Lydia Nakiyingi
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Effect of the COVID-19 situation on vulnerable HIV-infected and -affected adolescent girls and young women: A case of Kampala district
REFNo: HS746ES
General objective
• To determine the effect of the Uganda COVID-19 response on underprivileged HIV-infected and affected adolescent girls and young women with the aim is to develop relevant interventions, informed by their experiences, to address their actual needs.
Specific objectives:
• Document experiences of underprivileged HIV-infected and -affected adolescent girls and young women in Kampala during the COVID-19 period.
• Determine unmet needs of underprivileged HIV-infected and -affected adolescent girls and young women during the COVID-19 period.
• Assess perceptions of HIV-infected and affected adolescents towards the COVID-19 prevention interventions.
• Determine effects of the COVID-19 situation on physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing of underprivileged HIV-infected and -affected adolescent girls and young women.
• Develop COVID-19 context-specific implementable recommendations (guided by the study’s findings) to inform interventions for underprivileged HIV-infected and -affected adolescent girls and young women.
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Uganda |
2020-11-04 |
2023-11-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Timothy Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
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DIAL-COVID: Remote mitigation through telephone symptom surveillance in refugee settlements in Uganda
REFNo: HS901ES
The primary objective is to assess uptake and validate a mobile telephone surveillance and mitigation tool (“Dial-COVIDâ€) in refugee settlements in Uganda.
The secondary objectives are:
1. To implement a mobile telephone interactive voice response (IVR) symptom tracker and information dissemination tool (“Dial-COVIDâ€) and assess its uptake in the refugee population.
2. To iteratively test and validate a screening algorithm for COVID-19 using symptoms and risk factors reported by Dial-COVID users to predict infection determined by positive COVID-19 tests.
3. To assess COVID-19 risk perceptions and knowledge among refugees.
4. To understand barriers and facilitators to adoption of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in refugee settlements.
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Uganda |
2020-11-04 |
2023-11-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Sarah Skeen
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The Sharing Stories Project: Promoting playful parenting through sharing digital books in the COVID-19 era
REFNo: SS517ES
Relying on in-person book-sharing models, we will adapt this project to be deliverable over WhatsApp, and engage parents through sending digital books, holding weekly webinars, and sending individualized messages to support parents’ mental health and wellbeing. We will partner with the Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI) and the Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN) to deliver this digital intervention to parents with young children with the aim to promote parenting through play, parental sensitivity, responsiveness and mental health, and child social, emotional and cognitive development.
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South Africa |
2020-11-04 |
2023-11-04 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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SHEBA NAKACUBO GITTA
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How can UK Health Worker Volunteers Effectively and Sustainably Support the Development of Ugandan Health Workforce?
REFNo: HS837ES
1. To provide an overview of current approaches and priorities to health worker volunteer placements in Uganda;
2. To identify the priority needs for health worker volunteer placements in partnership with the Ministry of Health;
3. To give insight into the volume of health worker placements available and make recommendations on how such schemes can be designed to achieve mutual benefit for the UK, Uganda and other host countries.
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Uganda |
2020-11-02 |
2023-11-02 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
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Development of a community-led intervention to prevent and control unintended immediate socio-economic and health consequences of COVID-19 among slum dwellers in Kampala, Uganda 2020
REFNo: SS638ES
1. To assess the immediate socio-economic and health vulnerabilities due to COVID-19 among slum dwellers of Bwaise I and Bwaise III, in Kampala Uganda.
2. To explore predisposing factors to the vulnerabilities.
3. To determine the level of adherence and barriers to compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures.
4. Use the Human centred design (HCD) to explore and design potential interventions to reduce vulnerabilities and determine their feasibility.
5. To explore lessons for future policy and designing inclusive outbreak interventions for slum dwellers.
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Uganda |
2020-10-29 |
2023-10-29 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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