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Martin  Muhereza
ID:
Policy and Structural reforms of Electricity in Uganda in the context of social economic welfare
REFNo: SS424ES

1.To examine the alignment of electricity reforms in Uganda with theoretical benefits of power sector reforms
2. To analyze the relationship of electricity reforms with the levels of electricity accessibility,reliability,and affordability in informal settlements.
3.To generate knowledge beneficial to policy makers and planners interested in the contribution of electricity to the development trajectory
Uganda 2020-06-04 2023-06-04 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
FREDRICK MAKUMBI
ID:
Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Uganda
REFNo: HS625ES

General objective
To monitor change in contraceptive availability and use in Uganda and increase understanding of the factors contributing to that change through panel surveys in order to support FP program monitoring and improve performance.

Specific objectives
Specifically, the project aims to conduct cross-sectional and panel surveys at the female, household, and service delivery levels, with a focus on actionable programmatic data on contraceptive availability and use dynamics in targeted geographic areas in order:
1. To measure and monitor key family planning indicators of programmatic relevance cross-sectionally on an annual basis including contraceptive prevalence rate and stocks of contraceptive commodities in Service Delivery Points serving the Enumeration Areas
2. To assess the determinants and consequences of contraceptive availability and use dynamics in Uganda.
3. To evaluate factors associated with a change in contraceptive use states including: Contraceptive acceptor (non-user to user), Contraceptive discontinuer (user to non-user), and Contraceptive switcher (user of one method to a different method)

Uganda 2020-06-04 2023-06-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
ANNET NAGUUDI
ID: UNCST-2022-R009395
CLIENT EXIT INTERVIEWS (CEIs) UNDER THE WOMEN INTEGRATED SEXUAL HEALTH (WISH) PROGRAMME IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS591ES

The specific objectives are to:
1. Characterize users of family planning (FP) services
2. Estimate the percentage of users of FP services by WISH (Women Integrated Sexual Health) service delivery points who are under-age 20
3. Estimate the percentage of clients of FP services provided by WISH service delivery points who are living in poverty
4. Provide information needed to estimate the number of additional users of modern methods of contraception contributed by WISH
5. Estimate the percentage of WISH FP clients counselled on a range of methods and potential side effects as defined by the method information index
6. Estimate the percentage of FP clients who would recommend the WISH services as evidenced by the net promoter score (NPS)
7. Estimate the percentage of WISH clients who demonstrated positive attitudes, practices and community support in relation to FP and SRHR
8. Estimate the percentage of FP clients at WISH service delivery points reporting exposure to WISH social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) activities
9. Estimate the percentage of users of FP services by WISH service delivery points who have a disability.
10. Understand why FP users changed methods
11. Explore the predictors of FP adopters
12. Explore the predictors of being likely to promote FP services
13. Determine effect of Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) campaign on outcomes of interest

Uganda 2020-06-01 2023-06-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Pontiano Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013577
Uganda Virus Research Institute Performance Evaluation for COVID-19 Diagnostic tests
REFNo: HS637ES

Overall objectives
The overall objectives of this performance evaluation are:
- To verify the performance characteristics of new on-the-market NAATs,
- To evaluate the performance characteristics of new, on-the-market, EIAs and RDTS (IgA, IgG and IgM),
- To train laboratory and POC staff in the country in biosecurity and the required technical skills to perform COVID-19 diagnostic testing,
- To establish serum/plasma panels of well-characterized COVID-19 sera/plasma to support evaluation efforts.

Specific Objectives:
- To confirm whether or not a new NAAT complies with the manufacturer’s specifications,
- To determine the performance equivalence of new on-the-market NAATs using the Berlin protocol NAAT as the gold standard,
- To determine the sensitivity and specificity of new on-the-market diagnostic EIAs and RDTs against a gold-standard method,
- To evaluate the operational characteristics of new on-the-market immunoassays. Operational utility characteristics that may be considered include;
o ease of performance
o specimen type utility
o inter-reader variability
o reaction endpoint stability
o suitability for use in facilities with limited infrastructure (no/limited electricity, no/limited clean water, inadequate means of biosafety disposal)
- To document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and train laboratory staff in the country in performing COVID-19 diagnostic testing using recommended EIAs and RDTs,
- To establish serum panels of well characterized COVID-19 sera/plasma to support future validation and evaluation of immunoassays.


Uganda 2020-05-20 2023-05-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Badru Bukenya
ID:
Displaced communities, environmental degradation and sustainable livelihoods in Uganda

REFNo: SS310ES

(i) understand the various ways in which refugees and nationals living in or around new and long-term refugee settlements interact with the environment and ecosystem services.
(ii) explore the variety of knowledges (indigenous; cultural, social and economic) and needs (shelter, food, water, sanitation) of refugee and local households for understanding how the environment is used.
(iii) examine the nature and extent of environmental degradation (loss of forests/fragmentation and soil degradation) in different camp settlements. And,
(iv) offer recommendations for the management of increasing pressure on land resources within sustainable livelihood practices for development and policy programming.

Uganda 2020-05-08 2023-05-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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