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Chidiebere  Adim Victor
ID: UNCST-2025-R018777
Borderless Hustle: Kinship, Trust, and Economic Dependency in African Refugee Entrepreneurship
REFNo: SS4082ES

This study addresses a critical gap by examining how African refugee entrepreneurs mobilize kinship networks to build trust, mitigate risk, and secure the resources necessary to navigate unfamiliar and frequently hostile entrepreneurial terrains.
Nigeria 2025-09-23 11:09:24 2028-09-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nakayiki Lilian Nyanzi
ID: UNCST-2025-R019152
Determinants of Indigenous Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Adults in the Rwenzori Region, Uganda
REFNo: HS6387ES

Main Objective The study aims to assess the determinants (enablers and barriers) of indigenous fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in the Rwenzori region of Uganda. Specific Objectives include; 1. To assess the availability and diversity of Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables in food markets within the Rwenzori region. 2. To determine the total intake of fruit and vegetables (and other foods consumed) by adults (18 years and above) in the Rwenzori region. 3. To develop and validate a quantitative questionnaire for assessing the determinants (barriers and enablers) of indigenous fruit and vegetable consumption among adults. 4. To assess the barriers and enablers of indigenous fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in selected communities within the Rwenzori region using the questionnaire in objective 3.
Uganda 2025-09-23 11:07:15 2028-09-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Erisa Mwaka Sabakaki
ID: UNCST-2019-R001625
Is Healthcare a Common Good? Philosophical Perspectives and Clinical Practices in Boston and Kampala
REFNo: SS4184ES

1. To develop a philosophical framework for conceptualizing healthcare as a
common good by drawing on African and North Atlantic philosophical traditions.
2. Explore clinicians’ conceptions of health, the common good, and professional
practice.
3. To analyze how differing conceptions of healthcare affect experiences of burnout and moral injury.
Uganda 2025-09-23 10:58:51 2028-09-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Honoka Yokoyama
ID: UNCST-2024-R002478
A Study of the Educational Relationship between Teachers and Students in Ugandan Secondary Schools
REFNo: SS3639ES

The purpose of this study is to clarify how the educational relationship between teachers and students is constructed in diverse relationships under the respective rationales of teachers and students, focusing on situations such as daily student guidance and learning.
Japan 2025-09-23 10:52:39 2028-09-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Josephine Namatovu
ID: UNCST-2025-R017197
ASSOCIATION OF INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES AND NUTRITION STATUS OF CHILDREN 6-23 MONTHS IN BIDIBIDI REFUGEE SETTLEMENT –YUMBE DISTRICT-UGANDA.
REFNo: HS6243ES

General Objective
To determine the association of Infant and young child feeding practices and nutrition status of children 6-23 months in Bidibidi refugee settlement-Yumbe District Uganda.
4.2Specific Objectives

I.To determine the nutrition status (Stunting, wasting, underweight) of children aged 6-23 months in Bidibidi refugee settlement.

II.To assess the feeding practices (IYCF) (exclusive breastfeeding, continued breast feeding, introduction of solid foods, minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet) in relation to nutrition status of children 6-23 months in Bidibidi refugee settlement.

III.To identify barriers and facilitators influencing infant and young child feeding practices of children 6-23 months in Bidibidi refugee settlement.

Uganda 2025-09-23 10:50:34 2028-09-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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