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Mary  Nanteza Bridget
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Does recombination of polio viruses with locally circulating enteroviruses play a role in acute flaccid paralysis and vaccine-derived polioviruses?
REFNo: HS770ES

1. General Objective
To identify polio mutations that are common to AFP, and cVDPV cases.

2. Specific Objective
i) To determine if polio/non-polio recombination has occurred in AFP cases
ii) To characterize primary recombination events in the polio virus genome that are associated with AFP, and
iii) To compare the recombination events common in AFP with published cVDPVs and characterize the events that could be common in VDPVs.

 Uganda 2020-10-22 2023-10-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Munshi Sulaiman
ID:
Evaluation of the Disability-Inclusive Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme (DIG) in Uganda
REFNo: SS529ES

1. To estimate the impact of the Ultra-Poor Graduation programme on poverty, livelihood and social participation of people with disabilities and their families, compared to controls who do not receive the intervention.
2. To estimate the impact of the Ultra-Poor Graduation programme on poverty, livelihood and social participation of people with disabilities and their families, compared to people without disabilities who received the intervention
Bangladesh 2020-10-22 2023-10-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Cristina Clerici
ID:
The Parallel Pandemic of Domestic Violence Against Women in Uganda: is the Lockdown to Blame?
REFNo: SS553ES

Our project seeks to study the relationship between IPV and the relative economic conditions of spouses in Uganda, by exploiting the implementation of COVID-19 containment measures as a source of exogenous variation in the woman's relative income.
Italy 2020-10-22 2023-10-22 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Pontiano  Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2020-R019901
 PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS REGARDING LOCAL INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19
REFNo: HS867ES

Primary aim: To better understand health care worker perceptions of infection prevention and control procedures to prevent Covid-19 transmission.

Objectives:
1. To evaluate healthcare worker perceptions of their preparedness to ensure effective infection prevention and control of Covid-19 in healthcare settings, and to evaluate healthcare worker’s level of trust in their healthcare organization/facility.

2. To consider how these factors vary
a. Across age, staff role, and length of clinical experience;
b. Between respondents whose hospital is receiving suspected/ confirmed patients and those whose hospitals are not;
c. Between those who have direct experience of treating Covid-19 patients and those who have not.
d. Across different regions in the country that have dealt with other epidemics other than COVID19.
e. Between countries in different global regions where this survey is conducted.

 Uganda 2020-10-22 2023-10-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Imran Rasul
ID:
Firm Dynamics and Worker Resilience to the COVID-19 Shock in Uganda
REFNo: SS565ES

The overall objective of this prpject is to study the effects of the Covid-19 shock on SMEs and workers in Uganda. The study will aim at answering the following research questions:
1. What firm-level characteristics predict firm survival and growth in an expansionary business cycle? Do the same characteristics predict firm resilience to the shock of COVID-19?
2. How do markets evolve during periods of economic growth, in terms of the number of firms, firm size distribution, and level of competition? How does the COVID shock affect the structure and level of competition within markets?
3. How do different types of skills training affect workers’ resilience to the economic shock caused by COVID-19?

 UK 2020-10-22 2023-10-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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