Timothy Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
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Evaluating the implementation of assisted partner notification for HIV in refugee settlements in West Nile Uganda: An implementation Science approach
REFNo: HS1970ES
AIM 2.To explore barriers and facilitators to APN for HIV in refugee settlements in West Nile using qualitative methods to evaluate each stage of RE-AIM, guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) domains. ,AIM 1. To assess the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of APN for HIV in refugee settlements in West Nile utilizing the RE-AIM framework. ,
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Uganda |
2022-01-24 |
2025-01-24 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Esther Nanfuka Kalule
ID:
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Resilience during and After quarantine: A qualitative study of people affected by Covid-19 in Uganda
REFNo: SS1047ES
1. To examine the socio-economic constraints faced during and after quarantine
2. To examine the psychological constraints faced during and after quarantine
3. To examine the protective factors that facilitated the successful management of the socio-economic and psychological risks faced during and after quarantine.
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Uganda |
2022-01-21 |
2025-01-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Justine Komunyena Tumusiime
ID: UNCST-2023-R008465
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Assessing willingness to pay for HIV self-testing and evaluation of distribution, linkages, and referral models for HIV self-testing in Uganda
REFNo: HS1982ES
1) To assess the knowledge and attitudes of the different categories of key populations with respect to HIV self-testing in the districts with STAR III project intervention (STAR III intervention districts) and selected districts without STAR project interventions (non-intervention districts)
2) To assess access and extent of use of different HIVST kits available in Ugandan market in districts with STAR III interventions and non-intervention districts
3) To understand respondents' preferences to blood-based and oral fluid-based HIVST kits in the districts selected (see section 2.2)
4) To assess willingness to pay and estimate the specific price points HIVST kit users and non-users are willing to pay for the different HIVST kits available in Uganda
5) To identify the constraints to HIVST adoption and WTP for HIVST kits in the districts selected
6) To assess and compare the different distribution models with respect to selected indicators of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
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Uganda |
2022-01-20 |
2025-01-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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AGATHA NSHABOHURIRA
ID:
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FACTORS INFLUENCING LOW UPTAKE OF DPT3 AMONG INFANTS AGED 16 TO 52 WEEKS IN RUBIRIZI TOWN, RUBIRIZI DISTRICT
REFNo: HS1513ES
General objective for the study
To explore factors influencing uptake of DPT 3 Immunization amongst infants aged 16-52 weeks in Rubirizi Town, Rubirizi District.
Specific objectives of the study
• To find out individual level perceptions influencing uptake of DPT 3 Immunization amongst parents/caretakers of infants aged16-52 weeks in Rubirizi Town, Rubirizi District.
• To examine community influencing factors associated with uptake of DPT 3 Immunization amongst infants 16-52 weeks in Rubirizi Town, Rubirizi District.
• To explore the health service related factors influencing uptake of DPT 3 Immunization amongst infants aged 16-52 weeks in Rubirizi Town, Rubirizi District.
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Uganda |
2022-01-20 |
2025-01-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Keneth Kananura
ID:
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Hematological Recovery among People Living with HIV after Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis discontinuation at Infectious Diseases Institute in Uganda
REFNo: HS1908ES
1.To determine the proportion of PLHIV with hematological complications of anemia and neutropenia who experience hematological recovery following discontinuation of CTX prophylaxis.
2. To determine the factors associated with hematological recovery among PLHIV after discontinuation of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
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Uganda |
2022-01-20 |
2025-01-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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JAMES MULEME
ID: UNCST-2021-R012263
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Reservoirs, transmission and antibiotic resistance profiles of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase-producing Escherichia Coli at the human-animal-environment interface among farming communities in
Wakiso district, Uganda
REFNo: HS1919ES
General Objective
To decipher the reservoirs and transmission pathways for ESBL-PE at the human-animal-environment interface among farming communities in Wakiso district
Specific Objectives
1. To determine the comparative distribution of ESBL-PE from humans, animals and environment among selected households in Wakiso district.
2. To describe the antibiotic susceptibility profiles of the ESBL-PE isolates obtained from humans, animals and their immediate environment among selected households in Wakiso district
3. To assess the pathways and drivers of transmission of the ESBL-PE among humans, animals and environment in selected households of Wakiso district. Â
4. To explore factors influencing occurrence, transmission and management of AMR caused by ESBL-PE at the human-animal-environment interface in Wakiso district, Uganda
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Uganda |
2022-01-20 |
2025-01-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Cole Harris
ID:
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Pentecostalism and Development: Explaining the Variation of Church-Led Community Programs in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS1151ES
Complete program observation at the community programs of the three selected case study churches.,Create three Pentecostal-Charismatic church case studies that situate the churches within the broader Pentecostal movement.,Conduct interviews with church leaders regarding the availability of community programs and their selection of those programs.,Better understand Pentecostal leaders’ decision-making process in the selection of community programs.,Take an inventory of the availability of community programs offered by Pentecostal-Charismatic churches in Kampala, Uganda.,
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USA |
2022-01-19 |
2025-01-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Susanne Guidetti Gittel Eleonora
ID: UNCST-2021-R012422
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Participation in everyday life - A randomized controlled trial of
mobile phone-supported and family-centred rehabilitation after
stroke in Uganda
REFNo: HS1528ES
General objective (Overall aim)
To implement and evaluate the effects a mobile phone supported and family-centred rehabilitation intervention F@ce 2.0 aiming to enable performance in daily activities and participation in everyday life among persons who have had a stroke and their family members both in urban (Kampala and its surroundings) and rural (Greater Masaka) areas.
Specific objectives
• To describe the perceived impact of stroke and perceived participation in everyday life in a sample of people with stroke in rural Uganda. (Study 1)
• To evaluate the effects of F@ce in comparison with ordinary rehabilitation among persons with stroke in urban and rural Uganda regarding a) self-efficacy b) perceived performance and participation in everyday activities c) independence in ADL, d) healthcare utilization and e)their families´ perceived participation in everyday activities.(Study 2)
• To explore and describe the experiences of people with stroke and family members of participating in the F@ce (Study 3)
• To evaluate the implementation process of F@ce and to gain knowledge on the mechanisms of impact as well as the contextual factors that might influence the implementation process and its outcome. (Study 4)
• To determine the cost of delivering the F@ce intervention in comparison with the usual rehabilitation (Study 5)
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Sweden |
2022-01-19 |
2025-01-19 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Churchill Akena
ID:
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; RECALL ASSESSMENT STUDY; HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT TO CARRY OUT RECALL OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? A CROSS SECTIONAL CASE ASSESSMENT OF GYNOZOL, EPICEPHIN AND APIDONE
REFNo: HS1916ES
1. To determine the extent of distribution of common pharmaceutical products in Uganda using examples of epicephin, gynozol and apidone.
2. To find out the percentage of distributors/customers who respond in time to class I, class II and class III recall alerts for all levels of recall.
3. To find out the percentage of wholesalers and retailers who keep adequate record of the medicines they distribute/dispense to facilitate a successful recall.
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Uganda |
2022-01-19 |
2025-01-19 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Doris Muhwezi Kakuru
ID:
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Centering Marginal Voices: Building Research and Advocacy Skills for Young Mothers to Negotiate for their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
REFNo: SS1114ES
(1)To examine existing policies, programs, and practices that shape adolescent sexual and reproductive health and (in)justice in Uganda;
(2) To assess young mothers’ everyday encounters, struggles, and resistance to the dominant gendered, generational, structural and cultural forces that frame young motherhood and how they negotiate motherhood;
(3) To analyze young mothers’ conceptualization of the gendered social norms that shape their SRH experiences and realities;
(4) To describe the process of co-creating youth-focused, contextually relevant knowledge required for young mothers’ SRH justice;
(5) To analyze public response to young people’s engagement in research, advocacy and conversations about young motherhood.
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Uganda |
2022-01-19 |
2025-01-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Gideon Ariong
ID:
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REC.00.647.01:Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies: The Case of Smallholder Farmers affected by Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Invasion in Eastern Uganda
REFNo: A173ES
To examine the status of households' food insecurity among the smallholder maize farmers affected by fall armyworm in Ngora district
To analyze the households' vulnerability to food insecurity among smallholder maize farmers affected by fall armyworm in Ngora district
To determine the household food security coping strategies among smallholder maize farmers affected by fall armyworm in Ngira district
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Uganda |
2022-01-19 |
2025-01-19 |
Agricultural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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ROSCO KASUJJA
ID: UNCST-2019-R000504
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STEPPED-WEDGE CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE PROACTIVE COMMUNITY CASE DETECTION TOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED 6-18 YEARS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS1955ES
The primary objective is to examine whether the CCDT is effective in increasing utilization of TPO’s mental healthcare services among children and adolescents after introducing pro-active case detection using the CCDT as compared to practice-as-usual.,
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Uganda |
2022-01-18 |
2025-01-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Gregory Klazura J
ID:
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Pediatric Surgery Training for Rural Ugandan Providers: An Evaluation and Quality Improvement Study
REFNo: HS1895ES
Evaluate the impact of the Pediatric Emergency Surgery Course on rural healthcare providers.
Objective 1: Measure knowledge retention for past course participants.
Objective 2: Measure provider knowledge before and after the course for new participants.
Objective 3: Evaluate course surveys to determine areas for course improvement.
Evaluate the impact of the Pediatric Emergency Surgery Course on pediatric surgical patients.
Objective 4: Measure pediatric operative volume at rural hospitals where the course was delivered before and after the course.
Objective 5: Measure complication rates (mortality, readmission, surgical site infection, reoperation) of patients treated or referred by providers at one of the designated sites before and after the course.
Objective 6: Measure the volume and time to referral of complex pediatric surgical conditions for patients who were treated at one of the designated sites before and after the course.
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USA |
2022-01-18 |
2025-01-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Catriona Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
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PHARMACOKINETICS OF DRUGS USED TO TREAT DRUG SENSITIVE-TUBERCULOSIS IN BREASTFEEDING MOTHER-INFANT PAIRS: AN OBSERVATIONAL PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY
REFNo: HS1948ES
To define transfer of Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide and Ethambutol to the breastfed infant.
To determine the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC), clearance and volume of distribution of these drugs.
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UK |
2022-01-18 |
2025-01-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Nicholus Nanyeenya
ID:
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Viral Non-Suppression, Drug Resistance, Perceptions and Effectiveness of Intensive Adherence Counselling among People Living With HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy with Low-Level Viraemia in Uganda
REFNo: HS2008ES
d) To determine the effectiveness of intensive adherence counselling in achieving a non-detectable viral load in the management of LLV among PLHIV on ART in Uganda (Sub-study Four).,c) To explore the perceptions of low-level viraemia among PLHIV on ART and healthcare providers in Uganda (Sub-study Three).,b) To understand the prevalence of HIV drug resistance among PLHIV on ART with low-level viraemia, highlighting the significant mutations, in Uganda (Sub-study Two).,a) To determine the viral non-suppression trends among PLHIV on ART with low-level viraemia from 2016 to 2020 in Uganda (Sub-study One).,The aim of the study is to determine viral non-suppression trends, HIV drug resistance prevalence, perceptions and effectiveness of intensive adherence counselling among people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy with low-level viraemia in Uganda; to generate information which may guide the review of the HIV consolidated guidelines and the review of the current viral load testing algorithm in the country. ,
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Uganda |
2022-01-18 |
2025-01-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Brian Turigye
ID: UNCST-2021-R012569
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Determining the Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Infection in Bugoye Sub County, of Kasese District in Western Uganda
REFNo: HS1900ES
1.Estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B infection in Bugoye sub-county.
2.Identify the risk factors associated with hepatitis B infection in Bugoye sub-county.
3.Explore the knowledge of and attitudes towards hepatitis B in Bugoye sub-county
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Uganda |
2022-01-17 |
2025-01-17 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Esther Atukunda Cathyln
ID: UNCST-2019-R001701
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SHINE - Exploring Intersectional Stigmas Among Men Living with HIV in Uganda
REFNo: HS1964ES
The primary objective in this study is to explore experiences of intersectional stigma among MWH and their partners who have unmet reproductive goals.
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Uganda |
2022-01-17 |
2025-01-17 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
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Children’s Air Pollution Profiles in Africa (CAPPA)
REFNo: HS1695ES
• To collect personal air pollution exposure data, activity profiles, and lung function measurements from a total of 420 children with asthma symptoms aged between 12 and 16 years in 7 African cities.
• To analyse personal air pollution data for exposure patterns and peak exposures, and to compare air pollution as well as activity profiles of children in relation to their socioeconomic and geographical backgrounds both within and between countries and compare with measured data from school-age children in London
• To explore potentially detrimental effects of air pollution, and feasibility of mitigation strategies in children with asthma symptoms.
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Uganda |
2022-01-14 |
2025-01-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Kirsten Beyer M
ID: UNCST-2021-R013472
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on cancer prevention and control service delivery in Uganda
REFNo: SS1098ES
The proposed study seeks to explore how COVID-19 has impacted cancer prevention and control activities and COVID-19 vaccination access and distribution in Uganda across the cancer continuum.
1. Investigate health care professionals’ perceptions regarding:
a. How COVID-19 has impacted the provision and use of cancer treatment and preventive services.
b. Their own personal fears about COVID-19, and fears and misconceptions they’ve encountered among their patients relating to COVID-19 impacting prognosis
c. COVID-19 vaccination and its accessibility, coverage and distribution to cancer patients
d. The impact of COVID-19 on data collection and analysis activities that support cancer prevention and control
2. Investigate patients’ perceptions regarding:
a. How COVID-19 has impacted the provision and use of cancer treatment and preventive services
b. COVID-19 vaccination access and distribution to cancer patients
c. Fears about how COVID-19 impacts their cancer diagnosis and prognosis
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USA |
2022-01-14 |
2025-01-14 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Akampurira Paul
ID:
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TOWARDS ENSEMBLE CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH
REFNo: SIR64ES
General objective
To design an ensemble model from heterogeneous base learners for detecting breast cancer to reduce the error rate on diagnosis, reduce the time taken to reach a diagnosis and also accurately predict a future risk of the disease.
Specific objectives
1. To establish requirements for designing machine learning model for diagnosing breast cancer in women with abnormal breast masses.
2. To design classification models for diagnosing breast cancer in women with abnormal breast masses.
3. To Evaluate the performance of the designed models and establish a better model for diagnosing breast cancer in women with abnormal breast masses.
4. To develop an ensemble model from the evaluated classification algorithms for breast cancer diagnosis in women.
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Uganda |
2022-01-12 |
2025-01-12 |
Engineering and Technology |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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