Jade Siu
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Trade Costs and cross border traders
REFNo: SS226ES
Broad objective:
*To understand challenges to cross-border traders’ trading activities
Specific objectives:
*Understand how cross-border traders’ perspective of the One-Stop-Border-Post
*Understand the barriers cross-border traders’ face in their day-to-day trading activities
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UK |
2018-08-07 |
2021-08-07 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Julius Okuni Boniface
ID: UNCST-2019-R000963
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Molecular evolution of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Africa
REFNo: A35ES
1. Study of MAP prevalence in two African countries (Sudan and Uganda) and evaluation in comparison to data of Europe and worldwide (To be done in Uganda and Sudan)
2. Analysis of the phylogeny of MAP strains from Africa based on genotyping and complete genomes (To be done in Sudan with samples from Sudan and Uganda)
3. Identification of virulence factors of selected MAP strains (To be done in Uganda).
4. Investigation of susceptibility and resistance genes of cattle to MAP (To be done in Uganda).
5. Creation of a risk map for paratuberculosis in Africa.
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Uganda |
2018-07-31 |
2021-07-31 |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Andrew Kambugu
ID: UNCST-2019-R000823
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Improving HIV treatment in pregnancy: A qualitative study on late antenatal care initiation, maternal disengagement from antiretroviral therapy, and the acceptability of dolutegravir in Uganda and South Africa.
REFNo: HS216ES
1. To investigate the barriers to and facilitators of the uptake of antenatal care early in pregnancy among women in urban and peri-urban communities in South Africa and Uganda.
2. To critically examine key factors that are associated with ART disengagement among women in urban and peri-urban communities in South Africa and Uganda, including:
i. the barriers to and facilitators of ART initiation and adherence among late presenting pregnant women;
ii. the role of pregnancy, breast-feeding and other post-delivery household and healthcare practices in ART disengagement among women;
iii. the differences and similarities in the perceived side effects of dolutegravir and efavirenz among pregnant and post-partum women;
iv. the role of community health workers in the delivery of HIV treatment services among pregnant and post-partum women.
3. To understand the key factors that are likely to influence a potential policy transition to and acceptability of dolutegravir in communities and health facilities in South Africa and Uganda.
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Uganda |
2018-07-27 |
2021-07-27 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Barbara Castelnuovo
ID: UNCST-2019-R000802
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PREVALENCE OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES AMONG HIV-INFECTED WOMEN ATTENDING AN URBAN OUT-PATIENT CLINIC IN KAMPALA, UGANDA: A PILOT STUDY
REFNo: HS219ES
Primary
• To determine the prevalence of GDM among HIV positive pregnant women using standard OGTT.
Secondary
• To describe the association between GDM and maternal/fetal outcome in HIV positive women.
• To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among HIV positive women previously diagnosed with GDM after birth using standard OGTT.
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Uganda |
2018-07-27 |
2021-07-27 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Adriena De Visser
ID:
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Global Health Electives: Ethical Engagement in Building Global Health Capacity
REFNo: SS229ES
Research Question: At sites where the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) and other international institutions have long-standing collaborations in support of global health electives, what are the relationship dynamics as perceived by stakeholders in sub-Saharan Africa in regards to visiting medical trainee global health electives?
Specific Objectives
We aim to:
1)Explore and explain perspectives regarding the harms and benefits of global health electives from multiple stakeholders.
2)Explore and explain perspectives on how to create more equitable and mutually beneficial global health electives from multiple stakeholders.
The stakeholder perspectives which we plan to include are those at the host site in Mwanza, Tanzania and Mbarara, Uganda: health facility administrators, host physicians, medical officers, nurses, local trainees, patients and/or family members, and a community leader.
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Canada |
2018-07-26 |
2021-07-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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