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Timothy Kintu Mwanje
ID: UNCST-2021-R013684
Development of a bi-lingual English-Luganda health dataset to enhance development of Natural Language Processing based applications for low resource language settings.
REFNo: HS6383ES

To coalesce and harmonize existing English and Luganda health-education documents into a unified parallel corpus for downstream NLP model development.,To explore and characterize the health-specific Luganda lexicon used by healthcare providers and community health workers ,To collect naturalistic Luganda-language speech from routine health-education sessions in central Uganda. ,To develop a bilingual English–Luganda health-related corpus for biomedical NLP applications.,
Uganda 2026-03-19 15:00:04 2029-03-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Medard Twinamatsiko
ID: UNCST-2024-R003519
Improved Conservation Practices for the Environment and Natural Resources in South Western Uganda
REFNo: SS4413ES


1. To integrate equitable governance principles into natural resource and environmental conservation.
2. To determine the socio-ecological drivers and extent of degradation of river systems to inform their restoration.
3. To enhance the integration of Indigenous People in the management and conservation of natural resources.

Uganda 2026-03-19 14:54:42 2029-03-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Susan Nakubulwa Kiwanuka
ID: UNCST-2021-R013399
Barriers and facilitators of access to Hepatitis B immunization and treatment services among women of reproductive age in Bidibidi refugee settlement in Northern Uganda
REFNo: HS6695ES

i) To investigate barriers to and facilitators of access to Hepatitis B immunization and treatment services by women of reproductive age in Bidibidi settlement ii) To recommend areas for intervention to improve service delivery for Hepatitis B immunization and treatment in this population.
Uganda 2026-03-19 14:40:52 2029-03-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Halima Osman Ahmed
ID: UNCST-2025-R017652
BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS: PREVALENCE, ANTIBACTERIAL SENSITIVITY PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS7127ES

1. To determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2. To determine the factors associated with bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
3. To describe the antibacterial sensitivity patterns of bacterial with bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

Somalia 2026-03-19 14:34:19 2029-03-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga Kiiza
ID: UNCST-2019-R001588
Evaluating the test-taking experience, feasibility, and acceptability of the FLI-11 in preparation for Uganda’s first nationwide mental health survey
REFNo: HS7016ES

3. To identify barriers and facilitators to the successful implementation of the FLII-11 as a nationwide population-based survey for mental disorders in the Ugandan health and research settings.,2. To gain insights and perspectives from healthcare workers, mental health experts, policymakers and lived experts on implementing a nationwide population-based survey for mental disorders in Uganda using the FLI-11 tool,1. To evaluate the administration experience, feasibility and acceptability (cultural appropriateness, comfort, content, language, length, relevance and willingness to use) of administering the FLII-11 tool in routine diagnostic assessments among patients, their caregivers and healthcare workers in Uganda.,To evaluate the test-taking, administration experience, feasibility and acceptability of the FLII-11 for diagnostic assessments in Uganda.,
Uganda 2026-03-19 14:32:27 2029-03-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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