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Herbert Ainamani Elvis
ID: UNCST-2020-R014674
Maternal trauma, children’s cognitive development and mental health disorders among the Refugee families living in Uganda
REFNo: HS2899ES

To examine factors associated with cognitive impairment and mental health problems among refugee children and adolescents in Nakivale and Urukinga refugee settlements.
Uganda 2023-06-20 11:31:18 2026-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Harmson Kiteze Opira Kiteze
ID: UNCST-2023-R008461
Provider Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and use of the medical eligibility criteria in provision of contraceptive methods : Evidence from Women's Integrated Sexual Health (WISH2ACTION) project, Uganda
REFNo: SS1697ES

Main Objective
1. This study seeks to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Service providers on the use of the medical eligibility criteria in provision of contraceptive methods in the selected WISH2ACTIOiN associated Health facilities
Specific Objectives
1. To determine how the competence of health workers influences the use of the medical eligibility criteria in the provision of contraceptive services among the public WISH facilities in Bugisu, Busoga, Lango, Acholi, Bukedi and Central regions of Uganda.
2. To assess knowledge and perceptions of health workers towards contraceptive service provision using the medical eligibility criteria among the WISH supported facilities in Bugisu, Busoga, Lango, Acholi, Bukedi and Central regions of Uganda.
3. To establish the clients’ experiences on the contraceptive methods provided through the WISH supported facilities in Bugisu, Busoga, Lango, Acholi, Bukedi and Central regions of Uganda.
Uganda 2023-06-20 11:28:32 2026-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
NASSIFU SSEMWANGA
ID: UNCST-2022-R010829
Exploring barriers to and facilitators of immediate postpartum and newborn care by midwives in Uganda
REFNo: HS2903ES

To identify facilitators of IPPC and newborn care provision within the first 24 hours after birth by midwives in Uganda,To identify challenges to immediate postpartum and newborn care delivery within the first 24 hours after birth by midwives in Uganda,To explore the midwives' understanding of the components of the IPPC and newborn care provided within the first 24 hours after birth in Uganda,To explore the barriers to and facilitators of immediate postpartum and newborn care within the first 24 hours after birth by midwives in Uganda,
Uganda 2023-06-20 11:13:38 2026-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Adrienne Lees Forder
ID:
Tax Compliance Costs and Digitalisation in Uganda
REFNo: SS1821ES

Quantify the internal time, outsourcing costs and non-labour costs businesses incur at different stages of the tax compliance process,Establish whether measures of compliance costs are sensitive to survey question ordering,Understand barriers to adopting digital technologies,Understand whether digital technologies reduce compliance costs,
South Africa 2023-06-20 11:08:41 2026-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Tonny Kiyimba
ID:
Efficacy of polyphenols from Tamarindus indica fruit juice on cardiometabolic health of patients living with HIV and elevated triglycerides: A study protocol
REFNo: HS2923ES

3. To establish dose response dynamics of long-term intake of T. indica fruit juice polyphenols on selected cardiometabolic risk markers of PLWH.,2. To assess the effect of an acute, single-dose intake of T. indica fruit juice on vascular function, lipid profile and plasma levels of procyanidin metabolites.,1. To produce and evaluate the sensory acceptability of T. indica fruit juice.,To determine the efficacy of T. indica fruit juice on selected cardiometabolic risk markers of PLWH in HIV community care model in Wakiso district, Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-06-20 11:05:36 2026-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
MAUREEN KOBUSINGYE
ID:
Men's Counseling Experiences in Uganda
REFNo: SS1844ES

To explore the experiences of men receiving counseling in Uganda,
Uganda 2023-06-20 10:24:15 2026-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fred Ssewamala
ID: UNCST-2020-R014060
Bridges R2: Evaluating the Long-term Impact of a Family Economic Empowerment Intervention on HIV Risk Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes among Orphaned Youth Transitioning to Young Adulthood
REFNo: SS1832ES

Aim 1. Examine the long-term impact of Bridges on: HIV prevalence (measured via participant’s HIV status) (Primary outcome); and b) Explore in secondary analyses the long-term impact of Bridges on key developmental and behavioral outcomes (e.g., mental health, alcohol, and drug misuse). Aim 2. Elucidate the long-term effects of Bridges on potential mechanisms of change, including a) economic stability, viral suppression (for ALHIV); PrEP use (for HIV negative adolescents), medical male circumcision (for boys); and b) young adult transitions. Aim 3: Qualitatively investigate participants’ experiences with Bridges that may have influenced engagement with the program, sexual risk-taking decisions, financial behaviors; experiences with developmental transitions; and perceptions on program sustainability. Aim 4: To assess the long-term costs and benefits of Bridges using formal economic evaluation.
Uganda 2023-06-20 10:23:08 2026-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Aloysius Mubuuke Gonzaga
ID: UNCST-2019-R000969
Development of a mentorship framework guide to promote the acquisition of interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice competencies during undergraduate training
REFNo: HS2920ES

To conduct a situational analysis among faculty and students on mentorship in relation to the learning of IPE competencies. To develop a mentorship guide framework for promoting the learning of IPE competences To validate the mentorship guide framework developed through a Delphi process.
Uganda 2023-06-20 10:12:20 2026-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Janet Nakigudde
ID: UNCST-2019-R000444
IMPROVING HIV CARE ENGAGEMENT AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN LIVING IN WAKISO DISTRICT THROUGH REDUCTIONS IN MALE PARTNER ALCOHOL USE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE RISK: THE KISOBOKA MUKWANO INTERVENTION.
REFNo: HS2905ES

Objective 1: Adapt and refine the behavioral components of a brief MI-based alcohol intervention to develop the proposed Kisoboka Mukwano (“It is possible, my love!”) intervention– a brief couples-based intervention using motivational interviewing and peer navigation approaches to target intimate partner violence, alcohol use, and HIV care engagement.

Objective 2: Assess the safety of the Kisoboka Mukwano intervention.

Objective 3: Assess the acceptability and feasibility of the Kisoboka Mukwano intervention.

Objective 4: Assess the preliminary efficacy of the Kisoboka Mukwano intervention, randomizing couples to the Kisoboka Mukwano intervention (n=25 couples) or the control (n=25 couples) arm.

Uganda 2023-06-20 10:03:15 2026-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Betty Mwesigwa
ID: UNCST-2020-R014667
SABIN-002: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Immune Responses of an Investigational Monovalent Chimpanzee Adenoviral-Vectored Marburg Virus Vaccine in Healthy Adults
REFNo: HS2838ES

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of
cAd3-Marburg vaccine
Uganda 2023-06-14 11:06:46 2026-06-14 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Roda Siad
ID:
Exploring the implications of blockchain and other emerging technologies on refugee governance
REFNo: SS1622ES

My research will examine how blockchain and other emerging technologies are conceptualized, deployed, and operationalized within refugee settings. Using Kenya and Uganda as sites of analysis, the thesis will ask the following research questions: 1) How are blockchain and other technologies shaping the governance of refugees? 2) How do refugees engage with blockchain and other emerging technologies in their everyday lives? 3) What is at stake in these technological systems and practices when applied within humanitarian interventions? The specific objectives that follow from these research questions are to: a) assess what can be learned from the deployment of blockchain and other emerging technologies b) examine how refugees understand and frame their engagement with such technologies and c) understand the visions and imaginaries of tech developers and humanitarian organizations and how they define their collaborative work. This research also considers how different actors (tech industry workers, corporate funders, UNHCR staff and refugees) understand, contribute to, and shape the discourse around blockchain and other technologies in humanitarian settings. This research will use several data collection methods based on empirical fieldwork in camp and non-camp settings and discourse analysis to capture the diverse perspectives of tech industry workers, corporate funders, UNHCR innovation staff, camp staff and refugees.
Canada 2023-06-13 8:27:14 2026-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Hilde Bras Agnes José
ID:
White Sisters, Nursing Practices, and Reproductive Health in East Africa, 1890-present
REFNo: SS1371ES

This research project comprises two sub-projects carried out by a senior researcher (PI – Prof. Dr. Hilde Bras who holds the Aletta Jacobs Chair in Economic and Social History, with special attention to Global Demography and Health at the University of Groningen), and a PhD student (Ivana Zecevic, MA), both working at the Department of History of the University of Groningen, Chair Group of Economic and Social History (ESH).
The project aims to contribute to the debate taking place among economic and social historians, historical demographers and medical historians about the historical legacies of colonialism for contemporary global health, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa (Doyle, 2013; Walters, 2008). What was the effect of the colonial presence, and of female missionaries in particular, on (reproductive) health in Africa? To what extent did missionary health care lead to changes in fertility (number of children per woman), maternal mortality, venereal diseases, and infant and child mortality and morbidity? Research within this debate has focused mainly on colonial state medicine and on doctors (Iliffe, 1998) and hardly on the role of the mission (but cf. Doyle et al., 2020; Jennings, 2006), mission nurses, and nursing care. Moreover the present project focuses on missionary nursing practices in relation to extant indigenous midwifery and nursing practices and explicitly foregrounds the relationship between the two.The overarching research question is: What are the nursing practices (related to maternal and child care) of missionary nurses (MSOLA), indigenous nurses, and missionary doctors and how are they related to fertility, morality, child and maternal health in East Africa, 1890-present?
Netherlands 2023-06-13 8:15:29 2026-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Eric Katagirya
ID: UNCST-2021-R012813
Targeting non-coding RNAs as host-directed drug therapy for tuberculosis
REFNo: HS2679ES

To predict and identify target genes of ncRNAs validated in Aim 1 via computational approaches and dual luciferase reporter assay system.,To functionally validate our identified ncRNAs in ex vivo Mtb-infected PBMCs isolated from healthy volunteers using synthetic antagomirs.,
Uganda 2023-06-13 8:13:42 2026-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
JULIET NAKKU EVELYN MUBIRU
ID:
ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT OF INTEGRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO PRIMARY HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS. A NATIONAL STUDY Refno: (SPH-2023-417)
REFNo: HS2911ES

To assess the role of alternative forms of care (traditional healers, churches and mosques) in integrating Mental Health in PHC.,To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of teachers, learners, families and community resource persons in mental health care.,To describe the forms of community mental health services offered in the community,To explore the challenges to, opportunities and recommendations for the integration of mental health into primary health care and in schools.,2. To establish the availability, access and quality of mental health services.,To assess patterns of common mental disorders.,To assess the extent of integration of mental health into primary healthcare, Community and Schools in Uganda. ,
Uganda 2023-06-13 11:59:34 2026-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Georgina Manyuru Angela
ID:
A Review of the Evaluation Education Programme offered at Uganda Management Institute
REFNo: SS1807ES

i) To contribute to the improvement of M&E programmes/courses offered at UMI, and

ii) To understand the challenges faced by UMI in its efforts to provide comprehensive M&E learning.

Uganda 2023-06-13 11:57:28 2026-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kyabarongo Benon
ID:
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SAVINGS AND CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN UNGANDA
REFNo: SS1746ES

iii. To analyze the effect of board risk management on financial performance of selected SACCOS in Kiruhura District.,ii. To analyze the effect of board assurance on financial performance of selected SACCOs in Kiruhura District. ,i. To examine the effect of board accountability on financial performance of selected SACCOs in Kiruhura District.,The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of corporate governance on financial performance of SACCOs in Kiruhura District, Uganda,
Uganda 2023-06-13 11:49:07 2026-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Florence Turyomurugyendo
ID:
DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CHILD SEXUAL VIOLENCE: A CASE STUDY OF FEMALE SURVIVORS IN LUUKA DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: SS1720ES

1 To explore experiences of sexual violence among female survivors in luuka district, Uganda
2 To explore survivors’ understanding of what resilience means following exposure to sexual violence
3 To identify the risk factors that affect the coping process among female survivors of sexual violence
4 To explore how different factors at the individual, family, and community level interact to influence resilience among sexual violence survivors

Uganda 2023-06-13 11:39:45 2026-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Kimera
ID:
Improving the HIV Competence of Secondary Schools in Western Uganda; A stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
REFNo: HS2822ES

Reduce HIV stigma in secondary schools.,Stimulate school-level multi-stakeholder strategies to prevent HIV and maximize support and care for YPLHA,Improve knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention in secondary schools ,Evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention (CoP-HIV) in improving HIV-competence of secondary school staff and students. ,To improve the HIV competence of secondary school staff and students in order to reduce the incidence of HIV in young people and to optimize care and support for YPLHA,
Uganda 2023-06-13 11:34:01 2026-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rose Nabirye Chalo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014645
Maternity homes (Midwife-Led Birth Centers) in Low and Middle income countries: A case of four countries
REFNo: HS2795ES

To analyse the experience of maternity homes in adapting to innovative approaches promoting woman-centered care services. To compare the quality of services offered in maternity homes to other available models of care, including the use of evidence based clinical guidelines. To assess enablers and barriers to the implementation of maternity homes in case study countries. To describe affordability of services of maternity homes for the women and inform budgeting for sustainability. To explore factors facilitating the establishment of the maternity homes in Uganda. The aim of this study is to better understand and evaluate the experiences of establishing maternity homes in four case study countries, including Uganda.
Uganda 2023-06-13 11:31:55 2026-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Min Ma
ID:
A study to examine outcomes of Seed Global Health’s partnerships with medical education and training institutions in Uganda and Zambia
REFNo: HS2767ES

The specific objectives of this study are to: 1. Examine the extent to which Seed’s partnership with the three institutions has contributed to the four outcome domains Seed considers to be the crux of its work: a. Improved patient outcomes; b. Improved clinical competence among medical students and medical faculty/preceptors. Specifically, acquisition or improvement of knowledge, confidence in clinical skills competencies and demonstration of clinical skills [students]; and ability to train and mentor students [faculty/preceptors]; c. Absorption and retention of graduates into the national health workforce (within their field of practice); and d. Improved clinical application, in particular, clinician’s ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills gained from education/training into the clinical setting . 2. Identify any unanticipated outcomes (positive or negative) that have resulted from Seed’s partnership with the three institutions.
USA 2023-06-13 11:29:03 2026-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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