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ESTHER NANSAMBA
ID: UNCST-2024-R002776
 SUCCESSION PLANNING PRACTICES, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND SURVIVABILITY OF HOTELS IN WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3479ES

i.To examine the effect of skill development on hotel survivability in western Uganda.
ii.To determine the effect of mentorship on hotel survivability
iii.To establish the effect of internal promotion on hotel survivability in western Uganda
iv.To determine the moderating effect of organizational culture on the relationship between succession planning practices and the survivability of hotels in western Uganda.
v.To determine the level of survivability of hotels in western Uganda.
 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:24:31 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edgar Mulogo Mugema
ID: UNCST-2023-R008170
 Evaluation of a point-of-care molecular diagnostic test for brucellosis
REFNo: HS6127ES

Aim 1. Evaluate a point-of-care, rapid recombinase polymerase amplification, lateral flow detection assay (RPA-LF) for Brucella using clinical specimens from children and adults in rural southwestern Uganda with suspected brucellosis. Aim 1a: Determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the RPA-LF assay as compared to the current gold standard, blood culture, and quantitative PCR (qPCR). At Epicentre Uganda Research Laboratory, we will retrospectively perform the RPA-LF test on blood collected from patients presenting to health facilities in the Kazo and Kasese districts with malaria-negative fever for 1 week and one or more of the following symptoms: night sweats, headache, weight loss, fatigue, myalgia or arthralgia, and anorexia. We hypothesize that the RPA-LF assay can be successfully conducted in Uganda in a reference laboratory setting. In addition, we postulate that its sensitivity will be better than that of the currently available qualitative slide agglutination test and blood culture and will match that of qPCR. Aim 2b: Demonstrate the preliminary feasibility of RPA-LF test use at a peripheral health center in rural southwestern Uganda. We will conduct a small pilot sub-study to assess the acceptability and feasibility of test implementation by laboratory technicians at one of the study sites. We hypothesize that the assay can be successfully performed by local laboratory staff with minimal capacity investment. Aim 2: Explore the use of the RPA-LF assay for testing of cow and goat milk. For participants who test positive for brucellosis by slide agglutination test or blood culture, we will test self-collected pooled milk samples from their households using the Brucella Milk Ring Test and the RPA-LF assay and assess concordance between the two diagnostic methods.,The objective of this proposal is to preliminarily validate an RPA-LF assay for brucellosis that can be implemented in rural contexts in LMIC to improve brucellosis diagnosis and management.,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:22:39 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peter Musinguzi
ID: UNCST-2025-R017309
 Maintenance of Place Attachment and Future Aspirations: Towards a Model through Insights from Marginalised Indigenous Communities in Uganda
REFNo: SS4116ES

The study broadly aims to unravel the different forms of social-symbolic work Indigenous communities acting entrepreneurially (including business operators and owners) engage in to signal their relationship with their ancestral land to restore, preserve, and maintain cultural heritage for their future generation after displacement and their community’s aspirations. To achieve this objective, the study answers the research question below:

How do Indigenous communities act towards restoration, preservation, and maintenance of linkage to their cultural heritage for their future generation after displacement and their communities’ future aspirations?

 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:19:43 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Pontiano  Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2020-R019901
 Field Performance Evaluation of Kwiq HIV 1/2 Test kit in Uganda.
REFNo: HS6240ES

1.To describe the performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the KWIQ-TEST rapid test compared to the reference testing (Genscreen ULTRA HIV1/2 Ag/Ab EIA followed by the Murex diasorin HIV1/2 Ag/Ab combination).
2.To describe the performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the KWIQ-TEST rapid test, when compared to the national testing algorithm.
3.Estimate the proportion of inconclusive test results by KWIQ-TEST Test

Uganda 2025-08-08 16:18:18 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
KEBIRUNGI ELIZABETH
ID: UNCST-2025-R017392
 ETHNOLBOTANICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROFILES OF COMMONLY USED HERBAL GALACTOGOGUES AMONG BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS IN KISORO DISTRICT
REFNo: NS981ES

To profile the Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, and Nutritional composition of commonly used plant based galactagogues by breastfeeding mothers. 1.3.1 Specific objectives i. To document the plant species used as galactagogues and associated local knowledge ii. To assess the phytochemical composition of selected plant based galactagogues used by breastfeeding mothers. iii. To determine the nutritional composition of selected plant based galactagogues used by breastfeeding mothers
Uganda 2025-08-08 14:01:54 2028-08-08 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Loro Loro Simon
ID: UNCST-2024-R016624
 Enteral Feeding of premature neonates in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Challenges and interventions
REFNo: HS6184ES

2. To develop a caretaker-led model of enteral feeding for premature neonates in MRRH using human-centred design approaches,To identify challenges that caretakers face while giving enteral feeding to premature neonates in MRRH. ,To establish the challenges that caretaker face while administering enteral feeds to preterm babies and develop a relevant intervention for care-taker led enteral feeding of premature neonates. ,
 South Sudan 2025-08-08 13:59:50 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Odongo Samuel
ID: UNCST-2024-R016137
 PATTERNS OF, FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH, AND OUTCOMES OF SELF-MEDICATION AMONG CHILDREN AGED 1-59 MONTHS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS6188ES

3. To compare the seven-day in-hospital outcomes among children aged 1–59 months with ARI who have had self-medication by caregivers versus those who have not at MRRH.,2. To determine the factors associated with self-medication in children aged 1-59 months with ARI by caregivers at MRRH,1. To describe the patterns of self-medication among children aged 1-59 months with ARI by caregivers at MRRH.,To determine the patterns of, factors associated with, and in-hospital outcomes of self-medication in children aged 1-59 months with ARI by caregivers at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:58:48 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ROBERT BUGWATA
ID: UNCST-2024-R016476
 Assessing the influence of Transformational Leadership Practices on Teacher Adaptability and Innovation in primary schools
REFNo: SS4052ES

1. To assess the prevalence and dimensions of transformational leadership exhibited by headteachers in Uganda’s primary schools. 2. To investigate the influence of headteachers’ transformational leadership on teachers’ adaptability in Uganda’s primary schools. 3. To examine the effect of headteachers’ transformational leadership on teachers’ innovation in Uganda’s primary schools.
Uganda 2025-08-08 13:57:34 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
wabomba kadili
ID: UNCST-2025-R017841
 PUBLIC DEBT AND INVESTMENTS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES
REFNo: SS4146ES

The main objective of the study will be to investigate public debt and investments in the East African countries from 1990-2023
Specific Objectives of the Study
1. To examine the effect of External Debt on Investment in the East African Countries
2. To determine the impact of Public Debt servicing obligations on Investment in the East African Countries
3. To assess the control effects of inflation, exchange, and interest rates on the relationship between public debt and investment in East African countries
4. To Analyze the Overall Relationship Between External Debt and Investment in the East African Countries

 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:55:54 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nuluyati Nalwadda
ID: UNCST-2025-R017243
 Learning for Social Inclusion of Refugee Women in Host Communities: Perspectives from Uganda.
REFNo: SS4071ES

1.Explore the learning experiences of refugee women in host communities.
2.Examine how refugee women’s participation in learning facilitates their social inclusion in host communities.
3.To investigate the barriers refugee women face in accessing and participating in learning and their impact on social inclusion
4.To contribute to the existing literature on the strategies for improving the learning and social inclusion experiences of refugee women in host communities.

Uganda 2025-08-08 13:54:38 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
ID: UNCST-2020-R014244
 Exploring the Role and Feasibility of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Improve Mental Health Services in Uganda and Tanzania
REFNo: SIR540ES

4. To evaluate the developed ASR/NLP models in a real-life, prospective pilot in the call center in Uganda (Butabika Hospital) on different aspects of call center communication and operation. Examples include voice-based IVR tree navigation, call issue escalation, and real-time summaries (dashboards) of call data based on model outputs. The exact applications will be decided upon with users during project execution, based on clinical relevance and technical feasibility (performance of the models from objective 3).,3. To develop Automatic Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing models for transcription, translation, sentiment and emotional analysis, topic modeling (keyword spotting), and automatic communication quality assessment of call conversations. These trained models will be used in the pipeline to extract mental health indicators and markers from mental health recordings, as well as text transcripts of the call center recordings, to develop an overall scoring of patient mental health.,2. To curate and annotate mental health recordings and text datasets in English, Luganda, and Swahili. This will result in AI-ready datasets that will be used to train models to extract insights about mental health automatically. This process will also result in clear guidelines for data annotation and quality assurance, and inter- and intra-rater agreement measures when labelling data for mental health conditions.,1. To explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of stakeholders in regard to the use of ASR, NLP, AI, and other digital health tools in mental healthcare. From this, we shall also elicit the requirements for the design and operationalization of a mental health telephone service (call center) in Tanzania and the improvement of the existing mental health telephone service in Uganda (e.g. incorporation of ASR and NLP tools).,To explore the role and feasibility of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques in improving mental health services in Uganda and Tanzania. Our initial focus is on using these techniques to address the extant mental health data scarcity and studying the quality of conversations between patients and providers of mental health care services.,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:50:08 2028-08-08 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Claire Nimusiima
ID: UNCST-2025-R017994
 Assessing the association Between Disability and Mental Health among older adults: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Health and Wellbeing of Older People - Wave 5 study in Uganda.
REFNo: HS6244ES

Primary Objective
To assess the association between disability and mental health outcomes among older adults in Uganda.

Secondary Objectives
- To determine the prevalence of mental health disorders among older adults with and without disabilities.
- To explore whether any socio-demographic factors modify the association between disability and mental health outcomes.
- To assess whether HIV status confounds the association between disability and mental health outcomes.

 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:49:11 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
AGABA DAVID
ID: UNCST-2025-R018138
 Determinants of private investment and economic growth in Uganda 1990-2023
REFNo: SS4145ES

i. To establish the short and long term effect of interest rate on economic growth ii. To establish the short and long term effect of foreign exchange on economic growth iii. To establish the short and long term effect of inflation on economic growth
Uganda 2025-08-08 13:47:55 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Peter Waitt
ID: UNCST-2023-R007926
 EXPLORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH AND LOW FIDELITY MODELS TO TEACH INTIMATE PROCEDURES SIMULATION SKILLS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS USING VAGINAL PREPARATION AS AN EXEMPLAR IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS6143ES

Exploring the effectiveness of high and low fidelity models to teach intimate procedures simulation skills to healthcare workers using vaginal preparation as an exemplar in Uganda,To explore knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards simulation to aid skill acquisition. To examine how simulation model fidelity affects healthcare provider learning during intimate procedures. To determine whether the level of fidelity affect the retention of skills over a 10-12 week period.,
 UK 2025-08-07 21:03:13 2028-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
 SKILLING IN AGRIPRENEURSHIP FOR INCREASED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT (SAY) PROJECT
REFNo: SS3959ES

Main objective
To execute the learning agenda to generate evidence that answers strategic questions and informs operational decisions and programming in regard to job creation and agri-skilling practices in Uganda

Research questions
1. To what extent does DIT (Directorate of Industrial Training) certification contribute to youth employability in the agriculture sector?

2. How effective and efficient is the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model utilised by the SAY Project on youth employment?

 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:58:03 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Thereza Piloya Were
ID: UNCST-2019-R000491
 Type 1 Diabetes Chronic Complication Prevalence and Relation to Continuous glucose monitoring Measurements in Ugandan Children and Youth
REFNo: HS5723ES

1. To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria, retinopathy, neuropathy, hypertension and hyperlipidemia among children and youth (age 4-26 yrs) with Type 1 diabetes at Mulago and Nsambya T1D clinics
2. To assess the relationship between chronic diabetes complications and HbA1c and CGM measures (glucose time in the standard CGM ranges, AG, CV) among children and youth (age 4-26 yrs) with Type 1 diabetes at Mulago and Nsambya T1D clinics.

 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:54:15 2028-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gladyce Kachope
ID: UNCST-2024-R002905
 TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UGANDA’S SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPETENCE-BASED CURRICULUM (CBC) IN RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT
REFNo: SS3363ES

iv. To investigate stakeholders’ motivating factors to implementation of Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,iii. To examine teachers\' attitudes towards Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,ii. To assess teachers’ perceptions towards their preparedness to implement Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,i. To examine the teacher preparedness initiatives in the implementation phase of Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,The overall objective of the study is to determine the effect of teacher preparedness on the implementation of Uganda’s 2020 competence-based secondary school curriculum in Rukungiri district.,
 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:52:08 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jackson Efitre
ID: UNCST-2019-R000473
 Scaling up fish processing technologies, marketing and women empowerment for improved incomes and livelihoods of fishing communities in Uganda (NutriFishPLUS)
REFNo: SS4106ES

Objectives of the study are:

The general objective is to enhance the incomes and livelihoods of fishing communities in Uganda.
Specific objectives are:

1.Improved quantity and quality of dried small fish and fish products for local, regional and international markets through adoption of solar tent driers and raised drying racks.

2.Improved market access for small fish and fish products through innovative marketing strategies and enhanced supply chain linkages.

3.Increased involvement of women, youth and other marginalized groups in SPF value chain.

4.Strengthened resilience of fishing communities through diversified income streams


 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:48:24 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PETER KADDU
ID: UNCST-2025-R018764
 Human Resource Planning Practices and Perceived Health Service Delivery in Uganda; a case study of selected District in Central Uganda.
REFNo: SS4063ES

To examine the influence of workforce alignment on perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To analyze the relationship between human resource forecasting and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To assess the association between succession planning and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To evaluate the moderating effect of customer factors on human resource planning practices and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.

 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:42:21 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GRACE SSEBANAKITTA NANTAGYA
ID: UNCST-2024-R003766
 An Analysis Of Academic Staff Experiences With E-Learning Uptake In Universal Secondary Education Schools In Central Uganda
REFNo: SS4059ES

4. To investigate the strategies employed by teachers in USE schools to address challenges encountered during the implementation of e-learning,3. To examine teachers’ perceptions of the key challenges affecting the uptake of e-learning in USE schools in central Uganda.,2. To assess the levels of satisfaction among teachers in USE schools regarding their experiences with e-learning uptake.,1. To determine the extent of teacher engagement with different types of e-learning platforms in Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools in central Uganda,The overall objective of the study is to analyse the experiences of the academic staff in USE schools in Central Uganda with e-learning uptake,
 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:40:30 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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