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Norma Ojehomon
ID: UNCST-2025-R022318
Navigating Global Health Governance: The Social Life of Data, Sustainability, Local Ownership, and Governance Amid the Realignment of U.S. Aid and USAID
REFNo: SS4720ES

The study aims to examine how recent shifts in U.S. foreign assistance and global health governance are being interpreted, negotiated, and experienced by practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders, with a focus on implications for sustainability, local ownership, and data governance. Specifically, the study seeks to:

1. Document practitioner perspectives on the dissolution of USAID and the reconfiguration of global health governance structures.


2. Examine how notions of sustainability and local ownership are being articulated and operationalized during this transition.


3. Explore the role of data, evidence, and reporting systems in shaping decision-making and power relations in the post-USAID landscape.

USA 2026-02-10 16:04:18 2029-02-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mary Namubiru
ID: UNCST-2022-R009333
PLAY 2.0 – Strengthening High Quality ECD Program through Assessment
REFNo: SS4668ES

1. To Integrate and adopt the PLAY tools into ongoing studies and program evaluations. 2. To understand the PLAY tools impact on Children’s holistic outcomes (i.e., cognitive, language and socio-emotional), including foundational and non-academic skills. 3. To assess the usability and feasibility of the PLAY tools in the refugee and host communities. 4. To assess the validity and reliability of the PLAY tools to ensure they measure the intended underlying constructs. 5. To measure the quality of adult – child interactions that promote children self-sustaining engagement in learning leading to a broad range of learning outcomes.,
Uganda 2026-02-05 22:17:24 2029-02-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Benjamin Kanagwa
ID: UNCST-2025-R022279
Implementing Digital Health Solutions for Food and Nutrition Security in Underdeveloped Countries: A Case Study of Uganda (IGNITE Project)
REFNo: SIR611ES

General Objective To map, evaluate, and design an integrated digital health system that strengthens food and nutrition security in Uganda. Specific Objectives 1. To map existing digital health solutions relevant to food and nutrition security in Uganda and evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities of current digital health systems in selected districts 2. To co-design an implementation plan for an integrated DHS framework for nutrition. 3. To build capacity among health workers and community actors in the use of digital tools for nutrition.
Uganda 2026-02-05 22:14:05 2029-02-05 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Konrad Burchard Burchardi
ID: UNCST-2025-R023135
Empowering Agriculturalists through Structured Experimentation (EASE)
REFNo: SS4724ES

With this project, we aim to measure how individualised experimentation influences the adoption of modern inputs by improving the ability of farmers to make decisions, based on direct observations, that suit their own soils and farming conditions. To accomplish this, we aim to examine both agronomic and behavioral outcomes:

Agronomic objectives :
- We want to estimate the impact of modern agricultural inputs on maize yields, depending on known soil characteristics measured through soil sample analysis.
- This will allow us to identify complementarities or substitution patterns between inputs (hybrid seeds, fertilizer) by comparing yields across structured experimental squares.
- We also expect this study to assess whether simple field experiments conducted by farmers themselves produce reliable agronomic information that can guide input choices.

Behavioral objectives:
- With this study, we want to understand how farmers engage with the structured experimentation methodology, and document how farmers interpret the outcomes of their experiments and how these outcomes shape their input decisions for the next agricultural season.
- A control/treated group design will also allow us to understand the added value of the EASE training beyond access to inputs alone, by comparing farmers who receive inputs plus experimentation training to farmers who receive inputs only.

Germany 2026-02-05 22:12:41 2029-02-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pauline Amuge Mary
ID: UNCST-2023-R005532
Bedaquiline Roll-out Evidence in Contacts and People Living with HIV to prevent TB (BREACH-TB)
REFNo: HS6975ES

2.1.1.To estimate the safety of 1BDQ and 3HP among
adult, adolescent, and child CCs of DS-TB Index
Patients at high risk of developing TBD, as well
as adult and adolescent PLHIV in high TB burden settings

2.1.2To estimate the safety of 1BDQ and 6 months of
levofloxacin (LFX) among adult, adolescent, and
child CCs of RR-TB Index Patients at high risk of
developing TBD
2.1.3 To estimate on-time treatment completion of
1BDQ and 3HP among adult, adolescent, and
child CCs of DS-TB Index Patients at high risk of
developing TBD, as well as adult and adolescent
PLHIV in high TB-burden settings
2.1.4To estimate on-time treatment completion of
1BDQ and 6 months of levofloxacin (LFX)
among adult, adolescent, and child CCs of RRTB Index Patients at high risk of developing TBD
Uganda 2026-02-05 22:05:22 2029-02-05 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Yasuka Tateishi
ID: UNCST-2025-R022932
Impact of Urban Flooding on Businesses in Kampala
REFNo: SS4689ES

This study examines how extreme rainfall and recurring urban flooding disrupt firms in Kampala and what these disruptions may imply for long-term firm growth. The focus is on medium- to large-sized firms in the manufacturing, wholesale, and retail sectors operating in urban areas. The study aims to document firms’ exposure to flooding and characterises the frequency and duration of flood-related interruptions. It identifies the main channels through which flooding affects business activity, including direct disruptions at business premises and indirect disruptions transmitted through reduced urban connectivity that constrains access to workers, customers, suppliers, and road network. The study also examines how firms perceive flood risk, whether these perceptions influence location and planning decisions, and which coping and adaptation strategies firms adopt to maintain operational continuity. In doing so, it provides evidence on the patterns of firm vulnerability and resilience to flooding in Kampala and generates inputs that can support the design of targeted urban resilience and private sector support policies.
Japan 2026-02-05 22:00:27 2029-02-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Apio Sarah Gladys
ID: UNCST-2025-R020702
Framework for Managing Outsourcing of e-Government Projects in Low-Income Countries: A Case of Uganda
REFNo: SIR599ES

To develop a framework for managing outsourcing of e-government projects in low-income countries such as Uganda.
Uganda 2026-02-05 21:58:58 2029-02-05 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Thilak devaraj Kumar
ID: UNCST-2025-R021866
Internal Factors and Institutional Support: A Moderated Analysis of Extended Reality (XR) Adoption in Universities within Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SIR603ES

To develop a contextual implementation framework for XR adoption in Ugandan universities by analyzing the interplay between internal institutional factors, institutional support, and adoption rates.
India 2026-02-05 21:51:01 2029-02-05 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
John Semakula
ID: UNCST-2025-R018703
Exploring the Use of Digital Platforms During Uganda’s 2021 General Elections
REFNo: SS4711ES

i. To investigate how politicians utilised digital platforms during the 2021 Ugandan general elections.
ii. To examine the challenges politicians faced in utilising digital platforms.
iii. To investigate how the use of digital platforms influenced the dissemination of campaign information, voter engagement, and participation during the 2021 Ugandan general elections.

Uganda 2026-02-05 21:49:28 2029-02-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Albert Miwanda
ID: UNCST-2025-R022312
A Framework for Developing and Deploying mHealth Solutions for Non-Communicable Disease Management in Uganda
REFNo: SIR601ES

a) To assess the current healthcare landscape, focusing on the prevalence and burden of NCDs, existing healthcare infrastructure, and digital health capabilities. b) To engage stakeholders in co-designing and implementing contextually relevant and sustainable mHealth solutions for NCDs in Uganda. c) To determine the factors that will enhance the adoption and sustainability of mHealth solutions for NCD management in Uganda d) To explore the critical design elements of mHealth technologies for NCD management in Uganda.
Uganda 2026-02-05 21:43:11 2029-02-05 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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