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Catherine Hobaiter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001480
 Gestural communication in wild mountain gorillas
REFNo: NS23ES

All great apes use gesture to communicate; however, to date, there remains no study of gestural communication in mountain gorillas - an iconic and highly endangered species. Here I hope to establish the first one. My research group has published the repertoire of gestures for wild chimpanzees and wild bonobos; here we aim to establish the repertoire of gestures for wild mountain gorillas and compare and contrast these systems of communication. I will balance data collection across age-sex groups and across behavioural contexts to describe the types of gestures used and the goals for which they are used in mountain gorillas.
 UK 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
henry bazira
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DETERMINANTS OF MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE IN MUKONO DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: HS81ES

1. TO DESCRIBE THE LEVELS OF MALE PARTICIPATION IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT. 2. TO ASSESS MEN’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT 3. TO ASSESS THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT.
Uganda 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jennifer Moodley
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Improving timely diagnosis of symptomatic breast and cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS60ES

1. Develop and validate a tool to measure community breast and cervical cancer symptom awareness, knowledge and beliefs in Africa; 2. Describe and compare breast and cervical cancer symptom beliefs, knowledge and awareness in rural and urban settings in two countries in SSA-Uganda and SA; 3. Assess the degree to which symptom overlap between breast and cervical cancer and common infectious diseases influence symptom assessment and help-seeking behavior; 4. Explore primary care level provider interpretation and management of breast and cervical cancer signs and symptoms.
South Africa 2017-06-30 2020-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anne Odele
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The meaning, uses and outcomes of functional adult literacy in Uganda
REFNo: SS52ES

The study seeks to describe: \r\n(1) how former literacy participants use the learning from the FAL program in the domains of a) reading, writing and numeracy; and b) their daily livelihoods, and why\r\n(2) the perceived outcomes of applying these practices\r\n(3) the meanings that literacy holds for the participants\r\n
 Uganda 2017-06-27 2020-06-27 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Immaculate Tumwebaze
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Dramatically increased schistosomiasis risk in western Uganda crater lakes – disentangling global climate change impacts and other drivers
REFNo: NS20ES

i. To identify lineages and quantify genetic diversities of both intermediate hosts and their schistosomiasis parasites present in Western Uganda crater lakes. ii. To determine the phylogenetical and biogeographical affinities and dynamics of intermediate host gastropod species and schistosomes in crater lakes along an altitudinal gradient. iii. To asses the variation in physico-chemical water parameters, long-term climatic factors such as temperature and rainfall, and habitat characteristics potentially driving the presence, distribution and (genetic) diversity of intermediate host snails and parasites at different altitudes.
Uganda 2017-06-27 2020-06-27 Natural Sciences Degree Award
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