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Law, Culture and Reality: Women Navigating Post Conflict Marital Relations in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS423ES

1. Investigate the legal implication of the institution of marriage on women born in internally displaced peoples camps and victims of sexual violence of the LRA conflict;
2. Interrogate if cohabitation as an alternative to ‘legal’ marriage is becoming institutionalized among women born in internally displaced peoples camps and victims of sexual violence of the LRA Conflict;
3. Analyse the effectiveness of legal and informal marital protection mechanisms in a post conflict society;
4. Interrogate the future of the law in customary marital unions.

 Uganda 2020-03-03 2023-03-03 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jackson Mukonzo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013916
 SAFETY AND EFFICAY OF DOLUTEGRAVIR AND EFV 400 FOR PREGNANT AND BREAST FEEDING WOMEN; A RANDOMISED NON INFERIORITY CLINICAL TRIAL ACRONYM: PREGART
REFNo: HS515ES

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; to identify safer and more effective ART regimen for pregnant and breast feeding women by comparing three alternative first line ART regimens for their safety and efficacy using randomized clinical trial.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE; To provide evidence based recommendations for safe and effective first line ART regimens for prevention of mothers to child transmission and treatment of HIV infected pregnant and breast feeding women living in resource limited setting.

 Uganda 2020-02-25 2023-02-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Coleen Sabatini
ID: UNCST-2019-R001321
 Outcomes Following Surgical Release of Gluteal Fibrosis in Children of Eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS561ES

This study is a longitudinal case series to evaluate if surgical release of gluteal fibrosis in Ugandan children has a sustained benefit. We will examine the two-year outcomes after surgical release of gluteal fibrosis in children undergoing surgical intervention for gluteal fibrosis.

 USA 2020-02-25 2023-02-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
NAASSON TUYIRINGIRE
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Metabolomics Approaches to Elucidate the Mechanisms of Action of Antimycobacterial Medicinal Plants
REFNo: HS422ES

The main objective is to elucidate the mechanisms of action of antimycobacterial medicinal plants using metabolomics. The specific objectives are:
1. To determine the metabolome of M.tb subjected to medicinal plant extracts with antimycobacterial activity as compared to control culture
2. To optimize an analytical metabolomics workflow to facilitate reproducible measurements of bacterial metabolome with extract treatment or without the treatment
3. To elucidate the metabolic pathways affected by plant extracts
4. To identify the macromolecule targets of plant extracts

 Rwanda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jean Damascene Niyonsenga
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Exercise and well-being: NCD risks and constraints to Physical Activity and sports participation among Ugandan rural and urban secondary school students
REFNo: HS490ES

1. To examine the correlation between NCDs risk factors and level of physical activity/sports participation, type of eaten food, and lung function among both rural and urban secondary school students in Mbarara, uganda
2. To establish constraints to PA/sports participation of secondary school students in rural and urban schools in Mbarara, Uganda.
3. To examine the relationship between internal motivation and external support for PA/sports participation for secondary school students in rural and urban schools of Mbarara, Uganda.
4. To determine the commonest sustained injuries and to establish the proportion attributable to PA/sports among rural and urban secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda.
5. To compare constraints and injuries identified by secondary school students from rural and urban schools in Mbarara, Uganda.

 Rwanda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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