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George Lugalambi William
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UNICEF Handwashing with Soap
REFNo: SS551ES

What factors constrain and prevent individuals and households from washing their hands with soap?

What knowledge, attitudes and practices are prevalent regarding handwashing with soap?

What needs to be done to scale up handwashing with soap initiatives?

Establish barriers to change and how the strategy can efficiently and effectively address them.
 Uganda 2020-09-15 2023-09-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Numa Memisevic
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Breaking stereotypes and remodeling the concept of sexual violence prevention by building resiliency and defense skills among vulnerable women
REFNo: SS542ES

The aim of the foregoing proposal is to test a novel empowerment-based sexual assault prevention
training initiative targeting women at high risk for sexual violence in Uganda. This intervention
focuses on both non-physical and physical measures.
 Yugoslavia 2020-09-10 2023-09-10 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Hesbon  Owilla Hansen
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY ON INNOVATION FOR MEDIA VIABILITY IN EAST AFRICA
REFNo: SS417ES

1. To bolster the viability of media outlets
2. To galvanize media innovation in East Africa, with a focus not just on creative content but on new and sustainable business models for the future.
Kenya 2020-09-08 2023-09-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Fatuma  Namusoke University
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Barriers, knowledge and antimalarial antibodies in relation to Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy use in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS620ES

1. Explore the barriers of IPTp implementation in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
2. To describe the knowledge and perceptions of IPTp among mothers Kawempe National Referral Hospital
3. To determine the association between quantity and quality of antimalarial antibodies in puerperium and use of IPTp during pregnancy

 Uganda 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mark Jordans
ID: UNCST-2020-R014861
 Increasing the efficiency of an education programme to facilitate rapid adoption and sustainable scale-up.
REFNo: SS451ES

Aim: To increase the efficiency and scalability of the Can’t Wait to Learn (CWTL) programme, through increasing access, attendance, retention and facilitating programme adoption.

The specific objectives of the present research studies are:
1) To develop and test a caregiver engagement intervention to increase children’s equitable access to, attendance of and retention in CWTL;
2) To assess and optimise the CWTL implementation team model to facilitate rapid adoption and scale up of the programme;
3) To evaluate the value for money of CWTL and identify drivers and drainers of value for money.
 Netherlands 2020-09-04 2023-09-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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