National Academy of Sciences
(UNAS)
Updates: Colloquium on the Ethic of Care and Responsibility in Global Health Partnerships at the UNAIDS headquarters. Geneva, Switzerland, 19 May 2025.
To be the premier national academy of sciences in Africa, facilitating societal transformation.
Our Strategy 2024 – 2029
This strategy builds on past achievements and provides a blueprint for the Academy’s future. It focuses on new and emerging technologies, best scientific practices, innovation, continuous learning, and decolonization of knowledge systems. Its write-up blends traditional and modern approaches to strategy formulation.
The Academy’s aspirations are summarized in its vision statement: “To be the premier national academy of sciences in Africa, facilitating societal transformation,” and its mission statement: “To apply integrated knowledge of the sciences, arts, and humanities to foster systemic shifts in mindsets and practices crucial to our sustained national development.”
Download Now
President’s Message on the UNAS Home
Dear UNAS Fellows, Members, Partners, Supporters, and all stakeholders,
What is it about the sciences that inspires us? For me, it has always been about helping my patients. In the early 1990s, when I returned home to Uganda as a young doctor, I recognized that the best way to serve my country and my patients—many of whom were dying unnecessarily to HIV/AIDS—was to use the sciences to make clear their pain and suffering, and also to identify possibilities to alleviate it. This idea of the sciences, as a tool to help illuminate the depths of our problems and reveal the possibilities for a better future, is one that is dear to my heart.
Read More
UNAS Programs
Agriculture and Environment
Learn More
Children, Youth, and Families
Learn More
Education
Learn More
Governance, Transparency, and Accountability
Learn More
Health and Nutrition
Learn More
Urbanization
Learn More
About Us
Created to provide credible, balanced, and evidence-driven advice to the Nation.
The Uganda National Academy of Sciences is an independent, non-profit, nonpolitical, and membership-based service organization. UNAS was created to provide credible, balanced, and evidence-driven advice to the nation on matters of science and development.
UNAS draws its membership from the Fellowship of the Academy who are recognized for their lifetime achievements in the sciences and humanities. Fellows are active contributors to the national and international academic community.
Who We Are
Strategic plan
Our Fellows
These are not only UNAS fellows, but are also individuals who are pioneers or have achieved academic excellence in their specific field of expertise. These fellows have come together under UNAS to guide and give oversight on issues affecting the nation through research, projects, publications, seminars and conferences. See a brief about some of the researchers below.
More
Prof. Nelson K. Sewankambo
FUNAS, MBCHB, MSC, M.MED, FRCP, LLD (HC),
A Ugandan physician, academician, medical researcher and medical administrator. He is a Fellow of UNAS – FUNAS, and also an external affiliate of Institute of Medicine, USA.
Prof. Mary Jossy N. Okwakol
FUNAS, BSc. , MSc, PHD, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
The founding Vice Chancellor of Busitema University in Uganda. She holds a B.Sc in Botany/Zoology, M.Sc and PhD in Zoology from Makerere University, with further training at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London.
Latest Publications
Renewal from Our Roots: Uganda’s Journey to Self-Reliance and Self-Sufficiency
Read more
Trust In Our Nation
Read more
Domestic Financing
Read more
Education Systems
Read more
Reimagining Being and Belonging in Uganda
Read more
Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Read more
Owning our Futures: Approaches to Realize Community Action for Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda
Read more
Advancing Youth Wellbeing in Uganda: A Systems Approach for Sustainable Programming
Read more
Enacting an Ethic of Care and Responsibility in Global Health Partnerships
Read more
Flat A4, Lincoln House, Makerere University P. O BOX 23911, Kampala Uganda,
Programs
Agriculture
Children
Education
Health
Urbanization
About Us
Who We Are
What We Do
Management Structure
Partnerships
UNAS Fellows
Contact
unas@unas.org.ug
+256 414 533 044
©
Uganda National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
©
Uganda National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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