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Simon Peter Kibira
ID: UNCST-2020-R014668
 Advancing Understanding and Measurement of Infertility and Related Fear and Stigma in Uganda
REFNo: HS3624ES

Improve population-level infertility prevalence estimation by evaluating infertility measurement model assumptions in Uganda. (this was implemented as part of the PMA 2022 survey),Identify dimensions of infertility stigma and fear among women in Uganda.,Understand Ugandan women’s and men’s perceptions, fears, and experiences of infertility and its related stigma,to address these knowledge gaps by improving the field’s understanding of infertility levels, stigma, and fears in Uganda and sub Saharan Africa,
 Uganda 2024-02-06 16:44:24 2027-02-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MIRIA NYANGOMA
ID:
PROCUREMENT RISK MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN UGANDA:A CASE STUDY OF KANUNGU DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REFNo: SS2317ES

To establish the relationship between procurement risk treatment decision and performance of Kanungu District Local Government,To assess the relationship procurement risk monitoring and Performance of Kanungu District Local Government,To analyze the effect procurement risk assessment on Performance of Kanungu District Local Government,To examine the influence of procurement risk identification on performance of Kanungu District Local Government,To examine the relationship between procurement risk management and Local Government performance in Uganda,
 Uganda 2024-02-06 16:41:06 2027-02-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Tonny Muzaale
ID: UNCST-2023-R006443
 Psychometric properties analysis of UACE Biology 2022, 2020, 2018, 2015 and 2014: focus on item difficulty, distractor effectiveness and discrimination indices.
REFNo: SS2275ES

iii. To examine the difference between the distractor efficiency of the UACE Biology examination items of 2022, 2020, 2018, 2015 and 2014,ii. To examine the difference between the index of discriminating power of the UACE Biology examination items of 2022, 2020, 2018, 2015 and 2014,i. To examine the difference between the difficulty indices of the UACE Biology examination items of 2022, 2020, 2018, 2015 and 2014,
 Uganda 2024-02-06 16:39:21 2027-02-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tonny Muzaale
ID: UNCST-2023-R006443
 Implementation of the New Competence-Based Curriculum in Lower Secondary School on Pre-Vocational Education in Uganda: Focus on School Readiness.
REFNo: SS2278ES

iii. To explore the challenges experienced in the implementation of the competency-based teaching and learning by both teachers and students. ,ii. To examine the assessment approaches under the competence-based teaching and learning of the new Lower Secondary Curriculum. ,i. To assess the understanding of competence-based teaching and learning of the new Lower Secondary Curriculum by teachers and students. ,
 Uganda 2024-02-06 16:34:04 2027-02-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tonny Muzaale
ID: UNCST-2023-R006443
 Prevalence of Examination Malpractice at Uganda Certificate of Education: Challenges and Legal Implications
REFNo: SS2268ES

iii. To state the legal implications of examination malpractices and best practices for the enforcement of new UNEB Act 2021,ii. To examine the challenges faced by the examining body in curbing the vice in Uganda at UCE,i. To examine the extent to which examination malpractice prevails at UCE in Uganda,
 Uganda 2024-02-06 16:31:57 2027-02-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sandrine Perrot
ID: UNCST-2019-R001546
 The Bureaucratisation of Legal Identities in colonial and post-colonial Uganda: A Socio-History of State Registration and Documentation of Individuals
REFNo: SS2227ES

My main objective is to generate original insights on the construction of bureaucratic knowledge and techniques of identification and their impact on state construction and practices of citizenship in Uganda. Our goal is to
1. Identify the (un)favourable contexts for the introduction of identification policies
2. Map the players involved in identification over time
3. Highlight the changes in the instruments of identification
4. Examine the circulation of these practices
5. Observe the impact of state identification and registration on the practices of citizenship and the relation to the state
At this stage of my research, I would like to focus on three non-exclusive lines of enquiry: the debate surrounding the first identity cards during late colonialism; the documentation of non-indigenous people, and in particular the citizenship crisis of Asians in the 1960s and 1970s; and finally, the intense periods of identification during electoral periods, and more specifically the processes of voter registration.

France 2024-02-05 13:28:32 2027-02-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Koichiro Watanabe
ID:
Nutrition Improvement and Livelihood Empowerment (NILE) impact study protocol: A cluster-randomized multi-level multisectoral intervention to improve nutrition in Uganda
REFNo: HS3566ES

The study aims to demonstrate the extent to which dietary diversity for women and young children are increased and undernutrition reduced among the intervention versus comparison areas. The findings of the evaluation study will be used to inform the government of Uganda and partners the effectiveness of the programme and to support learning.

Specific objectives of the study
• To evaluate impact by gathering, analysing and synthesising evidence to determine whether the multi-sector nutrition project results in improved nutrition status and dietary diversity among pregnant and lactating women, adolescents and children.

• To evaluate the quality of programme implementation and to inform refinements to intervention design and delivery.

• To understand the mechanisms of change by which the project activities impact key outcomes and nutritional status of children.

• To examine impact of economic empowerment to nutrition outcomes and food security

 Japan 2024-02-05 13:26:35 2027-02-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Simon Owani Olok
ID:
Supporting Nile tilapia production through the introduction of modern genomic and breeding tools for indigenous farmed strains in Uganda
REFNo: A388ES

1. Introducing individual fish identification tools to OWANMWAN Aquaculture Limited’s Nile tilapia hatchery. This will be through the introduction of affordable T-bar anchor tags. This will allow individual fish phenotype recording and evaluation as a selection candidate.
2. Genetic assessment of OWANMWAN Aquaculture Limited’s Nile tilapia breeding sub-populations (strains), to establish genetic diversity, inbreeding level and genomic admixture within and between the strains.
3. Quantitative genetic and phenotypic (mainly growth rate) characterization of the Nile tilapia strains currently maintained at OWANMWAN Aquaculture Limited hatchery as broodstock.
4. Genomic evaluation of OWANMWAN Aquaculture Limited’s current broodstock to evaluate genetic diversity and inbreeding rate of the three strains at the hatchery.
5. Establishing a genomics-informed diverse Nile tilapia founder breeding stock for subsequent selective breeding.
6.Identifying genomic regions underlying key traits such as growth rate in the indigenous farmed Nile tilapia farmed strains at OWANMWAN Aquaculture Limited hatchery.

 Uganda 2024-02-05 13:24:05 2027-02-05 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Hope Onohuean
ID:
Appraisal of opioids misuse among a vulnerable population in the western and central region of Uganda
REFNo: HS3486ES

1. To determine the origin of opioid abuse / misuse among vulnerable populations in western/central region of Uganda. 2. To determine epidemiological and psychopathological aspects of opioids abuse/misuse among women in western/central Uganda. 3. To evaluate the contribution of opioid abuse / misuse in western/central region of Uganda. 4. To determine knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among pharmaceutical and medical health professionals in western/central region of Uganda. 5. To comment on development of intervention strategies to improve knowledge on responsible use amongst Health care professionals (HCP) / patients.
 Nigeria 2024-02-05 13:11:51 2027-02-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Muhumuza Mugisa Edson
ID:
USE OF BLOOD LACTATE THRESHOLD FOR DETERMINING EXERCISE TRAINING VO2 VALUES TO RELIABLY CONTROL HbA1C EXPRESSION IN TYPE-2-PREDIABETICS
REFNo: HS2919ES

The objectives of this study are:
1. To determine whether there will be a significant improvement in the HbA1C expression for the study groups after 3-months of exercise training.
2. To determine whether there will be a significant difference in the HbA1C expressions between the 2mM, 2.5mM, and 4mM experimental groups after 3-months of exercise training.
3. To evaluate the experimental groups and specify which ones will have the observed HbA1C expression improvements.
4. To evaluate the exercise testing-stages within each experimental group for the blood lactate experimental group with the HbA1C dose-response effects threshold during the 3-months of exercise training.

Uganda 2024-02-02 12:19:27 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Chisom  Ezenwa Josephine
ID:
Genetic Determinants of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus In Individuals of African Ancestry
REFNo: HS3059ES

Identification of genetic variants that are associated with T2D in different African population.
 Nigeria 2024-02-02 12:08:57 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Annet Adong
ID:
GAMIFIED SAVINGS AS A PROBLEM GAMBLING INTERVENTION
REFNo: SS1969ES

1. To investigate the impact of prize-linked
savings products on savings among male
youth in Kenya and Uganda.
2. To investigate the impact of gamified
soccer-based prize-linked savings products with a small
reward on gambling expenditure among male youth in Kenya and Uganda.
3. To investigate the impact of gamified soccer-based prize-linked savings products with a large
reward on gambling expenditure among male youth in Kenya and Uganda.


 Uganda 2024-02-02 12:07:45 2027-02-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Juliet Babirye Ndimwibo
ID:
TREAT INTERACT: Implementing a user involved education- and health system interactive task-shifting approach for child mental health promotion in Uganda
REFNo: HS3144ES

Based on findings from objectives 1-2, develop implementation advice to guide policymakers in school-based child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) management, integration with the health system, and how to implement and sustain large-scale evidence-informed CAMH interventions to contribute towards achieving universal mental health coverage. ,Develop, implement and evaluate an intersectoral supervision, referral and communication model between the health and education sector.,Implement the adapted module-based TREATment mhGAP school program and investigate effective implementation strategies and client outcomes.,Intervention mapping to adapt the mhGAP-IG to a primary school setting, and implementation mapping to develop implementation strategies with user involvement,The main objective of the TREAT INTERACT study is to adapt, implement and evaluate the impact of an adapted school version of the mhGAP-IG that aims to prevent, identify, refer and treat mental health problems in children and adolescents in Uganda through a user involved task-shifting implementation of the mhGAP-IG among primary school staff. This work is divided into 4 work Packages (WPs); each of the specific objectives below represents a single work package.,
 Uganda 2024-02-02 12:05:35 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kamusiime B.  Samuel
ID:
PUBLIC PENSION SCHEME PROVISIONS AND PERCEIVED FINANCIAL WELLBEING OF RETIRING TEACHERS IN UGANDA: A CASE OF WAKISO DISTRICT GOVERNMENT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
REFNo: SS2244ES

i) To assess the relationship between the public pension scheme provisions and their implementation process on the financial wellbeing of retiring primary school teachers in Wakiso district.
ii) To examine the effect of the public pension scheme implementation process and the readiness to change jobs on the financial wellbeing of retiring primary school teachers in Wakiso district.
iii) To assess the effect of the readiness to change jobs on the financial wellbeing of retiring primary school teachers in Wakiso district.
iv) To assess the contribution of the public pension scheme provisions on the financial wellbeing of retiring primary school teachers in Wakiso district.

Uganda 2024-02-02 11:53:49 2027-02-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Scovia  Mbalinda Nalugo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014259
 Uptake of HPV Vaccination among female adolescents living with HIV/AIDS attending Mityana Hospital ART clinic
REFNo: HS3686ES

 To determine the prevalence and factors associated with HPV vaccination among young female adolescents living with HIV/AIDS at the Mityana Hospital ART clinic
 To assess the facilitators and barriers to HPV vaccine uptake in young female adolescents living with HIV/AIDS at the Mityana Hospital ART clinic using the COM B model.
 To Identify key behaviors that can improve uptake of HPV vaccination among young female adolescents living with HIV/AIDS through workshops using COM Bmodel

 Uganda 2024-02-02 11:51:02 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Naris Ninsiima
ID: UNCST-2023-R006134
 ENHANCING STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC MARKETS IN URBAN AREAS: A CASE OF KABALE AND MBARARA CENTRAL MARKETS
REFNo: SS2314ES

To evaluate the level of stakeholder participation on management decision making in Kabale and Mbarara Central Markets.,To determine the level of stakeholder participation on policy development in Kabale and Mbarara Central Markets,Assess the levels of stakeholder participation on planning in Mbarara and Kabale Central Markets ,To explore significant avenues of stakeholder participation in Kabale and Mbarara Central Markets. ,The general objective to investigate the effect of stakeholder participation in the effective management of Kabale and Mbarara Central Markets. ,
 Uganda 2024-02-02 11:38:55 2027-02-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Tadeo   Nsubuga
ID: UNCST-2023-R007982
 Evaluation of the deployment of the call for life (C4L) system among patients diagnosed with Tuberculosis in the Karamoja Sub-region North Eastern Uganda: A mixed-methods study.
REFNo: HS3431ES

1) To compare treatment outcomes among TB patients that utilised call for life (C4L) services and those who did not utilise the services in Karamoja subregion.

2) To understand the barriers and facilitators for utilization of C4L among TB patients that received CallforLife technology services in Karamoja region.
 Uganda 2024-02-02 11:34:18 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Grace Komuhangi
ID:
IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON BREAST SELF EXAMINTAION AS A SCREENING STRATEGY FOR BREAST CANCER AMONG UNIVERSITY FEMALE STUDENTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS3762ES

(iv) To evaluate the relationship between knowledge level and social demographic variables.,(iii) To determine post-test knowledge, attitude, and skill of practicing SBE among female university students.,(ii) To equip knowledge and promote the skills of practicing SBE through an education intervention among female university students.,(i) To assess the pre-test knowledge, attitude, and skill of practicing SBE among female university students in Uganda.,The main objective is to assess the impact of educational intervention on Self- Breast Examination (BSE) as a screening strategy for breast cancer to promote health knowledge and practice of BSE among female university students in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2024-02-02 11:26:29 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
 EVALUATION OF THE USE OF TELEDERMATOLOGY AMONG PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS IN KAMPALA
REFNo: HS3655ES

Aim 3: Define the distribution of dermatologic diagnoses that arise in primary care settings in which TD is used and their subsequent management. ,Aim 2: Evaluate the barriers and facilitators to implementation of the TD service,Aim 1: Describe the utilization of TD in ambulatory care settings. ,
 Uganda 2024-02-02 11:24:53 2027-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SIYA AGGREY
ID: UNCST-2019-R001737
 VALUES OF BATS TO ECOSYSTEM AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH AROUND MOUNT ELGON ECOSYSTEM, UGANDA
REFNo: NS718ES

General objective To contribute knowledge relevant in advancing surveillance for One Health-related challenges in Mount Elgon Ecosystem, contributing to improved bat conservation as well as optimal human health. Specific objectives 1. To assess the socioeconomic values of bats in the Mount Elgon ecosystem, Uganda 2. To assess the socioeconomic values of caves in the Mount Elgon ecosystem, Uganda 3. To assess the vulnerability of bat roosts to anthropogenic cave disturbance in the Mount Elgon ecosystem, Uganda 4. To assess the capacities of communities in undertaking disease surveillance tasks for One Health issues
Uganda 2024-02-02 11:21:03 2027-02-02 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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