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Flavia Matovu Kiweewa
ID: UNCST-2021-R013337
 The Pelvic Floor Disorders (PFD) Study: Validation of PFDI-20, PFIQ-7, and evaluation of pelvic floor disorders in parous Ugandan women.
REFNo: HS2236ES

To determine the prevalence of Pelvic Floor Disorders PFD among a cohort of

parous women and to translate/validate into Luganda the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) and

Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ-7) for Ugandan women of reproductive age in Kampala, Uganda.

This study will also examine risk factors for the development of PFD in this cohort, specifically examining

the associations between physical activity and the development of PFD, depression and the presence of PFD.
 Uganda 2022-06-08 14:38:25 2025-06-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Josephine  Ssirimuzaawo
ID:
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Academic Achievement in Selected Government Primary schools in Wakiso District , Uganda.
REFNo: HS2282ES

1. To develop an ADHD model that will be used to address academic achievement in Government lower primary schools in Uganda, 2. To explain the role school related factors play in the academic achievement of children in selected Government primary schools in Wakiso District, 3. To find out if school related factors have an influence on ADHD symptoms in selected Government primary schools in Wakiso District., 4.To examine the effect of impulsive behavior on academic achievement of children in selected Government lower primary schools in Wakiso District Uganda and develop a model to explain that effect. 5.To assess the extent to which concentration level of learners affect their academic achievement of children in selected lower primary Government schools in Wakiso District,
 Uganda 2022-06-06 11:42:14 2025-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jane Fieldhouse
ID:
One Health Timeliness Metrics: Stakeholder Experiences in Multisectoral Outbreak Reporting
REFNo: HS2255ES

The general objective of this proposal is to evaluate timeliness, or speed of detection and response, during multisectoral outbreak events in Uganda. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of One Health timeliness metrics will be used to make recommendations for a One Health outbreak reporting tool designed to monitor progress toward finding and responding to outbreaks faster.
 USA 2022-06-06 11:39:24 2025-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lian Thomas Francessca
ID: UNCST-2022-R010668
 Value chain based Taenia solium control in Northern Uganda (Research activity being applied for: Rapid value chain scoping)
REFNo: SS1296ES

The overall goal is to develop and trial a locally acceptable and appropriate value chain-based control program against T. solium codesigned through an inclusive participatory approach and tailored for the project area. Specifically, the project has the following objectives of which Objective 1 is the subject of this application. 1. Assess, describe, and map the pig value chain and the context for the control of T. solium in four districts (Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo and Agago districts) in Northern Uganda. 2. Conduct social network analysis to map movement of pigs within the districts to understand where they (farmers, traders, transporters, pork joint operators, butchers) get pigs and where most of the pigs are slaughtered to enable proper targeting of the interventions especially those targeting pork joints and consumers. 3. To utilize social network analysis and ‘net-mapping’ techniques to identify stakeholders essential in the control of T. solium and understand their relationships, power-dynamics, motivations 4. In a participatory manner with the stakeholders, identify best bet interventions to control Taenia solium and improve the value chain 5. To conduct an ex-ante impact assessment to understand the impacts of the proposed interventions 6. To implement a set of locally acceptable control strategies against Taenia solium infections targeted at various nodes of the pig value chain including market-based incentives to support uptake. 7. Conduct an ex-post impact assessment of the intervention in reducing the burden of Taenia solium infections and improving profitability of pig enterprises The current application is for activities under objective 1 (Assess, describe, and map the pig value chain in four districts (Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo and Agago districts) in Northern Uganda). For the subsequent activities we will be making separate applications or amendments and attaching the necessary documents.
 UK 2022-06-06 11:37:58 2025-06-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Alice  Emasu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013920
 Profiles of patients with obstetric fistula and childbirth related morbidities in Uganda
REFNo: HS2114ES

Examine the clinical characteristics of childbirth injuries in this group of women and determine the distribution of injuries: obstetric fistula, perineal tears, or pelvic organExamine the clinical characteristics of childbirth injuries in this group of women and determine the distribution of injuries: obstetric fistula, perineal tears, or pelvic organ prolapse, or other morbidities.Determine the demographic characteristics of those birth-injured women from the selected regions of UgandaExamine the four delays as experienced by those birth-injured women from the selected regions of Uganda.
Uganda 2022-06-06 10:27:48 2025-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Carolyn Nakisige
ID: UNCST-2021-R012699
 PREVENTION AND SCREENING INNOVATION PROJECT TOWARDS ELIMINATION OF CERVICAL CANCER
REFNo: HS2222ES

1. To measure cost-effectiveness of the enhanced screening protocol programme,1. To evaluate if artificial intelligence offers the healthcare worker (HCW) reliable management decision support in the interpretation of cervical lesions during screening with visual inspection with acetic acid.,1. To evaluate the impact of the enhanced screening module on the uptake and coverage of cervical cancer screening and on the uptake of early treatment of precancerous lesions in the target area,1. To measure health system related factors for availability and quality of the health system for the enhanced cervical screening programme (including hrHPV testing and AI-DSS systems).,1.1. To measure, client related factors for accessibility, acceptability as well as adherence to the enhanced cervical cancer screening programme among the target population eligible for cervical cancer screening,The overall objective of the PRESCRIP-TEC project is to enrich existing cervical cancer screening programmes with women-friendly and cost-effective tools, and test in field conditions whether and why they are effective in increasing participation in cervical cancer screening in vulnerable groups in Central and Eastern Europe and in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). ,
 Uganda 2022-06-06 10:26:06 2025-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frank Muhereza Emmanuel
ID:
Uganda Livelihood Coping Strategies and Severity Ranking, 2022.
REFNo: SS1298ES

This study aims to identify LCS that best signal stressed, crisis, emergency, and catastrophe levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phases 2–5) among households in the Uganda RFZ and the livelihood zone clusters in it. These ranked lists will be used to inform the full resilience module of forthcoming USAID-supported resilience and food security assessments in Uganda.
Uganda 2022-06-01 17:29:05 2025-06-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ponsiano Ocama
ID: UNCST-2019-R000440
 Clinical responses and novel biomarkers of antiviral treatment for prevention of HBV- and HBV/HIV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
REFNo: HS1782ES

1. To define the response to HBV antiviral treatment in terms of standard and novel viral biomarkers and stabilization or regression of liver fibrosis among HBV mono-infected and HBV/HIV coinfected persons.
2. To identify clinical and viral factors associated with break-through HCC despite guideline appropriate HBV treatment and HCC surveillance, and evaluate if HCC stage at presentation or survival is moderated.
3. To assess the human serum albumin (HSA) adductome biomarker profile and dosimetry associated with HBV treatment need and with ‘functional cure’ in response to HBV antiviral treatment among HBV mono-infected and HBV/HIV coinfected persons.

Uganda 2022-05-31 10:36:39 2025-05-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Holly Koogler
ID:
Social Relationships and Child Labor Migration from Karamoja, Uganda: An Exploratory Study
REFNo: SS1302ES

•Investigate the social risk factors related to child labor migration •Explore the nuances of the social lives of child labor migrants, including both strengths and negative aspects of social relationships •Propose policies and potential interventions that reflect the true structure and dynamics of social networks for preventing child labor migration, mitigating the most dangerous forms, and withdrawing migrant children from labor
 USA 2022-05-30 17:20:41 2025-05-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ALICE GITAU WANGARI
ID:
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE OF GESTATIONAL RHINITIS, AND ITS EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG MOTHERS ATTENDING MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS2239ES

1.To determine the cumulative incidence of gestational rhinitis in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
2.To determine the factors associated with gestational rhinitis among mothers attending Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
3.To assess the quality of life among mothers with symptoms of gestational rhinitis attending Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

 Kenya 2022-05-30 17:17:54 2025-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ahamya William
ID:
A Framework to Enhance Confidentiality and Privacy of Data in Motion.
REFNo: SIR102ES

Carryout a preliminary study to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the designed framework.,To design a framework aimed at enhancing confidentiality and privacy of data in motion,To find out the weaknesses in the existing frameworks and establish requirements to improve the confidentiality and privacy of data in motion.,The main objective of this study will be to improve the existing frameworks by designing one with enhanced confidentiality and privacy of data in motion in car sensors.,
 Uganda 2022-05-30 17:16:31 2025-05-30 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
George Mpanga Lutwama
ID:
Ugandan Veterans and the First World War
REFNo: SS1209ES

To identify the names of Ugandans who fought and died during the First World War.
 Uganda 2022-05-30 17:14:58 2025-05-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kizito Muwonge
ID: UNCST-2022-R011250
 Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage among selected livestock species in designated Districts in Uganda
REFNo: A187ES

1. Determine the burden of MRSA in cattle, goats, sheep and swine in the study districts
2. Determine the burden of MRSA in high - risk human categories in the study districts
3. Determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of antimicrobial users towards antimicrobial resistance in the study districts
 Uganda 2022-05-30 17:14:03 2025-05-30 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joshua Muhumuza
ID:
Effect of chewing gum on duration of postoperative ileus following laparotomy for gastroduodenal perforations; a multi centre study.
REFNo: HS1665ES

i. To compare the time taken for post-operative ileus to resolve in the two groups. ii. To compare the duration of hospital stay in the two groups. iii. To determine other factors associated with the duration of post-operative ileus in the study population.
 Uganda 2022-05-30 17:10:09 2025-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
JUSTUS KIRABIRA
ID:
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HIV SEROSTATUS AND PREMALIGNANT CERVICAL LESIONS AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING CLINIC AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS2258ES

1. To determine the prevalence of HIV among women attending cervical cancer screening Clinic at MRRH
2. To determine the prevalence of premalignant cervical lesions among HIV positive and HIV negative women attending cervical cancer screening Clinic at MRRH
3. To establish the association between HIV and premalignant cervical lesions among women attending cervical cancer screening Clinic at MRRH.

 Uganda 2022-05-27 19:02:21 2025-05-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rukiya salim Abdillahi
ID:
Prevalence, clinical manifestations of pregnancy dermatoses and their effect on quality of life among women attending MRRH
REFNo: HS2238ES

To establish the prevalence of pregnancy dermatoses among women attending ANC clinic at MRRH.

To describe the clinical manifestations of pregnancy dermatoses among women attending ANC clinic at MRRH.
To assess the effect of pregnancy dermatoses on the quality of life of women attending ANC clinic at MRRH.

 Kenya 2022-05-27 18:57:18 2025-05-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
 African Surgical Outcomes Study in Paediatric patients (ASOS-Paeds)
REFNo: HS2179ES

In paediatric surgical patients < 18 years in Africa: To determine the association between pre-operative, intra-operative and facility factors with postoperative complications and death. ,In paediatric surgical patients < 18 years in Africa: To determine the incidence of intraoperative severe critical incidents,,In paediatric surgical patients < 18 years in Africa: To determine the in-hospital postoperative mortality rate up to 30 days post-surgery,,To determine the incidence of in-hospital postoperative complications up to 30 days post-surgery in paediatric surgical patients <18 years in Africa,
 UK 2022-05-27 18:55:24 2025-05-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel  Arinaitwe
ID: UNCST-2021-R011754
 Measuring imported infections and contributions to local transmission in Uganda and Zimbabwe: Uganda studies
REFNo: HS2048ES

To quantify and characterize imported malaria infections in two border sites in sub-Saharan Africa.

To determine the impact of importation on local transmission and identify appropriate targeted interventions in two border sites in sub-Saharan Africa

 Uganda 2022-05-27 18:52:11 2025-05-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel Davidoff-Gore Asher
ID:
Socioeconomic Inclusion of Migrant and Forcibly Displaced Women in Cities in West Africa and the Horn of Africa: What Opportunities and Challenges Exist in a Post-COVID-19 World?
REFNo: SS1300ES

This study seeks to understand what the challenges are across these urban contexts, and how development and humanitarian actors need to adapt their programming approaches along with modus operandi. In particular, it explores the following three levels:
• The gender effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and specific challenges faced by female migrants and forcibly displaced women in terms of access to services and livelihoods depending on the urban context, in West Africa and in the Horn of Africa.
• How donors, humanitarian and development actors, as well as national and local governments, the private sector, and civil society have provided economic and social assistance during the health crisis, to what extent these interventions and policies have addressed the socioeconomic challenges faced by migrant and forcibly displaced women and contributed to gender equality.
• Moving forward, how development actors can work towards better including forcibly displaced and migrant women in recovery efforts and overcome the barriers to their inclusion, and how these initiatives should differ based on the urban context (e.g., capital city; border town; small city).

USA 2022-05-26 9:04:08 2025-05-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Grace Muzanyi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013731
 ASSESSMENT OF ISONIAZID HAIR DRUG LEVELS A MONG DRUG SUSCEPTIBLE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS: A STUDY TO MONITOR EXPOSURE, ADHERENCE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES
REFNo: HS2231ES

General objective: To assess hair levels of Isoniazid among TB patients as a tool to monitor exposure, adherence and treatment outcomes
Specific objectives
1. To determine the acceptability of hair harvest as a method of therapeutic drug monitoring among TB patients in the context of their life experiences, perspective and culture.
2. To determine how hair drug levels relate to plasma drug levels for a fixed Isoniazid dose of 300mg at the 28th ,56th &192nd reference doses in DOT patients compared to patients on SAT at the time points of weeks 4, 8&26 .
3. To specifically determine the mean lowest hair drug level at which TB sputum culture conver-sion occurs by 8 weeks and adverse drug reactions at 4,8&26 weeks of treatment.
4. To determine how each of the factors: diabetes, age, acetylator status, gender, smoking, weight and alcohol affect hair drug levels at the time point of 8 weeks.

 Uganda 2022-05-26 9:02:08 2025-05-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fatumah Mirembe
ID:
Iron Production Technologies in Butiru, Eastern Uganda: An Archaeometallurgical Investigation
REFNo: SS1299ES

-To examine the types of iron smelting furnaces and tuyere forms at Butiru
-To establish the relationship between iron slags and vegetational changes
-To investigate the rituals associated with iron production at Butiru
-To determine the chronology of Butiru iron production
 Uganda 2022-05-26 8:14:11 2025-05-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Gertrude Nakigozi
ID: UNCST-2023-R007979
 Long-term impact of universal treatment and dolutegravir on population HIV virologic and incidence outcomes in Africa: The LONGVIEW Study
REFNo: HS2249ES

Aim 1: Assess population-level dynamics of HIV viremia and drug resistance before and after COVID-19 emergence. Longitudinal HIV VLs will be obtained for all HIV-positive RCCS participants from 2013 to 2025. Group-based multi-trajectory analysis will be used to assess VL suppression patterns over time, including durable VL suppression. Deep sequence phylogenetic data will be generated for all viremic participants (>1,000 HIV copies/mL) to assess HIVDR. Bayesian non-parametric methods will be used to assess spatiotemporal trends in viremia and HIVDR. We hypothesize that there will be substantial reductions in durable VL suppression, increases in HIVDR, and emergence of DTG resistance following COVID-19. Aim 2: Use quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the impact of COVID-19 on HIV treatment seeking, utilization and care provision. We will embed questions on health status, social distancing, and impact of COVID-19 on HIV care utilization, including ART adoption and adherence, in the RCCS survey. Using RCCS survey data collected in 2015-2021, we will identify HIV-positive individuals who are viremic and/or who report interruptions in HIV care and conduct in-depth interviews to assess the extent and nature of ART care disruption, including disruption due to COVID-19 and for other reasons. We will also conduct focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with HIV service providers (e.g., health care workers, pharmacists, and program implementers) to assess the impact of COVID-19 on provision of HIV care and treatment. We hypothesize that COVID-19 will result in substantial and widespread health systems disruptions impacting individual-care seeking and HIV service availability. Aim 3: Evaluate trends in HIV incidence and transmission risk across the infection and care continuum before and after COVID-19 emergence: We will use longitudinal data from the RCCS to estimate HIV incidence trends at the population-level as well as HIV transmission and acquisition risk within cohabitating sexual partnerships. Deep sequence viral phylogenetic data will be used to reconstruct directed transmission networks and to identify source-recipient transmission pairs with infection timing. These data will be combined with information on diagnosis, ART use, and VL at the estimated time of transmission to determine the attributable fraction of transmissions occurring before and after diagnosis and treatment. We hypothesize that there will be an increase in HIV incidence, primarily due to a loss of durable VL suppression in those already on ART and failure to initiate ART by newly diagnosed cases, following service disruption due to COVID-19.
Uganda 2022-05-26 8:12:30 2025-05-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jane  Kabami
ID: UNCST-2021-R012588
 The nature of kidney disease and elevated blood pressure in Uganda and Kenya
REFNo: HS2247ES

1. Determine the significance of leukocyturia and hematuria observed among individuals living in rural Uganda and Kenya
2. Examine potential risk factors for CKD that may explain the geographic variation in CKD prevalence in rural Uganda and Kenya,
3. Define BP phenotypes among participants with CKD (~half HIV-positive) by obtaining standardized single time-point BP measurement followed by 24-hr ambulatory blood pressure measurement.
 Uganda 2022-05-26 14:42:56 2025-05-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Milton Oyuku
ID:
Factors Influencing Compliance with Chemotherapy Handling and Administration Standard Operating Procedures Among Nurses and Pharmacists At UCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre
REFNo: HS2224ES

2. Determine the organizational, occupational, and individual factors at UCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre that influence the nurses and pharmacists to comply or not comply with the SOPs for dispensing, general preparation/reconstituting, and administration of parenteral chemotherapy drugs in the Pharmacy Safety Policy and Procedure Manual ,I. Determine the extent nurses and pharmacists working in the UCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre comply or not comply with the SOPs for dispensing, general preparation/reconstituting, and administration of parenteral chemotherapy drugs in the Pharmacy Safety Policy and Procedure Manual ,The general objective of this research is to establish factors influencing compliance with identified chemotherapy handling and administration standard operating procedures among nurses and pharmacists at UCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre. ,
 Uganda 2022-05-25 8:28:03 2025-05-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Helen Ndagije Byomire
ID: UNCST-2021-R013939
 MEDICINE QUALITY, MATERNAL HEALTH AND THE FINAL MILE – UGANDA
REFNo: HS2051ES

1. To assess the pharmaceutical quality of samples collected from the sales and dispensing points in selected pilot districts in Uganda
2. To identify the pathways and motivations for entry of substandard oxytocin into Uganda
3. To assess whether transportation and storage conditions influence tracer medicine quality.
4. To explore the experiences of oxytocin on end-users. We shall answer this by interviewing mothers and midwives
5. To determine conformance to cold chain storage and light protection (for Oxytocin) at various retail outlets in Uganda.


 Uganda 2022-05-25 16:04:41 2025-05-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
 Assessment of the Implementation Processes and Outcomes of the HIV Self-Testing Program, Ministry of Health, Uganda
REFNo: HS2244ES

7. To establish existing opportunities that can inform the future scale-up of the HIV self-testing program to other target groups in Uganda.,6. To explore the barriers to and facilitators of successful HIV self-testing implementation and the challenges implementers faced during HIVST implementation.,5. To determine the positive and negative outcomes of HIV self-testing services in Uganda, and the support mechanisms available for those who experience negative outcomes.,4. To assess the extent to which the existing service delivery environment might influence the delivery of HIV self-testing services.,3. To determine implementation level fidelity to HIV self-testing implementation standards.,2. To determine the level of uptake of HIV self-testing services and the factors associated with uptake of these services among the targeted populations. ,1. To determine the accessibility and availability of HIV self-testing services across the different distribution channels in Uganda,To assess the implementation processes, experiences, outcomes, and existing opportunities for the HIV self-testing Program to inform the scale-up in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-05-25 16:02:41 2025-05-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Patrick Tumwine
ID:
Exploration of senior teachers' perception on in-class instructional supervision and the use of lesson plan at a secondary school level in Western Uganda
REFNo: SS1052ES

To establish the importance of instructional supervision to a professional teacher at a secondary school level
To exploration the integral value of instructional supervision in the life of a teacher with a longer classroom experience at a secondary school level
To establish the senior teachers’ understanding of the importance of the lesson plan use during instructional activities at a secondary school level

 Uganda 2022-05-25 15:09:07 2025-05-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tonny Kiyimba
ID:
Exploring Uganda’s Indigenous Food Species with Cardiometabolic Health Protective Effects
REFNo: HS2248ES

General Objective This study seeks to map out the diversity of indigenous food species with cardiometabolic health benefits in Uganda and understand consumption intentions. Specific Objectives 1. Conduct an inventory of Ugandan indigenous foods around greater Kampala metropolitan area 2. To understand barriers and facilitators for consumption of foods in (1) 3. To determine the bioactive polyphenolic composition of the identified foods in (1) and identify the foods with cardiometabolic health protective effects
Uganda 2022-05-24 12:39:01 2025-05-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Justine Yapsoyekwo
ID:
IMPLEMENTATION OF CAREER EDUCATION AND DUAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACADEMIC AND SPORTS CAREER DEVELOPMENT AMONG STUDENTS IN SEBEI SUB-REGION
REFNo: SS1252ES

General Objective
The general objective of the study is to examine the influence of implementation of career education on dual career development with a view to compare academic and sports career development among students in secondary schools in Sebei sub-region in Eastern Uganda.
Specific Objectives
i. To investigate the influence of identification of career needs on dual career development among students in secondary schools in Sebei sub-region.
ii. To establish the influence of development of career opportunities on dual career development among students in secondary schools in Sebei sub-region.
iii. To assess the influence of integration of students needs with career opportunities on dual career development among students in secondary schools in Sebei sub-region.
iv. To examine the influence of regular monitoring of students career development on dual career development among students in secondary schools in Sebei sub-region.

 Uganda 2022-05-24 12:36:09 2025-05-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lisa Hartwig
ID:
The effectiveness of a behavioral science and design intervention for family savings on increased use of maternal health services and male involvement: a randomized controlled trial
REFNo: HS2194ES

To assess the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention designed to encourage financial savings for healthcare costs and birth preparedness among pregnant women and their partners in Uganda. To examine whether increased earmarked financial savings for healthcare costs leads to increased utilization of maternal health services and male involvement in maternal healthcare.
 USA 2022-05-23 9:28:49 2025-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Adeodata Rukyalekere Kekitiinwa
ID: UNCST-2019-R000799
 Results Based Financing to achieve HIV/AIDS epidemic control in Fort Portal Region, Uganda A case study of Baylor-Uganda
REFNo: HS2227ES

The objectives of the RBF pilot include the following; a) To determine the effect of results-based financing on the performance of HIV and TB indicators in Fort Portal region, b) To estimate and compare cost to outcome ratios for performance on selected HIV/TB indicators before and after RBF implementation in selected health facilities and c) To describe the process and contextual factors affecting implementation of RBF for HIV indicators under the ACE-Fort project in Fort Portal region.
 Uganda 2022-05-20 8:30:01 2025-05-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ellen Kayendeke Jessica
ID:
Participatory Modeling of the Linkages Between Agricultural Productivity and Wetland Management in Iganga District, Uganda
REFNo: NS341ES

Main Objective
To generate information about the causal links and feedback mechanisms between wetland management and agricultural productivity

Specific objectives
1. To generate a causal loop diagram about the causal linkages and feedback between wetland uses (drainage, vegetation harvesting, fishing) and ecosystem services (crop productivity, water quantity and quality)
2. To provide a platform for stakeholder dialogue about viable and sustainable wetland management options
3. To develop a system dynamics model that informs about the impacts of alternative wetland management scenarios on the wetland-agricultural system

Uganda 2022-05-20 18:29:12 2025-05-20 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Hellen Owasa Abbo Owasa
ID:
CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SORGHUM PRODUCTIVITY UNDER SELECTED INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS IN FRAGILE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF UGANDA
REFNo: A188ES

3. To determine the most efficient sorghum/legume intercrop practice for the 2 agro ecological zones,2. To determine the quantity of Carbon sequestered by orghum under selected sorghum-legume intercrops in different agro ecological zones,1. To assess the existing practices on carbon sequestration amongst small holder farmers in selected agro ecological zones of Uganda,To evaluate the effect of existing legume/Sorghum intercrops in enhancing Carbon Sequestration in order to inform policy making.,
 Uganda 2022-05-19 17:26:07 2025-05-19 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Samuel Okok
ID:
An Ethical Inquiry into the Socio-Political Drivers of the Political Integrity Challenges in Uganda: Towards a Normative Ethical Framework
REFNo: SS1295ES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE To investigate the socio-political drivers of Uganda’s political integrity challenges with a view of developing a normative ethical framework for improving political integrity in Uganda. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1. To analyse the conceptual contestations on political integrity. 2. To identify and examine the typologies of political integrity challenges in Uganda. 3. To examine the historical socio-political dynamics responsible for the persistent political integrity deficit in Uganda. 4. To develop a framework for improving political integrity in Uganda.
 Uganda 2022-05-19 16:22:20 2025-05-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edrisa Mutebi Ibrahim
ID:
Assessing the quality of care and management practices among Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Patients while in School: Case study- Patients Seeking Care from Diabetic Treatment Centers in Uganda
REFNo: HS2157ES

General objective

The main objective of this study is to assess the quality of care and management practices among school going Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Patients in school and health facilities in Arua, Lira, Soroti, Mbarara and Kampala districts in order to develop strategic solutions that can inform programs and policies around management of diabetes in schools and health facilities.


Specific objectives
i.To explore the lived experiences of adherence to recommended feeding practices among diabetes mellitus type 1 patients in Uganda; Arua, Soroti, Mbarara, Lira and Kampala cities
ii.To examine the level of adherence to recommended feeding practices among diabetes mellitus type 1 patients while in school in Arua, Soroti, Lira, Mbarara and Kampala cities
iii.To assess the factors associated with the level of adherence to recommended feeding practices among diabetes mellitus type 1 patients while in school in Arua, Soroti, Mbarara, Lira and Kampala cities
iv. To describe the quality of care offered to patients with type 1 DM in the treatment centers of Arua, Soroti, Mbarara, Lira and Kampala cities
v. To assess the readiness of schools to manage patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Arua, Soroti, Mbarara, Lira and Kampala cities
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 Uganda 2022-05-19 16:16:36 2025-05-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
RONALD BAMPIGA
ID:
UPTAKE OF HBV VACCINATION AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ADULT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SELECTED DISTRICTS WITHIN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: HS2065ES

1. To analyse the effect between HBV vaccination and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among adult community members aged 18 years and above in selected central Uganda districts.
2. To examine HBV factors that influence uptake of HBV vaccination among adult community members aged 18 years and above in selected central Uganda districts.
3. To evaluate the HBV factors that affect Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among adult community members aged 18 years and above in selected central Uganda districts.

 Uganda 2022-05-19 15:52:28 2025-05-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Charles Batte
ID: UNCST-2021-R013587
 Self-directed online learning on sustainable health and the agenda 2030 among public, private, civil society and academic professionals: a longitudinal study.
REFNo: HS2253ES

General objective: To evaluate the efficiency of delivering a self-directed online learning asynchronous course on sustainable health and the agenda 2030 to professionals from various sectors. Specific Objective 1. To determine the knowledge, attitudes and perception on sustainable health and the Agenda 2030 among private, civil society, public and academic professionals. 2. To determine the effectiveness of delivering a self-directed online learning (SDOL) course on sustainable health and the Agenda 2030. 3. To determine the barriers and facilitators of delivering the self-directed online learning (SDOL) course on sustainable health and the Agenda 2030.
Uganda 2022-05-18 9:57:46 2025-05-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Achilles Katamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000540
 Clinic versus Hotspot Active Case Finding and Linkage to TB Preventive Therapy (ACF/TPT) Strategy Evaluation for Tuberculosis
REFNo: HS2166ES

3. To estimate (using simulation) the impact of each intervention on diagnostic delays and TB prevalence.,2. To measure the implementation of hotspot-based and facility-based ACF + TPT, including the reach (number of individuals willing to be screened), implementation (measured via cascades of care), and maintenance (of effectiveness over time).,1. To compare the effectiveness of hotspot-focused versus facility-based ACF + linkage to TPT in terms of the number of individuals started on treatment for microbiologically confirmed TB in each community (i.e., reduction in undiagnosed TB prevalence, primary outcome) ,
 Uganda 2022-05-18 9:43:01 2025-05-18 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Penlope Yaguma
ID:
Electricity access in Uganda's urban slums
REFNo: SS1036ES

Main objective: To investigate the electricity access challenges faced by households and businesses in Nankulabye slum, Kampala, Uganda
Specific Objectives
1. To identify the key socio-economic factors that influence electricity access in the slum
2. To model the daily load profile of a typical household and business in the slum
 Uganda 2022-05-18 9:32:25 2025-05-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ponsiano Ocama
ID: UNCST-2019-R001799
 Prevention of Mother to child transmission of Hepatitis B virus in Uganda: the effect of Birth dose and antiviral therapy on neonatal transmission
REFNo: HS2201ES

Specific objectives
1. To determine prevalence of HBsAg in mothers attending antenatal care in the selected hospitals in Uganda
2. To determine the prevalence of HBsAg among 9-12month-old infants who received the HBV birth dose vaccination and the HBV 3 dose vaccinations and born to HBsAg+ve mothers who had viral load <20,000IU/ ML and never received TDF treatment.
3. To determine the HBsAg prevalence among 9-12month-old infants who received the HBV birth dose and the HBV 3 dose vaccinations and born to HBsAg+ mothers who had a viral load ?20,000 IU/ML and also received 3 months of TDF treatment.

Secondary objectives
a) Assess HBV viral load among pregnant women in different regions of Uganda.
b) Assess the predictor relationship between HBeAg and HBV viral load to transmission of the infection to unborn babies among pregnant women.

 Uganda 2022-05-18 17:20:32 2025-05-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Muge Cevik
ID: UNCST-2022-R011548
 Unravelling the role of host microenvironment in the development of phenotypic resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
REFNo: HS2010ES

1. To quantify the proportion of mycobacterial LBs in TB-DM patients compared to those with TB alone through a proof-of-concept clinical study.

3.2. Secondary Objectives
1. To assess total proteomic and lipidomic analysis of blood plasma from patients undergoing TB treatment to detect protein and lipid signatures/markers with the potential to predict patients’ clinical outcomes

2. To identify risk factors for poor treatment response among patients with DM and TB 1. To quantify the proportion of mycobacterial LBs in TB-DM patients compared to those with TB alone through a proof-of-concept clinical study.

3.2. Secondary Objectives
1. To assess total proteomic and lipidomic analysis of blood plasma from patients undergoing TB treatment to detect protein and lipid signatures/markers with the potential to predict patients’ clinical outcomes

2. To identify risk factors for poor treatment response among patients with DM and TB


UK 2022-05-18 17:18:33 2025-05-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Tukwasibwe
ID: UNCST-2022-R011535
 Malaria drug and diagnostic resistance in refugee children in Uganda
REFNo: HS2164ES

1. Compare the prevalence of malaria parasitemia in refugee children arriving at Kyangwali and Adjumani reception centers and nearby non-refugee populations
2. Compare the prevalence of Pf mutations associated with resistance to key antimalarials between refugee and non-refugee populations
3. Compare the prevalence of Pf HRP-2 gene deletions that mediate diagnostic resistance between refugee and non-refugee populations
4. Compare Pf malaria parasites genetic relatedness between parasites isolated from newly arriving refugee children and those in refugees already in camps and in surrounding populations

 Uganda 2022-05-18 17:05:19 2025-05-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
FRANCIS KIBIRIGE
ID:
National Telephone Survey to understand public opinions about governance, public services, social and economic conditions of ordinary Ugandans.
REFNo: SS1244ES

1.To gather Ugandan adults’ attitudes on issues such as economic and living conditions, access to services, and governance.

2.To compare the demographic results from this mixed mode sampling approach with census data, as a means of validating this innovative sampling and data collection approach.

 Uganda 2022-05-17 9:18:06 2025-05-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DICKSON NDOBOLI
ID:
Study of the antimicrobial resistance in bacterial faecal pathogens present in the wildlife-livestock-human interface from geographical areas close to National Parks in Uganda
REFNo: A127ES

1. To assess the risk factors associated with the presence of Campylobacter sp., Salmonella sp. and E. coli, and antimicrobial resistance from geographic areas close to National Parks in Uganda.

2. To determine the antimicrobial resistance pattern of Campylobacter sp., Salmonella sp. and E. coli isolated from faecal samples from wildlife, livestock and human from geographical areas close to National Parks in Uganda.

3. To determine the transmission model of antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter sp., Salmonella sp. and E. coli based on the wildlife-livestock-human distribution, landscape structure, environmental and human-related factors in geographic areas close to National Parks in Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-05-17 9:16:53 2025-05-17 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Omujal
ID: UNCST-2019-R000428
 INVITRO PROPAGATION, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF Prunus africana, Warburgia ugandensis, Leonotis nepetifolia AND Aspilia africana OF UGANDA
REFNo: NS130ES

1. To develop an efficient in vitro propagation protocol for P. africana, W. ugandensis, L. nepetifolia, and A. africana.
2. To conduct genetic fidelity assessment and also use Fourier Transform Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) Spectrometer and Soil-Plant Analyses Development (SPAD) to characterize and compare the chemical and chlorophyll content parameters respectively in vitro generated plants.
3. To analyze the phytochemicals in P. africana, W. ugandensis, L. nepetifolia, and A. africana.
4. To evaluate the in vitro and/or in vivo medicinal activities of the different parts of the plants (stem bark, roots, and leaves) on targeted disease conditions i.e. P. africana (prostate cancer and related disease conditions); W. ugandensis (malaria and other conditions including its anti-inflammatory); L. nepetifolia (Malaria), A. africana (Malaria, wound healing).

Uganda 2022-05-16 13:11:09 2025-05-16 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Silver Bahendeka Karaireho
ID: UNCST-2019-R000876
 THE UGANDA NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE (NCD) RISK FACTORS SURVEY 2022
REFNo: HS2184ES

6. To examine the trends of NCD and associated risk factors in the Ugandan population in relation to the 2014 NCD Risk Factors Survey and in relation to interventions against NCD that were informed by results of the 2014 NCD Risk Factors Survey.,5. To assess preventive measures for selected non-communicable conditions namely cervical cancer screening.,4. To collect data on clinical parameters important in the control and management of NCDs: weight, waist circumference, height, blood pressure, heart rate. ,3. To collect data on socio-demographic characteristics important in the control and management of NCDs: age, gender, level of education, employment, income, marital status,2. To assess the magnitude of biochemical risk factors important in the management of NCDs: raised blood glucose and total cholesterol.,1. To assess the magnitude of the following behavioural risk factors for NCDs:- physical inactivity, tobacco use and harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diet. ,To determine the magnitude and the associated risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the Ugandan population.,
 Uganda 2022-05-16 10:36:32 2025-05-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
LWABI PETER SOLOMON
ID:
Quality of Life in Ugandan Children and Young Adults with Repaired Congenital Heart Disease: Mixed Methods Approach Research objectives
REFNo: HS2115ES

Primary Objective: Assess quality of life in Ugandan children and young adults who have undergone surgery or interventional catheterization for congenital heart disease (CHD).
Secondary Objective(s): Assess clinical and demographic factors that impact quality of life in CHD
population.
 Uganda 2022-05-16 10:33:45 2025-05-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Timothy  Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
 Pharmacy Delivery of PrEP and HIVST for Adolescent Girls and Young Women seeking Emergency Contraception at Community Pharmacies in Uganda: Formative Research
REFNo: HS2037ES

Aim 1: To assess the willingness of providing HIV self-testing and PrEP to AGYW seeking emergency contraception at community pharmacies.
Approach: Using the social-ecological model, fig 2, we will conduct surveys with AGYW approximately 130 seeking EC at community pharmacies within a radius of 45km from the Infectious Diseases Institute-Kasangati (IDI-K) research center, to evaluate knowledge of HIVST and PrEP and acceptability of accessing HIVST and PrEP through a pharmacy. In addition, we will purposefully select a subsample of up to 30 to undergo in-depth interviews (IDIs) to explore potential barriers and facilitators of HIVST and PrEP delivery at community pharmacies.
Hypothesis: AGYW seeking EC at community pharmacies will be willing to use HIVST and PrEP and will highlight potential barriers and facilitators to accessing PrEP at community pharmacies
Aim 2: To identify readiness of pharmacy providers regarding AGYW sexual health and specifically HIVST, emergency contraception, and PrEP
Approach: To assess the readiness, knowledge gaps, and training needs of community pharmacists to deliver HIVST and PrEP alongside EC, we will conduct up to 20 IDIs with providers (pharmacy technicians, nurses, and pharmacists) from private pharmacies who under the pharmaceutical society of Uganda have agreed to be included in the study.
Hypothesis: Addressing knowledge gaps of pharmacy providers will inform delivery of sexual health services to AGYW.

Uganda 2022-05-13 9:02:19 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Mukisa
ID:
Host genetic variation and association with HIV disease progression among pediatric cohorts in Botswana and Uganda
REFNo: HS1841ES

1) To identify common host genetic variants associated with HIV disease progression among pediatric HIV cohorts from Botswana and Uganda. 2.) To evaluate the performance of genotype imputation methods with whole genome sequences as a gold standard for determining missing genotypes among samples from Botswana and Uganda. 3.) To identify and validate KIR genotypes among children with HIV in Botswana and Uganda. 4.) To determine the KIR haplotypes associated with HIV disease progression among children with HIV from Botswana, and Uganda.
Uganda 2022-05-13 7:48:00 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Agnes Kiragga
ID:
SARS-CoV-2 international biorepository and diagnostic test performance
REFNo: HS1808ES

Primary:
• To create a biorepository to test retrospectively the performance of investigational, emerging diagnostic technologies in the intended population or setting compared to a reference comparator for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection using frozen samples.
Secondary
• To test prospectively the accuracy of investigational, emerging diagnostic technologies in the intended population or setting compared to a standard comparator for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection
• To determine agreement between self-collected nasal swabs, saliva and clinician-collected nasopharyngeal swab samples for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 using a reference test in Uganda.
• Determine the proportion of non-reportable results (unresolved, indeterminate and incomplete) and turn-around time compared to reference test.
• To assess acceptability of self-collected nasal swab tests and saliva for testing SARS-CoV-2 in both participants and healthcare workers in Uganda.
• To explore socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical factors associated with positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis.


Uganda 2022-05-13 7:45:44 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kristina Roesel
ID:
Boosting Uganda's investments in livestock development (BUILD)
REFNo: A139ES

The program is divided into four different components that will be aligned and integrated, especially on activities that involve national stakeholder engagement and capacity building. Component 1 on Peste de petits ruminants (PPR) combines socio-economic studies, vaccine targeting and delivery, regional Pan-African networking activities (e.g. PENAPH, PPR alliance GPRA) and capacity development at the Biosciences eastern and Central Africa (BecA)-Hub at ILRI Nairobi: Objective1: Develop a socio-economic framework to assess the impact of PPR interventions Activities: Household survey in different livestock production systems; Longitudinal study-sentinel households; System dynamic modeling; Focus group discussions Outputs: Livelihoods impacts of different PPR control options Objective 2: Update the epidemiological status of PPR to allow assessment of control options Activities: Cross-sectional survey in different livestock productions systems; Post vaccination sampling; Genetic characterization of PPRV isolates; Participatory disease search; Slaughter house surveillance; Develop PPR risk maps Outputs: Updated risk map of PPR, circulating PPR genotypes, other important SR diseases Objective 3: Capacity development Activities: Support review of National PPR control strategy; Review of animal health services; Multi-stakeholder platform for AH service delivery to discuss gaps and define new mechanisms for control and surveillance; Strengthen passive surveillance system; Awareness creation of farmers; Post vaccination sampling Outputs: Novel models of animal health service delivery, strengthened surveillance system, capacity enhanced Component 2 on Rift Valley fever (RVF) includes the characterization of animal and human samples from outbreaks in 2016 and 2018, socio-economics, development of a risk and vulnerability map for Uganda as a decision-making tool Objective 1: Improved knowledge on RVF epidemiology Activities: Genotyping (RVF and other viruses); Serology (establish Gn/Gc distribution); Outbreak response; Entomological studies; Risk mapping Objective 2: Socio-economic studies Activities: Ex-ante analyses of control options; KAP questionnaire surveys; Gender assessments – exposure and constraints on uptake of interventions Objective 3: Develop National action plans/policy work and extension Activities: Contingency plans/decision support tools; Community trainings Outputs: RVF risk map, genetic characterization of circulating strains (informs vaccine interventions), Improved RVF national action plans, Training and communication materials, capacity building, improved capacity on vector sampling/surveys and biological sampling; PhD/MSc training Component 3 on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will contribute to the finalization of the National AMR action plan, describe and quantify the use of antimicrobials in the peri-urban poultry value chain. Objective 1: Understand knowledge, attitude, practices, and incentives for AMU in poultry value chains in Uganda, and the role of formal and informal markets Activities: Literature review on AMR and AMU in the poultry sector in Uganda; Gender sensitive rapid appraisal with AMUSE tool; Identify possible intervention entry points to improve AMU Objective 2: Assess risks to humans from poultry-associated AMR: Research on AMR transmission risks at the human-animal-environmental interface in different poultry production systems (smallholder and commercial; rural and peri-urban) in Uganda Activities: Map possible transmission pathways within the production system; Conduct AMR and residue prevalence surveys; In-depth AMR transmission studies that include environmental samples, and farm workers, and samples from other animal species potentially housed together with poultry; Outline risk pathways for human exposure to AMR from poultry production Objective 3: Design and evaluate interventions to reduce AMU in poultry value chains in Uganda Activities: Design interventions (co-design with poultry producers), closely monitor implementation over time to understand incentives to motivate change; Establish drug use monitoring system in poultry farms to allow M&E; Qualitative and quantitative analysis of intervention impact Objective 4: Support evidence-based policy dialogue for antimicrobial surveillance and AMR strategies Activities: Organise multi-stakeholder workshops to discuss feasibility, challenges, and constraints in implementing NAP in poultry sector, involve representatives from other countries and support continued review of NAP Objective 5: Build capacity in value chain actors, implementers, researchers Activities: Conduct capacity development need assessment; Develop capacity development plan for different stakeholder groups Component 4 on Veterinary Public health (VPH) at the point of slaughter includes scaling of already piloted butcher training curricula and implementation of abattoir-based sentinel studies for animal disease surveillance Objective 1: development of curriculum for capacity building of meat handlers on good hygienic practices (slaughter house personnel, butchers, meat transporters); meat inspectors on carcass inspection and mobile reporting; Public engagement of consumers; laboratory personnel (GLP and quality assurance) Activities: Baseline assessment of meat handlers’ knowledge and practices; hygiene indicators, selected pathogens; Consolidation and adaptation of existing materials for training of butchers; assessment of suitability of consolidated training materials and delivery mode with stakeholders; delivery of the training; endline study to assess success of the intervention Objective 2: proof-of-concept slaughterhouses as sentinels for zoonotic disease Activities: Mapping slaughterhouses through key informants and GIS; grey and published literature review; prioritization of disease in slaughterhouses/ identification of critical control points – KII and FGD with vets, meat inspectors, public health staff; Ethnographic observation of slaughterhouses; biological survey in animals and humans
Germany 2022-05-13 7:44:12 2025-05-13 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
REBECCA CLAIRE LUSOBYA
ID:
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Pediatricians, Neonatal Nurses and Parents of Preterm Infants towards Retinopathy of Prematurity in Tertiary Hospitals Uganda.
REFNo: HS2228ES

To determine the attitudes and practice patterns regarding ROP and its risk factors among pediatricians, neonatal nurses and caregivers at Kawempe National Referral Hospital and Mulago Specialized Women’s and Neonatal Hospital.,2 To determine the level of knowledge of ROP and its risk factors among caregivers attending Kawempe National Referral Hospital and Mulago Specialized Women’s and Neonatal Hospital.,1. To determine the level of knowledge of ROP and its risk factors among pediatricians and neonatal nurses in Kawempe National Referral Hospital and Mulago Specialized Women’s and Neonatal Hospital.,To determine the knowledge, attitude and practice patterns regarding ROP among the pediatricians, neonatal nurses and the preterm caregivers at Kawempe National Referral Hospital and the Mulago Specialised Women’s and neonatal Hospital.,
 Uganda 2022-05-13 16:09:48 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
JUSTUS BARAGEINE KAFUNJO
ID: UNCST-2020-R014150
 Identifying Opportunities for Prevention of Adverse Outcomes Following Female Genital Fistula Repair
REFNo: HS2033ES

Identify predictors of post-repair fistula breakdown and recurrence

Identify predictors and characteristics of post-repair incontinence

Identify feasible and acceptable strategies for modifying key risk factors of adverse
outcomes
 Uganda 2022-05-13 16:09:08 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Rukundo NSHAKIRA
ID: UNCST-2021-R012277
 COVID-19 Risk,Electoral Violence and Civic Participation in the 2020/2021 Ugandan General Elections
REFNo: SS1218ES

To establish the extent to which COVID-19 fear affected civic participation in the 2021 elections,Compare the level of fear of Covid-19 and fear of electoral and post-electoral violence on voter turn-out,Assess the effect or concern and fear of COVID-19 affect voter turnout,Assess the effect of COVID-19 on campaign rally participation and candidate interface,
 Uganda 2022-05-13 15:52:13 2025-05-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jackson Orem
ID: UNCST-2021-R012016
 Factors that affect the timely diagnosis and treatment of neutropenic fever in Ugandan patients with cancer and HIV
REFNo: HS2175ES

1. To understand the current process of antibiotic initiation for patients with cancer and neutropenic fever at the UCI. 2. To identify factors that influence timely initiation of guideline-recommended antibiotics which can be addressed using targeted implementation strategies. 3. To identify the unique barriers to diagnosis and treatment of neutropenic fever for patients with HIV who are receiving treatment for cancer at UCI.
 Uganda 2022-05-13 10:09:59 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Charles Batte
ID: UNCST-2021-R013587
 Validation of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Tool (CAT) Among COPD patients in rural Uganda.
REFNo: HS2145ES

To validate CAT among COPD patients in Nakaseke, Uganda. Specific objectives: • To determine the validity of CAT in assessing quality of life among COPD patients in rural Uganda using Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) as the gold standard • To determine the internal reliability of the CAT in diagnosis of QOL among COPD patients in rural Uganda. Secondary objective: • To determine factors associated with poor QoL among patients with COPD in rural Uganda.
Uganda 2022-05-13 10:05:27 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Claude Raisaro
ID:
Driving Behaviors, Monetary Incentives and Norms: Experimental Evidence from the Ugandan Transit Industry
REFNo: SS1217ES

• To better understanding the underlying mechanisms to understand and incentivize safe driving behaviors for bodaboda drivers
• Examine how financial incentives affect driving behavior and to which extent is road safety impacted on an individual basis?.
• To learn whether beliefs about safe driving change in the presence of financial incentives.

 Italy 2022-05-13 10:01:06 2025-05-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Travis Baseler Andreas
ID:
The Effects of Voluntary Relocation and Forced Displacement by Natural Disasters: Evidence from Ugandan Landslides
REFNo: SS1263ES

We intend to study the economic effects of displacement following environmental disasters, with a focus on the displaced population. Our goal is to identify mechanisms behind economic outcomes for the displaced, to inform future adaptation policy and humanitarian responses. The setting of this study is landslide episodes in Eastern Uganda in 2010-2019, which have displaced nearly 10,000 people.
 USA 2022-05-12 8:00:58 2025-05-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stella Neema
ID: UNCST-2019-R000814
 Knowledge, acceptability and Perception of Schistosomiasis and its treatment in Pre-school aged Children in Uganda
REFNo: SS1269ES

To ascertain knowledge on and perception of (pediatric) Schistosomiasis and acceptability of its treatment in PSAC on different levels To identify the demand of health education to inform the social mobilization and advocacy WP2 To analyse facilitators and barriers towards implementation of L-PZQ distribution for PSAC on different levels To inform planned interventions of the subsequent work packages on advocacy, social mobilization and communication strategies for the L-PZQ rollout based on the above-mentioned outcomes and assess L-PZQ implementations in the study sites
Uganda 2022-05-12 7:59:47 2025-05-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Femke Bannink Mbazzi Bannink
ID: UNCST-2023-R008308
 YOUNG AFRICA WORKS: DISABILITY INCLUSION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP.
REFNo: SS1195ES

• To examine the policy environment and available programmes related to employment, education of youth with disabilities
• To explore the lived experiences around inclusion in education and employment from the perspective of youth with disabilities
• To identify key challenges, facilitators, gaps and opportunities relating to inclusion in education and employment for youth with disabilities

 Netherlands 2022-05-10 9:21:32 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Herbert Kayiga Kayiga
ID:
EFFECTIVENESS, ACCEPTABILITY AND UPTAKE OF EARLY VERSUS STANDARD INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTION FOLLOWING PROVISION OF FIRST TRIMESTER MEDICAL POST ABORTION CARE IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: HS2111ES

1. To determine the proportion of women who take up IUC after mPAC for 1st trimester incomplete abortion. 2. To compare the expulsion rates at six months between early versus standard IUC insertions post mPAC treatment for first trimester incomplete abortion. 3. To compare the IUC continuation rates at six months between early versus standard IUC insertion post mPAC treatment for first trimester incomplete abortion. 4. To explore the women and their spouses' perception on Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) and IUC following mPAC treatment. 5. To explore the Healthcare providers' perception on LARC and IUC following mPAC treatment.
Uganda 2022-05-10 9:21:09 2025-05-10 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kizito Omona
ID: UNCST-2022-R011106
 Exploring Child-based Strategies in addressing Child-to-Child Violence in Primary Schools in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS1277ES

3) To find out how children use formal peer group-based strategies to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district.,To investigate how children involve their teachers and counsellors to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district.,To find out how children use formal peer group-based strategies to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district,To establish how children apply informal peer group-based strategies to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district.,To find out the individual child-based strategies used to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district,The general objective is to explore child-based Strategies in addressing child-to-child violence in Primary Schools in Kitgum District. ,
 Uganda 2022-05-10 9:19:59 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Toke Wolff Moldrup
ID:
CERTIZENS: Certifications of Citizenship in Africa
REFNo: SS958ES

CERTIZENS is concerned with the ways in which states and citizens respectively get made, remade or unmade through inter-related systems, policies and practices associated with citizen classification, identification and certification.
 Denmark 2022-05-10 9:14:40 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
 A multi-country, epidemiologic study to assess the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) positivity, and to build capacity to conduct a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine efficacy study, in populations with a high TB disease burden
REFNo: HS2187ES

•To describe the proportion of IGRA positivity by site.
•To assess the association of age with proportion of IGRA positivity, by site.
•To describe the overall incidence of suspected and laboratory-confirmed pulmonary TB (disease).
•To describe changes in the proportion of IGRA positivity, by site.
•To describe the association between IGRA interferon gamma (IFN???concentration at screening and progression to pulmonary TB.


 Uganda 2022-05-10 9:13:30 2025-05-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Musisi
ID: UNCST-2020-R004472
 IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOMARKERS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION AND MONITORING RESPONSE TO ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS THERAPY
REFNo: HS1378ES

(i) To measure the accuracy of TB-MBLA in detecting TB in sputum and non-sputum samples with reference to standard of care tests (Xpert MTB/ RIF/Ultra, sputum microscopy and culture)

(ii) To determine accuracy and utility of TB-MBLA in monitoring TB treatment response and predicting treatment outcomes in comparison with standard of care tests

(iii) To examine the correlation of TB-MBLA-measured sputum bacillary load and host gene markers for monitoring treatment response and outcome

Uganda 2022-05-10 18:22:50 2025-05-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Agnes  Nakakawa
ID:
Towards an ICT-driven Community-based Nutrition Education network for increasing awareness and knowledge transfer on Maternal Nutrition (NEMAT)
REFNo: SS1224ES

AIM:
The research aims at increasing community-level awareness on maternal nutrition and adoption of healthy nutrition practices among women of reproductive age, through establishing an ICT-driven community-based nutrition education network for supporting transfer of information/knowledge on maternal nutrition aspects.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Specifically, this research will:
1) Increase availability and accessibility of maternal nutrition information/knowledge, through developing an ICT platform for disseminating IEC materials on maternal nutrition.
2) Enable timely sharing of information/knowledge on challenges in maternal nutrition and solution/best practices, through supporting interactive dialogue between health and nutrition specialists and women at community level.
3) Enable contextual understanding of maternal nutrition aspects and required interventions, through prompting women to provide feedback on IEC materials and devising control measures for continuous improvement of IEC materials.
4) Ensure existence of an operational multidisciplinary and community-based stakeholder network, through leveraging on the role of community health extension workers to establish the network and continuously monitor its performance.

 Uganda 2022-05-10 17:20:25 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel Okech George
ID:
Assessing ethical conflicts and moral distress among veterinarians in Uganda.
REFNo: A177ES

1. Establish the awareness of veterinarians in Uganda about ethical dilemmas and moral distress
2. Determine causes, nature and extent of ethical dilemmas and the degree of moral distress they cause.
3. Determine coping mechanisms employed by veterinarians against ethical dilemmas and moral distress.
 Uganda 2022-05-09 19:06:32 2025-05-09 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Angela Gallego Sala Victorina
ID:
TroPeaCC: Tropical Peatlands and the Carbon Cycle
REFNo: NS310ES

Tropical peatlands are the most carbon-dense ecosystems in the world and they store the equivalent of ~10 years of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Despite their importance, crucial questions remain about carbon cycling in tropical peatlands and improving understanding is critical as they are at high risk from deforestation and drainage for oil palm cultivation.
TroPeaCC will provide a step-change gain in our understanding of tropical peatland functioning and in projecting their response to climate change.
PI Gallego-Sala will use her unique background that bridges peatland modelling and observations to deliver a novel interdisciplinary approach to tackle four outstanding questions about tropical peatlands:
Q1: What controls the geographical distribution of peatlands in the tropics? TASK1: To assess the tropical peatland extent using a combination of models
Q2: How large is the tropical peatland CO2 sink and what are its main climatic drivers? TASK2: To characterize the drivers of carbon accumulation rates in tropical peatlands using the palaeo-archive.
Q3: How large is the methane flux in tropical peatlands? What are the main controls at the intercontinental scale? TASK3: To determine the main controls on methane fluxes in tropical peatlands, using eddy covariance, chamber-based gas flux measurements, and ground penetrating radar.
Q4: What is the overall carbon balance of tropical peatlands and how will this change in the future? TASK4: To forecast future changes of the extent of tropical peatlands, of their carbon store and of methane emissions, using the results of tasks 1-3 to parameterise and evaluate a global dynamic vegetation model that includes tropical peatlands for the first time.

The interdisciplinary approach will lead to a comprehensive understanding of the role of tropical peatlands in the global carbon cycle, allowing their inclusion in earth system models, and improving their management to optimise provision of ecosystem services including carbon capture and storage.

 Spain 2022-05-09 19:05:30 2025-05-09 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Geoffrey Kachiko
ID:
Pharmacognostic Analysis, Safety, and Effect of Immuno-Kachiks®, a Ugandan Herbal Product, on Liver Tumours, Macrophages, and Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase in Wistar Rats
REFNo: HS1926ES

1. To identify the phytochemicals in the Immuno-Kachiks® herbal product.
2. To determine the acute and delayed toxicity of the Immuno-Kachiks® herbal product in male Wistar rats.
3. To determine the curative effect of the Immuno-Kachiks® herbal product against liver tumours induced in male Wistar rats.
4. To determine the effect of the Immuno-Kachiks® herbal product on serum alpha-nagalase in male Wistar rats with induced liver tumours.
5. To evaluate the effect of the Immuno-Kachiks® herbal product on the total and differential white blood cell count of male Wistar rats with induced liver tumours.
 Uganda 2022-05-09 14:32:25 2025-05-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mwijuka Julius Julius
ID: UNCST-2020-R014640
 Visual Art Therapy and Artistic Expression of Violence Expressed by Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District
REFNo: SS825ES

2. To assess the relationship between therapeutic painting and artistic expression of sexual violence expressed by students in selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District. ,1.To assess the relationship between therapeutic drawing and physical Violence expressed by students in selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District.,The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between Visual art therapy and artistic expression of violence expressed by students in selected Secondary Schools in Bundibugyo District.,
 Uganda 2022-05-09 14:28:39 2025-05-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alexandra Sacco
ID:
Population Health in Endangered Red Colobus Monkeys in Kibale National Park
REFNo: NS336ES

1) Disentangle the impact of various factors on gut microbial community structure of female red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) that live in disturbed and old-growth areas across Kibale National Park, Uganda, and (2) characterize the interactions between gut microbes and female sex hormones over the reproductive cycle.
USA 2022-05-06 13:44:47 2025-05-06 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 Peer led outreach to engage male partners of pregnant women in Uganda
REFNo: HS2206ES

Aim 1: To assess whether a male peer-delivered, status-neutral outreach to male partners of pregnant women increases the proportion of partners who test compared to the standard of care (invitation letters for fast-track testing and HIVST delivered by the pregnant woman).

Rationale: Innovations are needed to address the challenges associated with reaching male partners of pregnant women with HIV testing and linkage to ART or PrEP depending on their HIV serostatus.
Hypothesis: A male peer delivered, status-neutral approach to male partner engagement may overcome male partners reluctance to be tested for HIV and women’s reluctance to approach their male partners about HIV testing. Approach: We will randomize women 1:1 to the intervention or delayed arm and determine the proportion of male partners who test for HIV within 1 month after the female partner is randomized. The outcome will male partner testing based on male HIV testing in the two arms.

Aim 2: To determine the proportion of male partners who test HIV-negative and have an indication for PrEP who initiate PrEP and the proportion of partners who test HIV-positive who initiate ART compared to the SOC arm.

Rationale: Men who are HIV-negative are a priority for PrEP if they have a known HIV-positive partner or multiple partners, including during late pregnancy and postpartum when men are more likely to have sex with outside partners.
Hypothesis: Trained male peers will be effective in addressing men’s reluctance to link to ART or PrEP and facilitating linkage to care or prevention.
Approach: Men who test for HIV through either arm will be referred for ART (if HIV-positive) or PrEP (if HIV-negative and reports multiple partners or an HIV positive partner) through the trained male peer counselor in the intervention arm or health care provider in the SOC arm. We will evaluate linkage to PrEP or ART among men who test for HIV, by arm.

Aim 3: To qualitatively assess acceptability of peer-delivered, status-neutral outreach to promote HIV testing among male partners of pregnant women.

Rationale: Assessment of acceptability is a key component of evaluating any novel intervention. We will use qualitative methods to investigate acceptability and preferences for HIV testing services among male partners of pregnant women in the cohort.
Hypothesis: A peer delivered, status-neutral approach to male partner engagement will be acceptable to recipients.
Approach: We will conduct individual qualitative interviews with a randomly selected subsample of 20 male partners who received peer-delivered outreach to evaluate intervention acceptability.

Population: 150 pregnant women and ?18 years of age, with male partners of unknown status, will be recruited from ANC programs in Kampala.

Study Site: The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Kasangati and Kitebi Health Center III antenatal care (ANC) clinic in Kampala, Uganda

 Uganda 2022-05-05 11:31:35 2025-05-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Betty NAKASIBA LINNET
ID:
Food security and dietary diversity in urban settings of Wakiso District Central Uganda
REFNo: SS1271ES

(iii) Explore the socio-economic and demographic factors that have a bearing on household food security and diet diversity in Urban settings of Wakiso District.,(ii) Determine the dietary diversity of households in Urban settings of Wakiso district.,(i) Assess the household food security situation and related coping strategies in Urban settings of Wakiso District.,The general objective of the study will be to establish the food security situation and dietary diversity in Urban settings of Wakiso District. ,
 Uganda 2022-05-05 11:25:49 2025-05-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Iacopo Bianchi
ID:
Clustering at the Business Level: Micro-Firm Markets, Competitive Forces, and Innovation
REFNo: SS1259ES

Get insights into the market structure of clusters of informal micro business and understand the potential to promote growth through product experimentation,
 Italy 2022-05-05 11:24:34 2025-05-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ANTHONY NUWA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011102
 A hybrid effectiveness-implementation study to assess the effectiveness and chemoprevention efficacy of implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention in five districts in Karamoja region, Uganda
REFNo: HS2212ES

5) To monitor the safety and torelabilty of DP as compared to SPAQ among children 6-59 months in Karamoja when used in SMC,4) To understand the SMC implementation model, determining process, costing and acceptability outcomes for the intervention,3) To investigate the presence and change of SPAQ and DP resistance markers over time as a result of SMC implementation ,2) To determine chemoprevention efficacy of SPAQ and DP when used for SMC in Karamoja region, Uganda, and the extent to which efficacy is impacted by drug resistance and/or drug concentrations. ,1) To determine the effectiveness of SMC with DP and SPAQ in terms of its reduction in incidence of malaria infection among children aged 3–59 months,Phase 2 of this study aims to test the feasibility, effectiveness and chemoprevention efficacy of SMC with SPAQ and DP in Karamoja region in Uganda, where malaria transmission is highly seasonal, and inform malaria policy in Uganda. Accelerated adoption and scale-up of SMC will support efforts to accelerate progress in malaria control in high-burden countries.,
 Uganda 2022-05-05 11:23:22 2025-05-05 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joeri Smits Smits
ID: UNCST-2021-R013841
 Increasing savings among low-income households in Uganda study
REFNo: SS922ES

This randomized field experiment seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of several account features/add-ons in mobilizing savings and helping individuals achieve their savings goals.
 Netherlands 2022-05-05 11:02:58 2025-05-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DANIEL MUHANGUZI
ID:
A Collaborative Knowledge Management Framework for Enhancing Value of Agricultural Information in Smallholder Farming Systems
REFNo: SIR100ES

The main objective of this research is to develop a collaborative information and knowledge management approach that will enable smallholders extract more value from agricultural information.,To evaluate the framework for collaborative information and knowledge management.,To investigate the ability of collaborative knowledge management in enhancing value of agricultural information and adopt it to design a framework that will enhance smallholders capacity to extract value from agricultural information.,To determine the essential elements that are important in enabling smallholders extract more value from agricultural information and formulate a theory based on literature that explains these elements.,To investigate the challenges smallholders face in extracting value from agricultural information. This was done by reviewing existing literature and conducting an exploratory survey among smallholders. ,
 Uganda 2022-05-04 18:38:35 2025-05-04 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MARY AJIKO MARGARET
ID:
IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON ACCESS TO PAEDIATRIC SURGERY IN TESO SUB-REGION in Uganda: A Mixed methods study
REFNo: HS2205ES

2. Explore factors that are limiting and promoting the timely and safe management of children with surgical conditions in Eastern Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic,1.1. Compare volume and types of surgical procedures performed in. children in all hospitals and HC IVs in the entire Teso-subregion before and during the Covid-19 pandemic , The overall objective is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric surgical activity in Teso subregion in Eastern Uganda,
 Uganda 2022-05-04 14:26:05 2025-05-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 Performance evaluation of an improved point-of-care test (dual target) SAMBA HIV-1 qualitative test for early infant diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in resource-poor healthcare settings
REFNo: HS2219ES

To verify the field performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the improved, dual-target SAMBA II HIV-1 Qual Test against routine Cobas Ampliprep/Taqman HIV-1 Qualitative Test Version 2.0 (DBS)- for early diagnosis of HIV-1 in exposed infants and adults. In addition, discrepant results will be analysed using Cepheid Xpert HIV-1 Qual ,
 Uganda 2022-05-04 11:32:24 2025-05-04 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peter Jackson Durham
ID: UNCST-2022-R010933
 Investigation of Serologic and Pulmonary Mediators of post-Tuberculosis Lung Fibrosis in a Ugandan cohort
REFNo: HS2172ES

Primary objective:
-To analyze the levels of cytokines and SPM’s in the blood and exhaled breath of patients with pulmonary TB at diagnosis, 6 months and one year to determine if there are differences in cytokine and SPM expression among patients who develop PTLI and those who do not.
Secondary objectives
-To identify socio-demographic and clinical risk factors associated with PTLI development and investigate associations of these characteristics with specific PTLI phenotypes.
-To document the quality of life among patients who develop PTLI. ? To develop a biobank of EBC and serum samples from subjects with PTLI and those with resolution of their lung impairment at diagnosis, conclusion of treatment and at one year from diagnosis.
 USA 2022-05-04 11:28:09 2025-05-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
JOYCE SHOMI ANDREW
ID:
FACTORS AFFECTING ADHERENCE TO ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN WAKISO PUBLIC HOSPITALS.
REFNo: HS2163ES

I. To determine the level of adherence to antihypertensive medication among hypertensive patient in Wakiso and Kasangati public health facilities.
II. To determine patient related factors affecting adherence to antihypertensive medication in Wakiso and Kasangati public health facilities.
III. To determine clinical related factors affecting adherence to antihypertensive medication in Wakiso and Kasangati public health facilities.
IV. To determine medication related factors affecting adherence to antihypertensive medication in Wakiso and Kasangati public health facilities.

 Tanzania 2022-05-03 14:26:47 2025-05-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Hedwig Acham
ID: UNCST-2022-R011459
 Developing a photographic Figure-Rating Scale to reduce malnutrition among infants and young children of mothers with a low level of literacy in Buyende district
REFNo: HS2137ES

1) To develop an innovative photographic figure-rating rating scale, for use at local level to assess nutritional status of children at 9 months
2) To determine accuracy, perception and satisfaction of mothers with use of the tool for predicting the nutritional status of their children.

 Uganda 2022-05-03 13:39:52 2025-05-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MILTON NUWABIMPA RWIITA
ID:
THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY OF GRADUATES FROM SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1275ES

1. To determine the relationship between the quality of curriculum and the employability of graduates from selected Universities in South Western Uganda.
2. To establish the relationship between the quality of students enrolled in the University and the employability of graduates from selected Universities in South Western Uganda.
3. To establish the relationship between the quality of teaching and the employability of graduates from selected Universities in South Western Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-05-03 13:06:09 2025-05-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Sendaula
ID: UNCST-2020-R014767
 Utility of the interRAI Check-Up Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) Tool: Evaluating Check-Up Acceptability in Assessing Frailty and Care Needs of Older Adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Kampala District of Uganda
REFNo: HS2229ES

- determine the acceptability and perceptions of using a standardized instrument for assessment and care planning for older persons living with HIV,- identify specific care needs of older adults living with HIV,- estimate the association between HIV status and (i) one primary outcome; activities of daily living, and (ii) two secondary outcomes; health stability and cognitive function in older persons,- characterize the sociodemographic, clinical, neuropsychiatric, and functional characteristics of older persons living with and without HIV,
 Uganda 2022-05-03 13:04:16 2025-05-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Moses Mukuru
ID:
A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF THE LOCAL CONTEXT, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIGITIZED HEALTH WORKER PAYMENTS IN AFRICA
REFNo: HS2216ES

7. To develop a research and policy reform agenda for digital Payment for health workers during implementation of ng health programs Africa.,6. To explore the influence of gender on digital payment for health workers in Uganda,5. To describe successes and challenges encountered in using health worker digital payments in Africa,4. To describe contextual factors influencing e-payment uptake and use in Africa. ,3. To determine the availability of the technical tools needed to implement digital payments in Africa,2. To describe access to existing digital payment systems and modalities for health workers (formal/informal workers) in Africa. ,1. To map the key stakeholders and programs, their influence, and their role in digital payment for health workers in Africa,The overall objective of this landscape analysis is to synthesize evidence on existing digital payment systems in Africa with a focus on policies/laws, technology, actors/stakeholders, programs, challenges/barriers, enablers, and benefits/impact of digital payment for health workers. ,
 Uganda 2022-05-03 12:57:24 2025-05-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joshua Parker Allen David Franz
ID:
HIV in Epidemiologyland: the politics of transnational research in the age of global health
REFNo: SS1262ES

(1) understand the perspectives of those working in public health research partnerships on research design, implementation, analysis, and findings-dissemination in the context of transnational collaborations; (2) to generate ideas of how research collaborations can be made more equitable; (3) to understand how the social sciences feature in scientific public health research.
UK 2022-05-03 12:54:51 2025-05-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
IBRAHIM KASIRYE
ID:
Evaluating the Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re:Build) Program, Uganda
REFNo: SS1243ES

The overall goals of the RCT will be to test the effectiveness of a mentorship program for microentrepreneurs. The RCT will be informed by previous and ongoing activities undertaken by IRC as part of their regular programming. We will (i) measure the economic and psychological impacts of this intervention; (ii) measure whether a “shared fate” structure encourages mentors to invest additional effort in the mentees’ business and/or disclose valuable information or techniques, by giving mentors a stake in the mentees’ business; and (iii) evaluate whether matching between mentors and microenterprise participants across different demographics (Ugandans, refugees, men, women, etc.) confers greater benefits to participants than matching within demographics.
 Uganda 2022-05-03 12:52:39 2025-05-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Freda Wolfenden Janet
ID:
Strengthening School Leadership Towards Improving School Resiliency: An Improvement Science Approach
REFNo: SS893ES

General Objective: Contribute to improved quality and equity of the continued learning and well-being of girls and boys in the Global South during the prolonged school closures of the COVID-19 crisis, and future emergencies

Specific Objectives1.Knowledge Generation. Deepen understanding of how an improvement science approach can strengthen instructional school leadership towards school resiliency in a range of Global South contexts.

2.Capacity Building. Build the capacity of school leaders for data-driven decision-making and problem-solving leading to improvement.

3.Policy and Practice Influence. To inform education policy and practice on strengthening instructional school leadership and building school resiliency using the improvement science approach.
 UK 2022-04-29 2025-04-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Irene Mbatidde
ID:
ANTIMICROBIAL USE AND RESISTANCE IN POULTRY PRODUCTION CHAINS IN SOROTI AND WAKISO DISTRICT, AND THE ASSOCIATED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS
REFNo: A166ES

General Objective Understanding antimicrobial use patterns, their influence on the development of AMR along the poultry value chains and associated health risk factors among value chain workers in Wakiso and Soroti districts Specific Objectives Describe antimicrobial use patterns under intensive and free-range poultry production systems in Wakiso and Soroti respectively • Explain AMR for selected antibiotics at various points along the poultry production chain in Wakiso and Soroti districts • Develop a risk pathway for poultry associated AMR in Wakiso and Soroti • Quantify residues of (sulphurdiazine, tetracycline, neomycin) in poultry meat
Uganda 2022-04-28 2025-04-28 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Simon Peter Kibira Peter Sebina
ID: UNCST-2019-R000492
 Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among school teachers: a qualitative exploration of the driving factors
REFNo: SS1242ES

1.To explore the contextual, vaccine-specific, individual and group-specific drivers of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among school teachers in Uganda.
2.To explore facilitators of vaccine uptake for Covid-19 among school teachers in Uganda.
3.To describe the product attributes of the ideal Covid-19 vaccine from the perspective of school teachers.
 Uganda 2022-04-27 2025-04-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dennis Muhanguzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001101
 Evaluation of the Safety , Efficacy and Stability of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250: A Randomised Single-Blinded Positive Controlled Multi-Site Acaricides Field Trial
REFNo: A186ES

General objectives To determine the efficacy, safety and stability of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250(Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd, Kampala Industrial Park, Namanve ) when applied onto cattle by hand spraying and plunge dipping for tick control. Specific objectives The specific objectives of this acaricide field trial will to to determine; i.efficacy of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250 when applied onto cattle by hand spraying and plunge dipping for tick control. ii.safety of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250 when applied onto cattle by hand spraying and plunge dipping for tick control. iii.Stability of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250 when applied onto cattle by plunge dipping for tick control.
Uganda 2022-04-25 2025-04-25 Agricultural Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Marie Sabacka
ID:
Microbial diversity of disappearing tropical glaciers in Uganda
REFNo: NS348ES

Study microbial diversity of disappearing glaciers in Uganda
Czech Republic 2022-04-25 2025-04-25 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gladys Ayot Florence
ID:
Exploring Experiences of Domestic Violence for Female Teachers in Secondary Schools in Uganda
REFNo: SS1273ES

4. Explore the support mechanism available to female teachers affected by domestic violence.,3. Provide a description of female teachers’ reports on how staff affected by domestic violence negotiates through the challenges of domestic violence in performing their duties.,2. Assess the female teachers’ perspectives about the impact of domestic violence on the administrative roles of teachers.,1. Assess from the female teachers’ perspective how domestic violence affects teachers’ teaching function/roles.,The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of female teachers affected by domestic violence, describe how domestic violence affects the professional roles of a teacher of secondary schools and to establish how administrators manage the situation for affected staff in schools in northern Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
 LINKAGES BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN UGANDA - A FOCUS ON HEALTH
REFNo: HS2015ES

To understand how stakeholders in Uganda perceive and assess linkages between health and non-health determinants and their impact.,To determine the strength, position, and nature of linkages between health and other SDGs in Uganda using the SDG synergies approach. ,The overall aim of this project is to identify, describe, and classify linkages between SDGs focusing on health at the country level in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stavia Turyahabwe Stavia
ID: UNCST-2022-R011373
 EXPLORING THE PATHWAYS OF LEPROSY FROM COMMUNITIES TO DIAGNOSIS TO FINE-TUNE INTERVENTIONS IN THE DISTRICTS OF MAYUGE, YUMBE AND KASESE, UGANDA
REFNo: SS1182ES

1. To describe the reasons for delay in seeking health care for leprosy patients diagnosed in three districts of Mayuge, Yumbe and Kasese
2. To describe the knowledge, attitude and practice among members of communities and health care providers in reference to leprosy

Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Kakooza
ID:
Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among males with urethritis in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS2191ES

Main Objective
To elucidate the genomic epidemiology and AMR determinants associated with NG strains circulating in Kampala Uganda
Specific Objectives
• To describe the NG AMR Surveillance Programme in Kampala, Uganda and the emerging phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility data generated using E-test method
• To determine the genomic epidemiology of NG strains circulating in Kampala, Uganda using WGS and compare findings with behavioural, demographic and clinical metadata
• To identify the molecular AMR determinants associated with decreased susceptibility and/or resistance to NG using WGS and correlate with phenotypic AMR data

Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Shana Warren
ID:
Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) Post Event Coverage Survey (PECS) in Uganda
REFNo: SS1261ES

To conduct a PEC survey for the October-November 2021 round of the ICHD in Uganda,
 USA 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 Routine SARS CoV-2 screening using Antigen Rapid diagnostic test to detect and control transmission of infections in markets and trade hubs in Kampala City – A pilot study.
REFNo: HS2197ES

4. To estimate the cost of implementing routine use of SARS CoV-2 Ag RDTs in markets and trade hubs,3. To assess the feasibility of use of Ag-RDTs in contact tracing for early identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections,2. To identify high risk groups that drive SARS-CoV-2 transmission in markets and trade hubs ,1. To pilot the use of routine SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDT for the early detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections in markets and trading hubs within Kampala to control transmission ,
 Uganda 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phillip Ssekamatte
ID:
IMMUNOLOGICAL, METABOLIC AND GENETIC CHANGES AMONG PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS1696ES

Study objectives

General objective
To assess the effect of type 2 DM on Mtb-specific T-cell subset functional phenotypes during metformin and isoniazid therapy, and type 2 DM on the immunological, metabolic and genetic TB responses.

Specific objectives
(i) To determine the effect of type 2 DM on frequency, function (activation and cytokine secretion), and survival of Mtb-specific T-cell subsets (CD4+ and CD8+) in patients having both type 2 DM and LTBI during metformin and isoniazid therapy.
(ii) To assess baseline differences in Mtb-specific T-cell subset functional phenotypes to LTBI between people with and without type 2 DM.
(iii) To profile baseline immune-metabolic changes among type 2 DM and LTBI patients.
(iv) To investigate baseline differences in gene expression signatures (TB Risk-11) to LTBI between people with and without type 2 DM.

 Uganda 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Barnabas Bakamutumaho
ID: UNCST-2021-R012636
 Maintenance and transmission of Rift Valley Fever Virus and other emerging infectious diseases in East and Central Africa: Version number: 1.0
REFNo: HS1713ES


(i) Determine whether low-level RVF virus transmission and disease among or between animals and humans occurs during the inter-epidemic periods (IEPs)
(a). To describe host immune responses to RVF infections in humans and livestock during inter-epidemic periods.
(ii) Conduct detailed niche modelling of RVF high risk and low risk ecologies to determine the important ecological risk factors associated with persistence of RVF virus and recurrence of outbreaks in animals and humans.
(iii) Investigate impact of climate change on the RVF permissive ecologies and its effect on RVF virus transmission
2.2.2 Secondary objective
(iv) Conduct pathogen discovery on human, livestock, and wildlife samples collected from ECA countries to identify other circulating emerging infectious pathogens which are of epidemic or pandemic potential.

Uganda 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu
ID: UNCST-2020-R014808
 Tele-Psychotherapy for Youth using Mobile Phones during Covid-19 Pandemic
REFNo: HS2106ES

1. We aim to conduct online and community-based participatory qualitative research to obtain information on the potential usefulness of individual tele-support psychotherapy in addressing depression during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2. We will compare the effectiveness of individual tele-support psychotherapy (TSP) delivered by trained lay counsellors in combination with standard mental health services (SMHS) for depression with use of SMHS alone.
3. We aim to compare the effects of TSP combined with SMHS and SMHS alone on other psychosocial variables including self-esteem, anxiety, alcohol and substance use, social support, stigma, number of disability days, asset possession, poverty indices, and cost-effectiveness measures.
4. To conduct a process evaluation of trial activities informed by Linnan and Steckler’s process evaluation frameworks to specifically determine indicators of feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, and to explore causal mediating processes and contextual influences
5. We will also explore whether or not the effects of TSP and SMHS are moderated by alcohol and drug use.
6. We shall explore whether the strength of a therapeutic relationship will mediate the effects of TSP and SMHS on depression
 Uganda 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Erume
ID:
Profiling virulence markers and drivers enabling Escherichia coli to cause neo-natal and post-weaning piglet diarrhea in major pig producing districts of Uganda
REFNo: A190ES

1. To determine the adhesins in the 157 E. coli previously isolated from Kayunga and Mityana districts, Central Uganda
2. To determine the significance of E. coli species in the etiology of piglet diarrhea in the major pig producing districts of Uganda.
3. To determine drivers which underlie the dynamics and perpetuation of E. coli infections of pigs in the major pig producing districts of Uganda.
4. To molecularly characterize virulence markers of E. coli species involved in diarrheal outbreaks in piglets in the small holder pig production systems in major pig producing districts of Uganda.
5. To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of E. coli isolates isolated from diarrheic piglets in the small holder pig production systems in selected major pig producing districts of Uganda.
 Uganda 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Paula Rabaey Ann
ID:
A seat for every child: Ensuring safe and dignified mealtimes for children with disabilities
REFNo: SS1247ES

Determine in country stakeholder interest in promoting and using the chair,Determine percent change in caregiver stress level while feeding child in the chair versus current position (without adaptive equipment),Determine ability and level of ease/difficulty with which caregivers can independently position their child correctly in the chair ,Determine change in feeding position and tolerance for using the chair (from child’s current feeding position to being fed in the chair),To pilot test SPOON Foundation’s low-cost feeding chair for acceptability, usability, and feasibility for families with a child with a disability (CWD) in Uganda. ,
 USA 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ali Ssetaala
ID: UNCST-2021-R011817
 CHILI- Analysis of Cervical cancer burden and screening practices in Uganda
REFNo: HS2167ES

1. To understand the current cervical cancer burden, screening, and management practices in Uganda.
2. To obtain relevant stakeholders’ input before starting the development of the cervical cancer screening intervention with a self-sampling device.
 Uganda 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dinah Amongin
ID: UNCST-2020-R014663
 An exploratory, mixed-method study of family planning self-care in Nepal, Niger, and Uganda
REFNo: HS2117ES

1. To explore perceptions of FP self-care among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) and men age 18 years and above. 2. To describe FP self-care behaviors and preferences among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) and men age 18 years and above. 3. To examine provider perspectives on FP self-care
Uganda 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dinah Amongin
ID: UNCST-2020-R014663
 Effect of maternal exposure to air pollution on birth weight outcomes: A cohort Study among Urban Communities in Wakiso District, Uganda
REFNo: HS2141ES

To describe the association between maternal exposure to air pollution and pregnancy complications of antepartum haemorrhage and pre-eclampsia.,To describe the factors associated with the levels of PM 2.5 personal exposure among pregnant women in Urban Communities in Wakiso District, Uganda,To describe the association between maternal air pollution exposure (PM 2.5 and birth weight of their babies.,To assess the effect of maternal exposure to particulate matter on birth outcomes in Urban Communities in Wakiso District, Uganda,
 Uganda 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Janepher Nyakake
ID:
Supporting young and female entrepreneurs for SME growth in Uganda and Somalia
REFNo: SS1256ES

To analyze the “potential impacts” of the interventions of these two innovation agencies on their supported SME clients to develop a package for rigorous evaluation.
 Uganda 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rebecca PAHULJE Rose
ID:
Examining the northward shift in the distribution of African fishes in association with climate change
REFNo: NS345ES

To understand how climate is affecting the physiology and distribution of tropical fishes.

Specifically;
- To quantify the thermal limits and hypoxia tolerance of tropical fishes and the degree to which these limits are plastic
- To understand and predict how tropical fishes will respond to climate change – either via persistence in situ or changing their distribution by moving to more favourable thermal/oxygen regimes.
 Canada 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ALBERT KABANDA
ID:
Dry Rifting In the Albertine-Rhino Graben, Uganda (DRIAR)
REFNo: NS342ES

Objectives: A geophysical, geochemical, geological, and geodynamic investigation of the Albertine-Rhino Graben in western and northwestern Uganda to improve our understanding of continental rifting in areas where volcanic activity is minimal.
Uganda 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Susan Nakireka Tumwesigye
ID:
DETERMINANTS OF COVID-19 OUTCOMES IN UGANDA: A MULTICENTRE, MIXED-METHODS STUDY
REFNo: HS2090ES

Broad Objective
To describe the determinants of COVID-19 outcomes in Uganda
Specific Objectives
1.To describe the clinical characteristics and co-morbidities among patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
2.To determine the clinical outcomes (mortality, ICU admissions, length of stay) following hospitalization for COVID-19
3.To describe radiological patterns of COVID-19
4.To describe outcome of COVID-19 patients managed at home.
5.To explore the experience of patients managed with COVID-19 at home.
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 Uganda 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gerald Mboowa
ID:
PATHOGEN DETECTION IN CHILDREN LIVING WITH HIV PRESENTING WITH NON-MALARIAL FEBRILE ILLNESS USING METAGENOMIC SEQUENCING AT BAYLOR-UGANDA
REFNo: HS2140ES

Primary objective: This project aims to utilise Shotgun metagenomic sequencing (sMGS) to comprehensively characterize microbial pathogens in Children Living with HIV Presenting with Non-Malarial Febrile Illness attending Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation –HIV treatment clinic
Secondary objectives:
1. To identify and characterize microbial pathogens in Ugandan children and adolescents living with HIV attending Mulago National Referral Hospital, Baylor-Uganda clinic with non-malarial febrile illness (NMFI)

2. To identify and describe the frequency of comorbidities in children with perinatally acquired HIV-infection with NMFI in Uganda
 Uganda 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nahwera Loyce
ID:
EFFECTS OF 12-WEEKS AEROBIC DANCE ON BLOOD PRESSURE, PERCENT BODY FAT AND hs-CRP IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING KYAMBOGO MEDICAL CENTRE, UGANDA
REFNo: HS2202ES

1. To establish the baseline systolic and diastolic blood pressure, percent body fat and hs-CRP levels in stage 1 hypertensive patients attending Kyambogo University Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
2. To determine the effect of a 12-week aerobics dance programme on Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) levels in stage 1 hypertensive patients attending Kyambogo University Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
3. To determine the effect of a 12-week aerobics dance programme on Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) levels in stage 1 hypertensive patients attending Kyambogo University Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
4. To establish the effect of a 12-week aerobics dance programme on percent body fat in stage 1 hypertensive patients attending Kyambogo University Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
5. To determine the effect of a 12-week aerobics dance programme on hs-CRP levels in stage 1 hypertensive patients attending Kyambogo University Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Frederick GOGARTEN Jan
ID:
Comparing traditional monitoring of Kibale wildlife population abundance and health with molecular based environmental DNA based approaches
REFNo: NS343ES

To test the use of air DNA and fly-derived DNA for describing mammal and parasite communities by using the long-term monitoring efforts across transects in Kibale National Park.
Specifically aim to explore the role of flies in disease ecology in and around groups of primates in Kibale National Park, and their potential role as vectors at the human-wildlife interface, including the exploration of changes in fly density and disease prevalence.
Germany 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HAMEL Fortin Liana
ID:
Interaction between hypoxia and thermal tolerance in the cyprinid fish (Enteromius neumayeri)
REFNo: NS346ES

To look at the interaction between hypoxia (low oxygen) adaptation and thermal tolerance in tropical African fishes, of particular interest in Kibale National Park.

The project will specifically investigate how local adaptation to hypoxia affects the thermal and hypoxia tolerance of Enteromius neumeyari before and after acclimating fish to elevated water temperature
 Canada 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Matthieu Chemin
ID:
Lawyers for Consumer Protection: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
REFNo: SS1255ES

3.The UCC would be especially important in this context, as they serve as the telecom regulator for mobile money transactions. Furthermore, the UCC is currently developing plans for the creation of a “communications tribunal”, which is the ideal endpoint for those in the treatment group to have their disputes resolved.,2.This intervention would also be informative to consumer protection agencies simply so that they are made aware of both how prevalent the problem of mobile money fraud is, and how they can most effectively address it.,1.Findings of this intervention would be relevant to policymakers on several levels. First, conclusions from CTDR-U’s platform would be of utmost interest to regulators who are involved with fraud, especially when it relates to mobile money agent fraud such as in Buku and Mazer (2017).,
 Canada 2022-04-14 2025-04-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Elisam Magara
ID:
PRESERVATION OF ORAL HISTORY IN THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD: BRIDGING EVANGELICAL GAP IN THE MARKETPLACE AMONG THE BANYANKOLE IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1248ES

Purpose of the Study
Preserving of oral history restores the identity as one way to claim back the lost identity. As Marcus Garvey asserts, “a people without knowledge of the past history, origin and culture is like a tree without toots”. Therefore, careful effort is needed in assessment of oral history genres that best suits the ministration of the Word in the market place. This study aims at establishing strategies for applying Oral History in the Ministry of the Word in the Marketplace in Uganda.

Specific Objectives
This study shall be able to:
1. Establish the kind of oral history practices among the Banyankole available for the ministry of the Word.
2. Analyze the techniques in the ministration of the Word in the marketplace in Uganda.
3. Develop strategies for applying oral history in the Ministry of the Word for the Kingdom of God.

 Uganda 2022-04-14 2025-04-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sebastian Linnemayr
ID: UNCST-2021-R012696
 Goals for Adherence with Low-cost Incentives (GOALS)
REFNo: HS2207ES

The objective in year 1 is to identify the incentive design most effective for improving adherence.
The objective in year 2 is to maintain adherence improvements at the clinically optimal level of 90 percent and achieve viral suppression.
The objective in year 3 is to measure adherence for 12 months after the intervention ends to assess the impact of the different treatment arms on behavior change once incentives are withdrawn (persistence).

USA 2022-04-14 2025-04-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Benon Zebosi
ID:
Factors associated with functional capacity and nutritional status among community dwelling elderly aged 65 to 85 in Lugazi municipality, Buikwe district
REFNo: SS1031ES

1. To assess the nutritional status of the elderly persons aged 65 to 85 in Lugazi municipality, Buikwe district.
2. To assess the functional capacity of the elderly persons aged 65 to 85 in Lugazi municipality, Buikwe district.
3. To investigate the association between functional capacity and nutritional status of the elderly persons aged 65 to 85 in Lugazi municipality, Buikwe district.

 Uganda 2022-04-13 2025-04-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ruth Namazzi
ID: UNCST-2020-R014305
 Alternative Dosing And Prevention of Transfusions (ADAPT): A prospective study to reduce transfusion requirements for children with sickle cell anemia using pharmacokinetics-based hydroxyurea dosing
REFNo: HS2093ES

Primary Objective • To compare the rates of blood transfusions overall and by specific indications in children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA), prior to and during hydroxyurea treatment Secondary Objectives • To determine clinical and laboratory factors associated with reduction in blood transfusions for children with SCA on hydroxyurea treatment
• To assess the feasibility and safety of a pharmacokinetic (PK)-based hydroxyurea dose within the predicted treatment range for Uganda
• To quantify rates of SCA-related complications (including stroke, sepsis, and pain) in participants receiving PK-guided hydroxyurea dosing and within the overall cohort on hydroxyurea treatment

 Uganda 2022-04-13 2025-04-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Douglas Bulafu
ID: UNCST-2021-R011774
 Adherence to Malaria Treatment Guidelines among Health Care Workers in Private Health Facilities in Kampala’s informal Settlements, Uganda
REFNo: HS2161ES

To explore barriers and facilitators towards malarial treatment guidelines among HCWs in private health facilities,To assess the factors associated with adherence to malaria treatment guidelines among HCWs in private health facilities,To establish the level of adherence to malaria treatment guidelines among HCWs in private health facilities,To assess adherence to malaria treatment guidelines and associated factors among HCWs in private health facilities in Kampala's informal settlements, Uganda,
 Uganda 2022-04-13 2025-04-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rachel Nankanja Babirye
ID:
FIGO/AOGU Advocacy for the Prevention of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Uganda (APMM) due to unsafe abortion –end evaluation of a three years’ multi-country capacity building project
REFNo: SS1249ES

1. To document the results and achievements achieved by FIGO and the member societies
2. To analyse the contribution of the project in strengthening the societies and the results achieved
3. To assess the project implementation by FIGO and the member societies, including lessons learned.
4. To extract lessons learned – “understanding enabling and hindering factors in advocacy for CAC, including safe abortion within the context of the law”

 Uganda 2022-04-13 2025-04-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ANNETTEE NAKIMULI OLIVIA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011194
 Enhancing prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa through partnerships and innovation
REFNo: HS2195ES

4. Calibrate the intersection between socio-epidemiological, clinical and laboratory parameters of the GOS using artificial intelligence.,3. To generate a resource of data and biological samples to facilitate hypothesis driven and discovery based approaches to identifying novel predictors and/or mechanisms of pre-eclampsia and the other GOS. ,2. To determine the positive predictive value of screening using biomarkers (soluble Flt-1 and placental growth factor) and serial ultrasound for the different adverse pregnancy outcomes in (1) above.,1. To determine the exposures (epidemiological, social, demographic, clinical, laboratory) linked to the different outcomes - pre-eclampsia, stillbirth, preterm birth and fetal growth restriction.,To enhance prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa through partnerships and innovation,
 Uganda 2022-04-13 2025-04-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jörg Wiegratz
ID:
Changing the game: The dynamics of the commercialisation of football in Eastern Africa
REFNo: SS1246ES

This project is a comparative study of the ongoing and intensifying dynamics of commercialisation of football in East Africa. The aim is to empirically investigate and map the major drivers, characteristics and repercussions (also in terms of development of football, i.e. professionalism, performance, club management, fan experience, popularity etc.) of the commercialisation in two countries: Kenya and Uganda. It aims to capture stakeholders’ experiences, insights and views concerning commercialisation of football. The overall question is: what changes are triggered by the commercialisation of local football? I will talk to various stakeholders and gain some insights into developments at different clubs and commercial developments in Kampala/the country. These case studies will allow me to explore the dynamics of introducing cutting-edge commercial models in sports leagues on a continent that has had – compared to other regions – relatively low levels of commercialisation until recently. This will enable a better understanding of commercialisation-in-practice – and respective similarities and differences across the two sites - in a key football region in the Global South. The findings will inform relevant public/policy debates in the two countries, the region generally and beyond (e.g. at global level) regarding various aspects of the commercialisation of soccer. The study will contribute to the relatively nascent literature on commercialization in Africa generally. It will also draw lessons regarding commercialisation processes and issues that might be applicable to other countries in Africa and beyond.
 Germany 2022-04-12 2025-04-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Julius Magala
ID:
Using Data to Catalyze Energy Investments
REFNo: SIR98ES

Main Objective: The overarching goal is to provide improved data on demand for productive energy use across Uganda to inform future actions/investments by the Ugandan Government as well as other stakeholders.
Specific Further Objectives: Our methods will capture data related to agricultural conditions and practices, complemented by spatial analysis. Respondent interviews will focus primarily on cropping and irrigation seasonality. These will be used in combination with numerous field observations (taken without interviews). Finally, the outputs of the CWP effort will emphasize statistical analysis and machine learning in order to make geospatial predictions, identifying areas where a combination of factors establish a higher probability for presence of and success in irrigation.

Uganda 2022-04-12 2025-04-12 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Shelley Jones
ID:
COVID-19 as an urgent call for commitment to women's resilience and empowerment: A participatory action research project with vulnerable women in Uganda
REFNo: SS1207ES

The objectives of this project are to work with women in Uganda to develop and pilot a contextually- and culturally-responsive Resiliency and Empowerment Framework (REF) that will foster a community of support that encourages women to self-inventory their skills, knowledge, abilities, and experiences as well as identify and access resources they require to exercise empowerment and work collectively to transform their societies. The REF will be adaptable for women living in diverse contexts throughout the world. As part of REF, participants will create and implement their own, personal multi-stage Resiliency and Empowerment Plans (REPs) that will reflect their own aspirations. These REPs may represent individualistic or collaborative trajectories.
Canada 2022-04-12 2025-04-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Ssekitoleko
ID: UNCST-2019-R001716
 Impacts of Covid-19 on Provision of Essential Healthcare Services and on Community Networks in Uganda
REFNo: HS2181ES

General Objective
To evaluate the Impact of COVID-19 on provision of essential Healthcare services and on the community networks in Uganda
Specific objectives
1. To determine the Impact of COVID-19 on essential health service delivery in Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda.
2. To evaluate the actual local activities and collaboration of key stakeholders involved in CES in response to COVID-19 pandemic Uganda.


 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Haruna Muwonge
ID: UNCST-2019-R000128
 A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Phase III, Clinical Trial of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, Inactivated (Vero Cell) in Adults Aged 18 Years and Above
REFNo: HS2185ES

Safety: To evaluate adverse events from the first dose and the booster dose to Day 28 after the whole-course immunization and serious adverse events from the first dose and the booster dose to at least 12 months after the whole-course immunization,Efficacy: To evaluate the efficacy of the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, Inactivated (Vero Cell) for symptomatic and laboratory-confirmed (RT-PCR method) COVID-19 cases caused by different SARS-CoV-2 variants,Immunogenicity: To evaluate the immune persistence of the investigational vaccine,Immunogenicity: To demonstrate the consistency of 3 lots of investigational vaccine in terms of GMT 14 days after the whole-course immunization,Immunogenicity: To evaluate the levels of neutralizing antibody and IgG antibody against SARS-CoV-2 14 days after the whole-course and after the booster immunization,Efficacy: To evaluate the efficacy of the SARS?CoV?2 Vaccine, Inactivated (Vero Cell) against symptomatic and laboratory-confirmed (RT?PCR method) severe COVID-19 disease,Efficacy: To evaluate the efficacy of the SARS?CoV?2 Vaccine, Inactivated (Vero Cell) after at least one dose, 2 doses, and after the booster dose of immunization,To evaluate the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of the SARS?CoV?2 Vaccine, Inactivated (Vero Cell) in adults aged 18 years and above after a 2-dose schedule, and after booster vaccination,
 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Aloysius Ssennyonjo Ssennyonjo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013504
 Evaluating the Impact of the Health Sub-District Strategy on Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes in Uganda (2000-2020)
REFNo: HS2169ES

4.To examine lessons learnt, opportunities and recommendations for optimizing the impact of HSD strategy on and health system performance (MNH) in Uganda,3.To explore the mechanisms through which the HSD strategy (and its adaptions) impacted maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes,2.To determine the impact of the HSD strategy on MNH outcomes in Uganda over time and across geographical settings. a)To describe the trends in key health system performance indicators (focusing on MNH) over the same time frame. b) To determine the associations between the HSD strategy and health system performance (MNH outcomes) ,1. To explore how the HSD strategy evolved from 2000 to 2020 and why? a) To describe the critical timelines of the evolution of the HSD strategy. b)To analyze the processes, mechanisms and dynamics that explain the evolutionary process of the HSD strategy,To analyse the impact and underlying mechanisms of the health sub-district strategy on maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes in Uganda from 2000 to 2020. ,
 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Musa Sekikubo
ID: UNCST-2021-R014010
 REDUCTION OF MATERNAL AND PERINATAL MORTALITY DUE TO PRE-ECLAMPSIA & ECLAMPSIA
REFNo: HS1473ES

OBJECTIVES

1. To conduct a needs assessment on the management of mothers with pre-eclampsia in select Health centre IIIs, IVs, District Hospitals, Regional Referral Hospitals and National Referral Hospitals in greater Kampala and other regions of the country in the calendar year 2020.
2. To analyse data generated in objective 1with a purpose of getting scalable interventional framework on reduction of maternal and perinatal motility and severe morbidity due to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
3. To address preventable maternal and perinatal mortality and severe morbidity due to pre-eclampsia and other HDP through implementing the pre-eclampsia interventional framework for a period of one year.
4. Propose key recommendations to the Ministry of Health on identified system challenges that are hindering the accelerated reduction of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality due to pre-eclampsia

 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jessica Kakesa
ID:
Barriers and opportunities to safe abortion in humanitarian settings in Bidibidi Settlement, Uganda
REFNo: HS2130ES

The aim of this study is to describe the abortion experiences of women and girls living in humanitarian contexts, and to generate a representative estimate of the abortion incidence, rate, and ratio.
Democratic Republic of Congo 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Herbert  Ainamani ELVIS
ID:
Exploring parenting styles and children’s task accomplishments during mother-child interactions in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS2060ES

1. To assess different parenting styles employed by mothers living in both rural and urban settings of Southwestern Uganda.
2. To examine the association between multivariate factors and parenting styles among the mothers living in Southwestern Uganda.
3. To examine the association between parenting styles and accomplishment of different tasks by the children in Southwestern Uganda.

 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Ngonzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001579
 Smart Discharges for Mom & Baby: A cohort study to develop prognostic algorithms for post-discharge readmission and mortality among mother-infant dyads..
REFNo: HS2174ES

To identify gaps and opportunities during in-hospital, discharge, and post-discharge care to inform the future development of an evidence-and risk-based bundle of interventions to improve postnatal care (PNC) for dyads.,To inform the development of an integrated maternal and newborn risk-based post-discharge care program.,To develop and internally validate clinical risk prediction models for identifying dyads at high-risk of death or hospital readmission in the 6 week post-delivery post-discharge period.,
 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Annet Nakaganda
ID:
Vaginal stenosis in patients treated with Radiotherapy for cancer of the cervix in Uganda
REFNo: HS2150ES

To assess the incidence, risk factors and clinical manifestation(s), of radiation-induced vaginal stenosis in patients with cancer of the cervix at Uganda Cancer Institute.
 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ronald Arineitwe Kibonire Arineitwe Kibonire
ID:
Strategies to enhance indigenous men’s support for utilisation of long-acting reversible contraceptives amongst rural women in Uganda
REFNo: HS2152ES

The objective of this study is to:

•Explore and describe the perceptions of rural indigenous Ugandan men regarding the use of LARCs.

•Understand the belief systems that rural indigenous Ugandan men have regarding the use of LARCs

•Develop strategies to enhance indigenous Ugandan men’s support for utilisation of LARCs amongst rural women in Uganda

 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Susan  Nabadda
ID: UNCST-2020-R014331
 A Study to Improve Understanding of Viral Load Suppression in Children Living with HIV in Uganda.
REFNo: HS2188ES

To establish factors associated with viral load suppression in children 0-14 years using the LIMS.,To determine the extent to which viral load suppression rates differ by demographic characteristics (age group, ART regimen, duration on ART, and region) using Laboratory Management Information System (LIMS) data.,To determine the trends in paediatric (0-14years) viral load suppression rates from 2016 to 2020.,To determine the proportion of children aged 0-14 years living with HIV that underwent a viral load test in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and are virally suppressed.,
 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Hellen Nabayiga
ID: UNCST-2022-R011299
 modelling the antibiotic supply chain. A case of Uganda
REFNo: SS1240ES

To develop an understanding of appropriate antibiotic availability in Uganda public health facilities
 Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmy Okello
ID: UNCST-2020-R009792
 Investigating the Relationship of Low-HDL as a Risk Factor for Development of Rheumatic Heart Disease
REFNo: HS2085ES

General Objective;
The objective of this project is to explore the relationship between Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) levels in a high risk pediatric population in Uganda.

Specific Objectives;
1)To evaluate whether or not low HDL-c is associated with the diagnosis of RHD.

2)To evaluate whether a lower HDL-c level is associated with more severe RHD.

 Uganda 2022-04-04 2025-04-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frank Kutensa
ID:
Health care workers\' and mothers\' perspectives on the experiences and challenges with maternal health care services in rural areas of Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study.
REFNo: HS2134ES

1. To explore the mothers’ experiences and challenges with utilization of maternal health care services during COVID-19.

2. To explore health care providers’ perspectives and challenges regarding the delivery and mothers’ use of maternal health care services during COVID-19
 Uganda 2022-04-04 2025-04-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
twinamasiko nelson
ID: UNCST-2021-R013346
 MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA CONTAMINATION OF CLINICAL ATTIRE OF MEDICAL DOCTORS IN MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL.
REFNo: HS2177ES

Primary objective
1. To determine the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria on clinical attires of medical doctors in Mulago National referral hospital.
Secondary Objectives
1. To determine the prevalence of multidrug resistant bacteria on clinical attires of medical doctors in Mulago National referral hospital.
2. To determine the level of knowledge and attitudes on IPC among medical doctors in Mulago National referral hospital.
3. To determine the level of practice of IPC measures among medical doctors in Mulago National referral hospital.

 Uganda 2022-04-04 2025-04-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damian Kajunguri
ID:
Assessing the effectiveness of alternative science education teaching methods during and after COVID-19 lockdown in Kigezi region, Western Uganda
REFNo: SS928ES

The main objective of the research is to determine how the different learning approaches impacted science education during and after COVID-19 induced lockdown. The specific objectives are to: i) Establish the type and extent of coverage of the science-based learning that took place during and after lockdown. ii) Determine how practical aspects were handled in the alternative learning processes that were provided during and after lockdown. iii) Ascertain the uniformity of syllabus coverage of science subjects before-during- and after lockdown. iv) Assess students’ responses towards the various science-based learning processes during and after lockdown in respect of gender, age groups and school status.
 Uganda 2022-04-02 2025-04-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Michael Mutyaba
ID:
The Politics of Uganda's Refugee Policy
REFNo: SS1066ES

To investigate the political economy of the relationship between Uganda's refugee policy and its political system
To understand the needs, incentives and logics behind Uganda's liberal refugee policy
To examine how liberal Uganda's refugee policy is, compared with her neighbours Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya
To explore the constraints that politic imposes upon the implementation of Uganda's refugee policy in the context of decentralisation
 Uganda 2022-04-02 2025-04-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Miriam Nakalembe
ID: UNCST-2021-R014040
 Simplified Treatment for Eclampsia Prevention using Magnesium sulfate: A phase III, randomized, open label, active controlled, multicountry, multicentre, non-inferiority trial of simplified magnesium sulfate regimen for eclampsia prophylaxis (The STEP-Mag Trial).
REFNo: HS2076ES

The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate non-inferiority of magnesium sulfate 10g IM administered 12 hourly x 2 doses compared with a standard IV (Zuspan) or IM (Pritchard) magnesium sulfate regimen1 in the prevention of maternal eclamptic seizure.

The secondary objective of this trial is to evaluate superiority of magnesium sulfate 10g IM administered 12 hourly x 2 doses compared with a standard IV (Zuspan) or IM (Pritchard) magnesium sulfate regimen in the proportion of women experiencing adverse events indicative of magnesium toxicity.
 Uganda 2022-04-02 2025-04-02 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Patrick OJOK
ID:
Exploratory study on the implementation Status of inclusive education policies in Uganda
REFNo: SS1202ES

4. Identify and document best practices and lessons that can be up-scaled to improve the implementation of inclusive education in Uganda and at the sub-regional level (EAC). ,3. Explore the perceptions of education stakeholders in Uganda towards inclusive education and the appropriate model for implementing inclusive education.,2. Explore the facilitators and barriers to implementing inclusive education policies in Uganda.,1. Determine the implementation status of existing inclusive education policies in Uganda.,The purpose of the proposed study is to ascertain the implementation status of inclusive education policies in Uganda, explore the factors that influence their implementation and document best practices and lessons to reinvigorate inclusive education at a sub-regional level.,
 Uganda 2022-04-02 2025-04-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Lydia Nakiyingi
ID:
Exploring immune mechanisms among persons with MTB infection or TB disease, compared to no MTB infection in an endemic setting
REFNo: HS2125ES

General objective:
•To understand the immune mechanisms that underlie TB infection and TB disease compared to those with neither state in an MTB endemic setting using samples collected from individuals with either latent or active TB infection and those without-MTB infection for comparison.
Specific objectives:
• To define the immunological mechanism(s) in MTB using samples from individuals with latent infection, active TB or no MTB infection.
•To identify correlates of immune protection against TB infection and disease in adults in high TB endemic settings; an important pre-requisite in responses to newer TB vaccines
•To compare genetic sequences between adults with active TB, latent TB and no MTB infection in order to delineate genetic mechanisms of protection or disease

 Uganda 2022-04-02 2025-04-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Teddy Nakubulwa
ID:
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment –Supporting Out-of-school Adolescent girls’ Rights and Skills (SHE SOARS) Program
REFNo: SS1225ES

4) Identify programmatic priorities and approaches through key informant interviews with stakeholders such as government staff, community leaders, health care providers and staff from other sexual reproductive health rights projects.,3) Contribute to the evidence base surrounding Gender Equality and Sexual Reproductive Health outcomes for adolescent s through documenting evidences of how the project is rendering effective, relevant, efficient and sustainable solutions to target project participants. ,2) Examine the current knowledge, attitudes and practices related to sexual reproductive health and gender equality among adolescents, particularly out-of-school adolescents, to inform project implementation ,1) Establish baseline, mid term and endline values for all indicators for the SHE SOARS project.,
 Uganda 2022-04-02 2025-04-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ninsheka  Leonard
ID:
Analysis of the Effects of the Forms and Drivers of Urban Agriculture on the socio-Economic Status of Farmers in Kampala and Mbarara Cities, Uganda
REFNo: A172ES

1) Examine the forms of urban agriculture on the socio-economic status of the urban farmers
in Kampala and Mbarara Cities.
2) Examine the Drivers of urban agriculture on the socio-economic status of the urban farmers
in Kampala and Mbarara Cities.
3) Establish appropriate policy directions of urban agriculture on the socio-economic status
of urban farmers in Kampala and Mbarara Cities.
4) To establish the influence of socio-demographic characteristics on the socio-economic
status of urban farmers in Kampala and Mbarara Cities

 Uganda 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alinda  Fred
ID:
ADVANCING AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE IN UGANDA’S CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: DETERMINANTS AND STRATEGIES FOR INSURANCE UPTAKE
REFNo: A181ES

1. To assess the agricultural insurance positioned in the climate change adaptation framework for Uganda and what are the critical gaps
2. To assess the demand and supply side constraints to adoption of agricultural insurance in Uganda borrowing insights from empirical literature in other countries
3. To identify the existing strategies to promoting agricultural insurance as an overarching climate change adaptation strategy.
4. To identify strategies that Uganda can adapt to effectively promote agricultural insurance as a climate change adaptation strategy.

Uganda 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alfred Jatho
ID: UNCST-2021-R011710
 Barriers to and Facilitators of Prostate Cancer Screening among Men in Uganda Prisons
REFNo: HS2128ES

The goal of this study is to examine the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of men in Uganda Prisons regarding barriers to and facilitators of PCa screening. This will enable the research team to identify potential interventional strategies to promote PCa screening among men in Uganda prisons.,
 Uganda 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joaniter Nankabirwa Immaculate
ID: UNCST-2021-R012896
 Optimizing the use of SARS-Cov-2 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDT) for timely detection and effective response to COVID-19 in key border communities in Uganda
REFNo: HS2050ES

To evaluate the feasibility of active surveillance using the SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDT in high-risk populations in border districts of Tororo and Busia.

To determine the yield of active surveillance using the SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDT in high-risk populations in the border districts of Tororo and Busia districts

To assess the acceptability of active surveillance using the SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDT in high-risk populations in border districts of Tororo and Busia.

 Uganda 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
helen harrison
ID:
A grounded theory epistemological exploration of wellbeing for women with lived experience of conflict-affected trauma, based in Uganda
REFNo: HS2148ES

- To use thematic-induced analysis to develop a theory relating to the epistemology of wellbeing that is grounded in the interview data,- To conduct semi-structured interviews with six – eight female participants from each of the communities.,- To explore the epistemology of wellbeing for women from three specific Uganda-based communities, each of whom has lived experience of conflict-affected trauma, and who are linked through trauma counselling,
 UK 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Thereza Piloya Were
ID: UNCST-2019-R000491
 Diabetes in African Youth: Improving Glucose Time-In-Range (DAY Time) Randomized Clinical Trial.
REFNo: HS2129ES

Primary Study Objectives
1. To determine if patient ability to continuously observe plasma glucose levels for 6 months using a flash intermittently scanned CGM improves glucose TIR compared to baseline. The change in glucose TIR while wearing the unblinded CGM will be compared to change in TIR in patients performing 3x/day SMBG (wearing a blinded CGM for endpoint measurement).
2. To perform a cost analysis on flash glucose monitoring compared to 3x/day SMBG, to determine whether this technology is cost effective in the setting of a low-resource nation.
Secondary Objectives: To assess the change-from-baseline impact of unblinded CGM on:
1. Percent time-in-range at 12 months
2. Percent time with glucose 180-250, >250, <70, and <54 mg/dl at 6 and 12 months
3. HbA1c at 6 and 12 months
4. Patient satisfaction and quality of life at 6 and 12 months
5. Glucose variability (coefficient of variation, CV) at 6 and 12 months

 Uganda 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pontiano  Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2020-R019901
 Performance evaluation of the CheckNOW™ HIV Self-Test study
REFNo: HS2170ES

1. To evaluate the performance (Sensitivity and specificity) of the CheckNOW™ HIV SELF TEST when compared to the Genscreen ULTRA HIV1/2 Ag/Ab EIA followed by the Murex diasorin HIV1/2 Ag/Ab combination (reference testing) in the laboratory and the national testing algorithm.

2. To describe the clinical performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the CheckNOW™ HIV SELF TEST, as obtained by the professional users, when compared to the reference testing and the national testing algorithm.

3. To describe the clinical performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the CheckNOW™ HIV SELF TEST, as obtained by the lay users, when compared to the reference testing and the national testing algorithm.

4. To assess the accuracy of the lay user interpretation of the HIVST result. This will be compared with the interpretation by the RA.
5. To assess the usability of the CheckNOW™ HIV SELF TEST. The usability of the test will be evaluated by questionnaires completed by the study staff observers and by the lay users.



Uganda 2022-04-01 2025-04-01 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
 Epidemiology of cardiac dysfunction in sub-Saharan Africa: Heart Failure Registry of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected persons in Uganda and Zambia
REFNo: HS788ES

1. To describe the clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes, and predictors of all-cause and CV mortality among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected heart failure adults hospitalized at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (Mbarara, Uganda) and University of Zambia Hospital (Lusaka, Zambia).
2. To describe echocardiographic etiology of heart failure among HIV-infected and uninfected adults hospitalized at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (Mbarara, Uganda) and University of Zambia Hospital (Lusaka, Zambia).
3. To determine the differences in the serum markers of cardiac fibrosis, cardiac injury, oxidative stress, and hypercoagulability in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals hospitalized with heart failure at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and the University of Zambia Hospital.

 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jennifer Ross
ID:
Modeling Approaches to Prioritize TB Prevention in Uganda
REFNo: HS1981ES

1. Estimate national, regional- or district-level patterns in prevalence, incidence, and mortality of TB and TBHIV using a geospatial model to identify geographic areas with higher versus lower infection burden.

2. Quantify the potential impact in disease burden and cost for PT scale-up in regionalized versus uniform implementation.

3. Engage stakeholders to inform model development and evaluate strategies to improve the acceptability and feasibility of modeled strategies for TB prevention.

 USA 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bernard Kikaire
ID:
Utility of using C - reactive protein (CRP) in identifying bacteremia in children below five years presenting with fever at the Kawempe National Referral hospital.
REFNo: HS2038ES

1. To assess the performance of CRP in identifying bacterial infection among children less than 5 five years presenting with fever Kawempe National Referral Hospital
2. To assess the performance of Neutrophilia in identifying bacterial infection among children less than 5 five years presenting with fever Kawempe National Referral Hospital
3. To compare the two diagnostic criteria in identifying children with bacteremia at Kawempe National Referral Hospital

 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HARRIET NANKYA
ID:
Toward effective community engagement for genomics research in Uganda
REFNo: SS1172ES

1. To assess Genomics Researchers’ perspectives and practices on CE for genomics research in Uganda.
2. To explore Community Stakeholders’ experiences and perspectives on CE for genomics research in Uganda.
3. To assess research regulators’ perspectives on what constitutes effective community engagement for genomics research in Uganda.
4. To develop a framework for effective community engagement for genomics research in Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Raymond Tweheyo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014507
 Development and validation of a Medical Internship Experience Scale (MIES) for low- and middle-income countries.
REFNo: HS2062ES

4.2 General Objective
To develop and validate the Medical Internship Experiences Scale in Uganda, so as to contribute to the understanding of internship experiences for the health workforce in low- and middle-income countries.
4.3 Specific Objectives
1) To draft a Medical Internship Experiences Scale (MIES) for testing in Uganda alongside other LMICs.
2) To develop and test the Medical Internship Experiences Scale (MIES) among intern doctors in Uganda.
3) To evaluate the experiences of intern doctors and 3-year post internship doctors with their medical internship, using the MIES in Uganda.
4) To explore the perceptions of intern doctors, and intern doctor supervisors regarding the wellbeing of intern doctors during the medical internship training in Uganda.

UK 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ANITA ARINDA
ID: UNCST-2020-R014158
 AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN HIV KNOWLEDGE FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN ENTEBBE, UGANDA
REFNo: HS2159ES

To estimate the retention of HIV knowledge and change in attitudes to HIV of adolescents with mild-to-moderate ID at 3 months following an HIV education program.,To estimate the change in HIV knowledge and attitudes of adolescents with mild-to-moderate ID following an HIV education program education intervention.,To determine the feasibility and acceptability of the HIV education program for adolescents with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability in Entebbe.,To conduct a pilot study of an HIV education intervention program for adolescents with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (ID) and to assess its feasibility, acceptability and ability to increase HIV knowledge at baseline and 3 months.,
 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
 Understanding the Strategies, policies and stakeholders perspectives on air quality management: towards improving air quality pollution in urban settings in Uganda.
REFNo: HS2097ES

To conduct a scoping review to synthesize air quality management strategies in Africa with a focus on who is involved, what works and why.

To assess the knowledge and perspectives of stakeholders whose roles influence air pollution and related health outcomes in Kampala and Jinja Cities.
 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bukenya Fred
ID:
Evaluation of a Public-Private Partnership project of indoor residual spraying on malaria prevalence in urban slum areas of Kampala
REFNo: HS2099ES

To evaluate the effectiveness of the PPP project vector control strategies (IRS) on: 1. malaria prevalence 2. trends in catchment area health facility malaria burden indicators (e.g. test positivity rates, proportion of malaria outpatient visits) before and after implementation of IRS in 8 urban/slum areas.
 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dominic Bukenya Yiga
ID:
Comparison of perceptions of diabetes amongst Ugandans with low and high BMI: a qualitative study
REFNo: SS1200ES

i)To describe the perceptions of the causes of the diabetes and impact of the
condition in both rural and urban populations
ii) To compare and contrast the views of those with low BMI and high BMI
iii) To develop an understanding of the interactions between patients and their
healthcare providers and whether the information provided differs in relation
to their location and BM
The overall aim of this study is to investigate perceptions of diabetes amongst Ugandan
adults with type 2 diabetes with and without obesity, and those living in rural and urban
locations
 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Ndungutse
ID: UNCST-2022-R011044
 BURDEN OF PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AMONG CHILDREN BELOW FIVE YEARS OLD FOLLOWING PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINATION: ANALYSING LOCAL SURVEILLANCE DATA IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS2102ES

The project’s overall Goal is: To contribute to the understanding of the morbidity, mortality and disability due to Pneumococcal Disease among children below five years in Uganda. The project objectives;
1. Document the burden of pneumococcal disease (invasive and non-invasive) in under 5years old children in Uganda
2. Identify and determine the distribution of the pneumococcal serotypes in under-5yrs old children and the risk factors before, during and after PC Vaccination rollout in Uganda
3. Establish the PVC coverage rates by reviewing data pertaining vaccination and adverse events following immunization (AEFI) through using the available data source documents and reporting mechanisms.
4. Document the gaps in the surveillance data that need further intervention by comparing data available with standard case definitions

Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Fred Ssewamala
ID: UNCST-2020-R014060
 Suubi4Stronger Families: Addressing Child Behavioral Health by Strengthening Financial Stability and Parenting among Families in Uganda
REFNo: SS1205ES

The study examines the mechanisms by which economic empowerment (EE) and family strengthening (FS) interventions targeting social, familial and context-specific drivers affect childhood behavioral health.

Specific aims of the study are:

Aim 1: Examine the impact of EE only, MFG-based FS only, and combined EE+MFG-based FS on children’s DBD symptoms and behavioral functioning.

Aim 2: Test the influence of EE only, MFG-based FS only, and combined EE+MFG-based FS on family financial stability (e.g., food and housing stability, material assets, savings), parenting and protective family
processes (e.g., family organization, caregiver/child interaction, cohesion, support) and perceptions related to
help seeking (e.g., stigma) on CBH and functioning; and assess whether these change mechanism mediate intervention effects on DBD symptoms and behavioral functioning, and explore moderation by context specific moderators of intervention effects.

Aim 3: Qualitatively examine participants’ experiences with each intervention arm.
 Uganda 2022-03-30 2025-03-30 Social Science and Humanities Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Julian Bagyendera Kobutungi
ID:
Endline Survey of the Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities (ERP)
REFNo: SS1234ES

Establish inclusion and contextualization of the impact level indicators, as assessed through baseline 2.0 for which data was collected in March 2021.,vi. Assess percentage of teachers that have the professional competency required for implementing the programme ,Identify opportunities to improve both the cooperation and coordination between the key stakeholders and their support aimed at the improved delivery of the education services in a set of concrete and actionable recommendations. ,Identify lessons and good practices from the implementation of the ERP I. ,Assess the sustainability of the results achieved by the ERP at national and district levels.,ii. Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the ERP at national and district levels; also, but not exclusively, with regard to: - Achievements of the Plan regarding increase access to education, improve quality of education for both refugee and host community children. - Strengthening of the national and district systems for effective delivery of education services considering the COVID –19 impact. - Assess the extent to which issues of gender equality, and equity have been taken into consideration. Special attention will be given to learners with disabilities from both the refugee and host communities to ensure that access to school, teacher’s capacity (training, capacity to identify needs they may have, materials) and identification methods are assessed during the evaluation. ,i. Assess the relevance and coherence of the objectives and the approach of the ERP at national and district levels.,2) To assess and validate the results partners have achieved during the implementation period as a way to ensure and support accountability for ERP support. ,1) Provide information to support learning among key stakeholders from the experience of implementing the ERP at national and district levels, with a view to informing the ERP II and similar initiatives. ,
 Uganda 2022-03-29 2025-03-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stella Otai Auma
ID:
Is transparency rhetoric or reality? Organisational performance in the public health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Uganda
REFNo: SS1214ES

5. To ascertain how the outcomes of transparency impact organisational performance of the public health sector in Uganda and to propose evidence based areas for improvement including processes and tools ,4. To explore the impact transparency has on the health sector processes during the COVID-19 response. ,3. To scope the challenge which public health sector managers in Uganda have in maximizing transparency effectively. ,2. To map how the domains of transparency impacts on organisational processes in order to effectively maximise the role of transparency on in shaping organisational performance.,To map the domains that transparency impacts on and also its processes in order to effectively maximise the role of transparency on organisational performance.,To explore the impact transparency has on the health sector processes during COVID-19 response in order to ascertain how the outcomes of transparency impact organizational performance in the health sector in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-03-29 2025-03-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Samuel kirimunda
ID: UNCST-2021-R012738
 Childhood Burkitt Lymphoma survival rates in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study of histologically confirmed BL cases diagnosed between 2011 and 2015 in Northern Uganda
REFNo: HS2135ES

Main Objective
1. To determine if tumor stage at diagnosis, treatment protocol, and HLA class I & II allele genotype are associated with the five-year survival rate among children diagnosed with eBL in Uganda
Specific Objectives
1. To determine whether tumor staging at diagnosis is associated with survival among a retrospective cohort of eBL cases in northern Uganda.
2. To determine whether treatment protocols are associated with survival among a retrospective cohort of eBL cases in northern Uganda.
3. To determine whether HLA class I & II allele types are associated with survival among a retrospective cohort of eBL cases in northern Uganda.
 Uganda 2022-03-29 2025-03-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Matovu Nicholas
ID:
Colorectal cancer in Uganda: exploring prevention strategies
REFNo: HS1889ES

3. To investigate the knowledge and awareness of CRC, screening and barriers to biomedical presentation among the central Ugandan population through conducting a public cross-sectional survey (Study III),To investigate current challenges regarding the development and implementation of CRC prevention and screening strategies in Uganda through key informant interviews (Study II),To profile the epidemiology of CRC using data from the local Ugandan population-based cancer registries (Kampala and Gulu) (study 1),
 Uganda 2022-03-25 2025-03-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Christine Semambo Sempebwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011977
 Higher Education Policy influence on Access and Resilience for South Sudanese students from Bidi Bidi settlement
REFNo: SS1186ES

2. To explore how refugee higher education policy practice influences HE access and resilience for South Sudanese refugees from Bidi Bidi settlement in Uganda.,1. To explore how refugee higher education policy formulation influences HE access and resilience for South Sudanese refugees from Bidi Bidi settlement in Uganda. ,To explore how refugee higher education policy influences higher education access and resilience for South Sudanese refugees from Bidi Bidi settlement in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-03-25 2025-03-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stella Nassolo
ID:
Improving mental health and resilience among children living with HIV in Uganda.
REFNo: SS1197ES

The baseline will establish the current status of mental health and wellbeing of children living with HIV in target districts before being exposed to the Stepping Stones with Children approach (using the short or longer version of the manual) and the existing perceptions, knowledge, attitudes and practices surrounding mental health in the target districts.,To determine the baseline quality of mental health among children living with HIV in three selected districts of Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-03-25 2025-03-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nathan Nshakira
ID:
Accountability mechanisms, practices and challenges for RMNCAH services in Uganda’s health sector
REFNo: HS598ES

a) Document and analyze the current definition and structuring of health accountability mechanisms (structures and processes) at the different levels of the Uganda health system;
b) Examine the processes, progress and results of health accountability implementation; and the factors influencing these at the different levels of the health system;
c) Describe the specific relationships and influences between current health accountability processes and results; and RMNCAH service delivery and utilization.
d) Generate recommendations for strengthening health accountability and enhancing its specific influence on RMNCAH service delivery, utilization and results.

 Uganda 2022-03-24 2025-03-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Sharifah Nabambejja
ID:
Vitamin D levels and its potential role in COVID19 Pathogenesis in a Ugandan Population
REFNo: HS1572ES

1.To assess the serum Vitamin D3 levels in Uganda.
2.To establish the Ugandan reference range of Vitamin D3.


 Uganda 2022-03-24 2025-03-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Susan  Nabadda
ID: UNCST-2020-R014331
 COVID-19 rapid antigen test screening validation and diagnosis study in symptomatic and asymptomatic populations at border crossings in Uganda to support efficient testing practices
REFNo: HS2105ES

Secondary Objective 2 (Phase 1 and 2): Enhance truck driver awareness on COVID-19 symptoms, prevention and response.,(Phase 1): Provide evidence and advocate for policy change at a national level to: (a) permit Ag RDT COVID-19 screening in asymptomatic populations and (b) accept negative Ag RDT test results in asymptomatic individuals as proof they are not infected with COVID-19.,(Phase 2): Assess the feasibility, acceptability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of Ag RDTs for COVID-19 screening compared to RT-PCR testing in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.,(Phase 1): Validate WHO EUL COVID-19 Ag RDTs for screening of asymptomatic truck drivers at border crossings (and optionally at a select site in Kampala) in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-03-24 2025-03-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kukunda Bacwayo Elizabeth
ID: UNCST-2021-R011603
 CONSPIRACY BELIEFS AND COVID-19 VACCINATION HESITANCY IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1174ES

Objectives of study
(i) To measure the extent of the spread of conspiracy beliefs regarding vaccination against Covid-19 among Ugandans
(ii) To establish the relationship between conspiracy belief and vaccination hesitancy in Uganda;
(iii) To explore the interaction between exposure to COVID-19 conspiracy theories and individual vaccination decisions;
(iv) To examine the gendered impact of conspiracy belief on vaccination hesitancy; and
(v)To examine how the conspiracy beliefs of adults are likely to affect decision to vaccinate children for COVID-19.

Uganda 2022-03-23 2025-03-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tophil Odoy Owino
ID:
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA: A CASE STUDY OF TORORO DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT HC IV.
REFNo: SS1005ES

1. Examine the influence of hiring practices on Health service delivery in TDLG HC IV.
2. Determine the influence of staff development practices on Health service delivery in TDLG HC IV.
3. Assess the influence of performance evaluation practices on Health service delivery in TDLG HC IV.

 Uganda 2022-03-22 2025-03-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Patience Kibbedi
ID:
Evaluating Positive Youth Development Intervention Programs Promoting Character Virtues AmongUgandan Youth Living in Poverty: Innovations using Idiographic Methods and Measures
REFNo: SS1110ES

To investigate methods and measures to capture the diverse and unique individual pathways towards character virtue development amongst Ugandan youth living in poverty
 Uganda 2022-03-22 2025-03-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Patrick Kagurusi Tumusiime
ID: UNCST-2021-R012687
 Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights Programme in High Burden Districts of Uganda (ISPHD) or HEROES4GTA Project: Evaluation Study Protocol
REFNo: SS1194ES

Main objective
1. The purpose of the study is to benchmark and monitor the status of key performance areas as defined in the program key outcome indicators; conduct a power mapping of stakeholders and service providers; carry out a gender and vulnerability analysis in relation to access/utilisation of improved Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) services; and to enhance sustainability measures of the programme.


Specific objectives:
i. Assess the level of knowledge, beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, and norms (empirical and normative) about SRHR and SGBV across key structures and beneficiaries in the ISPHD districts

ii. Establish baseline values for specific Programme key performance outcome indicators as stipulated in the ISPHD Programme Results framework.

iii. Establish the power dynamics and influence concerning the program overall objective – (stakeholder and power mapping) of stakeholders and service providers in the target districts.

iv. Establish the current level of commitment of key structures to gender equity and SRHR services. This should be based on the minimum intervention services package, capacity including the quality of services, resources, and protocols, among others.

v. Assess the extent of involvement of beneficiary groups in implementation, monitoring and improving services, satisfaction and/or perceptions of beneficiary groups about the quality of existing mechanisms in meeting their needs.

vi. Identify existing policies, laws, and ordinances and establish how these impact on power inequity in relation to SRHR and GBV service provision and utilization.

vii. Identify SGBV and SRHR inequality hot spots in the target districts to facilitate differentiated implementation and targeting.

viii. Assess the relevance, validity, and sustainability measures for the ISPHD program including validation of risks and assumptions concerning the Theory of Change(TOC)
 Uganda 2022-03-22 2025-03-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Kyaddondo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014906
 Enhancing Community Training for Student Mental Health Nurses in Uganda
REFNo: SS1199ES

1) Identify students’ class-based community nursing learning needs;
2) identify community MH nurse CPD support needs;
3) Plan a CPD curriculum deliverable online by educators at BPSN
 Uganda 2022-03-22 2025-03-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DAVID AGABA COLLINS
ID: UNCST-2019-R000301
 PREVALENCE OF AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ABNORMALOBSTETRIC SHOCK INDEX AMONG IMMEDIATE POST-PARTUMWOMEN AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS2138ES

1. To determine the prevalence of abnormal obstetric shock index among women in the immediate post-partum period following vaginal delivery at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
2. To determine the factors associated with abnormal obstetric shock index among women in the immediate post-partum period following vaginal delivery at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
 Uganda 2022-03-22 2025-03-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Raymond Odokonyero Felix
ID: UNCST-2020-R014183
 ALCOHOL USE, GENDER, AND HIV IN UGANDA: YOUNG PEOPLE’S RISK OF HIV, LIVED EXPERIENCES, PROVIDERS’ PERCEPTIONS, AND FUTURE CARE OUTCOMES.
REFNo: HS2001ES

This study aims to: 1) Systematically review literature on the risk of HIV infection by gender among young people who use alcohol in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC); 2) Explore the lived experiences of alcohol use by gender among young people living with HIV (YPLH); 3) Explore the perceptions of HIV care providers regarding the care of young people living with HIV who use alcohol by gender; and 4) Determine the association between age at initiation of alcohol use and health related quality of life and viral suppression rates among PLWH in Southwestern Uganda.
Uganda 2022-03-21 2025-03-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
SIMON ARUNGA
ID: UNCST-2021-R013498
 Cluster randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention package to reduce blindness from severe microbial keratitis in Uganda.
REFNo: HS1814ES

To determine if a complex intervention package delivered at the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) including early recognition, prompt chlorhexidine 0.2% treatment and rapid referral can result in reduced rates of blindness from severe MK at three months
 Uganda 2022-03-21 2025-03-21 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Johanna  Blomgren
ID: UNCST-2021-R012309
 MIDWIZE - Strengthening midwives to implement and sustain quality improvements to optimise maternity care: A longitudinal observational study in Uganda
REFNo: HS1885ES

This PhD project aims to explore how midwives can take the lead in implementing or enhancing QI components within maternal health care in Uganda. The overall goal of this project is to improve the health of women and newborns. The way to achieve this is through enhancing the quality of care by capacitating midwives. Sub-study 1 - Co-creating and developing the intervention and the implementation Specific objectives: To explore multisectoral stakeholders' perspectives and ideas on how to strengthen midwives' capacity to implement QI components. To explore which QI components the midwives will implement or enhance. Sub-study 2 - Implementation and evaluating the sustainability of the implementation Specific objectives: -To measure the uptake of evidence-based QI components when midwives lead, organise and provide enhanced intra- and postpartum care. -To measure the long-term sustainability of the midwives' QI projects. Sub-study 3 – Process evaluation Specific objective: To evaluate the process of strengthening midwives' capacity to implement QIs in maternal care.
 Sweden 2022-03-21 2025-03-21 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
John  Kirabira Baptist
ID:
Evaluation of nanoscale materials as candidate adjuvants and delivery systems for SARS CoV-2 subunit vaccine
REFNo: HS2103ES

a) To green synthesize and evaluate the physio-chemical properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)
b) To design Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and Chitosan nanoparticles (CNPs)
c) To develop nano adjuvant vaccine delivery system
d) To evaluate the immunogenicity of nano adjuvants (CNPs, LNPs and AgNPs) loaded with SARS CoV-2 sub-unit vaccine in mice.
e) To determine the safety of designed nano vaccine delivery systems using mice.

 Uganda 2022-03-21 2025-03-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pontiano Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013577
 A Randomized, Observer-Blind, Phase 2 Clinical Trial of COVAC-2 in Generally Healthy Adults
REFNo: HS2124ES

Primary Objective:
• To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the COVAC-2 vaccine (25 ?g dosing of S1 antigen) in generally healthy adults ages 18+.
Secondary Objectives:
• To determine spike-binding and pseudovirus neutralizing antibody responses against the Wuhan strain of SARS-CoV-2 induced by COVAC-2; and
• To determine a cellular immune response induced by COVAC-2.
Exploratory Objectives:
• To determine Receptor-Binding Domain (RBD)-binding antibody responses induced by COVAC-2; and
• To determine the neutralizing antibody response induced by COVAC-2 against one or more Variant(s) of Concern (VOC) and/or Variant(s) of Interest (VOI).


Uganda 2022-03-21 2025-03-21 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Ntwari
ID: UNCST-2022-R004889
 Model for enhancing security in a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environments
REFNo: SIR40ES

The main objective: - To improve mobile devices security and integration in enterprises through the development of a security model for the usage of BYOD devices.


Specific Objectives

i.To identify key BYOD security issues and existing models through literature review with the aim of identifying their strengths, shortcomings, and functional requirements for the proposed model.

ii. To design a security model for usage of BYOD devices in SMEs through defining relationships of the components identified in objective I above.

iii. To examine the usability of the developed model through expert reviews to enable establish whether it provided satisfactory performance

 Uganda 2022-03-18 2025-03-18 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Brenda Okech Apio
ID: UNCST-2022-R011031
 Using Implementation Research to Understand the Impact and Effectiveness of the Pediatric Breakthrough Partnership in Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda.
REFNo: HS2119ES

Objective 1: To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the SDF implementation strategies used within the PBP.

Objective 2: To assess adoption of the SDF implementation strategies.

Objective 3: To document lessons learned to support potential scalability of the PBP and SDF.

The effectiveness objective of this study is to: Objective 4:
To assess the impact of the SDF implementation strategies on pediatric HIV outcomes as measured by the percent change in locating, testing and linking to care undiagnosed children, adolescents and pregnant women living with HIV before, during and after the PBP implementation

 Uganda 2022-03-18 2025-03-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Florence Tushemerirwe Basiimwa
ID: UNCST-2020-R014552
 The Extent and Nature of food advertising targeted to children and adolescents in Uganda (FACe-U Project)
REFNo: HS1990ES

General objective: To examine the extent, nature, attitudes and perceptions around food and non-alcoholic beverages advertised to children and adolescents in Uganda between January 2018 and December 2019. Specific objectives i. To identify and categorise advertising channels and types of food and non-alcoholic beverages advertised to children ii. To analyse the food and non-alcoholic beverages advertising content used to persuade children to consume advertised food on TV, radio, print media and outdoor school zones. iii. To describe the trends of food and non-alcoholic beverages advertising to children in Uganda. iv. To establish the association between children’s self-reported exposure to advertised foods and their nutritional status v. To explore children, parental and policy stakeholder attitudes and perceptions towards food and non-alcoholic beverages advertising to children
 Uganda 2022-03-17 2025-03-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Annet Kabanyoro Kasigwa
ID:
Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies for Large Classes of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Uganda
REFNo: SS1142ES

4. Design innovative strategies that could guide teaching and learning for large classes of undergraduate nursing students in Uganda.,3. Identify the available strategies employed by nurse educators while teaching large classes of undergraduate nursing students.,2. Explore the challenges that undergraduate nursing students face while learning in large classes,1. Explore the challenges that nurse educators face while teaching large classes of undergraduate nursing students,The purpose of the study is to develop innovative strategies that could be used to enhance teaching and learning in large classes of undergraduate nursing students in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-03-17 2025-03-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
 Willingness for COVID-19 vaccination, adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions and associated factors among adults in Uganda: a computer assisted telephone interview survey
REFNo: HS1742ES

To determine the influence of vaccine introduction on adherence to COVID-19 NPIs among adults in Uganda.,To determine the influence of trust on willingness to vaccinate and adherence to NPIs among adults in Uganda.,To determine the adherence to COVID-19 NPIs and associated factors among adults in Uganda.,To determine the willingness for COVID-19 vaccination and associated factors among adults in Uganda.,To assess willingness for COVID-19 vaccination, adherence to NPIs and associated factors including trust among adults in Uganda to identify strategies to improve uptake of these interventions for COVID-19 prevention and control. ,
 Uganda 2022-03-16 2025-03-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Improving HIV Outcomes in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS1843ES

AIM 1: Assess the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of national IPV guidance in HIV treatment and prevention settings in Uganda. We will conduct a cross-sectional evaluation using programmatic data from health facilities engaged in the parent study in order to determine the extent to which current national IPV guidance is implemented alongside existing HIV treatment and prevention services.

AIM 2: Identify provider-level barriers and facilitators to implementing national IPV guidance within HIV treatment and prevention settings in Uganda. We will conduct in-depth interviews with HIV providers from health facilities engaged with the parent study. Qualitative data will be thematically analyzed to explore opportunities to optimize and adapt strategies to more effectively intervene upon IPV in HIV care settings.

 Uganda 2022-03-16 2025-03-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Solomon Wafula Tsebeni
ID: UNCST-2021-R013883
 Healthcare workers’ Proficiency and Quality of Management for Snakebites in high burden Districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS2121ES

To explore the barriers faced in the management of snakebites in high burden districts in Uganda. ,To assess the quality of management for snakebites in high burden districts in Uganda.,• To assess the knowledge of health workers on snakebite management in two high burden districts in Uganda.,The overall objective is to assess health worker proficiency and quality of management of snakebites and associated barriers in high burden districts of Arua and Gulu so as to guide design of appropriate interventions to improve the quality of patient management and enhance favourable clinical outcomes. ,
 Uganda 2022-03-16 2025-03-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joweria Nambooze
ID: UNCST-2019-R001118
 Socio-demographic inequities in the risk of and response to Covid-19 in Uganda: a comparison of slum and estate communities
REFNo: HS2059ES

To determine the associations of practice of preventive measures with key social-demographic factors and other study variables between slum communities and suburb resident,To assess the variation in Psychosocial and economic impacts of Covid-19 between slum communities and suburb resident,To determine the difference Knowledge, perceptions and access to Covid-19 information between slum communities and suburb resident,To assess the difference in adoption of Covid-19 preventive measures and access to health services between slum communities and suburb resident,To conduct a comparative analysis of slum dwellers with economically-advantaged communities,
 Uganda 2022-03-16 2025-03-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 Integration of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the active and reactive screening activities of the Intensified Sleeping Sickness Elimination Program (ISSEP) in West Nile districts, Uganda
REFNo: HS2104ES

3. To demonstrate the feasibility of using a new tool to digitalize data capture and facilitate real-time data reporting of the HAT reactive and active community screening campaigns.,2. To conduct a serosurvey for antibodies against the SARS CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins to estimate the prevalence of community exposure.,1. To demonstrate the feasibility of integrating SARS-CoV-2 in the HAT reactive and active community screening campaigns to detect active symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.,
 Uganda 2022-03-16 2025-03-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
 Uganda Gender and Tuberculosis Key Populations Assessment
REFNo: HS1864ES

1. To establish the gender differences evident in TB care cascade (diagnosis through treatment) records in Uganda. 2. To determine the gender barriers and facilitators to TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment and treatment completion in Uganda. 3. To generate information to guide the listing of TB KVPs relevant to Uganda context, and for designing interventions for addressing the gaps among prioritized KVPs. 4. To determine to what extent the National TB response (NSP and policies/guidelines) addresses gender and KVP issues in Uganda.
 Uganda 2022-03-14 2025-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pauline Byakika-Kibwika
ID: UNCST-2019-R001206
 Exposure-Response Evaluation of IV Artesunate in Children with Severe Malaria
REFNo: HS2027ES

Primary:
• To determine the relationship between dihydroartemisinin (DHA) exposures following intravenous dosing and markers of physiologic dysfunction associated with severe malaria
Secondary:
• To determine the relationship between DHA exposures and time to hospital discharge
• To determine the relationship between DHA exposures and parasite clearance associated with treatment of severe malaria.
Exploratory:
• To determine the relationship between DHA exposures and neurodevelopmental outcomes associated with treatment of severe malaria outcomes and explore predictors that may affect this relationship
• To evaluate the role of parasite clearance as a mediator of the relationship between DHA exposures and markers of physiologic dysfunction associated with severe malaria
• To develop a score comprised of markers of physiologic dysfunction and describe its relationship to clinical outcomes
• To assess P. falciparum infections for artemisinin resistance

Uganda 2022-03-14 2025-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Danielle Falk
ID:
Educators in Emergencies: The Lived Experiences and Professional Identities of Refugee and National Primary School Teachers in Uganda and South Sudan
REFNo: SS1213ES

To determine in what ways teachers conceptualize their professional identities,To understand how protracted conflict, forced displacement, and recurrent migration influences teachers’ lived experiences in their classrooms, schools, and communities in refugee-producing and receiving countries,To explore the lived experiences and professional identities of refugee and National Primary School Teachers in Uganda and South Sudan,
 USA 2022-03-14 2025-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mathias Wambuzi
ID:
Community Engagement Strengthening for future HIV Vaccice trial participation in fishing communities around Entebbe,Uganda( CEVAC)
REFNo: SS1201ES

1. To assess knowledge on HIV vaccine trials among people living in FCs around Entebbe, Uganda.
2. To assess willingness to participate in future HIV vaccine trials among people living in FCs around Entebbe, Uganda.
3. To understand HIV vaccine trials experiences and motivators to participation among former participants.
4. To explore communities’ experiences, perceptions and preferences for community engagement among FCs around Entebbe, Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-03-11 2025-03-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ambrose Oruni
ID:
Impact of escalating insecticide resistance on malaria control tools and parasite transmission in An. funestus from Uganda
REFNo: HS2063ES


i. Temporal monitoring of super-resistance every 6 months for 3 years. The frequency of the known resistance markers, changes in transcription profiles of resistance genes and variations in the genome will be monitored.

ii. Assess the impact of super-resistance on the effectiveness of the current and novel bednets against An. funestus.

iii. Assess the impact of super-resistance on malaria entomological transmission indices.

 Uganda 2022-03-11 2025-03-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rahel Nkola
ID:
Depression, Suicidality and associated factors among people with Diabetes and/or Hypertension at a Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda.
REFNo: HS1818ES

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with Depression and Suicidality among individuals with DM and/or HTN at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, southwestern Uganda.
 Tanzania 2022-03-10 2025-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Cissy  Kityo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013663
 Rapid Proof-of-Principle Study: Diversity in the Spike gene of Sars Cov-2 and duration of SARS-Co-2 infection in immunologically compromised People Living with HIV-1
REFNo: HS2006ES

1.To characterize the SARS-CoV-2 virus found in HIV positive patients
2.To assess the impact of HIV immunosuppression on SARS-CoV-2 diversity
3.Determining the duration of SARS-CoV-2 infection in HIV infection
Uganda 2022-03-10 2025-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Alison Kinengyere Annet
ID:
Communication of research findings: a case study of medical researchers at the College of Health sciences, Makerere University
REFNo: HS2030ES

To assess the facilitators and barriers of medical research communication by researchers at MAKCHS.,To develop video documentaries, cartoons, podcasts, webinars and research briefs to communicate research findings of selected research studies at the college of health Sciences, Makerere University,To assess the factors associated with communication of medical research findings by researchers at the college of health sciences, Makerere University,To determine communication channels used by Makerere University College of Health sciences (MAKCHS) researchers in disseminating their research findings ,To investigate communication of medical research findings to different stakeholders by researchers at the college of health sciences, Makerere University,
 Uganda 2022-03-10 2025-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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