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CHRISTINE MBABAZI -MPYANGU
ID:
Thriving Together: Creating Social Support Groups for the Reintegration and Empowerment of Formerly Abducted Women in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS965ES

1) Assess the current social, economic and psychological status of formerly abducted women in Northern Uganda as compared to never abducted comparable women
2) Scientifically test the effectiveness of women’s support groups in facilitating the reintegration of formerly abducted women, raising their aspirations, creating economic opportunities and increasing their overall well-being.
Uganda 2021-12-06 2024-12-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MISAKI WAYENGERA
ID:
DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE, EASY TO USE, AND RAPID POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING PLATFORMS FOR COVID-19 SUITING REMOTE SETTINGS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
REFNo: HS1648ES

1.To optimize and validate reagents (recombinant peptides, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies)’s performance towards capture of SARS- CoV 2 virus antigen and host specific antibodies
2.To develop prototypes of lateral flow immunochromatography test (LFT) and tube-agglutination test platforms for COVID19 testing
3.To perform In-dependent validation of the developed test platforms.


Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ayebazibwe Kakoba Gloria
ID:
Determinants of uptake of Mass Drug Administration for schistosomiasis control in Butiaba, Uganda
REFNo: SS1083ES

1. To determine the uptake of Praziquantel during Mass Drug Administration for schistosomiasis control among adults in Butiaba, Uganda 2. To examine socio demographic characteristics associated with uptake of Praziquantel during Mass Drug Administration for schistosomiasis control among adults in Butiaba, Uganda. 3. To assess barriers related to knowledge that are associated with uptake of Praziquantel during Mass Drug Administration for schistosomiasis control among adults in Butiaba, Uganda. 4. To assess barriers related to attitudes that are associated with uptake of Praziquantel during Mass Drug Administration for schistosomiasis control among adults in Butiaba, Uganda
Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Catherine Birabwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R012851
INCREASING COVERAGE AND UPTAKE OF VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING IN EMERGENT TOWNS AND CITIES IN UGANDA – THE CASE OF JINJA AND IGANGA
REFNo: HS1826ES

General objective To contribute to the reduction of unmet of unmet need and increased use of VFP in urban settings by adapting high-impact practices in FP and developing and testing a tailored package of interventions to increase coverage and uptake of VFP services in emerging urban areas. The project also aims to contribute to improved performance of urban health systems in the study sites with regard to VFP. Specific objectives Implementation objectives i. To develop and implement a tailored package of high-impact interventions fit for emerging urban settings in Uganda using participatory approaches ii. To improve understanding of FP and decision-making capacity for healthy reproductive or contraceptive behaviors; strengthen effective delivery and management of FP services. Research objectives i. To explore the current coverage of VFP and barriers and facilitators of contraception use in emergent urban settings in eastern Uganda ii. To assess the effectiveness, facilitators and barriers of the proposed intervention package in improving VFP service provision, accessibility and utilization iii. To explore how unintended pregnancies/birth could be associated with child survival and childhood health care in urban settings
Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Arinaitwe
ID:
News Media Presentation Of Basic Education Teachers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Content Analysis of the Daily Monitor and the New Vision in Uganda.
REFNo: SS1068ES

1. To examine how teacher story coverage in the The Daily Monitor and The New Vision relates to the frames and themes of the research in the space of May 2020 to August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. To identify the frames of teacher stories in the The Daily Monitor and The New Vision in Uganda between May 2020 to August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. To examine the major themes of teacher stories that were published in the The Daily Monitor and The New Vision in Uganda newsrooms between May 2020 to August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Henry Kajumbula Mawerere
ID: UNCST-2019-R001531
Low-interventional, multi-centre study of the burden of nosocomial infections among hospitalised patients in sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS1880ES

Aim:
To assess antimicrobial resistance rates, as well as clinical outcomes (including treatment outcomes, mortality rate, hospital length of stay), healthcare resource utilisation (HCRU) and associated costs among hospitalised patients with nosocomial infections at Mulago Specialised Referral Hospital.

Study Objectives:
1. To estimate the prevalence of resistance in nosocomial infections(NI) amongst patients hospitalized at Mulago Specialized Referral Hospital
2. To describe treatment outcomes amongst hospitalized patients with NI, at the end of therapy and at hospital discharge
3. To assess mortality rates (all-cause & infection-related) of hospitalized patients with NI, at the end of therapy & at hospital discharge
4. To assess hospital length of stay amongst hospitalized patients with NI.

Secondary Study Objectives
1. To describe treatment outcomes amongst hospitalized patients with NI at Day 14/30 post-treatment initiation
2. To assess mortality rates (all-cause and infection-related) of hospitalized patients with NI, at Day 14/30 post-treatment initiation
3. To assess ICU length of stay amongst hospitalized patients with NI.
4. To describe the characteristics of hospitals participating in the study
5. To assess HCRU and associated costs post-hospitalization amongst hospitalized patients with NI
6. To assess the nursing care demand amongst hospitalized patients with NI

Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peter Olwoch
ID: UNCST-2021-R013221
Antimicrobial resistance sentinel surveillance at Tororo General Hospital (TGH), Uganda with a focus on bacterial urinary tract infections and gonorrhoea infections
REFNo: HS1881ES

To identify bacteria causing UTI in patients who present to TGH and determine their antibiotic susceptibility profiles

To determine the antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates cultured from genital swabs from patients who present to TGH

To determine associations between patient characteristics, treatments prescribed, and clinical outcomes, with identified bacterial isolates and their susceptibility profiles

Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Caroline Morogo Jerop
ID:
WUSC’s Volunteer Cooperation Program - IGNI+E Baseline Assessment
REFNo: SS835ES

The purpose of the baseline study for WUSC’s IGNI+E Project is to help the program staff and partners focus on program achievement related to a limited set of expected outcomes; and to empower partners to collaboratively measure and review these outcomes. Aligned with this purpose, the baseline study is designed to help the project achieve four specific objectives:
● To better understand the implementation context for the project at the onset of implementation
● To inform the performance measurement framework (PMF) by validating a SMART set of indicators, and establishing baselines for these performance measures
● To provide the foundation for a comprehensive results-based monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) plan for the project

Kenya 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Wamimbi Wotti
ID:
Developing a National child focused policy research agenda (2021-2025)
REFNo: SS1018ES

a) Undertake a review of the current National Child Focused Policy Agenda (2015-2020) b) Develop a new National Child Focused Policy Agenda (2021-2025),
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Catherine Mwesigwa
ID: UNCST-2019-R000988
Commercial Baby Food Consumption and Complementary Feeding Practices in Kampala
REFNo: HS1784ES

To explain the motivations for use of commercial baby foods among caregivers of infants and young children between 6-36 months in Kampala,To determine the proportion of caregivers that use commercial baby foods among infants and young children between 6-36 months in Kampala ,To determine the level of commercial baby food use for complementary feeding and the associated factors in an urban/peri-urban Ugandan sub-population of caregivers of infants and young children between 6-36 months in Kampala. ,
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
Assessment of the HIV/AIDS legal, regulatory, and policy environment for key populations in Uganda
REFNo: HS1925ES

5 To develop recommendations on how the legal and policy framework affecting Key Populations can be improved to promote an enabling legal environment for the national response to HIV, particularly for key populations. ,4 To determine the extent to which the legal framework protects rights and promotes an enabling legal environment for the national response to HIV, particularly for people living with and affected by HIV and key populations. ,3 To analyze access to justice and law enforcement on HIV and human rights among key population and key service providers, access to legal support services, and law enforcement mechanisms. ,2 To assess the critical human rights issues affecting key populations and the extent to which the current environment addresses these.,1 To analyze existing HIV, health, and other related laws, regulations, and policy initiatives that impact the HIV response among key and priority populations in Uganda.,
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Ssekitoleko
ID: UNCST-2019-R001716
Laparoscopic Cases Database
REFNo: HS1909ES

The second aim of the study is to use this data in a future project examining new low-cost laparoscopic equipment. ,The first aim of the study is to compare laparoscopic practices in several countries. ,This study aims to examine current laparoscopic practices in Uganda and the United States.,
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eugene Ruzagira
ID: UNCST-2023-R008282
Validating a 10-minute instrument-free prototype HIV p24/p37 assay for early infant diagnosis
REFNo: HS1854ES

Objectives of the research project:

Primary objectives
1. To determine the sensitivity of a novel instrument-free HIV p24 PoC assay
2. To determine the specificity of a novel instrument-free HIV p24 PoC assay
3. To determine the accuracy of a novel instrument-free HIV p24 PoC assay
4. To determine the positive predictive value of a novel instrument-free HIV p24 PoC assay
5. To determine the negative predictive value of a novel instrument-free HIV p24 PoC assay

Secondary objective
1. To determine the agreement of the novel instrument-free HIV p24 PoC assay results between two independent laboratory technicians.

15. Brief outline of research study design/methods:

Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ayiorwoth Harriet
ID:
Exploring academic-practitioner knowledge sharing in higher education institutions: A study of Uganda Management Institute
REFNo: SS1102ES

1. Explore the benefits that UMI academic staff and practitioners gain from sharing knowledge. ,1. Find out how UMI academic staff and practitioners address the challenges that they face in sharing knowledge. ,Establish the challenges that UMI academic staff and practitioners face in sharing knowledge,Explore how UMI academic staff and practitioners share knowledge,The purpose of this study is to explore and gain an in-depth understanding of academic-practitioner knowledge sharing at UMI,
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alfred Ecega Guli
ID:
HUMANITARIAN FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION OUTCOMES AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS IN UGANDA: A CASE OF SELECTED REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS IN WEST NILE.
REFNo: HS1912ES

1. What is the effect of food in-kind assistance on the nutrition outcomes among children under five years in selected refugee settlements in West Nile? 2. What is the effect of the cash-based transfer on the nutrition outcomes among children under five years in selected refugee settlements in West Nile? 3. What is the influence of agricultural inputs support on the nutrition outcomes among children under five years in selected refugee settlements in West Nile? 4. What is the effect of nutritional factors on humanitarian food assistance and nutrition outcomes among children under five years of age in selected refugee settlements in West Nile?
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
michael taylor halford
ID:
Dry Rifting in the Albertine -Rhino graben (DRIAR)
REFNo: NS260ES

To conduct geological investigation of faulting associated with continental rifting in the magma poor rift environment in the northernmost western branch of the East African Rift System.
USA 2021-12-01 2024-12-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
David  Sam Lackland
ID:
The psychological well-being of school-age South Sudanese children living in a refugee camp in Uganda
REFNo: SS938ES

RATIONALE
To the best of our knowledge, there are few studies trying to understand how South Sudanese refugee children thrive in settlements in Uganda, limiting the insight into their overall psychological well-being. Therefore, this study seeks to obtain a better understanding of how South Sudanese school-age refugee children experience their life in a refugee settlement in Northern Uganda.
The forced displacement of children implicates coping with and adapting to scenarios and situations that can be detrimental to a child’s normal development and well-being. To understand how children cope with the overall forced migration experience can contribute to find solutions to mitigate or reduce the potentially negative impact it has on children’s psychological well-being and mental health. By improving the knowledge about children’s experiences in refugee settlements, this study ultimately wishes to contribute with evidence that can facilitate the design and implementation of children friendly activities and environments in refugee settlements.
OBJECTIVES
In order to achieve the overarching aim mentioned before, this study plans to:
• observe how children play and socialize with each-other;
• understand how children learn in the refugee camp;
• explore how children cope emotionally with the different challenges caused by forced migration.
Norway 2021-12-01 2024-12-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Macreen Mudoola
ID:
HRL Mid term and end of program evaluation protocol
REFNo: HS1701ES

to assess the progress of the project
Uganda 2021-12-01 2024-12-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ezekiel Mupere
ID: UNCST-2021-R012739
Enhancing Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition with Family MUAC and Implementation Science in West Nile Region in Uganda - Implementation Guideline Research Proposal
REFNo: HS1828ES

5. To assess the impact of IMAM Family MUAC on access, coverage of OTC and ITC and quality of care.,4. To determine the retention level of family caregivers and VHTs in detection and referral of children with acute malnutrition.,3. To determine the effectiveness of IMAM Family MUAC in detection and referral of acute malnutrition ,2. To assess the barriers and facilitators of IMAM Family MUAC implementation in in health facilities and communities in five districts in West Nile,1. To determine the uptake of IMAM Family MUAC in health facilities and communities in five districts in West Nile,To establish the feasibility and evaluation of the implementation process and effectiveness of IMAM Family MUAC to improve access, coverage, and quality of care in OTC and ITC services,
Uganda 2021-12-01 2024-12-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sina Kulwijira Sosthenes
ID:
Proportion of episiotomy and factors associated with episiotomy among mothers delivering at Mbarara regional referral hospital
REFNo: HS1552ES

To determine proportional of episiotomy and factors associated with episiotomy among mothers delivering at Mbarara regional referral hospital
2021-11-30 2024-11-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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