This strategic plan builds on previous achievements by UNAS, considering emerging challenges and changes in the contexts in which the Academy operates. The plan is aimed at making UNAS more efficient and more responsive to stakeholder needs. The Academy’s aspirations are summarized in its vision statement: “A transformative Academy positively impacting scholarship, governance and equitable societal development in Uganda and beyond,” and its mission statement: “To improve the livelihoods, welfare, and prosperity of the people of Uganda through the development and enhanced application of knowledge in the sciences and humanities.”
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.
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.
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