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Richard Muhindo
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Integrating Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis into HIV services for sex workers in Uganda
REFNo: HS4747ES

2. To describe the CAB-LA PrEP service delivery attributes, and preferred delivery models among MSW and FSW. ,To identify the facilitators of and barriers to integrating CAB-LA PrEP into existing HIV services for MSW and FSW,To examine the barriers to and facilitators of integrating CAB-LA PrEP into existing HIV prevention services and describe the PrEP service delivery attributes and preferred delivery models among MSW and FSW,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:43:32 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Felix Oyania
ID: UNCST-2021-R013492
STEPWISE INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AND INCLUSION FOR CHILDREN WITH STOMAS IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS4879ES

Aim 1: Perform a qualitative study to understand the stigma faced by patients and their families, the coping mechanisms they have tried, and the degrees of success or failure they have met with current interventions.

Aim 2: Develop and Pilot a stepwise psychological & stoma care intervention based on theories of cognitive behavioral therapy, coping models, and stoma resources available in Uganda.
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:41:59 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HADIJAH NAMYALO-GANAFA
ID: UNCST-2022-R010694
The Identification Gap: Exploring Intersectional Exclusions and Disconnections in Digital Identification for Health in Uganda
REFNo: SS2863ES


Understanding the nexus between digital IDs and healthcare access

To find out the institutions and power relations that shape the identification ecosystem in postcolonial Uganda and who benefits from it.

Exploring the role of the law in defining the eligibility for acquisition of IDs and their use in accessing services in Uganda.

Uganda 2024-09-12 11:37:48 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Betty Adoch
ID: UNCST-2024-R003825
Role of Social Capital in Facilitating Access to Livelihoods among Refugees in Post-Conflict Gulu City, Uganda
REFNo: SS2820ES

3. To establish the barriers and opportunities for social capital formation and utilization among refugees in post-conflict Gulu city.,2. To assess the influence of social capital on refugees’ access to livelihoods in post-conflict Gulu city.,1. To examine the forms of social capital experienced by refugees in post-conflict Gulu city. ,To examine the forms of social capital among refugees and how these influences access to livelihoods. This will inform policies and interventions geared towards urban refugees’ livelihoods and integration in post-conflict Gulu city. ,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:27:24 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Winnie  Muyindike R
ID: UNCST-2021-R013558
The Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) Results Communication (PERC) Study
REFNo: HS4449ES

Main Objective: To develop and pilot strategies for using PEth results communication to boost alcohol brief interventions for PWH and explore their acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility for a future large-scale Randomized Controlled Trial. AIM 1: Develop approaches for adding PEth results communication to alcohol brief interventions. AIM 2. Explore the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of adding PEth results communication to an alcohol brief intervention in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:23:21 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige
ID: UNCST-2020-R014529
Digital Evidence Communication for Intelligent Decisions: how PHC managers support community health worker to screen chronic disease (DECIDE PHC) REF NO;SBS-2024-545
REFNo: SS2773ES

2. To describe the outputs and outcomes resulting from the use of performance information by health assistants in supporting VHTs’ decisions around screening of NCDs (diabetes and epilepsy) in Buikwe district. ,1. To characterize the contextual barriers and facilitators influencing the use of digital data by health assistants in providing performance feedback to VHTs in Buikwe district.,To explore how Primary Health Care (PHC) managers (particularly health assistants) use digital evidence to support Village Health Team (VHT) members to improve processes for screening non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the community in Buikwe district.,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:13:46 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Philippa Musoke
ID: UNCST-2021-R013523
Neo-EPIC: A Study to Explore Preferences for Informed Consent processes in Neonatal Sepsis Research, version 2.0 April 17, 2024
REFNo: SS2682ES

Primary Objectives
• To characterize parents, guardians, and clinical staff’s knowledge about informed consent
(IC) processes for involvement of neonates in trials.
• To determine parents, guardians, and clinical staff’s preferences for an optmal informed
consent model for enrolment of neonates in trials by utlizing example scenarios of
different Informed consent models.
• To explore parents, guardians’ and clinical staff concerns about enrolment and informed
consent processes for trials in neonates to facilitate involvement of neonates in future
trials.

Secondary Objectves
• To understand regulators’ perspectves of Informed Consent models preferred by parents,
guardians, and clinical staff for enrollment of children with neonatal sepsis in research
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:11:49 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Morgan Andama
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Safeguarding Common Drinking Water Sources for Improved Health and Educational Performance in Selected Schools in Arua District
REFNo: NS781ES

1. To establish the common drinking water sources used by pupils in selected primary schools in Vurra subcounty, Arua District and the health and educational impacts they pose to them. 2. To determine the water sources, water use and its challenges in communities surrounding selected primary schools in Vurra sub county, Arua District. 3. To carry out sanitary risk assessment of selected commonly used water sources (boreholes, springs and shallow wells, tap water, harvested water) used by pupils in the selected primary schools in Vurra subcounty. 4. To determine the suitability of water from the selected commonly used water sources (boreholes, springs and shallow wells, tap water, harvested water) for human consumption.
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:05:59 2027-09-12 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Lawrence Osuwat Obado
ID: UNCST-2023-R008389
CHARACTERIZATION OF PHENOTYPES AND MOLECULAR GENOTYPES OF BREAST CANCER: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY AT HISTOPATHOLOGY CENTRES IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS4751ES

To establish the prevalence of mutations and the clinical significance of the identified variants ,To characterize gene variants from DNA of the sampled materials,To categorize the molecular subtypes of the tumors from retrieved tissues,To determine the demographics and histological phenotypes of BC from archived materials,Overall, this study seeks to use archived breast tissues and clinical notes for the investigation of underlying gene mutations and the relationship between demographics, pathological phenotypes, and intrinsic molecular sub-types of BC in Uganda, done through four sub-studies.,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:02:37 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
SABASTIAN SEMPALA
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STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TVET TRAINERS IN INSTRUCTOR TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3179ES

(i) Establish the current strategies to enhance CPD for TVET trainers in instructor training institutions.
(ii) Assess strategies that facilitate identifying the training needs of TVET trainers in Instructor Training Institutions in Uganda.
(iii) Determine the adoptable, innovative strategies that can be employed to enhance CPD programmes for TVET trainers.

Uganda 2024-09-12 11:01:03 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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