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Moses Nasinyama Makoha
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Approaches to Knowledge Translation and Management for Public Revenue Mobilization in Pallisa District, Uganda
REFNo: SS2709ES

Purpose of the study
To examine how approaches of Knowledge Translation support the management for Public Revenue Mobilization in Pallisa District, Uganda.

1.3.1 Objectives of the Study
The specific objectives of the study are to:
1. Assess the nature and methods (both local and modern) used for knowledge development to support the management for PRM in Pallisa.
2. Analyze the process and methods used in knowledge development to accelerate innovation in public revenue knowledge design in Pallisa.
3. Assess the institutional structures in place to support public revenue knowledge transfer in Pallisa.
4. Explore the role of key stakeholders in public revenue knowledge generation and management in Pallisa.


Uganda 2024-07-17 12:42:18 2027-07-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Julius Ssendiwala
ID:
Evaluation of the National PMTCT Group Antenatal Care/ Postnatal Care Differentiated Service Delivery model: Uganda 2021-2023
REFNo: SS2873ES

To estimate the cost of delivering the G-ANC/PNC DSD model of care as part of MCH service delivery for PBF AGYW and their infants by health facility level,To determine the acceptability, enablers and barriers of implementing the G-ANC/PNC model of care for PBF AGYW and their infants.,To determine the effectiveness of G-ANC/PNC DSD model of care on maternal and infant health outcomes across the continuum of care for mother-infant pairs, including retention rates.,To assess the uptake of G-ANC/PNC DSD model of care among PBF AGYWs,To measure the uptake, effectiveness and cost of the G-ANC/PNC DSD model of care for PBF AGYW and their infants for program improvement.,
Uganda 2024-07-17 12:07:59 2027-07-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Philip Rwezawula
ID: UNCST-2024-R003279
Probiotics and Bacteriophages as Biocontrol Agents of Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia in Nile Tilapia: A Holistic Approach to Disease Management in Aquaculture
REFNo: A451ES

To evaluate the synergistic effects of combining lytic phages with local probiotic Bacillus spp. on the growth performance and survival rates of Nile tilapia in the field under conditions of Aeromonas hydrophila exposure ,To evaluate the synergistic effects of combining lytic phages and local probiotic Bacillus spp. under lab conditions to prevent and/or cure MAS in Nile tilapia,To verify the potential of local lytic bacteriophages and probiotic Bacillus spp. to prevent or mitigate Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia (MAS) in farmed Nile tilapia under lab conditions,Isolation and characterization of local probiotic Bacillus spp. and local lytic bacteriophages,to assess the potential of bacteriophages and probiotics as biocontrol agents of Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia (MAS) in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). ,
Uganda 2024-07-17 12:06:50 2027-07-17 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Faith Nawagi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013751
AFREhealth-FAIMER Interprofessional Education Student Exchange Program Evaluation Plan.
REFNo: HS4461ES

The AFREhealth-FAIMER IPE program evaluation aims to assess the key process factors required for implementation of an IPE elective program, impact and the outcomes of the program at the student, faculty, institutional, and AFREhealth Network levels.,4. To document the key process factors of developing and implementing the AFREhealth-FAIMER IPE elective program. ,3. To identify the outcomes of the AFREhealth–FAIMER IPE elective program on the participating institutions and AFREhealth as an organization at large.,2. To evaluate the participating faculty, students, program managers, institutional leaders, and AFREhealth leaders’ perspectives on the AFREhealth-FAIMER IPE elective program curriculum. ,1. To establish the IPECP skills gained by the students participating in the AFREhealth-FAIMER IPE elective program. ,
Uganda 2024-07-17 12:04:18 2027-07-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Anxious   Niwaha Jackson.
ID: UNCST-2023-R008010
Patho-physiologic and metabolic characterisation of Lean Diabetes in Uganda (LEAN-D study)
REFNo: HS4533ES

1. To establish the principal cause of hyperglycemia in lean SSA diabetes. (Hyperglycemia is high blood sugar)
2. To determine the association between biomarkers of beta cell function, and body composition and lean type 2 diabetes.
3. To establish if Persistent Organic Pollutants are present in sufficient levels in individuals with lean SSA diabetes to contribute to the process of developing diabetes.
4. To translate knowledge products into formats that are accessible and usable by key stake holders to enhance lean diabetes diagnosis, and inform policy and intervention strategies.

Uganda 2024-07-15 8:24:33 2027-07-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Allan Kalungi
ID: UNCST-2022-R009843
Genetic, Biological and Psychosocial predictors of Incident and Persistent Internalizing Mental Disorders among Ugandan Children and Adolescents living with HIV: A Machine Learning Approach.
REFNo: HS4521ES

1. To build a machine learning model for prediction of prevalent, incident, and persistent cases of Internalizing Mental Disorders among Ugandan children and adolescents living with HIV.
2. To evaluate the performance of the machine learning model (developed in 1 above) based on each of genetic, biological, and psychosocial factors respectively.
3. To evaluate the performance of the machine learning model based on the combination all the three factor domains of genetic, biological, and psychosocial factors.

Uganda 2024-07-15 8:22:11 2027-07-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sheila Balinda Nina
ID: UNCST-2021-R013804
Advancing Vaccine Development: Harnessing Multiple Antigenic Epitopes for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Humans and Animals
REFNo: HS4493ES

Overall objective To develop and evaluate an adenovector CCHFV vaccine candidate. Sub-study general objectives i) To design the CCHFV immunogens and construct an adenovector CCHF vaccine candidate by conjugating the immunogens into the adenovector backbone. ii) To conduct preclinical studies of the CCHF vaccine in mice and non-human primates (animal models). iii) To translate knowledge products into formats that are accessible and usable by key stakeholders to enhance CCHF vaccine discovery and scale up.
Uganda 2024-07-15 8:16:36 2027-07-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jolly  Kamugisha G.K.
ID: UNCST-2023-R005715
Evaluation of The Early Childhood Nutrition Programme In The Karamoja Region, Uganda. RefNo: JCRC-2024-78:
REFNo: HS4490ES

To assess ECD centre readiness to implement integrated early childhood nutrition interventions in order to inform programming that fosters early childhood development in the Karamoja regionTo determine the early childhood developmental status of children aged 0-24 months in the Karamoja region. To determine the contextual barriers and facilitators to implementation of comprehensive nutrition interventions in ECD centres and their catchment communities in the Karamoja region To determine the effect of comprehensive early childhood nutrition interventions on Early Childhood Developmental status among children aged 24-59 months in the Karamoja region
Uganda 2024-07-12 14:50:24 2027-07-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mamerito Nturanabo
ID: UNCST-2024-R004377
Social Equity Interventions and Maternal health outcomes in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda
REFNo: SS2781ES

To establish the effect of legislation on the maternal Health in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda,To establish the civic education effect on maternal health in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda.,To establish Health provision effect on maternal health in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda,To assess the relationship between social equity interventions and maternal health outcomes in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-07-10 13:41:35 2027-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Shamirah Najjinda
ID:
Family support, entrepreneurial resources, resilience and entrepreneurial wellbeing of women entrepreneurs in the hospitality and tourism industry of Uganda
REFNo: SS2842ES

To determine the levels of understanding of entrepreneurial wellbeing by women entrepreneurs in Uganda.To establish the relationship between family support and entrepreneurial wellbeing of women entrepreneurs in the hospitality and tourism industry of Uganda.To examine the relationship between entrepreneurial resources and entrepreneurial wellbeing of women entrepreneurs in the hospitality and tourism industry of Uganda.To explore the influence of entrepreneurial resilience on the entrepreneurial wellbeing of women entrepreneurs in the hospitality and tourism industry of Uganda.
Uganda 2024-07-10 13:40:22 2027-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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