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Martina Ferracane Francesca
ID: UNCST-2025-R016796
 Assessing the digital trade rules in Rwanda and Uganda
REFNo: SS3942ES

Main Objective 1. Address the knowledge gap between Uganda’s current legal framework and its potential enabling or restrictive impact on digital trade development, ensuring that policy initiatives and policy framework align with the needs of businesses engaging in digital trade. Specific Objectives 1. Identify the challenges faced by private sector entities, including SMEs and start-ups, in digital trade. 2. Provide actionable policy recommendations to improve Uganda’s digital trade framework. 3. Assess the existing digital trade policies in Uganda and identify areas for improvement.
 Italy 2025-05-23 8:20:18 2028-05-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stephen Lwasa
ID: UNCST-2025-R018323
 Value Chain Study and Market Assessment Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) Catalyst Project
REFNo: A607ES

The main objective of the value chain and market analysis was to identify complementary livelihood options or enterprises in FMNR project implementation areas that can be established in the demonstration and learning sites.
Uganda 2025-05-23 14:12:56 2028-05-23 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DARIUS OWACHI
ID: UNCST-2022-R009373
 Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions on Healthcare Workers’ Antibiotic Prescription Patterns and Compliance with Standard Treatment Guidelines at Kiruddu Hospital; A Quality Improvement Study.
REFNo: HS5989ES

To assess the impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions on the knowledge levels, antibiotic prescription patterns and compliance to standard treatment guidelines, by healthcare workers at Kiruddu National Referral hospital through quality improvement methods. ,
 Uganda 2025-05-23 14:10:37 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Violet  Gwokyalya
ID: UNCST-2022-R010490
 Drivers of under-prescription of cervical cancer screening: evidence from Uganda
REFNo: HS5957ES

Main Objective
1. To quantify the drivers of under-prescription of cervical cancer screening among providers of routine care in Uganda
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Specific Objectives
1. To evaluate whether providers lack knowledge of recommended cervical cancer screening practices
2. To identify patient characteristics that predict screening recommendation for cervical cancer.
3. To evaluate whether providers with appropriate knowledge of cervical cancer screening recommend screening to their clients (i.e., whether a know-do gap exists).

 Uganda 2025-05-23 14:05:07 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sheila Balinda Nina
ID: UNCST-2021-R013804
 Analysing HIV-1 Reservoir Kinetics, and Host Immune Interactions among non-B subtypes.
REFNo: HS5936ES

General Objective

To understand the dynamics of HIV-1 reservoirs and host immune interactions among non-B subtypes infected participants in Uganda.

Specific objectives:
1. To compare the dimensions of the HIV-1 reservoir among Ugandans, including individuals with high viral loads at the start of ART, and those who have been on ART for varying durations.
2. To detect HIV-1 viral properties associated with latent reservoirs across HIV-subtypes, examining how these patterns may differ and contribute to disparities in reactivation tendencies in Uganda.
3. To detect immune correlates in relation to host characteristics, including HIV-1 specific, B-cells, innate immune cells, CD4 and CD8 cell lineage activation, and exhaustion markers.
4. To develop a supervised machine learning algorithm to predict the HIV-1 latent reservoir behaviours in Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-05-23 14:00:42 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Betty Nalikka
ID: UNCST-2024-R016316
 Ecological and epidemiological dynamics of viruses in Ugandan bat populations.
REFNo: NS969ES

1. To determine the prevalence, diversity and genetic variation of viruses in different bat species, considering both time and space.
2. To use host density, distribution, and pathogen prevalence to develop models that can be used to forecast spillover risks from bats to other animals, including humans.
3. To investigate the duration of immunity to viruses in bats by sampling individuals across different age groups over time.

 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:58:46 2028-05-23 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Muge Cevik
ID: UNCST-2022-R011548
 Improving surveillance and detection of MPXV in Uganda
REFNo: SS3940ES

• To determine seroprevalence of MPXV among people living with HIV in Uganda • To elucidate the risk factors associated with infection.
 UK 2025-05-23 13:57:06 2028-05-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ochuga patrick olanya
ID: UNCST-2024-R015276
 PREVALENCE, AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHORIOAMNIONITIS AMONG WOMEN ADMITTED WITH PPROM AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS5949ES

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with chorioamnionitis among women admitted with PROM at MRRH
 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:54:31 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nina Rugambwa Olivia
ID: UNCST-2019-R000213
 SAFEGUARDING MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN INCLUSIVE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE OF KAMULI DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: SS3894ES

To explore the coping strategies of children with physical disabilities and their relationship to mental well-being in schools in Kamuli District.,3. To examine mental health safeguarding measures and their implementation in inclusive government primary schools in Kamuli District ,2. To document cultural beliefs and practices that promote mental health and inclusiveness of children with disability at school and in their communities in Kamuli District,1. To determine the mental health status of children with physical disabilities in government-inclusive primary schools in Kamuli district,This study seeks to create awareness about the mental health of children with disabilities and enhance their safety in inclusive government primary schools in Kamuli district.,
 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:43:10 2028-05-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phiona Bukirwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R009880
 Colorectal Cancer Biology: Clinicopathologic characteristics, Mismatch Repair (MMR) status and prognostic factors of colorectal carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS5980ES

1. To determine the prevalence of Mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) in FFPE tissue blocks of colorectal carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2. To assess the association between histopathological parameters like tumor grading, tumor type, frequency of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and tumor budding in microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) FFPE tissue blocks of colorectal carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.
3. To assess the association of clinical finding (age, sex, TNM stage, site of tumour) with mismatch repair status in FFPE tissue blocks of colorectal carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.
4. To assess the prevalence of BRAF and KRAS mutation in FFPE tissue blocks of colorectal carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.

 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:40:32 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Godfrey Kubiriza Kawooya
ID: UNCST-2024-R003138
 Eco-innovative technologies for improved nutrition, sustainable production and marketing of Agro-ecological food products in Africa (INNOECOFOOD)
REFNo: A574ES

Main objective of the baseline study
The main objective of the baseline study is to scope community indigenous knowledge, gaps, attitudes and aquaculture practices in local lakes and rivers (living labs) on production, processing, marketing and consumption of aquaculture value chains (fish and selected Spirulina species) and insect species in Uganda.

Specific Objectives
i.To determine the current community Knowledge on sustainable production, processing and consumption of fish, spirulina and insects as food and feed.
ii.To determine the current community Attitude on sustainable production, processing and consumption of fish, spirulina and insects as food and feed.
iii.To determine the current community Practices on sustainable production, processing and consumption of fish, spirulina and insects as food and feed.
iv.Assess how socio-demographics factors influence the production, processing and consumption of fish, spirulina and insects as food and feed.

 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:39:33 2028-05-23 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ANNETTEE NAKIMULI OLIVIA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011194
 Genetic Associations of INfertility in Africa (The GAIN Study)
REFNo: HS5967ES

The GAIN study aims to identify genetic variants associated with unexplained primary infertility in African women
 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:37:00 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
 Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA 2024-2025)
REFNo: HS5817ES

The primary objectives of UPHIA 2024-2025 are to:
1) Estimate the national and regional prevalence of HIV viral load suppression (VLS – defined as HIV RNA <1000 copies/milliliter(mL) in adults ages 15 years or older in the general population.
2) Estimate the prevalence of HIV at the national and regional level
3) Assess progress towards the UNAIDS 95- 95- 95 targets at the national and regional level

The secondary objectives of the survey are to:
1) Estimate the HIV incidence at the national level
2) Estimate the prevalence of HIV-related risk behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes
3) Establish the behavioural and demographic determinants of HIV prevalence and incidence
4) Determine the exposure to, uptake of and barriers to access to HIV-related services
5) Estimate the prevalence of elevated blood pressure, elevated blood glucose and obesity among the general population and people living with HIV
6) Assess the facilitators of and barriers to viral load suppression among people living with HIV on ART in two regions with the lowest VLS, based on the UPHIA 2020-21 survey findings.

 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:34:26 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DAVID KITYA
ID: UNCST-2022-R009620
 Analysis of the out-of-pocket costs of neurosurgical care in Uganda
REFNo: HS5875ES

3. To assess the socioeconomic impact of neurosurgical care on patients and their families/caregivers in Uganda, and to identify the key cost-related factors contributing to this burden within the local context.,2. To ascertain the proportion of patients experiencing catastrophic and impoverishing healthcare expenditure due to their neurosurgical care.,1. To determine the direct and indirect out-of-pocket costs borne by patients receiving neurosurgical care.,The main objective of this study is to quantify the OOP expenditure costs for patients receiving neurosurgical care in Uganda to estimate the proportion of patients experiencing CHE,
 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:30:41 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MARTHA GIMONO
ID: UNCST-2024-R016208
 The Readiness of Emerging Adults (18-25 years) Living with Type 1 Diabetes to Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare in Jinja District - Uganda.
REFNo: HS5871ES

1. To develop transition screening tools for emerging adults living with T1D in Jinja District, Uganda.
2. To understand facilitators of transition readiness among emerging adults living with T1D in Jinja District, Uganda.
3. To determine the level of transition readiness among emerging adults living with T1D in Jinja District, Uganda

 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:28:29 2028-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Oculi Jasper
ID: UNCST-2024-R004987
 Azotobacter and Pseudomonas bio-fertilizer for enhanced yield of maize (Zea mays) and Turtle beans (Phaseolus Voulgaris) in Uganda
REFNo: A594ES

i. To isolate and characterize isolates of azotobacter and pseudomonas bio-fertilizers which is efficacious as bio-fertilizer in Uganda.
ii. To evaluate the efficacy of azotobacter and pseudomonas bio-fertilizers on growth and yield of maize (Zea mays) and turtle beans (phaseolus voulgaris) in the greenhouse trial at Kyambogo University.
iii. To evaluate the efficacy of azotobacter and pseudomonas bio-fertilizers on growth and yield of maize (Zea mays) and turtle beans (phaseolus voulgaris) in the field at Kyambogo University farm.

 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:24:17 2028-05-23 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Johnblack Kabukye Kabaalu
ID: UNCST-2019-R001109
 PEPROOM – Patient Engagement and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Oncology using Mobile health tools in Uganda: A mixed-methods formative study
REFNo: SS3900ES

Main Objective
1. This project aims to enhance patient engagement and empowerment by increasing cancer awareness through efficient and effective dissemination of cancer information and advice. It also aims to develop/adapt patient-reported outcomes (PROs) measures for patients with cancer in Uganda, and improve PROs through cancer awareness, PRO tracking, reminders and personalized support. Overall, the project will contribute to research and evidence on patient-centered care in Uganda.
Specific Objectives
1. to explore knowledge, attitudes, and practices of cancer care providers and patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) with regards to patient empowerment and patient-reported outcomes (PROs
2. to identify PROs considered most important, relevant, and/or actionable for cancer care at the UCI, and develop/adapt measures (tools) to track these PROs
3. to develop, implement, and evaluate a telephone system for automated provision of cancer information related to the PROs and for administration of the PRO measures in (ii) above (i.e., in audio telephone questionnaire format)
4. to study the impact of the telephone system on the PROs above and other selected clinical care processes and outcomes (e.g., satisfaction with care, adherence to appointments, disease progression)
 Uganda 2025-05-23 13:23:23 2028-05-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Idro
ID: UNCST-2021-R013599
 Development of a clinical decision support (CDS) tool to address the epilepsy treatment gap in Uganda: A pilot study
REFNo: HS5127ES

Aim 1: To develop a machine learning-enabled clinical decision support (CDS) tool to choose an appropriate anti-epileptic drug for initiating treatment among children with epilepsy. Aim 2: To evaluate the effect of the CDS tools on the treatment gap among children with epilepsy in nine health clinics around KCCA and Wakiso, where CDS tool will be implemented. Aim 3: To determine the adoptation and acceptability of the CDS tool among non-specialist providers, who diagnose and treat children with epilepsy (psychiatry clinical health officers and psychiatry nurse) in clinics around KCCA.
Uganda 2025-05-22 12:07:57 2028-05-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Asiimwe Aisha
ID: UNCST-2024-R015631
 CORPORATE CULTURE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3703ES

To find out the moderating effect of government policies on employee performance in the Kasese and Kabarole local governments in Western Uganda,To establish the extent to which change management influences employee performance in Kasese and Kabarole Districts local governments in Western Uganda,To assess the extent to which employee engagement influence employee performance in Kasese and Kabarole Districts local governments in Western Uganda,To determine the extent to which performance management mechanisms influence employee performance in Kasese and Kabarole Districts local governments in Western Uganda,To examine the extent to which communication patterns influence employee performance in Kasese and Kabarole Districts local government in Western Uganda.,The purpose of this study will be to evaluate the relationship between corporate culture and employee performance in Kasese and Kabarole Districts local governments in Western Uganda. ,
 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:59:38 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Harriet  Kizza
ID: UNCST-2024-R003661
 EXPLORING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION UGANDAN UNIVERSITIES
REFNo: SS3806ES

1.To analyze the formative assessment practices currently employed in pre-service teacher education within Ugandan universities
2.To explore the experiences of teacher educators regarding the implementation of formative assessment in pre-service teacher education
3.To investigate students experiences and perceptions of formative assessment in pre-service teacher education within Ugandan universities
4.To recommend best practices for formative assessment that can enhance teaching and learning in pre-service teacher education programs

 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:58:05 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nelson Muwereza
ID: UNCST-2024-R015793
 Next Generation Surveillance for Tick-Swine Contact In Endemic And Non-Endemic Regions for African Swine Fever Virus
REFNo: NS913ES

1. Determine the vertebrate host community utilized by argasid ticks, competent vectors of ASFV.
2. Quantify serological evidence of swine exposure to soft tick and hard tick bites.

 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:57:02 2028-05-16 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
BERNARD BASHAASHA
ID: UNCST-2024-R002001
 Alternative Pricing within the Value Chain for Coffee Based on the True Costs of Cultivation: Case Study in Uganda
REFNo: A572ES

To assess child labor in Uganda\'s coffee value chain, and the impact of different internalization policies,To estimate the living income for coffee producers in Uganda,To quantify and monetize environmental, health and social externalities in the coffee value chain, and identify potential internalization mechanisms in Uganda,To quantify the environmental, societal, and health-related externalities of coffee production and render them comparable to monetary market values,
 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:55:33 2028-05-16 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pawel Fedurek
ID: UNCST-2025-R016767
 Exploring people’s attitudes towards snare trapping and their familiarity of the anti-poaching laws in Budongo
REFNo: SS3880ES

Using questionnaire and interview-based approaches, the aim of this study is to examine Budongo local communities’: - Knowledge of anti-poaching (hunting) law enforcement - Attitudes towards snare trapping - Awareness about the risks associated with poaching
 Poland 2025-05-16 9:53:56 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Louisa Watson Jayne
ID: UNCST-2025-R017997
 The impact of climate-induced ranging behaviour shifts on gastrointestinal parasite load in Bwindi mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei): implications for health and conservation
REFNo: NS956ES

This project aims to (1) explore the impacts that seasonality and the climate crisis are having on the ranging behaviour of Bwindi mountain gorillas and, as a result, (2) determine the impacts this is having on their health through quantifying their gastrointestinal microbiome parasite load.
 UK 2025-05-16 9:52:17 2028-05-16 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Noeline Atyayi Prossy
ID: UNCST-2024-R002339
 Infrastructural Development in Uganda Colleges of Commerce as a Function of Principals’ Leadership Role Effectiveness
REFNo: SS3749ES

1. To determine the level of leadership role effectiveness among the principals in UCCs.
2. To assess the level of infrastructural development in UCCs.
3. To examine the influence of leadership role effectiveness on infrastructural development in UCCs.
4. To explore the challenges faced by Principals in the course of infrastructural development
in UCCs.
5. To establish strategies for mitigating challenges faced by principals in the course of infrastructural development in UCCs.

 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:38:05 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Janet  Sego Jebichii
ID: UNCST-2024-R015572
 Development or Displacement? Bilateral Development Finance Institutions and development -induced displacements in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: SS3862ES

To analyze, whether or not the DFIs’ home countries are accountable towards the displaced people for human rights violations by their DFIs’ financed projects and possible future strategies,To assess the human rights responsibility and accountability of bilateral DFIs towards the displaced populations in projects that they finance,To analyze the actual application of the DFIs’ policies on involuntary resettlement in development projects in the host countries,To Examine the legal framework on development-induced displacements and the place of DFIs in prevention and protection of internally displaced persons,The main objective of this research is to analyze the legal framework on the duties of the DFIs to prevent involuntary displacement of people or to mitigate the effects of displacement by projects they finance in the developing countries. ,
 Kenya 2025-05-16 9:10:04 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lino Ika
ID: UNCST-2021-R011810
 Ergonomic safety factors and 3-6 year-old children's readiness to learn in selected Kampala City Nursery schools
REFNo: SS3770ES

The main objective of this study is to assess the effects of ergonomic safety factors on 3-6 year- old children's readiness to learn in selected Kampala City Nursery schools. The specific objectives are as follows: 1. Evaluate the ergonomic safety considerations for 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala City Nursery schools. 2. To examine the effects of the design of furniture on 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala City nursery schools. 3. To analyse the effects of sitting location on 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala city nursery schools. 4. Explore the classroom health related safety factors that influence 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala city nursery schools.
 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:09:01 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MATTHEW MCLENNAN
ID: UNCST-2023-R005558
 A Genomics Census of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the Greater Budongo-Bugoma Landscape: A Tool to Aid Long-term Monitoring and Conservation of a Critically Threatened Great Ape Population
REFNo: NS957ES

The objective of this 3-year study is to conduct a comprehensive genetics census of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) living in the Greater Budongo-Bugoma Landscape. This critically important great ape population comprises those in the Budongo and Bugoma Central Forest Reserves (CFRs) and the unprotected ‘corridor’ areas surrounding these main forest blocks. Chimpanzees throughout this landscape are highly threatened by ongoing agricultural and infrastructural developments, including those connected to the development of Uganda’s oil industry, with the chimpanzees residing outside protected areas facing greatest impacts. Fieldwork will involve non-invasive collection of faecal samples from all ‘corridor’ chimpanzee groups, with related data collected on ranges and habitat use, in addition to faecal sampling of populations within the main Budongo and Bugoma CFRs. The study will employ state-of-the-art genomics analyses to provide novel baseline data on the size, structure and viability of this critical but highly threatened population of great apes. The study will directly aid long-term population monitoring and inform effective conservation strategies on the ground to help safeguard the chimpanzees inhabiting this fast-developing region of Uganda.
UK 2025-05-16 9:06:39 2028-05-16 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christopher Baleke
ID: UNCST-2025-R016752
 A Review of Medical Records and Infrastructure Capacity to Inform Prospective Cohort Studies in Maternal and Child Health in Rural Uganda
REFNo: HS5841ES

Primary objectives 1. To review and extract data collected during antenatal care, birth, and postnatal periods at St. Francis Buluba Hospital and Mayuge Health Centre IV, assess the data types and methods of routinely gathered pregnancy-related, including laboratory and pharmacy data. 2. To determine the quality of perinatal data collected at St. Francis Buluba Hospital and Mayuge Health Centre IV with interest in completeness and legibility. 3. To explore the extent to which current records reflect current WHO recommendations in terms of timing of antenatal, postnatal visits and data collected at each visit. 4. To assess the feasibility of linking perinatal health records across antenatal, birth, and postnatal care into a standardised digital data collection format, capturing the standard WHO criteria Secondary Objectives 1. To determine the prevalence and risk factors of adverse perinatal and child-hood outcomes among mothers and children attending at Mayuge Health facilities from 01 January 2023 – 31 December 2024. 2. To assess the capacity and utilization of laboratory and pharmacy services in supporting maternal and child health
Uganda 2025-05-16 9:05:21 2028-05-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SAMUEL JJUNJU
ID: UNCST-2023-R006269
 ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER SCREENING AND REFERRAL PRACTICES AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5825ES

Aim 1: Determine the screening and referral rates of patients with suspected ARF at primary healthcare facilities in southwestern Uganda.
Aim 2: Determine the health workers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices to screen and refer patients with suspected ARF.
Aim 3: Evaluate the barriers to screening and referral of patients with suspected ARF at primary healthcare facilities in southwestern Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:04:14 2028-05-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Greenbaum
ID: UNCST-2024-R004974
 Electronic Waste Recycling and Environmental Policy in East Africa
REFNo: SS3908ES

Many cities across the global south are rapidly urbanizing and confronting increasing levels of wastes. This poses a challenge for cities’ infrastructural capacity. This project asks how cities and states adapt to rapid population growth and the byproducts of growing industrial sectors, and the wastes these growing forces bring. Batteries and consumer electronics are ubiquitous in daily life, yet the fate of these products once they reach the end of their lives remains understudied. This study seeks to understand how city and state governments make decisions on how to recycle these electronic wastes, how governments work with private sector actors to engineer recycling infrastructures, and where environmental externalities from the increased volumes of electronic wastes end up. This study examines state and city policy surrounding recycling and environmental protection, as well as metal recycler’s strategies for recycling electronic wastes in Kampala, Uganda. One objective of the study is to understand how governments and private recyclers separate electronic wastes from the general overall waste stream. Futhermore, the study seeks to understand different models for recycling electronic wastes once these wastes have been separated.
 USA 2025-05-16 9:02:06 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
KYOGABIRWE ROSSETTE
ID: UNCST-2024-R016174
 Elderly Care, Resilience, and Psychological Well-being among Elderly Nuns in the Mbarara Archdiocese, Western.
REFNo: SS3747ES

1. To assess the suitability of the infrastructural and material facilities available to elderly nuns in the Archdiocese of Mbarara.
2. To examine the healthcare services provided to elderly nuns.
3. To evaluate the link between social care and psychological well-being.
4. To explore the extent to which spiritual care sustains resilience among elderly nuns.

 Uganda 2025-05-16 10:31:49 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Deborah Manyiraho
ID: UNCST-2024-R016325
 Enhancing Education Service Quality through the Deans’ Managerial Competencies amidst Organizational Politics in Ugandan Public Universities
REFNo: SS3735ES

1. To assess the extent to which the study variables exist in the faculties of education in public universities in Uganda.
2. To establish the influence of deans managerial competencies on level of service quality in faculties of education.
3. To establish the moderation effect of organizational politics on the relationship between the dean’s managerial competencies and service quality.
4. To examine the challenges faced by faculty deans in enhancing education service quality amidst organizational politics.

Uganda 2025-05-16 10:30:11 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sarah Nambowa
ID: UNCST-2024-R002219
 EXPERIENCES, SUPPORT NEEDED, CO-DESIGNING AND PILOT TESTING A CAREGIVER SUPPORT GUIDE FOR REDUCING BURDEN AMONG CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY IN ISINGIRO DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5729ES

1.To explore the experiences and support needed to reduce caregiver burden among caregivers of children with epilepsy in Isingiro district, southwestern Uganda.
2.To co-design a caregiver support guide for reducing caregiver burden among caregivers of children with epilepsy in Isingiro district, southwestern Uganda
3.To pilot-test a caregiver support guide among caregivers for children with epilepsy in Isingiro district, southwestern Uganda.

Uganda 2025-05-16 10:28:56 2028-05-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sam Ejibua Anguzu
ID: UNCST-2024-R001968
 Scaling Refugee Teacher National Inclusion Models for Enhanced Agency and Well-being (resubmitted)
REFNo: SS3760ES

The overall objective of this research is to generate and mobilise evidence about how to effectively scale national, regional and global models of national inclusion of refugee teachers in such a way that they enhance refugee teachers’ agency and well-being. The additional specific objectives are to: 1. Generate knowledge about how models of refugee teacher inclusion can be sustainably and cost-effectively scaled in a way that maximises refugee teachers’ agency and well-being and promotes gender equality and inclusion in Chad, Uganda and Zambia. 2. Strengthen the capacity of school leaders, and provincial and national ministries of education stakeholders to prioritise refugee teacher agency and well-being when implementing national refugee teacher inclusion policies and programmes. 3. Mobilise evidence (through the study outputs) focused on how to integrate refugee teachers in a way that prioritises enhancing refugee teacher agency and well-being as well as gender equality and inclusion, particularly in the lead-up to and during the next Global Refugee Forum in 2027
 Uganda 2025-05-16 10:27:07 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
GODFREY MAKOHA
ID: UNCST-2025-R017345
 Exploring home-brewed alcohol production among South Sudanese refugees and surrounding host communities in Bidibidi: A livelihoods perspective
REFNo: SS3723ES

To explore the socioeconomic and public health implications of home-brewed alcohol production among refugees and the surrounding host communities in the Bidibidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda.
To document the experiences of home-brewed alcohol production among South Sudanese refugees and host communities living in the Bidibidi refugee settlement.

To explore mechanisms of addressing home-brewed alcohol production and its associated impact among refugee communities in Bidibidi while protecting producers' livelihood needs.

Uganda 2025-05-16 10:26:09 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sarah Ivory Jean
ID: UNCST-2025-R017174
 Evaluating tree planting strategies for effective community erosion control in R. Nyamwamba catchment near Mt Rwenzori, Uganda
REFNo: NS937ES

In this project, we seek to evaluate different community tree planting strategies for success with respect to their social and physical benefits. To do this, we will make biological and physical observations of current and prior tree planting sites.
 USA 2025-05-16 10:23:53 2028-05-16 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
James Byarugaba
ID: UNCST-2024-R004225
 Family Caregivers’ Experiences of Caring for Virally Non-Suppressed HIV Positive Adolescents in Uganda
REFNo: SS3778ES

The purpose of this qualitative basic study is to explore how HIV positive family caregivers describe supporting HIV-positive, virally nonsuppressed adolescents in the Lango and Acholi subregion in Uganda
 Uganda 2025-05-16 10:22:27 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Damasco OKETTAYOT
ID: UNCST-2024-R002113
 School-based Curriculum Practice and Implementation of Integrated Environmental Education in Secondary Schools in Gulu City
REFNo: SS3679ES

1. To assess the level of EE knowledge of secondary school teachers in Gulu City.
2. To assess teachers’ perceptions of the integration of EE into the secondary education curriculum.
3. To establish curriculum practice adopted in teaching EE in secondary schools.
4. To determine the association between curriculum practice and teachers’ EE knowledge.

Uganda 2025-05-16 10:00:38 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Caroline Berry
ID: UNCST-2025-R017515
 The role of emotional feedback in the acquisition of culture and the transmission of knowledge in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
REFNo: NS965ES

Overall goal - Tackle the impact of affective processes, particularly emotions, in the acquisition of cultural knowledge in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Ultimately, as part of a joint research, decipher the evolutionary roots of how human cultures developed to such a different extent compared to our closest relatives.

Objectives:
- Investigate longitudinally how young chimpanzees acquire knowledge in their first years of life about the environment or their social group through the emotional reactions of their closest kin (their mother).
- Investigate the material side of cultural knowledge transmission: experimentally assess the possibility of measuring the influence of emotional reactions in the mother on the exploration of novel stimuli in young chimpanzees and how this impacts their knowledge acquisition.

 France 2025-05-14 9:57:19 2028-05-14 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Graff Tilman
ID: UNCST-2025-R016859
 The Use and Repair of Capital by Small Enterprises and Economic Growth: Evidence from Uganda
REFNo: SS3846ES

The study aims to generate more knowledge on the economic forces behind repair provision for machines and their effects in Uganda as a whole. Specifically, it intends to: (i) Quantify market frictions shaping the availability of repair services for capital used by small enterprises in the milling, coffee bean hulling and commuter motorcycle industries. a. Analyse the apparent dichotomy between the thriving capital repair market in Kampala and the dearth of timely repair in more remote areas in the country using Luwero as a case study. b. Understand the business considerations of mechanics in planning where to locate, which machinery to specialise in, and how to acquire customers. (ii) Examine the impact of the availability of capital repair services on economic growth at the micro and macro levels a. At a micro level, the study examines the impact of the availability of capital repair services on the growth of small enterprises in the milling, coffee bean hulling and commuter motorcycle industries. b. At a macro level, using findings on business growth through a simulation, the study examines the impact of the availability of capital repair services on Uganda’s economic growth. (iii) Make policy simulations and recommendations. a. Simulate the impact of different policies aimed at overcoming the identified frictions, such as subsidies and benefits to repair personnel, impacting in the price of spare parts, achieved through tariff changes, transportation infrastructure improvements, or quality improvement, and expanded training programs for mechanics. b. Using the above simulations, formulate policy recommendations for the Ugandan government. As an example, the price of spare parts is a crucial variable measured in our survey. One way the government can lower the price of spare parts is through lowering tariffs. Our simulations will make predictions about the economic value of such a tariff policy, allowing us to make a recommendation as to whether such a policy should be pursued.
Germany 2025-05-14 9:55:08 2028-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kasyeba  sowedi
ID: UNCST-2024-R015275
 PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPTAKE OF LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG POST CAESAREAN DELIVERY MOTHERS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS5882ES

1.To determine the prevalence of uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives among post caesarean delivery mothers at Mbarara regional referral hospital.
2.To determine the factors associated with the uptake of long acting reversible contraceptives among post caesarean delivery mothers at Mbarara regional referral hospital.
 Uganda 2025-05-14 9:51:46 2028-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Megan Schmidt-Sane Mila
ID: UNCST-2019-R001043
 Tackling inequities in HIV/AIDS treatment ‘failure’ and mortality in Kampala, Uganda through participatory research with young men on the social determinants of health
REFNo: SS3813ES

1. Use ethnographic methods to understand and evidence how key intersecting social determinants (e.g., gender, generation) shape young men’s HIV treatment failure and AIDS-related mortality, with a focus on health as persistently relational and embedded in social conditions.
2. Use a systemic participatory action research approach with community members, HIV service providers and policymakers to identify and map leverage points in the wider system, with a focus on deeper structural transformation.
 USA 2025-05-14 9:43:23 2028-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Douglas Bulafu
ID: UNCST-2021-R011774
 Assessment of the Mpox Response in Uganda: Documenting Challenges, Lessons and Innovations to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness and Response Capacities
REFNo: HS6025ES

To assess and curate the response to the Mpox outbreak in Uganda including the policies, response interventions, strategies and challenges in order to generate lessons to inform the ongoing response and recovery as well as health system resilience to future public health emergencies. ,
 Uganda 2025-05-14 9:39:35 2028-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gumisiriza  Asaph Blair
ID: UNCST-2023-R006384
 Examining Institutional Support on Skills development for Youth Self-employment in Mbarara City: A study of Influences and Outcomes.
REFNo: SS3771ES

The study will be guided by the following objectives:
To investigate the relationship between institutional support and skills development initiatives for self-employment among youth in Mbarara City, Uganda, and to analyze the influences of this support on their self-employment ventures and the outcomes achieved.
1.5. Specific Objectives
i. To identify the types of institutional support mechanisms available to youth in Mbarara City as well as their effectiveness in promoting self-employment,
ii. To examine the perceptions and experiences of youth beneficiaries regarding institutional support for their self-employment endeavors in Mbarara City,
iii. To investigate the barriers and challenges encountered by youth in accessing self-employment even after training in Mbarara City,
iv. To propose actionable recommendations and strategies for enhancing the effectiveness of institutional support systems in Mbarara City to better foster youth self-employment

 Uganda 2025-05-14 9:37:17 2028-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Anna  Vitari
ID: UNCST-2024-R002485
 The nature of the firm revisited: Documenting Relational Contracts within and between firms in Uganda
REFNo: SS3360ES

Our end objective is to shed light on the constraints that prevent a myriad of micro-entrepreneurs from turning into salaried workers hired by firms. This would contribute to our understanding of structural change and how it fundamentally hinges on a transformation in the organization of labor (Bandiera et al. 2022). Moreover, we aim to investigate whether the evidence points to the existence of multiple equilibria and, if so, what the transition phase of moving from one equilibrium to another involves. In doing this, we will also shed light on the role that policymakers can play in creating coordination devices to select the “good equilibrium,In this proposal, we seek to deepen our understanding of the dynamics and payoffs that govern relational contracts in different industries operating in Kampala, Uganda. This will enhance our knowledge of the barriers to firm growth and specialization in developing countries, a well-known puzzle in the literature on structural transformation and growth (Hsieh and Olken 2014). In particular, by documenting the nature of the relationships between and within firms, we aim to understand the organizational frictions that prevent firms from merging, a necessary condition for countries’ structural transformation. ,
 Italy 2025-05-14 9:36:07 2028-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Brenda Nakirya Doreen
ID: UNCST-2023-R006312
 Impacts of extreme rainfalls on access to SRHR services for adolescent girls and young women in Mayuge district Uganda: a Case Study
REFNo: HS5852ES

1. To assess the differences in the prevalence of adolescent girls accessing SRHR services in remote areas of Mayuge District during periods of extreme rainfalls compared to times of moderate rainfall or the dry seasons over the past two years. 2. To explore the effects of extreme rainfalls on AGYW access to SRHR services in remote areas of Mayuge District. 3. To identify existing and recommend strategies to ensure sustainable systems for continued provision of SRHR services for AGYW during periods of extreme rainfalls in Mayuge District.
Uganda 2025-05-14 9:34:07 2028-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Fred  Bulamba
ID: UNCST-2020-R014888
 Rule of THUMB: A multi-centre cluster trial evaluating the implementation of a perioperative care complex intervention to improve outcomes from haemorrhage during and after caesarean section in African hospitals
REFNo: HS5855ES

To evaluate the effect of the trial intervention on patient outcomes relevant to future trials.,To evaluate whether implementation of the ‘Rule of THUMB’ perioperative complex intervention increases risk assessment and improves diagnosis and compliance with proven interventions for haemorrhage during and after caesarean section.,
 Uganda 2025-05-14 9:24:07 2028-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF PLASMA SEPARATION CARDS (PSC) AS AN ADDITIONAL SPECIMEN TYPE FOR THE ALINITY M HIV-1 ASSAY
REFNo: HS5963ES

The primary objectives of this protocol are to:
1) prospectively enrol and collect capillary PSC and venous PSC from subjects undergoing routine viral load monitoring at ART clinics, from subjects undergoing HIV-1 screening, and from subjects undergoing testing for CD4 counts. Note that plasma will also be collected and tested from each individual as part of routine test of record HIV-1 testing at CPHL.
2) perform testing of the PSC and plasma specimens using the Alinity m HIV-1 assay.
3) assess the following key performance attributes of the Alinity m HIV-1 assay testing PSC as a specimen type:
o correlation between Alinity m HIV-1 viral load from PSC and Alinity m HIV-1 viral load plasma
o clinical sensitivity and specificity for Alinity m HIV-1 viral load from PSC based on the agreement between Alinity m HIV-1 PSC results and Alinity m HIV-1 plasma results
o misclassification rates by Alinity m HIV-1 PSC results above and below the clinical threshold based on Alinity m HIV-1 plasma results
o suppression rates in participants based on Alinity m HIV-1 plasma and PSC results
The secondary objectives of the protocol are to:
1) Following Alinity m HIV-1 PSC testing, if the data analysis described above indicates promising performance and if sufficient left-over PSC spots are available, remaining PSC may be tested with another HIV-1 viral load test for which PSC is a claimed sample type (e.g., cobas HIV-1 Quantitative nucleic acid test for use on the cobas 6800/8800 Systems).
2) PSC results for the additional testing (if performed) will be analyzed for correlation to plasma results, clinical sensitivity and specificity, misclassification rates, and suppression rates to further determine if Alinity m PSC performance is equivalent to other HIV-1 testing technology.

Uganda 2025-05-14 10:16:37 2028-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mulemangabo Bisimwa
ID: UNCST-2025-R016823
 The Politics of Sustainable Energy Transition in Refugee Settlements: The case of Uganda
REFNo: SS3865ES

The research aims to examine the interactions between the top-down humanitarian energy system and the bottom-up community led-energy action, and how they shape sustainable energy access for displaced households in camp settings. Specifically, the research will address the following objectives: 1. To explore how the humanitarian system supports renewable energy access for displaced communities. 2. To examine the interrelationships between refugee-led energy initiatives and the international humanitarian agencies. 3. To examine how social interactions between refugee households and other energy stakeholders shape and influence the uptake of energy technologies and services in refugee camps.
Democratic Republic of Congo 2025-05-14 10:12:48 2028-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Richard Katuramu
ID: UNCST-2022-R011266
 OPTIMIZING LINKAGE OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HIV DISEASE TO PRIMARY HIV CARE FACILITIES AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE (LINK STUDY)
REFNo: HS5890ES

1. To systematically review and describe the different interventions that have been tried to improve timely linkage among PLHIV after discharge from hospital in LMIC.
2. To explore the barriers and facilitators influencing the timely linkage of PLHIV with AHD to primary HIV care facilities after hospital discharge in Mbale regional Referral hospital.
3. To determine the proportion of PLHIV with AHD linked to HIV care facilities within 14 days post-hospitalization in Mbale regional referral hospital.
4. To design and evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of implementing a theory-informed intervention to improve timely linkage among post-hospital discharge PLHIV with AHD in Mbale regional referral hospital.
5. To evaluate the implementation process of the LINK intervention using REAIM framework among PLHIV with AHD in Mbale regional referral hospital

 Uganda 2025-05-14 10:06:38 2028-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Martin Kasenge
ID: UNCST-2024-R001999
 Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Portfolio Quality in Uganda's Commercial Banking Sector: A Survey of Selected Banks
REFNo: SS3740ES

1. To examine the effect of Risk identification and profiling on loan portfolio Quality
2. To examine the effect of Risk assessment on loan portfolio Quality
3. To assess the effect of Risk Monitoring and control on portfolio Quality
4. To examine the moderating effect of adverse selection on both credit risk management practices and loan portfolio quality

 Uganda 2025-05-12 10:29:57 2028-05-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Christine Mulowoza
ID: UNCST-2025-R017337
 Evaluating the Effect of Multi Month Dispensing in Community Differentiated Service Delivery models (EEMCD) on viral load coverage and suppression among Children (0-9) and Adolescents (10-19) living with HIV (CALHIV) in Uganda
REFNo: HS5907ES

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
1.Among CALHIV, enrolled on MMD in community DSD models, determine the extent of viral load coverage and suppression as per the Uganda national guidelines.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
2.To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of CALHIV on MMD in community DSD model program
3.To determine the extent of viral load coverage for the CALHIV since being enrolled on the program
4.To assess the prevalence of viral load suppression CALHIV on MMD in community DSD models
5.To explore the barriers and facilitators influencing viral load testing uptake.
6.Explore the barriers and facilitators to effective implementation of MMD in the community DSD model

Uganda 2025-05-07 18:39:14 2028-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damari Atusasiire
ID: UNCST-2024-R002645
 A cluster- randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and impact of the Tiko platform on increasing access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services among Adolescents and Young People (AYP) in Uganda
REFNo: SS3858ES

To assess whether the Tiko Model increases the modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR) among adolescents and young people in treatment areas relative to control areas.
To determine if there is a reduction in unintended pregnancies.
To evaluate improvements in knowledge, perceived norms, and attitudes towards contraception and HIV services (testing, ART, and PrEP).
To assess whether there is an increase in the uptake of HIV testing, ART, and PrEP.
To determine if there is an increase in access to high-quality, youth-friendly health services.
To examine whether there is a reduction in the HIV test positivity rate.
To assess improvements in the continued use of short-acting contraception and retention in ART and PrEP.
To evaluate whether there is an improvement in the number of Couple Years of Protection (CYP) offered.
 Uganda 2025-05-07 18:25:50 2028-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victoria Isika Kiasyo
ID: UNCST-2025-R017083
 WOMEN'S DIGITAL SAFETY: Measurement for bolstering policy response
REFNo: SS3824ES

1. Conduct formative, human-centered research. We plan to co-create an instrument and contextualize our understanding of TFGBV, we will hold co-creation workshops with women and institutional stakeholders. 2. Translate formative human-centered findings to measurement. We will use qualitative insights from Aim 1 to compare local findings with existing TFGBV measures (developed mostly in high-income settings). 3. Pilot novel measure of TF-GBV exposure. We will pilot a quantitative instrument and submit this in an amendment to this ethics proposal. This amendment will specify the instrument, sampling, data collection procedures, analytical plan, community engagement and dissemination plan. Briefly, a long-list of items will be tested through quantitative surveys delivered both in person and digitally. Output from these surveys will enable us to validate and refine the instrument before dissemination.
 Kenya 2025-05-07 18:23:51 2028-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Winnie Kibone
ID: UNCST-2023-R008421
 Navigating Dual Diagnoses: Experiences of Individuals Living with Sickle Cell Disease and HIV in Uganda
REFNo: HS5859ES

1. To explore the experiences of people living with SCD and HIV in Northern and Central
Uganda
2. To determine indications for hospitalization, co-morbidities and clinical outcomes of
patients with SCD in Northern and Central Uganda
 Uganda 2025-05-07 18:22:49 2028-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eleanor Namusoke Magongo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013199
 Uganda Paediatric Antiretroviral Treatment study on uptake and long term outcomes on dolutegravir in Children and Adolescents living with HIV in Uganda (UP-ART DTG study).
REFNo: HS5830ES

Primary objectives: 1.To describe the uptake of DTG in the UP ART cohort and characteristics at start of dolutegravir (DTG)- based regimens (DBRs) 2.To describe mortality and loss to follow-up among CALHIV after start of DBRs 3.To assess the effectiveness of DBRs by assessing viral load (VL) response over time on DBR (viral suppression and viral failure) Secondary objectives: 4.To identify factors associated with viral failure 5.To assess the number/proportion of CALHIV discontinuing DTG and reasons for discontinuation 6.To assess changes in weight, height and body mass index (BMI) over time on DBR In analyses for Objectives 1-6, the key results will be presented overall and stratified by the following characteristics at start of DBR (where sufficient numbers n>20): a)Age at start of DBR: <2, 2 to <6, 6 to <12 and 12 to <20 years b)ART history and VL status at start of DBR: Naive, ART-experienced and suppressed (VL<1000 copies/mL), ART experienced and viremic (VL≥1000 copies/mL) and ART- experienced and unknown VL. The VL status is based on most recent measurement within 6 months of start of DBR. c)DTG regimen: DTG/ABC/3TC, DTG/TDF/3TC, other DTG-based regimen
Uganda 2025-05-07 18:21:47 2028-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
AGNES SANSA
ID: UNCST-2025-R017934
 MULTI-GENERATIONAL WORK ETHICS, INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC AGENCIES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3782ES

i. To establish the relationship between multigenerational work ethics and the performance of public agencies in Uganda. ii. To assess the influence of inclusivity in the relationship between multigenerational work ethics and the performance of public agencies in Uganda. iii. iii. To examine the effect of diversity management practices in the relationship between multigenerational work ethics and the performance of public agencies in Uganda. iv. iv. To determine the joint effect of multigenerational work ethics, inclusivity and diversity management practices on the performance of public agencies in Uganda.
Uganda 2025-05-07 18:19:31 2028-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joel Ongom
ID: UNCST-2024-R015752
 Impact of Dichrostachys cinerea management interventions on Soil Properties and subsurface Macrofauna in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS902ES

1. To determine the effect of management intervention on D.cinerea by excavation and burning on the physico chemical properties of soil.
2. To assess the effect D.cinerea management intervention in QENP on the abundance and diversity of above ground soil macrofauna
3. To assess the effect D.cinerea magement interventions in QENP on the abundance and divesity of below ground soil macrofauna

 Uganda 2025-05-07 18:17:57 2028-05-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mohamed Farah Mohamud
ID: UNCST-2025-R016841
 EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAVENOUS PETHIDINE VERSUS INTRAVENOUS TRAMADOL FOR PERIOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN UTERINE EVACUATION PROCEDURES AT JINJA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS5960ES

1. To assess the effectiveness of intravenous pethidine versus intravenous tramadol for perioperative analgesia in uterine evacuation procedure at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
2. To compare the secondary outcomes encountered among women administered with intravenous pethidine versus those with Intravenous Tramadol for perioperative analgesia in uterine evacuation procedures at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
3. To compare the level of patient satisfaction with intravenous pethidine versus Intravenous tramadol in uterine evacuation procedures at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital

 Somalia 2025-04-30 7:27:21 2028-04-30 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lillian Wambuzi Ogwang
ID: UNCST-2021-R013189
 Evaluation of eye-tracking tests of affection and executive function among adolescents living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda version 3.0 dated 13 Mar 2025
REFNo: HS5920ES

1) to assess executive functioning and affect with three tests adapted to eye-tracking instrumentation
2) to correlate measures of eye-tracking with standardized mental health assessments

 Uganda 2025-04-30 17:55:08 2028-04-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Muriel Mac-Seing
ID: UNCST-2024-R005208
 The Together Project 2.0: Co-creation and co-evaluation of accessible and gender-sensitive sexual and reproductive health and rights education video series for and with youth in situations of vulnerability in Uganda and Bangladesh
REFNo: SS3812ES

1. To identify SRHR education gaps and needs for youth in situations of vulnerability with limited to no access to SRHR education programs, in Gulu, Uganda, and Dhaka, Bangladesh (Phase 1) 2. To co-develop with youth in situations of vulnerability inclusive SRHR education programs that are contextually adapted to their needs and realities, while considering accessibility, social acceptability, and available SRHR resources (Phase 2). 3. To co-evaluate the relevance of the co-developed SRHR education content and co-learn for improved adaptation through community feedback-seeking and to inform further dissemination strategies tailored to the specific needs and preferences of youth in Gulu, Uganda, and Dhaka, Bangladesh (Phase 3).
Canada 2025-04-30 17:51:45 2028-04-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SSENYONJO  TADDEO BIRUNGI
ID: UNCST-2024-R002326
 EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF SUBSISTENCE CATTLE FARMERS IN NAKASONGOLA DISTRICT,UGANDA.
REFNo: A593ES

1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.3.1 Major objective To examine the effects of climate change on the socio- economic condition of subsistence cattle farmers in Nakasongola district and propose an appropriate farmer adaptation strategy. 1.3.2 Specific objectives 1.To describe negative effects of climate change faced by subsistence cattle farmers in Nakasongola District. 2.To explore impact of climate change on the socio-economic conditions of subsistence cattle farmers in Nakasongola District. 3. To evaluate adaptation and coping practices of subsistence cattle farmers in Nakasongola District with the effects of climate change. 4.To develop an adaptation strategy to the effects of climate change relevant to subsistence cattle farmers in Nakasongola District.
Uganda 2025-04-30 17:47:19 2028-04-30 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 KHB HIV I/II Ab RAPID TEST (REF: R-429-1-C-1 and REF: R-429-50-C-1 ): Part of the Diagnostic Sensitivity and Diagnostic Specificity
REFNo: HS5945ES

The objective of this evaluation is twofold. By collecting capillary whole blood (i.e. fingerprick) samples and corresponding venous whole blood (EDTA-K2) and plasma (EDTA-K2) samples the following objectives are assessed:
1) To establish the performance of the KHB HIV I/II Ab RAPID TEST using capillary whole blood or fingerprick samples when performed by lab technicians at an African hospital lab and by lay providers/healthcare workers (Nurses, Counsellors, clinical officers) at an African rural hospital lab.
2) To demonstrate specimen equivalence between capillary whole blood, venous whole blood and plasma.
This study will be conducted according to WHO TSS-1; Part 1 and part 2: Establishing clinical performance characteristics (professional use and/or self-testing.

 Uganda 2025-04-28 12:28:00 2028-04-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Justine  Komunyena Tumusiime
ID: UNCST-2023-R008465
 Assessment of the Country-Level Implementation and Use of Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance Information Systems in the WHO African Region
REFNo: HS5798ES

To assess the current landscape of VPD surveillance systems across the 47 WHO AFRO member states, with a focus on system type, dreadiness, integration with broader health information systems, and identification of key gaps, needs, and opportunitiesigital ,
 Uganda 2025-04-28 12:19:35 2028-04-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
 A Case Control Study to Assess Effectiveness and Safety of the R21/Matrix M Malaria Vaccine.
REFNo: HS5891ES

1) To assess the Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) of R21/Matrix-M vaccine against
severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.

2) To assess the Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) of R21/Matrix-M vaccine against
clinical malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum in high-transmission
perennial areas.

3) To assess if the R21/Matrix-M vaccine recipients are at an increased risk of
death (all-cause).
Uganda 2025-04-25 9:46:49 2028-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christine Semambo Sempebwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011977
 Evaluation of Welcome Sesame: Inclusion and Belonging for Displaced Learners in Uganda
REFNo: SS3837ES

Objectives:

Main Objective
1. The main objective/ purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Welcome Sesame Program for Inclusion and Belonging for Displaced Learners in Uganda.

Specific Objectives
1. Objective 1: To Enhance the capacity of early learning settings to support inclusion and belonging for all learners in refugee and migrant-hosting communities.
2. Objective 2: To increase learners’ skills and dispositions towards equitable, inclusive, and pro-social behavior using the perspectives of caregivers/ parent educators, and other stakeholders as a reference.
3. Objective 3: To evaluate the process effectiveness from the perspective of different stakeholders, including partners, parents/ guardians and caregivers/ parent educators, about what is and is not working well under the different units of Welcome Sesame and identify what needs to be further refined prior to implementing subsequent interventions.
 Uganda 2025-04-24 12:45:39 2028-04-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peterson Kikomeko Kato
ID: UNCST-2019-R000881
 Ethnicity and Nutritional Status of Children Aged 0-59 Months in Kiryandongo and Kyangwali Refugee Settlement and Host Community
REFNo: HS5885ES

1.To assess the demographic characteristics of Congolese and South Sudanese refugees in Kyangwali and Kiryandongo refugee settlements and those of their host communities 2.To analyse the nutritional status of Congolese and South Sudanese refugee children 0-59 months in Kiryandongo and Kyangwali refugee settlements and those in their respective host communities 3.To analyse the infant and young child feeding practices of Congolese and South Sudanese refugee children 0-59 months in Kiryandongo and Kyangwali refugee settlements and those in their host communities 4. Investigate the influence of ethnicity on nutritional status (wasting and stunting) of Congolese and South Sudanese refugee children 0-59 months in Kiryandondo and Kyangwali refugee settlements 5.To establish the difference in the age of growth faltering between the children of Congolese and South Sudanese aged 0-12 months in Kiryandongo and Kyangwali refugee settlements 6.To establish the difference in the age of growth faltering between the children of Congolese and South Sudanese refugee children aged 0-12 months in Kiryandondo (mainly South Sudanese) and Kyangwali (mainly Congolese) refugee settlements
Uganda 2025-04-24 12:36:55 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Protazio Sande
ID: UNCST-2024-R002344
 EXPLORING THE ROLE OF BOARD GOVERNANCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC AGENCIES WITHIN UGANDA’S MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
REFNo: SS3855ES

The study aims to explore the role of board governance in enhancing organizational performance in selected public agencies under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Uganda. It will investigate how board structure, board processes, and board practices influences the efficiency, effectiveness, and relevance of these organizations. The Specific Objectives are: 1. To analyze how different board structures impact the overall performance of public agencies. 2. To investigate the specific practices adopted by boards and their effects on the performance of public agencies. 3. To assess how various board processes contribute to the performance of public agencies. 4. To explore stakeholders’ perceptions about the effect of Board governance on Organizational performance.
 Uganda 2025-04-24 12:31:19 2028-04-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Andrew Seguya Ggunga
ID: UNCST-2025-R018111
 Mountain Gorilla Census in the Bwindi and Sarambwe Ecosystem
REFNo: NS955ES

The Mountain Gorilla Census is a survey that has been periodically conducted to determine the
minimum number of individual habituated and non-habituated mountain gorillas in Virunga
Bwindi Landscape. The census of mountain gorillas also helps us to understand the population
dynamics, including changes in gorilla groups composition and sizes as well as solitary males. In
addition, this survey provides the opportunity to determine levels of human disturbance as well as
the status of other large mammals in the landscape. The results from the census enable us to assess
the success of all conservation efforts aimed at protecting mountain gorillas and its habitats, as
well as to ensure that they receive continue attention from the global conservation community.

Uganda 2025-04-24 12:26:12 2028-04-24 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Mugabe
ID: UNCST-2024-R004064
 DESIGN OF A FUZZY LOGIC FAULT DETECTION ALGORITHM AND AUTOMATIC PHASE SWITCHING IN ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION
REFNo: NS954ES

1. To develop a model, using ABCD parameters, of a long transmisision line.
2. To obtain Surge impedance loading (SIL) curves for transmission line monitoring and
fault prediction.
3. To develop a fuzzy logic fault detection algorithm.
4. To simulate the developed model and the fuzzy logic algorithm using SIMULINK
 Uganda 2025-04-24 12:24:25 2028-04-24 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
BRENDA GATI MIREMBE
ID: UNCST-2021-R013390
 Improving Choice and Use of Biomedical HIV Prevention for Women in Uganda: A Couples-Based Approach (CUPID)
REFNo: HS5827ES

Aim 3: To assess CUPID implementation outcomes, and barriers and strategies to address them, to inform the adoption and integration of CUPID to support women’s PrEP uptake and use.,Aim 2: Assess the effectiveness of the CUPID intervention on PrEP uptake, persistence, and use among Ugandan women, compared to PrEP choice delivered to women only.,Aim 1: To refine CUPID intervention content and implementation to support women’s PrEP choice and use in public health settings.,
 Uganda 2025-04-24 12:23:21 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pamela Apio Okwir
ID: UNCST-2022-R010419
 Acceptability of SMART pill bottle use among children with Rheumatic Heart Disease on oral penicillin prophylaxis in Lango Subregion, Uganda.
REFNo: HS5816ES

1. To assess the acceptability of children with RHD undergoing oral penicillin prophylaxis on use of SMART pill bottles in Lango subregion, Uganda. 2. To explore the perceptions of children with RHD undergoing oral penicillin prophylaxis on the use of SMART pill bottles in Lango subregion. 3. To determine the factors associated with acceptability of SPBs among children with RHD on oral penicillin prophylaxis
Uganda 2025-04-24 12:16:45 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dathan Byonanebye Mirembe
ID: UNCST-2024-R005315
 EVALUATING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY TOXICITIES AND SURVEILLANCE PRACTICES IN UGANDA (ART-TOX STUDY)
REFNo: HS5752ES

1. To describe the ART adverse events experienced by people living with HIV in Uganda
2. To determine the incidence and predictors of treatment-limiting toxicity among people living with HIV.
3. To evaluate the perceptions, barriers and facilitators of ART adverse event screening, monitoring, and
reporting in Uganda.
 Uganda 2025-04-24 12:12:26 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Timothy Kintu Mwanje
ID: UNCST-2021-R013684
 FORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AI-DRIVEN CHATBOT FOR PEER SUPPORT AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5751ES

1) To explore facilitators and barriers across
multiple stakeholder levels for implementation of generative AI chatbots
into HIV peer support initiatives. 2) To generate a contextually relevant
peer support dialogue dataset to guide development of a virtual peer
support chatbot. 3) To create and refine a prototype chatbot for AYPLHIV
peer support informed by stakeholder feedback.
 Uganda 2025-04-24 12:06:29 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kara  Faktor
ID: UNCST-2024-R003145
 Feasibility of expansion of an operative trauma course to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and impact on surgical practices among residents
REFNo: HS5724ES

Aim 1: Assess the feasibility of implementing the operative trauma course at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, including evaluation of knowledge acquisition (Kirkpatrick level 2). Aim 2: Evaluate changes in operative management of trauma patients by second-year surgical residents (Kirkpatrick Level 3) at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital following the operative trauma course. Aim 3: Explore the facilitators and barriers to implementation of operative techniques by the surgical residents.
 USA 2025-04-24 11:19:50 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pius Nyikirize
ID: UNCST-2024-R016279
 Assessing the Data and Information Management Capacity of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council.
REFNo: HS5690ES

To examine the relationship between system quality, information quality, and service quality and their impact on perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council’s data management system.

To identify the strengths and weaknesses in the data management system and processes at the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council and make recommendations for improvement.

 Uganda 2025-04-24 10:46:02 2028-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Namaganda Rehema Rehema
ID: UNCST-2024-R005390
 Understanding Older Persons' experiences with the Senior Citizen Grant (SCG) and Its implications on Care and Social Protection in Uganda
REFNo: SS3579ES

1. To analyse how the utilisation of the senior citizen grant (SCG) influences the overall care for the elderly, including their access to healthcare services.
2. Assess the impact of senior citizen grant on existing care relationships and dynamics between the state, family, community and older persons benefiting from the grant.
3. To explore how experiences of older persons receiving the senior citizen grant can inform and shape social protection policies in Uganda

 Uganda 2025-04-24 10:33:06 2028-04-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Vicent Mabirizi
ID: UNCST-2023-R006965
 A Convolutional Neural Network Model for Processing DICOM Files
REFNo: SIR495ES

To test and validate the accuracy of the developed model for processing DICOM files for image classification.,To develop a convolutional neural network model for processing DICOM files for image classification,To explore how deep learning techniques have been applied to process DICOM files for image classification,To improve the detection and classification of DICOM images,
 Uganda 2025-04-24 10:22:37 2028-04-24 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Eve  Namisango
ID: UNCST-2021-R014038
 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NURSE-LED PALLIATIVE CARE INTERVENTION FOR PEOPLE WITH HEART FAILURE IN UGANDA IN TERMS OF PATIET-REPORTED OUTCOMES
REFNo: SS3641ES

To determine patients and healthcare professional views regarding the processes, mechanisms and outcomes of the intervention.,To test the effectiveness of the nurse-led palliative care intervention among heart failure patients compared to existing care in an RCT design in terms of patient-reported outcomes.,To use findings from scoping review to generate a nurse-led palliative care intervention underpinned by the theory of person-centredness care. ,To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse-led palliative care intervention for adult heart failure patients in Uganda on patient-reported outcomes, compared to usual care. ,
 Uganda 2025-04-24 10:20:58 2028-04-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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