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Doreen Nabukalu
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ASSESSMENT OF VILLAGE HEALTH TEAMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS80ES

• To assess the performance of VHTs in the conduct of verbal autopsy and collection of vital statistics in a rural setting. • To ascertain the leading causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months • To ascertain the magnitude of various causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months. • To examine the validity of adult mortality statistics gathered by VHTs by comparing health facility data and verbal autopsy data.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Richard Wamimbi Wotti
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Understanding social norms to prevent and respond violence against children in and around schools
REFNo: SS103ES

The overall objective of the study is to provide an understanding of social norms to prevent and respond to violence for children thrive in safer environment to realize their rights and enhance their well being . The specific objectives include: 1. Establish the existing social norms that underpin and perpetuate against violence in and around schools for girls and boys? 2. Investigate the role of social norms in driving, sustaining and mitigating behavior that contributes to violence against children in and around schools? 3. Explore the existing reference groups ( networks) and their role in influencing social norm change in and around schools? 4. Examine to what extent social norm change has embedded itself within the community, sufficient to change children’s lived experience in preventing and responding to violence against children 5. Explore how social norms change has impacted children’s lived experiences, (including enhancing positive socio-cultural capital supporting child safety and well-being?) 6. Find out the key drivers of social norms change in creating a safer school environment for children to thrive? 7. Suggest programming approaches and steps that may be applied to enhance positive social norms and shift harmful social norms in different context to prevent violence against children.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
VICTORIA  NAKIBUUKA
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EVALUATION OF THE UTILITY OF CRP AMONG PRETERMS WITH SEPSIS IN A LOW RESOUCE LIMITED SETTING: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
REFNo: HS96ES

Objective 1: To compare CRP levels versus gestational age categories among preterms with sepsis admitted at Nsambya Hospital Objective 2: To compare the CRP levels versus organisms identified among preterms with neonatal sepsis at Nsambya Hospital Secondary Objectives Objective 3: To compare clinical outcomes versus CRP levels and identified organisms among preterms at Nsambya Hospital Objective 4: To determine bacterial sensitivity patterns among preterm infants with sepsis at Nsambya Hospital.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Brenda Namugumya
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Integrated nutrition strategies beyond paper realities: the case of Uganda
REFNo: SS83ES

The overall research question is “has Uganda’s adoption of integrated nutrition strategies (INS)resulted in actual changes in nutrition governance?” The specific research questions for the study are: 1) To what extent has nutrition been integrated into policy processes at various ministries? 2) What factors are facilitating or inhibiting integration of nutrition in policy processes of various ministries? 3)Have INS been consistently adopted into local government policy processes? 4)How has nutrition service delivery on the ground changed as a result of the adoption of the INS?
Uganda 2017-07-31 2020-07-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Stephen Okoboi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001356
 HIV self-testing and linkage to care among Men having sex with Men (MSM). A trial Distribution through MSM networks in The Aids Support Organization (TASO)
REFNo: HS89ES

Aims 1. To conduct assess the barriers and facilitators of a formative research on the distribution strategy of HIVST kits through the peer networks (peers) of MSM Aim 2. To conduct a pilot trial for evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of distributing HIVST kits using peers and linkage to HIV services. Aim 3. To map and analyze the network of connections between peers and the peers they recruited during the trial.
Uganda 2017-07-31 2020-07-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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