Stephen Okoboi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001356
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HIV self-testing and linkage to care among Men having sex with Men (MSM). A trial Distribution through MSM networks in The Aids Support Organization (TASO)
REFNo: HS89ES
Aims 1. To conduct assess the barriers and facilitators of a formative research on the distribution strategy of HIVST kits through the peer networks (peers) of MSM
Aim 2. To conduct a pilot trial for evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of distributing HIVST kits using peers and linkage to HIV services.
Aim 3. To map and analyze the network of connections between peers and the peers they recruited during the trial.
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Uganda |
2017-07-31 |
2020-07-31 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Martin Mbonye Kayitale
ID:
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Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic areas in Northern Uganda after the implementation of biannual mass ivermectin administration
REFNo: HS77ES
Main objective
The main objective of this study is to establish the prevalence and incidence rate of NS and other forms of epilepsy in selected parishes in the districts of Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo, Adjumani and Moyo. Based on the epidemiological data available from the 2012 census, a comparison of prevalence and incidence rate from 2016 in different age groups will allow to test whether there is an association between the onchocerciasis interventions, specifically ivermectin use and larviciding rivers and the increase / decrease in prevalence of incidence of NS and other forms of epilepsy. The elaborated epidemiological data from Moyo and Adjumani will allow for comparison of such a potential effect in an area with long standing onchocerciasis control to a recent, intense onchocerciasis intervention program, combined with targeted epilepsy treatment as we find it in Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo today.
Specific objectives
1. Compare the 2016 data on prevalence of NS and other forms of epilepsy in the Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts with the 2012-13 census study data.
2. Compare the 2016 prevalence of new onset cases of epilepsy (epilepsy onset < 1 year ago) in the Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts with the data from the survey data obtained in 2012 and 2013.
3. Establish the prevalence and incidence rate of all forms of epilepsy in the Adjumani and Moyo districts and compare these to the prevalence and incidence rate in Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts from 2016.
4. Relate the epidemiological data on all forms of epilepsy from the 5 districts to data concerning onchocerciasis endemicity, ivermectin and larvicide use, and entomological findings.
5. Study the changes in clinical presentation of NS and mortality associated with NS and other forms of epilepsy between 2012 and 2016.
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Uganda |
2017-07-25 |
2020-07-25 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Timothy Allen Peter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001369
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Public Authority and International Devlopment
REFNo: SS92ES
The objective is to produce high-quality, evidence-based research that informs local, national and international policies to promote inclusive growth. Inclusive growth in many places in Africa and elsewhere has proved elusive. Formal governance can be remote, development policies persistently fail and humanitarian aid, at best, assists a minority. CPAID will use innovative approaches to research across disciplines and beyond narrow academic concerns. Our research will draw its understandings from ordinary people, and in particular vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups and populations. CPAID will take public authority as its conceptual starting point, exploring the ways in which governance of people actually occurs. CPAID used the term public authority to refer to all forms of authority beyond the immediate family unit, from clans, religious institutions, aid agencies, civil social organisations, rebel militia and vigilante groups - to formal and semi-formal mechanisms of government. The public authority lens offers a new foundation for development discourse and hence for policy and interventions. It offers a set of tools for exploring African social and political realities. The lens offers an essential means of gathering evidence about these dynamics as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with them. Our research will be organised around studies of public authority at macro and micro levels to analyse: how public authorities regulate moral orders, deal with crimes (including regulation of sexually-based violence and the management of vigilantes), offer a degree of security and justice (including informal policing, and enforcing land rights); tax and redistribute fiscal resources socially and regionally; use and regulate new media technologies (including social media and mobile money); relate to disease control and health promotion (including tablet distribution for parasitic infections, the consequences of Ebola outbreaks and responses to non-biomedical health matters, such as witchcraft and spirit possession); and provide education and other public services (including allocation of land rights and land access). In all areas, we will be asking how public authorities function or do not function for ordinary people (including minorities and excluded sections of society). Our interest is in customary and neo-customary authorities as well as state ones. Distinguishing between state and customary authorities, as well as understanding how they interact, merge or generate hybrid new forms is an ambitious task that requires more grounded research. The research will also outline the processes by which effective and legitimate forms of public authority – those, which are delivering public goods and are inclusionary in orientation (i.e. do not aggressively exclude or oppress vulnerable groups and individuals) can be strengthened in practice. The research will draw upon the extensive research CPAID scholars have done on these issues, notably on the provision of security and justice in conflict affected and fragile settings .CPAID researchers have also made major contributions to the study of health-related institutions – including public health programmes, disease control and local or customary measures to promote wellbeing and the alleviation of suffering.
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UK |
2017-07-20 |
2020-07-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Carissa Western Strum
ID:
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Emergent Empowerment: Assessing the Impacts of Conflict on Gendered Relations, Identities and Opportunities in Acholiland
REFNo: SS58ES
The research project will seek to explore changes in gender roles and dynamics brought about by conflict in Acholiland, Northern Uganda, and to understand how these changes have affected cultural/traditional ideas about masculinity and femininity and the positions/situation of Acholi women and men in post-conflict society. While research has indicated both local level economic gains, and changes in women’s political participation and representation at the national level, this research will seek to explore, holistically, how changes brought about by conflict impact, both positively and negatively, all aspects of Acholi women (and men’s) lives. The project will therefore prioritize Acholi women and men’s own interpretation of their conflict experiences, and of the impact of conflict-triggered changes on their roles and status within their families and communities. Given the significant role played by NGOs/INGOs in implementing Northern Uganda’s peacebuilding and development agenda, the project will also seek to understand how organizations/stakeholders working in this context are addressing and responding to changing gender norms and dynamics, and whether such approaches are in line with women and men’s own interpretation of their experiences and needs.
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Kenya |
2017-07-13 |
2020-07-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Sauda Nabukenya
ID:
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Traditional institutions,Land, chiefs: The foundation of Law and Legal institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS84ES
To investigate the role of traditional institutions, land,chiefs and in shaping laws and institutions during the colonial period
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Uganda |
2017-07-13 |
2020-07-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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