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Herbert Arinaitwe
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Critical Success Factors (Csfs) For Institutionalisation of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in Government: The Case of Justice, Law and Order Sector in Uganda
REFNo: SS171ES

i. To examine the relationship between leadership and the institutionalisation of monitoring and Evaluation in JLOS. ii. To examine the relationship between institutional set up and the institutionalisation of M&E in JLOS. iii. To examine the relationship between organisational culture and institutionalisation of M&E in JLOS.
Uganda 2018-06-13 2021-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Meghan Sobel
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The Role of News Media in Rwanda and Uganda
REFNo: IS12ES

The objective of this study is to compare the media landscape in Uganda to the media landscape in Rwanda. Building on previous research that we have conducted via interviews with journalists in Rwanda, we aim to answer the following research questions: RQ1: What are the roles and functions of journalists in present-day Uganda? RQ2: How does Ugandan journalists’ use of social media compare to journalists in Rwanda? RQ3: How does Ugandan journalists’ use of constructive journalist compare to journalists in Rwanda? RQ4: How do Ugandan journalists perceive their level of press freedom compared to journalists in Rwanda?
USA 2018-06-13 2021-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Catriona  Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
 Audit of current anticoagulant practices in the War-PATH Ugandan and South African clinical study sites
REFNo: HS179ES

1. To evaluate the current clinic service provision, drug availability, and current practices for warfarin prescription and dose adjustment at selected anticoagulant clinics in Uganda and South Africa 2. To evaluate the indications and demographic distribution and proportion of patients in therapeutic range among patients currently attending the anticoagulant clinics
UK 2018-05-30 2021-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Peterson Kikomeko Kato
ID: UNCST-2019-R000881
 Development and Validation of a Competency-Based Education Model for Strengthening Undergraduate Training in Human Nutrition and Dietetics in Uganda
REFNo: HS206ES

1.Responsibility towards participants: To be ensured by guaranteeing anonymity, ensuring absolute confidentiality, avoiding harm and avoiding betrayal and or deception. Obtaining voluntary informed consent from all participants and ensuring that the relationship between the researcher and the participants is based on honesty. 2.Ensuring legal requirements: Adhering to the legal requirements for conducting research in Uganda; avoidance of plagiarism, obtaining research approvals, ethical review, and research permit. 3.Knowing results of the research: Ensuring that respondents get to know the results from the research. 4.Responsibility towards the research community: Sharing results of the research with all participants and the general public
Uganda 2018-05-30 2021-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Edwin Nuwagira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000930
 ONE YEAR MORTALITY AND LOSS TO FOLLOW UP AMONG PATIENTS RECEIVING SECOND LINE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AT THE MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL HIV CLINIC
REFNo: HS193ES

General objective; To determine the one year mortality and loss to follow up among patients on second-line ART at Mbarara regional referral hospital HIV clinic. Specific Objectives; 1. Determine the rate of loss to follow up among HIV positive patients in their first one year of taking second line ART. 2. Determine the factors associated with loss to follow up of patients on second line ART during the first one year of treatment. 3. Determine the one year mortality of patients on second-line ART. 4. Determine the factors associated with one year mortality among patients on second-line ART at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
Uganda 2018-05-29 2021-05-29 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
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