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Andrew Kanyike Marvin
ID: UNCST-2020-R014554
Assessing the Burden, Prehospital care pathways, and Management of Trauma Patients in Eastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study.
REFNo: HS6754ES

4. To evaluate how pain is assessed and managed in trauma patients at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and Iganga General Hospital in Eastern Uganda.,3. To determine the prehospital care pathways and referral patterns followed by trauma patients presenting to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and Iganga General Hospital in Eastern Uganda.,2. To determine the most common injury patterns and mechanisms of injury of trauma patients presenting to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and Iganga General Hospital in Eastern Uganda.,1. To determine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of trauma patients presenting to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and Iganga General Hospital in Eastern Uganda.,To characterise the presentation, prehospital care pathways, and in-hospital pain assessment and management of trauma patients at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and Iganga General Hospital in Eastern Uganda.,
Uganda 2025-11-13 16:53:10 2028-11-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Paul Okeny
ID: UNCST-2021-R012931
PADER Study - Polyp and Adenoma DEtection Rate and colonoscopy yield in Uganda – a retrospective cross-sectional Study.
REFNo: HS6256ES

To identify factors associated with ADR, including age, sex, colonoscopy indication, and bowel preparation quality.,To describe the overall colonoscopy yield, including detection of Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) among patients undergoing colonoscopy at Mulago National Referral Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor.,To determine the polyp detection rate (PDR) and adenoma detection rate (ADR) among patients undergoing colonoscopy at two large hospitals in Uganda.,
Uganda 2025-11-13 16:51:31 2028-11-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kirsten Nielsen Milo Tromborg
ID: UNCST-2025-R019351
Vital waste: A case study of informal waste management, urban infrastructure, and future-making in Gulu
REFNo: SS4342ES

The aim of the proposed research is to create new empirical insights into municipal and citizen-led waste management in Africa using ethnographic research methods. The proposed project also intends to break new theoretical ground by putting the empirical findings into conversation with existing literature on waste, infrastructure, and urbanity.
Denmark 2025-11-13 16:50:31 2028-11-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Catherine Abaasa N
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ASSESSING RIFT VALLEY FEVER PREVENTION AND CONTROL PREPAREDNESS AND REPORTING DYNAMICS: A CASE OF KASHARI COUNTY MBARARA, UGANDA
REFNo: NS797ES

This study aims at assessing the preparedness level of Kashari County to effectively respond to a potential Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak and to identify and analyze the barriers and facilitators influencing the reporting of RVF signals among various stakeholders in Kashari County, Mbarara district ,I. To assess the preparedness level of Kashari County to effectively respond to a potential Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak. II. To identify and analyze the barriers and facilitators influencing the reporting of RVF signals among various stakeholders within Kashari County,
Uganda 2025-11-13 16:48:09 2028-11-13 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kazunari Ushida
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Conservation science of African Grey Parrot
REFNo: NS744ES

African Grey Parrot is endangered bird species. Their physiological and genetic characteristics must be known for the better conservation. As Chubu University and UWEC start the joint conservation project for African Grey Parrot with the finance from Japanese goverment (Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA). We focus on the role of zoo in the ex-situ African Grey Parrot conservation in which development of the nutrition science, the breeding science, the behavior science, and the veterinary science toward this particular species are essential for the future success of ex-situ conservation.
Japan 2025-11-13 16:46:55 2028-11-13 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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