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Christine Olyel Olanya
ID:
Attitude towards Coercive Behaviors, Gender Based Violence Victimization Tolerance and Coping Strategies among Females in Gulu and Omoro Districts, Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS1748ES

To examine the relations between attitudes towards coercive behaviors and GBV victimization among females in Gulu and Omoro district, Northern Uganda.
To examine the relationship between GBV victimization and coping strategies among females in Gulu and Omoro District Northern Uganda.
To examine the relations between attitudes toward coercive behaviors and coping strategies among females in Gulu and Omoro districts, Northern Uganda.
To find out the mediating role of attitudes towards coercive behaviors in the relationship between GBV victimization and coping strategies.

Uganda 2023-06-12 7:59:47 2026-06-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stella Muyanja Zawedde
ID: UNCST-2021-R014037
Expanding provision of TB preventive therapy through home-based services in Uganda (EXPAND TPT)
REFNo: HS2915ES

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of a person-centered model of household contact investigation for the uptake of TB preventive therapy at selected health facilities using a before- and- after study design. 2. To determine the feasibility and acceptability of home-based testing for TB infection to facilitate TPT initiation among household contacts not currently prioritized for TPT (i.e., those ≥5 years without known HIV) 3. To compare the costs and epidemiological impact of the use of home-based testing for TB infection to facilitate TPT initiation among household contacts not currently prioritized for TPT (i.e., those ≥5 years without known HIV)
Uganda 2023-06-06 8:04:23 2026-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
EDWARD KAMUGISHA SSAJJABBI
ID:
A visual narrative of the material culture from South Western Batwa community in Uganda
REFNo: SS1787ES

To develop painterly visual narratives inspired by the Batwa material culture through studio exploration,To assess the effects of gazetting forests into conservation areas by the government on Batwa material culture,To analyze the functionality of the Batwa material culture,To establish the historical developments of the material culture used by the Batwa communities,The main objecte of the study is to produce painterly visual narratives of material culture from the South Western Batwa community in Uganda,
Uganda 2023-06-06 7:59:54 2026-06-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nusula Namukasa Sarah
ID:
Nutritional Ecology of Ceratotherium Simum Simum at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Nakasongola District Uganda
REFNo: NS575ES

Main objective: To describe the nutritional strategy of southern white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino. Sanctuary, Uganda. Specific objectives: 1. To evaluate the macro and micro nutrient content in the plants consumed by rhinos at ZRs. 2. To determine the nutrient intake rate by rhinos based on plant types and quantities consumed at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. 3. To compare macro and micro nutrients in plants consumed by rhinos at ZRS during day and night.
Uganda 2023-06-06 7:58:39 2026-06-06 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
SAMSON BASOME
ID:
CHURCH INVOLVEMENT IN CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF ANGLICAN CHURCH OF UGANDA PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
REFNo: SS1790ES

1.To ascertain how the Anglican Church of Uganda's involvement in curriculum implementation contributes to internal and external Quality Assurance Standards of her universities in Uganda.
2.To determine the extent to which the Anglican Church of Uganda's involvement in curriculum planning for human and physical resource management contributes to the success of Quality Assurance Standards of her universities in Uganda
3.To establish the extent to which the Anglican Church of Uganda's involvement in funding and financial management predict the quality assurance standards in Uganda.
4.To ascertain the statistically significant relationship between the Anglican Church of Uganda's involvement in Curriculum Management and Quality Assurance Standards at her universities in Uganda.

Uganda 2023-06-06 7:57:44 2026-06-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
Identifying implementation strategies for ALRITE, a mobile health tool to guide management of acute respiratory illnesses in young children.
REFNo: HS2789ES

Broad Objective: To generate, describe and prioritize barriers and facilitators to ALRITE implementation, and potential implementation strategies through an active participatory process involving Ugandan healthcare providers and key healthcare administrators


Specific objectives
1. To generate a broad list and description of barriers and facilitators to ALRITE implementation.
2. To generate and refine a list of implementation strategies tailored to Ugandan primary care health centers.
Uganda 2023-06-06 7:56:12 2026-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
NANKWASA SAILAS
ID:
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED FOR NON USE OF ANTIBIOTIC AFTER UNCOMPLICATED VAGINAL BIRTH AND POST-PARTUM ENDOMETRITIS AT ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL NSAMBYA
REFNo: HS2768ES

3. To determine the factors that may predict the likelihood of infection after uncomplicated vaginal birth at St. Francis Nsambya Hospital,2. To determine the incidence of perineal tear/episiotomy wound breakdown among women who received antibiotic and those who do not at St. Francis Nsambya Hospital,1. To determine the incidence of post-partum endometritis after uncomplicated vaginal birth in women who receive antibiotic compared to those who do not at St. Francis Nsambya Hospital,To determine whether not providing an antibiotic after uncomplicated vaginal birth is associated with increased incidence of post-partum endometritis at St. Francis Nsambya Hospital,
Uganda 2023-06-06 7:53:44 2026-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ruth Kigozi Nassali
ID: UNCST-2021-R013025
Approaches and innovations in the provision of legal services In Uganda
REFNo: SS1638ES

3. To create a pool of information on a select few innovations and share this information with other stakeholders to encourage and improve on innovations in the country. ,2. To map these innovations in access to justice in Uganda ,1. To search for and discover new, unique and extraordinary methods or processes being used by individuals, communities, organizations, local authorities and governments in making it easier, cheaper or faster to access justice,
Uganda 2023-06-06 7:50:27 2026-06-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Faisal Buyinza
ID:
Firm Formalization and Sustainable Development
REFNo: SS1506ES

1) Why business owners choose to remain informal or decide to formalize.
2) Whether firm formalization leads to sustainable development

Uganda 2023-06-05 20:37:04 2026-06-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
omodo yusuf
ID:
Institutional policy Implementation and employee's job satisfaction level amongst administrative staff in private Universities in Uganda; a case of Eastern and Northern Sub- Regions
REFNo: SS1804ES

The study sets out to evaluate the relationship between institutional policy implementation and employees’ level of job satisfaction amongst administrative staff in selected universities in Uganda. 1.To determine the relationship between compensation benefits and employee level of job satisfaction in selected universities in Uganda. 2.To investigate the effect of the physical work atmosphere on employee level of job satisfaction in selected universities in Uganda. 3.To establish the contribution of promotion to employee level of job satisfaction in selected universities in Uganda. 4.To assess the influence of staff training and development on employee level of job satisfaction in selected universities in Uganda. 5.To assess the moderating effect of the institutional legal framework on the relationship between leadership style and employee level of job satisfaction in selected universities in Uganda.
Uganda 2023-06-05 20:35:05 2026-06-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alexandra Tomkins Elizabeth
ID:
Deaf Ways of Knowing
REFNo: SS1733ES

To use and teach co-creative and audiovisual methods, such as film, photography, art, drawing and drama, to better understand the lifeworlds, social needs and future aspirations of deaf Ugandan children,To research the social and educational needs of deaf children in low income countries by developing new deaf centred pedagogical approaches and deaf inclusive learning contexts.
UK 2023-06-05 16:52:00 2026-06-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Aubryn Sidle Allyn
ID:
Validating a Measure of Girls’ Agency: A Five-Country Validation & Adaptation of the AMPLIFY Agency Survey
REFNo: SS1726ES

Determine measurement invariance of the AMPLIFY Agency measure across study countries to assess the comparability of derived scores across different countries.,Assess the validity of use of the AMPLIFY Agency survey as a pre-post program outcome evaluation measure overall and in each study country.,Assess the content and construct validity of the AMPLIFY Agency survey as a four-dimension measure of adolescent girls’ agency in each of the 5 study countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi).,Assess the reliability of the AMPLIFY Agency survey as a measure of adolescent girls’ agency in each of the 5 study countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi).,
USA 2023-05-31 15:26:05 2026-05-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Patience  OPUTAN
ID: UNCST-2022-R008760
Impact of climate change related events on the health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced people in Uganda
REFNo: HS2824ES

1) To explore the effects of climate change-related events on the health and well-being of forcibly displaced people in Uganda
2) To describe the effects of climate change-related events on access to WASH services among forcibly displaced people in Uganda
3) To explore the adaptation mechanisms on the health and access to WASH services employed by forcibly displaced people in response to climate change -related events in Uganda

Uganda 2023-05-29 20:39:17 2026-05-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
RICHARD MPANGO STEPHEN
ID:
Adaptation and Evaluation of the New Forest Parenting Program (NFPP) in the management of ADHD among Children and Adolescents infected with HIV (CA-HIV) in Uganda (Formative phase)
REFNo: SS1721ES

i) To adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of the NFPP in the management of ADHD among Children and adolescents infected with HIV (CA-HIV).
ii) To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of NFPP in the management of ADHD among CA-HIV.
Uganda 2023-05-29 20:36:58 2026-05-29 Social Science and Humanities Clinical Trial Degree Award
FREDDIE SSENGOOBA Peter
ID: UNCST-2021-R011834
Balancing safety and good care in the context of infectious disease outbreak: learning systems for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in Uganda
REFNo: HS2821ES

4. To explore viable channels and methods for strengthening learning health systems in the context of IPC for ID outbreaks. ,3. To examine how caregivers provide care and mitigate risk in the context of infectious disease outbreaks.,2. To examine how geographic and social hierarchies impact on IPC and care practices in clinics and communities,1. To document the recent history of ID epidemic outbreaks and health systems preparedness, including IPC measures and their influence on institutional memory and practice. ,to strengthen epidemic preparedness in Uganda through a learning health systems approach that takes into account lived experience and institutional memory of the health workforce, lay care-givers and recipients of care during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. ,
Uganda 2023-05-29 20:33:11 2026-05-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
Performance Evaluation of the Alinity m HIV-1 Assay using DBS for HIV Viral load Determination
REFNo: HS2878ES

• To assess Alinity m HIV-1 DBS viral load agreement with Abbott RealTime HIV-1 DBS viral load results by evaluating: o Quantitative assessment of bias, limits of agreement and correlation, o Misclassification above or below the clinical threshold o Comaparison of non-suppression rates in participants tested with the Alinity m HIV-1 DBS assayvs. the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 assay.,• To assess Alinity m HIV-1 DBS viral load agreement with Alinity m HIV-1 plasma viral load results by evaluating: o Quantitative assessment of bias, limits of agreement and correlation o Misclassification above or below the clinical threshold o Comparison of non-suppression rates in participants when using plasma vs. DBS as sample types on the Alinity m HIV-1 assay ,
Uganda 2023-05-29 20:29:43 2026-05-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Grace Ahimbisibwe Miriam
ID: UNCST-2021-R012129
Pediatric HIV Cure Collaborative Study Version 2.0 dated 16 Sep 2021
REFNo: HS2671ES

1. Identify correlates of susceptibility to proviral reactivation through immune profiling, which will be analyzed by multiparameter by flow cytometry methods, antibody profiling and transcriptomic analyses by bulk RNA-seq of PBMCs and CD4+ T cells in perinatal and adult infections.
2. To quantitatively and qualitatively characterize viral reservoirs, in children, adolescents and youth living with HIV compared with adults through determining and comparing the size, composition, and inducibility of the latent HIV reservoir in different geographic locations and subtypes, and characterizing their differences. The size will be determined by HIV DNA quantitative assays and inducibility by TILDA. The composition will be determined by near full-length sequencing for intact and defective genomes.
Uganda 2023-05-26 8:39:02 2026-05-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eugene Kinyanda
ID: UNCST-2023-R008028
Proposal to address the medium- to long-term EBOLA associated psychological Distress and psychosocial problems in Mubende District in central Uganda (Ebola+D Project)
REFNo: HS2870ES

To undertake a project to address the medium- to long-term EBOLA associated psychological Distress and psychosocial problems in Mubende District in central Uganda. Aims i) To develop, implement and evaluate the Ebola+D mental health intervention in Mubende district ii) To investigate the nature of mental health problems of community members accessing the Ebola+D mental health intervention and factors associated with treatment outcomes including immunological biomarkers iii) To explore the EVD associated negative beliefs and lived out experiences of affected members of the community (including health care workers)
Uganda 2023-05-26 8:34:43 2026-05-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kamwine Monicah
ID:
MICROBIAL AND METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN MILK PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN MBARARA CITY, UGANDA
REFNo: HS2673ES

General objective
To characterize bacterial communities in milk products produced in Mbarara City, Uganda using culture techniques and metagenomic analysis
Specific Objectives
1. To determine the presence, levels of overall bacterial contamination load and bacterial profile in different milk products produced in Mbarara city, Uganda
2. To characterize the predominant microbiota in each milk product, determine the percentage of relative abundance of main identified bacterial genera, in each of the milk products produced in Mbarara city, Uganda.
3. To determine Virulence factors of the isolated bacteria
4. To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of pathogenic bacteria isolated from milk products produced in Mbarara city, Uganda

Uganda 2023-05-25 12:11:40 2026-05-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Deborah Ekusai-Sebatta
ID: UNCST-2021-R003878
REGULATION OF DATA SHARING IN INTERNATIONAL GENOMIC RESEARCH: ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
REFNo: SS1730ES

3. To evaluate the ethico-regulatory frameworks governing data sharing practices of genomic research in Uganda,2. To determine stakeholder knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on sharing of data in collaborative genomic research in Uganda.,1. To establish the genomic data sharing practices and perceptions in collaborative human genomic research in Low and Middle Income Countries .,To comprehend the ELSI of the data sharing in international collaborative genomic research from a regulatory stand point. This will involve an evaluation the data sharing policies and explore the knowledge, perceptions and experiences of stakeholders involved in the conduct of international genomic research,
Uganda 2023-05-25 12:10:10 2026-05-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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