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Daniel  Kaye Kabonge
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COUNTRY-WIDE ESTIMATES OF THE INCIDENCE OF ABORTION AND ABORTION-RELATED MORBIDITY IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS1074ES

To systematically generate reliable nationwide evidence on the scale and distribution of the burden of unsafe abortion in Uganda and its effects, so as to engage policy and decision makers through further discussion of the subject in a amore contextualized manner. Specifically, to establish the incidence and distribution of unsafe abortion in Uganda, to estimate the effects of the burden of unsafe abortion in Uganda (in terms of magnitude of abortion complications) and to provide recommendations for decision makers on future programming for abortion care in Uganda
Uganda 2020-12-08 2023-12-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Laban Musinguzi Kashaija
ID: UNCST-2020-R014407
The Situation of, and Impact of COVID-19 on school going girls and young women in Uganda
REFNo: SS676ES

The study will be guided by five specific objectives, which include the following;
1. Prevalence estimate of early marriages and adolescent pregnancies among school going girls during the Covid-19 pandemic in Uganda.
2. Describe the drivers of sexual engagement among school going girls during the Covid-19 pandemic.
3. Assess the level of participation of school going girls in available learning opportunities and their continued interest in education during the pandemic and the post-Covid-19 period.
4. Examine the involvement of school going girls in economic activities during the Covid-19 pandemic and the effects of this on the lives of school going girls.
5. Identify possible innovations to support girls to continue with education during the COVID-19 Pandemic and in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Uganda 2020-12-04 2023-12-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Richard Nyeko
ID: UNCST-2021-R012815
Prognostic factors, Clinical outcomes and Survival among childhood cancer patients in northern Uganda: a five-year retrospective review of records
REFNo: HS884ES

General objective
To determine the prognostic factors, clinical outcomes and survival among children with cancer in northern Uganda treated in a low resourced non-specialized upcountry cancer treatment centre over a five year period from January 2014 to December 2018
Specific objectives
1. To determine the outcomes of children with cancer in northern Uganda treated at St. Mary’s hospital Lacor from January 2014 to December 2018
2. To establish the 1- and 2-year survival rates of children with cancer in northern Uganda treated at St. Mary’s hospital Lacor from January 2014 to December 2018
3. To determine the predictors of outcomes among children with cancer in northern Uganda treated at St. Mary’s hospital Lacor from January 2014 to December 2018

Uganda 2020-12-03 2023-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
ANNETTEE NAKIMULI OLIVIA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011194
Early pregnancy predictors of pre-eclampsia and its adverse outcomes in Uganda: a prospective cohort study at a busy peri-urban hospital
REFNo: HS918ES

1) To determine the exposures (epidemiological, clinical, laboratory) linked to pre-eclampsia and its adverse outcomes.
2) To determine the positive predictive value of screening using biomarkers (soluble Flt-1 and placental growth factor) and serial ultrasound for pre-eclampsia and its adverse outcomes.
3) To generate a resource of data and biological samples to facilitate hypothesis driven and discovery based approaches to identifying novel predictors and/or mechanisms of pre-eclampsia.

Uganda 2020-12-03 2023-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Emanuele Colonnelli
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INFORMATION FRICTIONS IN GOVERNMENT-FIRM RELATIONSHIPS
REFNo: SS606ES

The broad objective of our research is to provide the first comprehensive
understanding of the market for government contracts in a LIC country, with an emphasis on understanding what are the main challenges to the participation of firms to the procurement process and to the competitiveness and efficiency of public procurement.
Italy 2020-12-03 2023-12-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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