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EVARIST TURYAHABWA RUTAHWEIRE SILVER
ID: UNCST-2023-R007726
Estimation of cancer risk due to radionuclides in food and water in Kilembe mines area, Western Uganda
REFNo: NS542ES

1. Determine radionuclide concentrations in samples of soil, pyrite wastes, staple food crops, and surface water in the Kilembe mines area.
2. Measure radon concentration in indoor air of residences.
3. Estimate radionuclide transfer factors to maize crops locally grown in the Kilembe mines area.
4. Model radionuclide transfer to maize crops locally grown in the Kilembe mines area.
5. Measure the heavy metal elements in food crop and water in the Kilembe mines area.

Uganda 2025-03-10 17:22:53 2028-03-10 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Moses Okumu
ID: UNCST-2023-R008457
Twendee (let’s go in Swahili): Digital health technologies to promote the sexual health, resilience, and agency of slum-dwelling youth in Uganda
REFNo: SS3631ES

identify resilience and digital health factors to inform the development of future strengths-based interventions for slum-dwelling youth,understand ecological resilience-based factors associated with sexual health inequities ,
Uganda 2025-03-10 17:01:24 2028-03-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ddamulira
ID: UNCST-2023-R005533
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy(ETV)+/-Choroid Plexus Cauterization(CPC)in treating Infantile Hydrocephalus: A study to Assess the Success and Failure rates of ETV+/-CPC in Children Under 6 months of Age in Uganda
REFNo: HS5446ES

Primary Objective
To describe the outcomes of ETV±CPC performed as index definitive surgical procedure for children less than 6 months of age with hydrocephalus at CCHU from January 2020 to December 2021
Specific Objectives.
1. To determine the ETV±CPC success and failure rates among hydrocephalus patients who had index ETV±CPC at CCHU at less than 6 months of age.
2. To determine the average time to failure for hydrocephalus patients who had index ETV±CPC at CCHU at less than 6 months of age
3. To determine the clinical and radiological characteristics of patients who had index ETV±CPC at CCHU at less than 6 months of age
4. To determine the factors associated with ETV±CPC success or failure among children with hydrocephalus treated with ETV±CPC as index definitive surgery when less than 6 months of age.

Uganda 2025-03-10 16:56:18 2028-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Geofrey Musinguzi
ID: UNCST-2024-R015961
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Health Facility-level Implementation of the D-Card Project in Uganda
REFNo: HS5573ES

Main objective
To conduct baseline, mid-term and endline data collection and analysis for D-Card project evaluation on availability, utilization, and quality of care of NCD healthcare delivery in primary healthcare facilities in Uganda.

Specific objectives
1. To assess changes in the availability of medicines, technologies, screening, and treatment services for hypertension and diabetes at baseline, mid-term and endline across selected health facilities.
2. To evaluate the quality of care for hypertension and diabetes at the facility and population levels at baseline, mid-term and endline.
3. To identify challenges and barriers affecting the implementation of D-Card project from the perspectives of health professionals, district managers, and national health
authorities.
4. To assess the impact of the D-Card project on health system performance including service delivery and integration, based on views of key stakeholders.
5. To assess the affordability and accessibility of insulin, including cost per unit, injection frequency, and barriers to procurement, to inform strategies for improving diabetes care.
Uganda 2025-03-10 16:47:41 2028-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Margaret Rose  Nagita
ID: UNCST-2024-R004180
Perceptions Of Academic Staff On Retention Approaches In Church Founded Higher Education Institutions In Uganda: A Qualitative Study
REFNo: SS2766ES

3. To discover the expectations of academic staff for their retention in Church-founded Universities in Uganda.,2. To analyze the views of academic staff towards the staff retention approaches applied in Church of Uganda founded Universities in Uganda. ,1. To establish the staff retention approaches applied by Church-founded Universities in Uganda.,
Uganda 2025-03-10 16:28:25 2028-03-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Hellen Mshilla Mghoi
ID: UNCST-2024-R004481
Social Integration of Youth Born in Lord's Resistance Army Captivity in Gulu District, Uganda
REFNo: SS3041ES

3. To find out the meanings of the access to social integration resources by YBLC living in Gulu district to youth and their communities.,2. To analyze how YBLC living in selected parishes in Gulu districts in the Acholi sub region of northern Uganda access resources for their social integration.,1. To examine resources needed for the social integration of YBLC living in the Acholi sub region of Uganda access.,The main objective of the study will be to contribute to knowledge on the access to resources for social integration by youth born in LRA captivity (YBLC) in the Acholi sub-region of Northern Uganda. ,
Kenya 2025-03-10 16:25:49 2028-03-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Christine Nimwesiga
ID: UNCST-2024-R015680
AN ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE COMPLIANCE WITH NURSING AND MIDWIFERY REGULATIONS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5554ES

1. To assess the prevalence of compliance to registration and licensing standards of nurses and midwives in Uganda over the past 5 years.
2. To determine the factors associated with nurses' and midwives' compliance to registration and licensure standards in Uganda.
3. To explore the challenges faced by nurses and midwives in complying with the registration and licensure standards in Uganda
4. To develop an action plan to facilitate compliance with registration and licensure standards for nurses and midwives in Uganda.
5. To validate the action plan to facilitate compliance of nurses and midwives with registration and licensure standards.

Uganda 2025-03-10 16:21:52 2028-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Erick OKEK Jacob
ID: UNCST-2023-R007305
BURDEN, HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE AND MULTIPLICITY OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTIONS STRAIN AMONG CHILDREN IN NORTHERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5306ES

i) Malaria burden in settings (Gulu and Yumbe districts) receiving different combinations of mosquito vector control measures ii) Explore variability of Plasmodium falciparum parasite characteristics in settings (Gulu and Yumbe districts) receiving different combinations of mosquito vector control measures for malaria control
iii) To conduct a systematic reviews and meta-analysis on the effects of age and exposure on development of Naturally acquired immunity against malaria among children in settings receiving different combinations of malaria control measures across Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda 2025-03-10 16:20:59 2028-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Margaret Bryer
ID: UNCST-2024-R016311
Social nutrition in guenons in Uganda
REFNo: NS895ES

I will investigate the effects of conspecific sociality on nutritional intake and nutrient balance in two forest guenon species in Uganda. Though we will investigate the nutrition of both sexes, we will start by examining adult female guenon social nutrition. Female guenons may face a tradeoff between (1) competition with conspecifics, potentially in the context of shallow dominance hierarchies, and with other monkey species and (2) their own nutritional goals. I will examine conspecific social behavior and nutrition at Kanyawara site, Kibale National Park, where I will continue my redtail nutrition work (Bryer 2020) examining nutrient intake and balance of female redtails in the context of conspecific and heterospecific feeding competition. I will also examine diet, then nutrition, and social behavior of females in one L’Hoest’s monkey group.
USA 2025-03-10 16:19:38 2028-03-10 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
KAJJABWANGU RONALD
ID: UNCST-2024-R003479
UTILIZATION OF PRECONCEPTION CARE AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE ATTENDING ANTE-NATAL CLINIC SERVICES AT ANYEKE HEALTH CENTER IV, OYAM DISTRICT, NORTHERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5626ES

To determine the health system factors associated with utilization of preconception services among women of reproductive age attending ANC services at Anyeke Health Center IV of Oyam District.,To determine the socio Demographic factors associated with utilization of preconception services among women attending ANC services at Anyeke Health Center IV of Oyam District ,To determine the level of knowledge on PCC among women of reproductive age attending ANC services at Anyeke Health Center IV of Oyam District ,To determine the level of uptake of preconception care services among women age attending ANC services at Anyeke Health Center IV of Oyam District ,To assess the level of Utilization of preconception care among women of reproductive age attending ANC services at Anyeke Health Center IV of Oyam District ,
Uganda 2025-03-10 16:18:19 2028-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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