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VICTOR BEWAYO
ID: UNCST-2024-R003092
 ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF REPORTING ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACY PRACTICE IN KAMPALA CITY, UGANDA
REFNo: HS956ES

1. To establish the proportion of community pharmacy staff that have reported an ADR in the past one year in Kampala City
2. To identify the factors associated with ADR reporting among community pharmacy staff in Kampala City

 Uganda 2021-01-07 2024-01-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Erica Harrison
ID:
COVID-19 VACCINE UPTAKE STUDY IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS661ES

Research Questions
What is the public’s knowledge, attitude and perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccine in Africa?
Is there an association between the public perception of COVID-19 vaccine and background vaccine confidence and hesitancy levels.

Specific Objectives
Examine the public’s knowledge of COVID-19 and a future COVID-19 vaccine.
Assess the public’s background vaccine confidence and hesitancy levels.
Assess the public’s perceived risks/benefits of a future COVID-19 vaccine.
Determine the willingness of the public to accept and or recommend a future COVID-19 vaccine.
Examine the influence of the knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine on the expected uptake of a potential vaccine.
Examine the public’s handling of COVID-19 related rumors.

 UK 2021-01-07 2024-01-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Mariam Namasaba
ID:
A school-based resilience training program for caretakers of children with disabilities in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled study
REFNo: HS1027ES

To examine the impact of a resilience training program on the mental well-being and coping strategies of caretakers of CWDs in schools in Uganda.

To assess the impact of a resilience training program on the sense of self-efficacy of school caretakers of CWDs in schools in Uganda.
 Uganda 2021-01-06 2024-01-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Yvonne Mugerwa Kidza Kitego
ID:
The Kampala Slum Maternal Newborn (MaNe) Project - Innovating for Better Referral Systems: an implementation research protocol
REFNo: HS962ES

• To harness the public and private facility mix to provide quality and affordable maternal and newborn care services to the urban poor.
• To strengthen referral linkages between public and private health facilities for MNH care.
• To educate mothers, caretakers of newborns and spouses about appropriate actions on what MNH services to seek and from where
 Uganda 2021-01-06 2024-01-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
NORAH IKINYOM
ID:
THE POTENTIAL OF NUTRI-MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV/AIDS
REFNo: HS983ES

(a)To determine availability of Nutri-medicinal plant species in Acholi sub region and understand traditional methods and formulations being used in quality assurance of nutri-medicinal plant preparations by Traditional medicine practitioners
(b) to determine chemical composition and nutritional characteristics of nutri-medicinal plants, to be conducted according to good laboratory practices (GLPs)
(c) To evaluate the efficacy of Nutri-medicinal plants in managing the HIV/AIDS Opportunistic infections, to be conducted according to good laboratory practices (GLPs)
 Uganda 2021-01-06 2024-01-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
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