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Rachel  Kabunga Rehema
ID: UNCST-2021-R005043
Investigating the Feasibility of Implementing an Automated Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Algorithm in Southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS5979ES

To describe the existing AI-based DR screening algorithms and their infrastructure
requirements based on published scholarly evidence globally.
2. To assess the existing capacity within the health facilities to support the implementation of an
AI-based DR screening system in Southwestern Uganda,
3. To assess the performance of the most context-appropriate existing AI-based DR screening
algorithms in Southwestern Uganda.
Uganda 2025-06-20 7:50:07 2028-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elizabeth Nyboer Ann
ID: UNCST-2023-R005929
Social license and access in aquaculture: documenting perceptions of nutritional, economic, and environmental risks and benefits in Lake Victoria's fisheries
REFNo: SS3903ES

(1) document stakeholder views on the environmental, economic, and nutritional risks and benefits, (2) quantify stakeholder proximity to environmental risks, and (3) examine how different farm types affect risks, benefits, and access to those benefits for various stakeholders
Canada 2025-06-20 7:47:42 2028-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Fred Ssewamala
ID: UNCST-2020-R014060
Suubi4PrEP: Improving PrEP Access and Adherence Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda
REFNo: SS3990ES

Suubi4PrEP will examine the effect of a multilevel intervention, combining HIV risk reduction that incorporates sessions on PrEP, peer supporters with lived experiences to facilitate linkage to and continued care, and economic empowerment components targeting financial barriers associated with PrEP access, PrEP initiation, uptake and adherence among AGYW in Uganda. Study aims are:

Aim 1: Examine the impact of Suubi4PrEP on PrEP initiation (primary outcome); and PrEP adherence (secondary outcome).

Aim 2: Examine the effect of Suubi4PrEP on hypothesized mechanisms of change (financial stability, PrEP stigma, self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, and social support) and intervention mediation.

Aim 3: Use mixed methods to explore multi-level factors that influence PrEP initiation and adherence.

Aim 4: Assess the cost and cost-effectiveness of the interventions.

Uganda 2025-06-20 7:41:25 2028-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dorothy Akongo
ID: UNCST-2023-R007564
Pediatric Epilepsy in Busoga Region, Uganda – current management and factors associated with drug adherence and seizure control
REFNo: HS6004ES

The overall aim is to assess the current ability to diagnose and manage childhood epilepsy in
health facilities at different levels in Busoga region, Uganda and to describe pediatric epilepsy
patients followed at a Ugandan regional referral hospital to identify factors associated with
seizure control and epilepsy drug adherence.
Uganda 2025-06-20 7:37:23 2028-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jesca Audo Harriet
ID: UNCST-2019-R000209
STUDENT LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN BIOLOGY LESSONS AS MEDIATORS OF SELF-EFFICACY AND GENERIC SKILLS IN UGANDA’S NEW LOWER SECONDARY CURRICULUM
REFNo: SS3915ES

The following objectives will serve as the study's direction. 1.To determine the level of student learning activities designed for students during Biology lessons in the lower secondary schools. 2.To determine the level of acquisition of generic skills among students during Biology lessons in the lower secondary schools. 3.To investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and student learning activities during Biology lessons in the lower secondary schools. 4.To examine the relationship between self-efficacy and generic skills acquisition among students during Biology lessons in the lower secondary school. 5.To examine the relationship between student learning activities and generic skills acquisition among students during Biology lessons in in the lower secondary schools. To investigate the mediating effect of student learning activities in relation to self-efficacy and generic skills acquisition among students during Biology lessons in the lower secondary schools.
Uganda 2025-06-20 7:34:34 2028-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Hannah Kibuuka
ID: UNCST-2020-R014355
VAC52150EBL4006 entitled: “Prospective, Multi-country, Non-interventional, Case-control Study with Test-negative Controls to Estimate the Effectiveness of the Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Vaccine Regimen Against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Real-world Setting
REFNo: HS6053ES

The primary objective of this trial is to estimate the vaccine effectiveness of the Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo vaccine regimen or a booster dose of Ad26.ZEBOV against polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed EVD in adults and children
Uganda 2025-06-20 19:06:06 2028-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Justus Turamyomwe
ID: UNCST-2025-R019115
A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Runyankore-Rukiga Associative Nominals
REFNo: SS3955ES

1. To examine how associative nominals are marked in Runyankore-Rukiga
2. To Explicate how Runyankore-Rukiga nominals are derived.
3.To establish the specific functions of associative modifiers in Runyankore-Rukiga associative constructions.
Uganda 2025-06-20 19:00:22 2028-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Winnie Nakatudde
ID: UNCST-2025-R018763
Understanding Refugee Voices: Refugee Girls Experiences with Uganda’s Education Policies.
REFNo: SS3950ES

• To understand the extent to which Uganda’s current education policies and initiatives effectively meet refugee girls’ heterogeneous aspirations and needs.
• To find out how refugee girls in Nakivale settlement navigate educational trajectories, considering their gender, ethnicity, and social backgrounds.
• To examine the extent to which refugee girls in Nakivale settlement draw on and pursue ecological support systems (family, community, NGOs) to aid their educational integration.
• To determine how the lived experiences of refugee girls in Nakivale settlement differ from those of refugees in an urban setting.
Uganda 2025-06-20 18:50:23 2028-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Denis Kimbugwe
ID: UNCST-2025-R017664
Systemic inflammation in pregnant and postpartum mothers with HIV and their children: relationship with early child growth (SIPPH Study).
REFNo: HS6041ES

1. Evaluate the association of second trimester maternal inflammatory markers with CHEU growth patterns from birth through 2 years.
2. Evaluate the association of maternal inflammatory markers during first 2 months postpartum with CHEU growth patterns from birth through 2 years.
3. Evaluate the association of CHEU inflammatory markers at birth with growth patterns from birth through 2 years.
Uganda 2025-06-20 18:38:43 2028-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jonathan Kajjimu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013696
Emergency Care Research in Uganda: Priorities, Barriers, and Strategies
REFNo: HS5847ES

To identify research priorities, evaluate existing barriers, and propose interventional strategies for enhancing emergency care research in Uganda. ,
Uganda 2025-06-20 18:32:38 2028-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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