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Forum on Health and Nutrition
About the Forum
Founded in 2006 under the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), the UNAS Forum on Health and Nutrition provides a structured opportunity for stakeholder discussion and scrutiny of critical and possibly contentious scientific and policy issues of shared concern related to issues of health and nutrition in Uganda and throughout the world.
The Forum aims to:
- Promote a regular and ongoing exchange of information and ideas about critical issues among policymakers, public and private sector leaders, individuals, and groups who shape and influence public policy and opinion;
- Clarify policy and research issues and identify options that require additional emphasis and research, and encourage further exploration in these areas;
- Iinform public and private sector decision- and policymakers on a number of issues related to health and nutrition in Uganda and worldwide, and;
- Formulate priority and collaborative initiatives that require in-depth exploration, review, and/or analysis of existing data and research, particularly in instances where new strategies are necessary to advance progress in health and nutrition.
The role of Forum members is to:
- Attend the open session of Consensus Study meetings and ask pertinent questions that get at important issues related to the committee charge;
- Suggest potential study topics;
- Assist UNAS staff in identifying potential sponsors of consensus studies and other Forum activities; and
- Propose names of subject matter experts who will form the Consensus Study Committee responsible for responding to the committee charge and developing conclusions and recommendations.
Forum members come together at least twice a year to participate in activities that are run jointly with the open session of the Consensus Study Committee meeting. Because members of the Forum are not involved with crafting conclusions and recommendations – the responsibility of the Consensus Study Committee.
Forum members are required to undergo an intense bias and conflict of interest discussion that is required for all the subject matter experts chosen to sit on the Consensus Study Committee.
FORUM MEMBERS
EDWARD K. KIRUMIRA (Chair)
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Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University |
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Executive Director, Med Biotech Laboratories |
JOHN TUHE KAKITAHI |
Professor, Makerere University Institute of Public Health |
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Vice Chancellor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology |
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Assistant Provost for Global Health, Boston University Medical Campus; Associate Dean for Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health and Director of the Global Health Initiative, Boston University
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Member of Parliament; Senior Presidential Advisor on Medical Affairs and, Chief of Medical Services, Uganda People’s Defence Forces |
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Director, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University |
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Member of Parliament and Chair, Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology |
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Joint Clinical Research Centre |
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Country Director, African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) |
LINDA QUICK |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Uganda Virus Research Institute |
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Dean Makerere University Medical School |
SPECIOZA K. NAIGAGA WANDIRA
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Former Vice President of the Republic of Uganda and Director, Concave International |
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International Council for Scientific Union (ICSU) Workshops:
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