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Samuel Biraro
ID:
Evaluation of Integrated Child Health Days in Select Districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS2410ES

Main objective
To evaluate the effectiveness of integrated child health days in Uganda to reach children who are un-immunized and under-immunized and suggest recommendations for improvement of the ICHD service delivery program in three districts (Bukedea, Kayunga, and Rakai) in Uganda.

Specific Objectives
1. To identify and estimate the proportion of children under 5 years of age, who attend and do not attend CHDs and describe key factors affecting attendance in selected district(s).
2. To understand the knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP), motivators, and barriers for the implementation of CHDs by health system staff and community members (i.e., Health managers, healthcare workers, village health workers, and local community leaders) to inform improvement in service delivery.
3. To describe the systematic approach, best practices, enablers, and barriers during CHDs according to the five pillars of immunization strategy (service delivery; planning, management, and finance; data and surveillance; cold chain and vaccine management; advocacy, communication, and social mobilization) and suggest recommendations that be used to improve coverage, quality, and equity of immunization services during ICHDs.

 Uganda 2022-08-30 10:45:06 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Cecilia  Nantume
ID:
Rapid Assessments of Progress: An evaluation of DMPA-SC Self Injection Public Sector Service Delivery in Uganda
REFNo: HS2409ES

To establish clients perceived quality and overall satisfaction with self injection service delivery,To identify client challenges to uptake of DMPA-SC and self injection use ,To assess the extent to which attitudes and behavior of providers and stakeholders accelerate or hinder Self Injection uptake, ,To determine the emerging health system barriers and facilitators that influence Self Injection uptake.,
 Uganda 2022-08-30 10:42:45 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Anne Wajja J W
ID: UNCST-2022-R010518
 A multi-country, epidemiologic study to assess the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) positivity, and to build capacity to conduct a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine efficacy study, in populations with a high TB disease burden
REFNo: HS2371ES

o To describe the proportion of IGRA positivity by site

Secondary objectives:
o To assess the association of age with proportion of IGRA positivity, by site o To describe the overall incidence of suspected and laboratory-confirmed pulmonary TB (disease)

Tertiary objectives o To describe changes in the proportion of IGRA positivity by site
o To describe the association between IGRA interferon gamma (IFN) concentration at screening and progression to pulmonary TB

Uganda 2022-08-30 10:37:18 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ramathan Mugalu
ID:
BUSINESS EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS’ GRADUATES IN SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS IN KAMPALA, UGANDA
REFNo: SS1168ES

The general objective was to examine the influence of business education on the job performance of business schools’ graduate in the selected organisations in Kampala- Uganda.
 Uganda 2022-08-30 10:34:40 2025-08-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Losira Nasirumbi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013084
 Intra-household Gender Dynamics in Uptake of Agricultural Technologies for Sustainable Livelihoods in Uganda
REFNo: SS1375ES

1) Understand the dissemination and use of agricultural technologies in selected districts of the Eastern Agro-Ecological Zone of Uganda
2) Analyse the intra-household gender roles and relations related to technology access and sustained use within the institution of the household
3) Quantify the distribution of decision-making power within households and how these influence technology uptake and empowerment among women and youth
 Uganda 2022-08-30 10:32:05 2025-08-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bernard Lukuyu Adubwa
ID:
Improving pig productivity and incomes through an environmentally sustainable and gender inclusive integrated intervention package
REFNo: A210ES

1. Piloting and evaluating innovative market arrangements at the level of pig aggregators to strengthen market linkages between them and pig farmers and link the farmers to input and service providers.
2. Implementing and evaluating an integrated package for improving pig productivity and performance comprising pig herd health practices, reproductive management, improved genetics, and better feeding, for farmers participating in the market arrangements and delivered through a digital extension platform

3. Developing, testing and evaluating best-bet interventions for reducing the environmental footprint primarily through waste (manure) management and adaption to heat stress

 Kenya 2022-08-30 10:28:45 2025-08-30 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 ASSESSMENT OF USABILITY OF THE WONDFO HIV SELF-TEST ONE STEP HIV 1/2 WHOLE BLOOD/SERUM/PLASMA TEST BY UNTRAINED USERS
REFNo: HS1878ES

To evaluate the ability to correctly comprehend key messaging from device packaging and labelling, including the Instructions for Use.,The evaluation of untrained users’ and their interaction with the device in terms of effectiveness and efficiency, i.e. successful / unsuccessful completion and difficulty of the critical steps as per the Instructions for Use,To evaluate the ability of untrained users to obtain an accurate HIV test result using the Wondfo HIV Self-Test.,
 Uganda 2022-08-30 10:24:48 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gerald Zirintunda
ID:
Assessment of the ethnoveterinary practices, knowledge and attitudes for the control of chicken helminths in Soroti district
REFNo: A220ES

1. To document the ethnoveterinary knowledge, attitudes and practices for chicken disease control in farming communities of Soroti district.
2. To determine the efficacy of crude extracts from selected natural products used in control of helminths in chicken.
3. To determine the safety of crude extracts from selected medicinal plants used in control of helminths in chicken.
4. To determine the phytochemical composition and the bioactive ingredients in the most potent extracts.

Uganda 2022-08-25 12:19:28 2025-08-25 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elizeus Rutebemberwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R009070
 Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems (ReLAB-HS) Policy and Prioritization of Rehabilitation in the Ugandan Health System
REFNo: HS2400ES

The aim of this project is to answer the following research questions: “What political and bureaucratic factors shape prioritization and implementation of policies that advance rehabilitation in Uganda?”
Uganda 2022-08-25 12:16:34 2025-08-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Susan Nassiwa
ID:
Enteral Nutrition and Burn Wound Recovery of Paediatric Patients: A Case of Kiruddu National Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS2388ES

General Objective:
To determine the association between enteral nutrition and burn wound recovery of paediatric patients at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital (KNRH) in Buziga, Kampala.
Specific objectives:
To examine the relationship between normal oral diet and burn wound recovery of paediatric patients in KNRH in Buziga, Kampala.
To investigate how use of liquid supplements contributes to burn wound recovery of paediatric patients in KNRH in Buziga, Kampala.
To establish the association between tube feeding and burn wound recovery of paediatric patients in KNRH in Buziga, Kampala.
 Uganda 2022-08-25 12:14:05 2025-08-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elizabeth Ayebare Ombeva
ID: UNCST-2020-R003666
 Development of a meta-core outcome set for stillbirth prevention and bereavement care following stillbirth
REFNo: HS2332ES

1) To identify a list of outcomes used in current stillbirth research together with outcomes reported in qualitative literature in an Low and Middle income Country (LMiC) setting relevant to stillbirth. 2) To prioritise outcomes from a health care professional, researcher and parent perspective from an LMic setting. 3) To integrate the outcomes important to all stakeholders in order to ratify a Core Outcome Set.
Uganda 2022-08-25 12:09:48 2025-08-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
GRACE KANSIIME
ID: UNCST-2019-R000380
 SPECTRUM OF KIDNEY DISEASE AMONG PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS (SKiD-TB) WITH OR WITHOUT HIV CO-INFECTION; A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.
REFNo: HS2357ES

To determine and compare the incidence of CKD after TB treatment success among people with TB with and without HIV co-infection at selected referral hospitals in Uganda. ,To determine the association of incident AKI and TB treatment outcomes among people with TB. ,To determine and compare the incidence of AKI among people with TB with and without HIV co-infection at selected referral hospitals in Uganda. ,
 Uganda 2022-08-25 12:06:18 2025-08-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moses Adroma
ID: UNCST-2019-R000360
 Accessing, storing, and sharing health information about maternal and perinatal health to support safe birth
REFNo: HS2303ES

To describe the context for deploying technology in collecting, storing and sharing information or data in the maternal and perinatal care continuum from the point of view of health care providers. This includes reading and writing literacy, digital literacy, mobile phone use, reliability of electricity provision, dependence on paper records, and processes for handling confidential data. ,To assess the current sources and flow of data within health care service provision related to antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care.,To assess the feasibility of deploying technology in collecting, storing, accessing and sharing data on maternal and perinatal health with the aim of improving outcomes related to maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity during the perinatal period (intrapartum and first 1-2 weeks post-partum). ,
 Uganda 2022-08-25 12:01:26 2025-08-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ALEX  ALINAITWE
ID: UNCST-2022-R010276
 CHILD LABOUR IN THE COFFEE INDUSTRY IN EASTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1397ES

To identify drivers of child labour in the coffee sector in Eastern Uganda; landscape the existing regulatory framework, networks of coffee farms, compliance and government enforcement; and identify promising prevention and prosecution interventions and key service provider(Main objective)

a) Scope the prevalence and nature of child labour in the coffee industry across the four districts in the Bugisu/Elgon sub-region (Mbale, Kapchorwa, Sironko, and Bududa); including vulnerability factors and existing interventions and mitigation strategies.

b) Analyse Uganda’s coffee production supply chains to identify private sector practices or points on the supply chain at the highest risk of forced labour and child labour; areas with weak government oversight; and key buyers and their sourcing/social compliance policies.

c) Landscape the policy and regulatory framework for protecting workers in the coffee industry , and map stakeholders engaged in the supply chain and service providers addressing forced or child labour in the coffee industry.
 Uganda 2022-08-24 12:00:15 2025-08-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
stellah Nambuya
ID:
Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Fasciola species in Cattle slaughtered along Lake Albert, Kyoga and Victoria Basins in Uganda
REFNo: A223ES

1. To investigate the prevalence of Fasciola Species in cattle slaughtered along Lake Albert, Kyoga and Victoria Basins in Uganda.
2.To determine the genetic diversity of Fasciola species in cattle slaughtered along Lake Albert, Kyoga and Victoria Basins in Uganda
 Uganda 2022-08-23 17:20:22 2025-08-23 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Shevin  Jacob Thomas
ID:
Oxygen requirements and approaches to respiratory support in patients with COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries: a WHO study
REFNo: HS2399ES

1. To characterize the type and duration of different modalities of respiratory support delivered to patients with suspected or confirmed severe and critical COVID-19 in LMICs. a. To quantify the amount (m3 and L/min.) of oxygen delivered to patients with suspected or confirmed severe and critical COVID-19 in LMICs b. To describe practice patterns in escalation and de-escalation of oxygen therapy and respiratory support for patients with suspected or confirmed severe and critical COVID-19 in LMICs 2. To describe baseline demographics and hospital outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 3. To describe facility-level characteristics for oxygen delivery and respiratory support
USA 2022-08-23 17:18:56 2025-08-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stephen Asiimwe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000059
 Factors affecting supply and use of COVID-19 vaccines in western Uganda
REFNo: HS2383ES

Specific Objective 4.4: Assess the rate at which COVID-19 vaccine doses are administered during vaccination outreaches in western Uganda,Specific Objective 4.3: Identify factors that inform individuals 18 years and older in western Uganda about local COVID-19 vaccination outreaches and motivate them to participate in vaccination outreaches,Specific Objective 4.2: Identify factors related to COVID-19 vaccine delivery that could facilitate initiating or completing COVID-19 vaccination among individuals 18 years and older in western Uganda,Specific Objective 4.1: Identify barriers to initiating or completing COVID-19 vaccination among individuals 18 years and older in western Uganda,Specific Objective 3.1: Assess the number of declined COVID-19 vaccine doses (when shipments of doses were declined) at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Specific Objective 2.2: Assess the proportion of destroyed or redistributed COVID-19 vaccine doses at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Specific Objective 2.1: Assess the rate at which COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Specific Objective 1.3: Identify the proportion of the catchment area population that could be vaccinated against COVID-19 at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Specific Objective 1.2: Identify gaps in the availability of COVID-19 vaccine doses at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Specific Objective 1.1: Assess the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Main Objective 4: Assess factors affecting COVID-19 vaccination among individuals 18 years and older in western Uganda,Main Objective 3: Assess allotment challenges to COVID-19 vaccination at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Main Objective 2: Assess the use of COVID-19 vaccines received at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,Main Objective 1: Assess the availability of COVID-19 vaccines at four vaccination sites in western Uganda since March 2021,
 Uganda 2022-08-23 17:17:06 2025-08-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph  Matovu KB
ID: UNCST-2020-R014654
 Assessment of FP-HIV Integration under Self-care Oriented Antiretroviral Therapy Differentiated Service Delivery Models in Eastern and Central Uganda
REFNo: HS2026ES

1. Describe current use of FP services and contraceptive dynamics among HIV-positive women utilizing self-care oriented DSDM
2. Explore the acceptability, accessibility, convenience and perceived quality of integrated FP-HIV services among HIV-positive women utilizing self-care oriented DSDM
3. Explore provider perceptions of integrating FP services into self-care oriented DSDM
4. Document the implementation processes of FP integration into DSDM
5. Estimate the cost of integrating FP into DSDM

Uganda 2022-08-23 17:09:25 2025-08-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mary Nalumansi
ID:
contribution of community libraries towards the development of reading culture among children:A case of Nambi Sseppuuya community library, Uganda
REFNo: SS918ES

1. To establish the children’s reading needs at Nambi Sseppuuya community library in Uganda
2. To investigate the children’s reading activities at Nambi Sseppuuya community library in Uganda
3. To examine the contribution of Nambi Sseppuuya community library towards the development of reading culture among children in Uganda
4. To identify setbacks contributing towards reading culture development among children at Nambi Sseppuuya community library in Uganda

 2022-08-23 16:44:54 2025-08-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Christopher Eyapu
ID:
Multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections at Mulago Hospital – understanding the role of plasmid co-selected antibiotic resistance genes
REFNo: HS1877ES

Major Objective
To determine chromosomal and plasmid-encoded conjugative genes spread among MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from Intensive Care patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Specific Objectives
i) To determine the susceptibility profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from ICU patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
ii) To determine the chromosomal genes and mutations associated with MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from ICU patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
iii) To determine the plasmid associated conjugative genes spread from MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from ICU patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital
 Uganda 2022-08-22 18:20:29 2025-08-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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