Urs KALBITZER
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Aerial Imagery Data for the Construction of Primate Nutritional Landscapes
REFNo: NS303ES
To develop a methodological framework and create high-resolution models of the temporal and spatial distribution of nutrients for primates and other animals, so called ‘nutritional landscapes’
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Germany |
2021-10-26 |
2024-10-26 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Kenia Martinez Raquel
ID:
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRIMARY POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE AMONG WOMEN WITH PRE-ECLAMPSIA/ ECLAMPSIA DELIVERING AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS1564ES
General Objective
To determine the prevalence and factors associated with primary postpartum hemorrhage among women with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia delivering at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Specific Objectives
1. To determine the prevalence of primary postpartum hemorrhage in women with pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2. To determine the factors associated with primary postpartum hemorrhage in women with pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
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Eswatini |
2021-10-25 |
2024-10-25 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Julian Adong
ID: UNCST-2021-R013487
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A social media intervention to promote antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Uganda
REFNo: HS1824ES
Determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the U-SMART intervention among AYAWH in Uganda.,Adapt the social media to improve ART outcomes (SMART) Connections platform to create Uganda-SMART (U-SMART), a novel WhatsApp-based social media intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYAWH) in Uganda.,
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Uganda |
2021-10-25 |
2024-10-25 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Frank Mwiine Norbert
ID:
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Epidemiological investigation of brucellosis in livestock in selected agro-pastoralist districts of Eastern Uganda
REFNo: A153ES
1. To determine the sero-prevalence of brucellosis in various livestock raised under the agro-pastoralist system in Eastern Uganda.
2. To establish the status and the factors behind the dynamics and perpetuation of livestock brucellosis in selected districts of Eastern Uganda.
3. To determine knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) vital for brucellosis control among livestock farmers in the agro-pastoralist system in Eastern Uganda.
4. To isolate and molecularly characterize causative bacterial agents of brucellosis infecting livestock in Eastern Uganda.
5. To determine and raise awareness, biosecurity and biosafety on brucellosis and work with stakeholders to participatorily develop sustainable disease reduction protocols.
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Uganda |
2021-10-25 |
2024-10-25 |
Agricultural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Brenda Nakimuli Luswata
ID: UNCST-2021-R013228
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Refining the programme theory for realist inquiry on adolescent SRH accountability in disadvantaged urban areas: macro and meso-contextual drivers and social mechanisms. Case studies Uganda and Benin
REFNo: SS1032ES
(4) To develop guidance on accountability for adolescent girls living in urban slums and methodological guidance for realist evaluation of complex problems. (Work package 4),To develop an overarching programme theory (Work package 3),To test and refine the initial programme theory grounded in case studies conducted in two urban poor neighborhoods in Delhi and Mumbai, India ; Kampala, Uganda and Cotonou, Benin (Work package 2),To develop the initial programme theory on accountability towards adolescent girls living in urban slum, based on the MRT and existing imperical literature on accountability in sexual and reproductive health in an urban and rural health system (Van Belle, 2014, Van Belle & Mayhew, 2016; Van Belle et al. 2018),To contribute to a better understanding of the causal chain underlying accountability in sexual and reproductive health towards adolescents living in urban slums in LMIC. The,
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Uganda |
2021-10-25 |
2024-10-25 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Joseph Erume
ID:
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Antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic pathogens – a challenge for urban small holder livestock production system
REFNo: A156ES
1. To determine the burden of campylobacter infections in small holder, commercial broiler farms and food markets in and around Kampala, Uganda.
2. To determine management and risk factors which underlie the dynamics and perpetuation of in small holder, commercial broiler farms and food markets in and around Kampala, Uganda.
3. To establish the poultry farmers and traders’ knowledge, attitudes and practices related to AMR campylobacter strains and antibiotic usage at poultry farms.
4. To establish the AMR of campylobacters strains from the poultry phenotypically and molecularly including whole genome sequencing (WGS).
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Uganda |
2021-10-25 |
2024-10-25 |
Agricultural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Steven Odongo
ID:
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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF MULTIPLEXED LATERAL FLOW ASSAY FOR DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF SARS COV-2 FROM OTHER HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES
REFNo: HS1706ES
(1) Track levels of conservation of SARS CoV-2 structural proteins based on nucleotide sequences published in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database by sequencing laboratories in Uganda, (2) Identification and production of specific but conserved SARS-CoV-2 marker protein (s) capable of distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 from other hCoVs, (3) Develop a Nanobody (Nb) based multiplex LFA device targeting the marker proteins, and (4) Validate the performance characteristics of the LFA in a laboratory setting on archived sera.
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Mark Jordans
ID: UNCST-2020-R014861
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Evaluating the effectiveness of Can’t Wait to Learn in formal education in Uganda
REFNo: SS1024ES
1)To assess the feasibility of the intervention and study (cRCT) methods,
2)To evaluate the effectiveness of CWTL in improving reading and numeracy outcomes of children in Primary 3 (P3),
3)To assess the value for money of CWTL and other factors for EdTech programme scale-up.
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Netherlands |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Juliet Nattabi Kigongo
ID:
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Vanishing Glaciers of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)
REFNo: NS291ES
Vanishing Glaciers project aims for the first
time to explore the streams of mountain
biogeochemistry, and the living
microorganisms of these remote
ecosystems, now strongly impacted by
climate change.
The project’s main goals are:
• To establish the census of microbial
life of the world’s glacier-fed
streams.
• To predict the future changes of the
glacier-fed streams biogeochemistry
as the world’s glaciers recede
1. Study the microbial life from glacier-fed streams
2.Study the biogeochemistry of glacier-fed streams
3.Study the environment of glacier-fed streams, including glaciological parameters
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Andrew Katumba
ID:
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Performance of a novel, rapid AI-driven screening tool for improved COVID-19 patient care and management in Uganda
REFNo: SIR74ES
General Objective
To develop and deploy AI-driven screening tools for improved care and management of COVID-19 patients. This will be achieved through the following specific objectives:
Specific Objectives
1. To collect, curate and label Lung Ultrasound (LUS) images from COVID-19 patients and patients with related pulmonary pathologies such as non-COVID-19 derived pneumonia, yielding a generalizable and representative image/video dataset.
2. To develop robust image-driven machine learning (ML) models for detection and screening of COVID-19 using the data from objective 1.
3. To build mobile and web-based applications that integrate the ML models, for online (real-time) and offline COVID-19 screening.
4. To pilot the developed applications and evaluate their clinical efficacy in COVID-19 screening.
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Engineering and Technology |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Moffat Nyirenda Joha
ID: UNCST-2020-R019333
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Identification and characterization of Diabetes in low-resource Populations
REFNo: HS1791ES
The secondary study objectives are:
1. To establish a base-line cohort of well-characterised people with diabetes to understand disease progression of the different phenotypes, including uptake and response to treatment.
2. To identify and recruit a cohort of non-diabetic volunteers (including prediabetes i.e., at high risk of developing diabetes) for longitudinal follow-up.
i. To identify a cohort of non-diabetic people in order to measure the incidence of disease in the future estimate incidence of diabetes.
ii. To assess the burden and rates of progression of vascular complications associated with the different phenotypes of dysglycaemia.
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Malawi |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Frederick Mubiru Edward
ID:
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Market Research on User Perspectives for a 4-month Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Subcutaneous (DMPA-SC) Product
REFNo: HS1792ES
1. To solicit input from potential and current contraceptive injectable users, as well as males/partners, on acceptability and implications for having multiple injectable products of different durations in the market, with an emphasis on a 4-month DMPA-SC product as well as a potential 6-month injectable
2. To co-create marketing strategies/messages with current and potential users for the introduction and differentiation of new injectable products
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Josef Bryja
ID:
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Evolutionary diversity of small mammals in isolated mountains in north-eastern Uganda - stepping stones for colonization of the Albertine Rift and Kenyan Highlands from Ethiopia?
REFNo: NS301ES
Overall goal: To analyse genetic diversity of small mammals and their pathogens to test alternative hypotheses of colonization of Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EAMBH)
Objective: Description of biodiversity patterns in EAMBH using integrative approach
Output 1: List of small mammals of isolated sky islands of north-eastern Uganda
Activity 1: Field sampling, species identification (using integrative approach)
Output 2: Phylogeographic scenarios for the colonization of EAMBH, identification of "refugia within refugia", biogeographical regionalization
Activity 2: Combination of obtained (genetic) data with other datasets from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. Testing of phylogeographic hypotheses.
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Czech Republic |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
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Strengthening the Effectiveness of National Children’s Care Systems: A Political Analysis of Uganda
REFNo: SS1064ES
This study will examine the effectiveness of the National Children’s Care System in Uganda focusing on the political, bureaucratic and economic forces as well as the strategies that augment the effectiveness of this system.
The study aims to use the collected data to develop an adaptable framework to achieve effective national care systems for children in Low-Income Countries (LICs).
In specific terms, the research will:
1. Examine the political, bureaucratic and economic forces shaping the effectiveness of Uganda’s national children’s care systems
2. Delineate the strategies to improve the capacity of these systems to protect children
3. Develop an adaptable framework for Uganda to analyze factors shaping children’s care systems in LICs?
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Gorretti Nassali
ID:
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Trends of Breast Cancer among patients younger than 40 years at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya: A cross section descriptive study
REFNo: HS1758ES
This study aims to describe prevalence by age, stage at diagnosis, cancer type and grade, and hormone receptor status, among women younger than 40 years at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya between 2010 and 2020.
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Uganda |
2021-10-21 |
2024-10-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Anna Ritah Namuganga
ID:
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated immune activation and exhaustion profiles for prediction of active pulmonary tuberculosis
REFNo: HS1201ES
Main Objectives
Determine the differential expression of immune activation and exhaustion markers to predict active TB disease among presumptive TB cases.
Primary Specific Objectives
i. To determine the levels of soluble markers of immune activation and exhaustion in serum of active PTB cases, LTBI and those with ORDs and response to treatment.
ii. To determine levels of immune activation and exhaustion associated cytokines/chemokines in serum among active PTB, LTBI and ORDs and response to treatment.
iii. Perform a phenotypic profiling of expression of markers immune activation and exhaustion in PBMCs and determine their association with active PTB, LTBI states or other respiratory diseases (ORDs).
iv. To determine the activation and exhaustion genes expression profiles in QFT Gold plus cell pellets and compare levels in active PTB cases and LTBI.
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Andrew Okwi Livex
ID: UNCST-2021-R013180
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Unlocking the potential of thiocyanate in cassava root for management of painful crisis in sickle cell disease patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS1486ES
1. To determine the frequency of cassava consumption in the districts of Uganda with high prevalence of sickle cell disease
2. To assess the frequency of painful crisis among SCD patients in these districts.
3. To determine the levels of thiocyanate in patients with SCD in these districts
4. To determine the optimum concentration of thiocyanate that causes antisickling (in vitro studies)
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Khamisi Musanje
ID: UNCST-2021-R012863
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Acceptability, Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mindfulness based Intervention to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents in Kampala.
REFNo: HS1656ES
1. To adapt and explore acceptability of ACT-DNA-v among users (ALWHA) and providers (HCPs).
2. To measure feasibility of the adapted ACT-DNA-v for use with ALWHA.
3. To examine the impact of ACT-DNA-v on reducing proximal psychosocial barriers to medication adherence (depression, anxiety and stigma) among ALWHA.
4. To measure effectiveness of a mindfulness based intervention (ACT-DNA-v) on self-reported adherence among ALWHA in Kampala, and ascertain its impact on viral load reduction via analysis of data from medical records
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Damalie Nalwanga
ID: UNCST-2021-R013217
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SEVERE PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN: THE ABILITY OF BODY COMPOSITION TO PREDICT SURVIVAL, AND THE EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON OUTCOMES
REFNo: HS1719ES
4. To determine the effect of a nutritional intervention (RUTF) on clinical outcomes (post discharge mortality, re-admission, and occurrence of severe acute malnutrition) of children hospitalized for severe pneumonia.,3. To determine the effect of a nutritional intervention (RUTF) on fat and muscle mass in children hospitalised for severe pneumonia.,2. To compare the ability of various muscle and fat mass indices to predict survival in children hospitalised for severe pneumonia.,1. To describe the role of nutritional status on outcomes following hospitalization for severe pneumonia among children.,To describe the relationship between muscle and fat mass and survival, and determine the role of nutritional supplementation on fat and muscle mass, and on treatment outcomes of children hospitalized for severe pneumonia,
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Miriam Nakalembe
ID: UNCST-2021-R014040
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A Public Health Approach to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Uganda
REFNo: HS1727ES
Aim 1. To evaluate the uptake of, acceptability regarding and factors explaining non-participation in a community-based cervical cancer screening program.
Aim 2. To evaluate the uptake of, acceptability regarding and factors explaining non-participation in a community-based HPV vaccination program.
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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