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Samuel Kaddu Mukasa
ID: UNCST-2025-R022007
Assessing employment prospects of TVET graduates in Uganda's Job Market
REFNo: SIR596ES

To find out the specific employability skills acquired during TVET training among graduates in Uganda. To examine the structure of TVET programs and how they influence the likelihood of employment among graduates. To determine the effect of background characteristics (e.g., reservation wage, job search intensity, migration) on the employability prospects of TVET graduates. To examine the effect of skills acquired during TVET training on the wage levels of employed graduates.
Uganda 2026-01-19 15:26:19 2029-01-19 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
Relaxation Intervention to Improve Newborn Growth and Maternal Well-being
REFNo: HS6916ES

To examine the effect of the APRB on maternal outcomes such as stress, anxiety and depression.,To evaluate the effect of the adapted APRB on infant outcomes such as growth, feeding and adverse events.,To develop and adapt an audiorecording promoting relaxation during breastfeeding (APRB) for use among postpartum mothers Uganda.,
Uganda 2026-01-19 15:24:38 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
Assessing the bottlenecks for coverage of Essential Emergency and Critical Care in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Africa
REFNo: HS6924ES

To determine the underlying causes and suggested solutions of these bottlenecks.,To determine the implementation bottlenecks for the provision of EECC in public hospitals in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa ,To investigate the bottlenecks, and their underlying determinants, for the provision of EECC in hospitals in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa,
UK 2026-01-19 13:39:06 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ronald Bisegerwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R011022
CRICKET: Critical events in anaesthetised kids undergoing tracheal intubation – a prospective, multi-centre observational study
REFNo: HS6846ES

To determine the incidence of anaesthesia cases with critical events associated with endotracheal intubation requiring intervention from the start of anaesthesia until the discharge of the patient from the post-anaesthesia care unit or end of anaesthesia ,To assess the incidence of critical events related to tracheal intubation at all international study sites. Furthermore, the study will investigate the used intubation techniques and identify possible improvement measures to increase patient safety.,
Uganda 2026-01-19 13:37:45 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Charlotte Smith Alice
ID: UNCST-2025-R022981
Understanding Women’s Purchasing Decisions of Internet-Enabled Handsets In Uganda
REFNo: SS4755ES

1. How does women’s understanding and perception of existing internet-enabled handset features / point-of-sale (POS) offerings / marketing / communications compare with that intended by providers?
2. What are the key internet-enabled handset features / POS offerings that would most influence women to purchase one? What are the trade-offs that women would make (between these features/POS offerings) when purchasing an internet-enabled handset?
3. How could handset sellers best communicate and market these key internet-enabled handset features/POS offerings to women?

UK 2026-01-13 16:16:17 2029-01-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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