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Fiona  Nakabugo Kabuuka
ID: UNCST-2024-R003631
UTILIZATION AND DETERMINANTS OF HIV TESTING AND COUNSELING SERVICES AMONG YOUTH IN KAWAALA VILLAGE, LUBAGA PARISH, LUBAGA DIVISION
REFNo: HS5339ES

To assess the health-facility determinants influencing the utilization of HIV Testing and Counseling services among youths in Kawaala village, Lubaga Parish, Lubaga Division in May 2024.,To assess the environmental related determinants influencing the utilization of HIV Testing and Counseling services among among youths in Kawaala village, Lubaga Parish, Lubaga Division in May 2024.,To determine the individual determinants influencing the utilization of HIV Testing and Counseling services among youths in Kawaala village, Lubaga Parish, Lubaga Division in May 2024.,To determine the level of utilization of HIV Testing and Counseling services among youths in Kawaala village, Lubaga Parish, Lubaga Division in May 2024.,To assess the utilization and determination of HIV testing and Counseling services youths in Kawaala village, Lubaga Parish, Lubaga Division in Kampala District in May 2024.,
Uganda 2025-03-14 18:37:36 2028-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Murezi Mereth
ID: UNCST-2023-R007640
Effects of Lifestyle and Environmental Change on the Human Epigenome
REFNo: HS5243ES

To advance our understanding of the epigenomic mechanisms that mediate the acclimatization to major transitions in lifestyle and environment to understand how populations adapt, both in the past and in the future.
Characterize how extreme lifestyle and environmental transitions affect patterns of gene regulation.

Uganda 2025-03-14 18:36:41 2028-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joyce Kambugu Balagadde
ID: UNCST-2020-R014996
International classification, cancer and care: Accounting for the diagnostic potential of low- and middle-income countries
REFNo: SS3561ES

NOTES: The overall project is guided by three research questions, given here with their related objectives. Specific objectives for research activities in Uganda are also described. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 1: What are the “on-the-ground realities” of brain tumour diagnosis and care in Sub-Saharan Africa and how does diagnostic practice in brain tumours differ across the region? OBJECTIVE 1: To develop three detailed empirical case studies of diagnostic work and brain tumour care in Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa that are embedded in understandings of care23, national policy, socio-technical infrastructures, and international classification. OBJECTIVE 2: To compare empirical case studies to develop rich understandings of how practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa use, refuse, or adapt WHO classifications, or mobilise to establish their own terms of reference. OBJECTIVE 3: To generate critical perspectives on diagnostic value, where diagnosis might not be assumed an essential condition of good care. RESEARCH QUESTION 2: How are the diagnostic contexts of LMICs considered by experts writing international cancer classifications? OBJECTIVE 4: To examine how international cancer classifiers understand diagnostic approaches and infrastructures in LMICs. OBJECTIVE 5: To examine the individual values and institutional principles that guide how classifiers consider these approaches in their decision-making about cancer classification. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 3: How are local medical practitioners, cancer advocates, and international organisations mobilising in a regional network to improve brain tumour outcomes across Sub-Saharan Africa? OBJECTIVE 6: To explore how local medical practitioners, advocates, and international organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa are collaborating in a new professional network, Society for Neuro-Oncology Sub-Saharan Africa (SNOSSA), to improve brain tumour diagnosis and care across Sub-Saharan Africa. OBJECTIVE 7: To examine how members understand unity and diversity among Sub-Saharan African countries, and establish common aspirations and strategies concerning diagnosis and classification. OBJECTIVE 8: To explore how members understand their work on a disease which is considered rare, yet its true incidence unknown, and which is de-prioritised in national and international funding. The specific research objective for research conducted in Uganda is to develop a thorough ethnographic understanding of how brain tumour diagnosis happens in practice; how diagnostic work relates to local sociotechnical infrastructure, national policy, and international classification; and how diagnosis relates to care and treatment decision-making.
Uganda 2025-03-14 18:29:40 2028-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ssonko jackson
ID: UNCST-2022-R009683
SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND CLIENTS' SATISFACTION: A CASE OF NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY FUND BENEFICIARIES IN UGANDA .
REFNo: SS2326ES

To investigate the contribution of the Social Security Policy Implementation on NSSF Clients’ Satisfaction in Uganda,To assess the influence of Legal framework for social security on NSSF clients’ satisfaction in Uganda.,To analyze the congruence between of Social Security Policy Implementation andLegal framework for social security with particular reference to NSSF in Uganda,To investigate the contribution of the Social security policy to NSSF clients’ satisfaction. The donation is regarded as mediating the Legal Framework for Community Safety with a particular focus on Kampala and the surrounding areas of Uganda.,
Uganda 2025-03-14 18:26:08 2028-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GWOKYALYA EDITH BAAGALA
ID: UNCST-2023-R005596
Academic staff workload and Quality management in private chartered universities in Uganda
REFNo: SS3509ES

i. To examine the effect of the academic staff workload on total quality management in Private chartered universities in Uganda.
ii. To evaluate the effect of academic staff workload on faculty development programs in private chartered universities in Uganda.
iii. To examine the effect of faculty development programs on total quality management in Private chartered universities in Uganda.
iv. To assess the mediating effect of faculty development programs in the relationship between academic staff workload and total quality management in Private chartered universities in Uganda

Uganda 2025-03-14 18:24:15 2028-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Paulous Serugo
ID: UNCST-2023-R005541
EFFECT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY-GENERATED CROPS ON SOCIALAND ECONOMIC JUSTICE OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: SS2560ES

To evaluate the benefits and costs of biotechnology-generated crops on the social justice of smallholder farmers.,To investigate the effect of biotechnology-generated crops on improved food availability for smalljholder farmers,To analyse the effect of biotechnology-genrated crops on the growing and utilization of indigenous crops,To assess the adoption process of biotechnology generated crops among smallholder farmers in cnetral Uganda,Investigate the effect of biotechnology-genrated crops on social and economic justice of smallholder farmers in central Uganda,
Uganda 2025-03-14 18:22:43 2028-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Brenda Ainomugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013462
EFFECT OF POINT-OF-CARE CONTRACEPTIVE PROVISION ON MODERN METHODS UPTAKE AMONG WOMEN DELIVERING BY CESAREAN SECTION AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS4718ES

MAIN OBJECTIVE
To describe patterns of immediate postpartum contraceptive uptake, evaluate the effect of point-of-care
provision on uptake, and identify factors influencing uptake among women delivering by cesarean
section at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. To determine the prevalence of immediate postpartum modern contraception uptake among women
delivering by cesarean section at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
2. To determine the factors associated with immediate postpartum modern contraception uptake among
women delivering by cesarean section at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
3. To evaluate the effect of point-of-care contraceptive provision intervention on immediate postpartum
modern contraceptive uptake among women delivering by cesarean section at Mbarara Regional
Referral Hospital
4. To explore the barriers and facilitators of point-of-care contraceptive provision on immediate
postpartum modern contraceptive uptake among women delivering by cesarean section at Mbarara
Regional Referral Hospital
5. To describe postpartum modern contraceptive uptake among women who experienced the point of care
provision of contraceptive methods up to one year of follow-up
Uganda 2025-03-14 18:18:20 2028-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex Muheesi Gerald
ID: UNCST-2024-R002585
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND SERVICE DELIVERY
REFNo: SS3520ES

General objective
To examine the effect of procurement management practices on service delivery by Ugandan Cities
Specific objectives
i. To examine the effect of procurement planning on service delivery
ii. To assess the effect of transparency and accountability on service delivery
iii. To evaluate the effect of competitive bidding on service delivery
iv. To examine the effect of contract management on service delivery
v. To assess the role of leadership and politics on service delivery

Uganda 2025-03-14 18:15:15 2028-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Musa Sekamatte
ID: UNCST-2024-R016555
Understanding Multisectoral Collaboration for Strengthening Antimicrobial Resistance Interventions in Uganda.
REFNo: HS5641ES

1. To examine how MSC for strengthening AMR interventions occurs
2. To determine the barriers for facilitators for strengthening MSC of AMR interventions
3. To describe features of a desirable MSC model for strengthening AMR interventions

Uganda 2025-03-14 18:11:39 2028-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jessica Lambert Elisabeth
ID: UNCST-2024-R003524
Tracing the Pathways
REFNo: SS3347ES

 To identify barriers and enablers to successful program implementation, To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the interventions, To compare the outcomes of different interventions and identify key factors contributing to well-being and self-reliance., To evaluate the current mental health status and self-reliance of former beneficiaries of TPO_Uganda’s programming,
USA 2025-03-14 18:07:03 2028-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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