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Anthony Mugeere Buyinza
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THE IMPRINT OF EDUCATION: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY OF AFRICAN ALUMNI OF THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM
REFNo: SS543ES

(i) To provide evidence at multiple levels on the individual, structural, contextual and programmatic factors that mediate Scholars’ outcomes especially with regards to “return”, “giving back”, “transformative and ethical leadership”

(ii) To assess the imprint of education on the lives of individuals, communities and societies in contexts such as those on the African continent in which Mastercard Foundation (MF) provides scholarships.

(iii) To examine the links between socio-economic inclusion, education and development.

(iv) To understand what works and why, as well as what might be done to improve the MSP and maximise the impact of Scholars as agents in the social and economic transformation of the African continent (by considering their social networks, support and training received, the way in which institutions contributed to their success, and their employment and employment creation trajectories).
Uganda 2020-11-09 2023-11-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Augustine Ssevviri Kaddu Musisi
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Using the Health Belief model to increase the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 prevention measures in Wakiso district, Uganda
REFNo: HS883ES

1.0 Main Objective
To understand the level of adherence towards the COVID-19 guidelines and assess the knowledge and attitudes regarding COVID 19 in order design a behavioral change intervention that enhances knowledge and promotes compliance to the prescribed COVID-19 practices at the grassroots level in Wakiso district, Uganda
1.1 Specific Objectives
• To determine the level of knowledge about the prevention of COVID-19 among the people in Wakiso district
• To understand community attitudes towards the prevention of COVID-19 in Wakiso district
• To determine the level of adherence to COVID-19 prevention guidelines among community members in Wakiso District
• To design a behavioral change communication intervention for improving people’s knowledge, attitudes and level of adherence towards COVID-19 guidelines

Uganda 2020-11-09 2023-11-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
willy waninga
ID:
The use of ICT in the teaching of integrated science in Primary Teachers' Colleges in Uganda: A case of Four Primary Teachers' Colleges
REFNo: SS594ES

1. To find out ICT tools used by science tutors in teaching integrated science education
2. To find out how science tutors use technological content knowledge in planing integrated science education lessons.
3. To find out how integrated science education tutors integrate technological content knowledge in the pedagogy of science education.
Uganda 2020-11-09 2023-11-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Herbert Kayiga Kayiga
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IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTHCARE SERVICE DELIVERY IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS924ES

STUDY OBJECTIVE:
To determine the impact of COVID-9 pandemic on the provision of maternal and newborn services in Kampala, Uganda

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
1. To determine the quality of maternal and newborn service provision in Kampala, Uganda before the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. To determine the quality of maternal and newborn service provision in Kampala, Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. To seek understanding of the experiences of the health workers as they provide maternal and newborn services in Kampala, Uganda.
4. To seek understanding of the pregnant and breastfeeding mothers’ experience as they seek maternal and newborn services in Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda 2020-11-09 2023-11-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Matthew  Cotten Louis
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Local sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from Uganda COVID-19 cases
REFNo: HS936ES

To document the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in Uganda using full viral genome sequencing
USA 2020-11-09 2023-11-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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