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Grace Ryan Kathryn
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MIND ME Uganda: using Mental health INformation anD Monitoring and Evaluation systems to evaluate recovery-oriented mental health services in Kampala and Entebbe, Uganda
REFNo: HS12ES

The aim of this research is to carry out a mixed-methods evaluation of the Brain Gain II project and its mental health information and monitoring and evaluation (MIND ME) system, in order to inform policy regarding the continuation and scale-up of recovery-oriented mental health interventions in Uganda.\r\n\r\nObjectives include:\r\n\r\n1.To evaluate Brain Gain II’s MIND ME system, using mixed-methods to assess eight key implementation outcomes, including: acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, cost, coverage, feasibility, fidelity, sustainability\r\n\r\n2.To generate evidence on the effectiveness of Brain Gain II interventions using MIND ME\r\n\r\n3.To evaluate the general process and impact of implementing the Brain Gain II programme, by triangulating evidence generated through MIND ME with evidence generated through original research\r\n
 USA 2016-12-06 2019-12-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sara Cavallo
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Linking Banana Xanthomonas wilt and agro-ecological intensification to food practices in Kabarole District, Uganda
REFNo: SS37ES

This research seeks to understand the knowledge networks that have formed in light of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt and how knowledge is translated from scientists to extension to farmers and how knowledge flows influence landscapes.
 USA 2016-12-06 2019-12-06 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Elaine Hsiao
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Protecting Place, People and Peace: A Critical Socio-Legal Review of Transboundary Parks
REFNo: SS35ES

The purpose of this research is to assess the peace outcomes of transboundary conservation areas and ways that peace is captured in legal frameworks. This includes field research in three transboundary conservation areas of Uganda to provide qualititative and socio-political context for findings identified in the legal assessment. The three field sites are: (1) Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration, (2) Landscapes for Peace and (3) Mount Elgon.
 USA 2016-11-29 2019-11-29 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Twaha Rwegyema
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Assessment of Dietary Patterns for People Living with HIV seeking health services from Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda
REFNo: HS13ES

1. To identify the foods commonly consumed by PLHIV attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n2. To compare dietary patterns of malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n3. To explore demographic, socio-economic and hospital care factors associated with dietary patterns among HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n4. To identify and compare coping mechanisms during food scarcity between the malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.
 Uganda 2016-11-23 2019-11-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Peter Schüle
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World-wide phylogeny and biodiversity of beetle associated nematodes and faunistic data of different groups of insects: Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabaeidae and Odonata
REFNo: NS5ES

 Increasing the knowledge of the inventory of the Cicindelidae species of Uganda\r\n Obtaining better knowledge about biogeographic patterns about Carabidae and other beetle groups in Uganda\r\n include the data of Central African Nematodes into the world-wide research project on the biogeography of Nematodes\r\n
 Germany 2016-11-07 2019-11-07 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
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