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Fatuma  Namusoke University
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Barriers, knowledge and antimalarial antibodies in relation to Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy use in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS620ES

1. Explore the barriers of IPTp implementation in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
2. To describe the knowledge and perceptions of IPTp among mothers Kawempe National Referral Hospital
3. To determine the association between quantity and quality of antimalarial antibodies in puerperium and use of IPTp during pregnancy

Uganda 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mark Jordans
ID: UNCST-2020-R014861
Increasing the efficiency of an education programme to facilitate rapid adoption and sustainable scale-up.
REFNo: SS451ES

Aim: To increase the efficiency and scalability of the Can’t Wait to Learn (CWTL) programme, through increasing access, attendance, retention and facilitating programme adoption.

The specific objectives of the present research studies are:
1) To develop and test a caregiver engagement intervention to increase children’s equitable access to, attendance of and retention in CWTL;
2) To assess and optimise the CWTL implementation team model to facilitate rapid adoption and scale up of the programme;
3) To evaluate the value for money of CWTL and identify drivers and drainers of value for money.
Netherlands 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Pauline Byakika-Kibwika
ID: UNCST-2019-R001206
Optimizing malaria treatment for HIV-malaria co-infected individuals by addressing drug interactions between Artemether-Lumefantrine and Efavirenz.; a randomized trial
REFNo: HS820ES

General Objective: To utilize innovative interventions to overcome drug interactions between artemether-lumefantrine and efavirenz to guide malaria treatment for individuals co-infected with HIV and malaria.
Specific objectives:
1. To determine the safety and Pharmacokinetics of the double dose artemether-lumefantrine when administered with efavirenz based ART among healthy volunteers (malaria negative and HIV negative individuals).
2. To determine the safety and Pharmacokinetics of the 5-day course of artemether-lumefantrine when administered with efavirenz based ART among healthy volunteers (malaria negative and HIV negative individuals).
3. To determine the safety, pharmacokinetics and malaria treatment outcome of a standard dose of artemether-lumefantrine compared to double of the standard dose for weight and a 5-day course of artemether-lumefantrine for treatment of uncomplicated malaria among HIV-Malaria co-infected individuals receiving efavirenz-based ART.
4. To determine the safety and Pharmacokinetics of artemether-lumefantrine when administered with Dolutegravir based ART among HIV-malaria co-infected individuals

Uganda 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Grace Kagoro
ID: UNCST-2021-R013951
Digital citizen science for community-based resilient environmental management
REFNo: NS126ES

1. Enhance a network of hazard reporters and participating communities across the targeted districts.
2. Strengthen the academic capacities (PhD & MSc) of the two partner institutions hence development of
evidence based research on disaster risk reduction and sustainable rural livelihood strategies.
3. Generate knowledge factors controlling the spatial- temporal distribution of environmental risks and land
degradation.
4. Contribute to the establishment of a platform for multi-actor dialogue of environmental resilience.
5. Contribute towards the interpretation and policy recommendations to the policy makers basing on the
collected data about environmental natural hazards, resilience and mitigation measures.
6. Increase community awareness about effect of human activities on accelerating environmental natural
hazards, their resilience and mitigation measures.
7. Develop and test new methods to initiate multi-lateral interactions between rural communities, district
authorities and scientists and favor the implementation of resilient livelihood practices.
8. Enhance the knowledge and skills of the Geo-observers as environmental facilitators to be able to serve as
interface between the communities and the scientists.

Uganda 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Laban Musinguzi Kashaija
ID: UNCST-2020-R014407
Baseline Survey on HIV Prevention Programme among Key Populations in Uganda
REFNo: SS508ES

The baseline study shall establish knowledge on:
• KPs ability to protect themselves against HIV
• The level of access to KP friendly health services
• The level of structural barriers to HIV treatment and prevention for KPs
• The level of organizational capacity of programme partners & cross-country programme interventions.

Uganda 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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