Francis Busiku
ID: UNCST-2024-R004040
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Validity, Feasibility and Acceptability of digital x-ray Computer Aided Diagnosis for Tuberculosis by Village Health Teams in Bududa District- a cross-sectional study
REFNo: HS4792ES
3. To determine the feasibility and acceptability of portable Digital Chest X-ray CAD4TB version 7 by VHTs in Bududa District.,2. To determine the validity of portable Digital Chest X-ray CAD4TB version 7, compared to ZN in Bududa District.,1. To determine the validity of portable Digital Chest X-ray CAD4TB version 7, compared to X-pert MTB/RIF (x-pert) in Bududa District.,To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of portable CXR CAD4TB as Community TB diagnostic tool in Bududa District in Uganda.,
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Uganda |
2024-09-10 10:17:27 |
2027-09-10 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Achilles Katamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000540
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Peer-led Implementation of TB-HIV Education and Adherence Counselling in Uganda
REFNo: HS4801ES
To evaluate the implementation fidelity and context of a peer-navigation strategy for TB-EC to improve TB treatment and ART outcomes, To determine the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of a peer-navigation strategy for TB-EC and explore the social-behavioral mechanisms for improving adherence and clinical outcomes. ,To evaluate the implementation of a peer-navigation strategy for TB-EC to improve TB treatment completion and ART retention. , To evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a novel, peer-led TB education and counseling strategy to improve outcomes among persons with tuberculosis (TB) with and without HIV/AIDS and assess the social-behavioral mechanisms underlying the observed treatment effects. ,
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Uganda |
2024-09-10 10:03:57 |
2027-09-10 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Okumu Tendo Ivan
ID:
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Assessment and remediation of selected heavy metals contaminants in tannery wastewater from selected tanneries in Jinja city and Wakiso district,Uganda
REFNo: NS795ES
Prepare and characterize biochar using green banana peels and coffee husks ,Evaluate the concentration levels, speciation and toxicity of selected heavy metals( Cr,Cu,NI,Pb and Zn) in tannery wastewater.,To assess the concentration levels and to bioremediate selected heavy metals contaminants in tannery wastewaters from designated tanning industries in Uganda,
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Uganda |
2024-09-10 10:01:32 |
2027-09-10 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Robert MPIIRA
ID: UNCST-2022-R005391
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Community Development Intervention Strategies and Poverty Alleviation in Wakiso District
REFNo: SS3067ES
(iv) Explore how interactions among development actors affect poverty alleviation in Wakiso district,(iii) Assess if, and to what extent, multipurpose cooperative societies leverage community development intervention strategies in poverty alleviation in Wakiso District,(ii) Analyse the relationship, if any, between the various development strategies and the selected poverty outcomes (income, food security, household assets, agency),(i) Understand how the communities in Wakiso district perceive poverty and development,To generate, using a systems approach, more contextualized knowledge on the effects of skills acquisition, transfers and financial inclusion supported by non-governmental organisations through cooperatives on household income, assets, food security and agency. ,
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Uganda |
2024-09-10 10:00:24 |
2027-09-10 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Riccardo Durini
ID:
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Comparison in sociality in snared and non-snared chimpanzees
REFNo: NS861ES
The goal is to analyse social behavioural differences between snared and healthy chimpanzee individuals. The comparison focuses on certain traits related to sociality, such as the number and quality of bonds with other individuals, party formation, grooming partners and others.
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Switzerland |
2024-09-09 14:54:20 |
2027-09-09 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
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Evaluation of the performance of HIV rapid diagnostic tests on Oral Fluid and Urine for WHO prequalification assessment.
REFNo: HS4871ES
To describe and assess the operational characteristics and ease of use of HIV RDTs on urine or oral fluids and its suitability for use in countries with limited infrastructure (no/limited electricity, no/limited clean water, and inadequate means of biosafety disposal).,To assess inter-reader variability (for subjectively read assays),To assess analytical performance of HIV RDTs for the detection of antibodies to HIV in oral fluid and urine: ● Sensitivity on seroconversion panels compared to a benchmark assay ● Performance on mixed-titer panels ● Subtype detection ● Lot-to-lot variation ,To determine the sensitivity and specificity of HIV RDTs for the detection of antibodies to HIV in oral fluids and urine as compared to a reference algorithm (two EIAs followed by a line immunoassay) in blood- derived specimen and compare them to predefined acceptance criteria for prequalification,The overall objective is to evaluate and compare the accuracy of HIV rapid tests for the detection of HIV antibodies in oral fluids and urine against established performance criteria. ,
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Uganda |
2024-09-04 18:43:09 |
2027-09-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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ANTHONY NUWA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011102
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Using behavioural insights to design a behavioural intervention to accelerate
malaria mosquito net use in Uganda: The Be In A Net study
REFNo: SS3095ES
1. The aim of this study is to understand the behaviours, barriers, and facilitators affecting the use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in selected areas of Uganda in order to develop a behavioural intervention to increase ITN use,To design and refine a behavioural intervention to increase mosquito net use based on behavioural science principles.,To conduct exploratory research to examine the role of psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors impacting ITN use to inform the design of a behavioural intervention to encourage mosquito net use.,
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Uganda |
2024-09-04 18:41:43 |
2027-09-04 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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molly naisanga
ID: UNCST-2023-R005602
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services for Refugee Children and Adolescents with HIV in West Nile Uganda.
REFNo: HS4486ES
2. To explore experiences with available mental health and psychosocial support services for HIV-positive school going refugee children and adolescents in the West Nile region of Uganda.,1. To explore ongoing and past mental health and psychosocial support services for HIV-positive school going refugee children and adolescents in the West Nile region of Uganda,To explore ongoing and past mental health and psychosocial support services for HIV-positive school going refugee children and adolescents in the West Nile region of Uganda and to explore their experiences with available mental health and psychosocial support services.,
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Uganda |
2024-09-04 13:33:35 |
2027-09-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Olak Ongaya Denis
ID:
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Scaling-up innovative Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Approaches: Evidence from Malawi, Uganda and Ethiopia
REFNo: SS2919ES
• Strengthen capacities of education managers at all levels to identify and address bottlenecks in the delivery of equitable and quality education at the school level.,• To Mobilize knowledge on optimal use of school-based data for education decision-making, policy and management amongst education stakeholders.,• To gather and develop guidelines on best practices of scale-up, which will be adopted and resourced by the government to develop capacity, influence, and improve education policy and practice on scale-up of GEI interventions,• To generate knowledge that contributes to a broader understanding of the factors of scale-up to guide stakeholders, including policymakers and other researchers on future GEI education interventions and scale-up strategies. ,To contribute to the understanding and improvement of scale-up practices of GEI-focused education projects at local, regional, and international levels.,
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Uganda |
2024-09-04 12:57:16 |
2027-09-04 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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David Katende
ID:
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Characterization of New Childhood HIV Infections in USAID supported regions in Uganda (NCHiS)
REFNo: HS4857ES
The assessment aims to characterize those children newly diagnosed with HIV in terms of their demographics, geography, access to care, care continuum and social determinants, to inform child HIV services on targeted and effective case finding and treatment services that can support the reversal of sub-optimal case finding and viral load suppression, and the stagnation in the overall rate of new vertical infections.
a. Primary objective
To describe the determinants or associated risk factors of persisting vertical HIV infections among children.
b. Secondary objectives
i. To report on the perspectives of key stakeholders on the utilization of child HIV services from implementor to the recipient.
ii. To describe the distribution of HIV seropositive children by HIV acquisition mode e.g., vertical MTCT (PMTCT and non-PMTCT), BF, through sex, trauma/GBV.
iii. To establish the proportion of uniquely identified HIV seropositive children in the survey region.
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Uganda |
2024-09-04 11:10:19 |
2027-09-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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