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Akakikunda Teddy
ID: UNCST-2025-R019592
 Contract Management and Procurement Performance of Rukiga District Local Government - Uganda.
REFNo: SS4437ES

i. To explore the effect of contract planning on procurement performance in Rukiga district local government ii. To investigate the effect of contract execution on procurement performance in Rukiga district local government. iii. To assess the effect of contract monitoring on procurement performance in Rukiga district local government. iv. To establish the moderating effect of government policy on the relationship between contract management and procurement performance of Rukiga District local government.
Uganda 2025-11-04 18:25:35 2028-11-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Flavia Namagembe
ID: UNCST-2025-R018059
 Implementing a Digital Antenatal Care Registry for Health Workers in Primary Health Facilities in Mukono District, Uganda: Determinants, Strategies, and Outcomes Using an Implementation Research Approach
REFNo: HS6694ES

1. To assess individual-level data management practices at ANC clinics in primary healthcare, and determine requirements for implementing a point-of-care digital ANC registry. This objective has sub-objectives as follows 2.To apply co-design as an implementation strategy for developing and deploying a point-of-care digital ANC registry, and to evaluate its role in facilitating adoption and routine use in lower-level primary healthcare facilities 3. To evaluate the implementation outcomes and impact of a digital registry for ANC on time efficiency
Uganda 2025-11-04 18:23:25 2028-11-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emiel De Meyer
ID: UNCST-2025-R017555
 Wild plant use among traditional agro-pastoralist Karamojong communities in Karamoja, northeast Uganda
REFNo: NS1041ES

Overarching objective 1. To get insight into the capacity of Karimojong communities to utilize their plant knowledge to adapt to climate change effects. Specific Objectives 1. To document wild plant use for food and medicine among Karimojong communities in northeast Uganda and the impact of social and environmental factors on this wild plant use. 2. To explore how traditional plant knowledge facilitates adaptations to environmental changes, and the cultural drivers that guide adaptation mechanisms to these changes.
 Belgium 2025-11-04 18:19:40 2028-11-04 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mary Acila Goretti
ID: UNCST-2025-R020322
 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE SMALL EAST AFRICAN ZEBU AND ITS CROSSES WITH TYROLEAN GREY CATTLE IN ASWA RANCH AND LUSENKE STOCK FARM OF UGANDA
REFNo: A653ES

1. To determine morphological traits and structural indices of the Small East African Zebu and its crosses with Tyrolean Grey cattle under on station conditions in Aswa Ranch and Lusenke Stock farm.
2. To determine milk production and growth performance of the Small East African Zebu and its crosses with Tyrolean Grey cattle under on station conditions in Aswa Ranch and Lusenke Stock farm.
3. To determine reproductive performance of the Small East African Zebu and its crosses with Tyrolean Grey cattle under on station conditions in Aswa Ranch and Lusenke Stock farm.

 Uganda 2025-11-04 17:55:57 2028-11-04 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex Bashaija Sande
ID: UNCST-2024-R002629
 Influence of social norms on child marriage in Busolwe Town Council, Butaleja District
REFNo: SS3758ES

1) To find out the influence of social norms on child marriage in Busolwe Town Council, Butaleja District.
2) To identify the social norms that contribute to child marriage in Busolwe Town Council.
3) To establish the reference groups that reinforce social norms related to child marriage in Busolwe Town Council.
4) To examine the social sanctions and their effect on sustaining the practice of child marriage in Busolwe Town Council.

 Uganda 2025-11-04 17:23:42 2028-11-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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