Frederick Mubiru Edward
ID:
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Market Research on User Perspectives for a 4-month Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Subcutaneous (DMPA-SC) Product
REFNo: HS1792ES
1. To solicit input from potential and current contraceptive injectable users, as well as males/partners, on acceptability and implications for having multiple injectable products of different durations in the market, with an emphasis on a 4-month DMPA-SC product as well as a potential 6-month injectable
2. To co-create marketing strategies/messages with current and potential users for the introduction and differentiation of new injectable products
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Josef Bryja
ID:
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Evolutionary diversity of small mammals in isolated mountains in north-eastern Uganda - stepping stones for colonization of the Albertine Rift and Kenyan Highlands from Ethiopia?
REFNo: NS301ES
Overall goal: To analyse genetic diversity of small mammals and their pathogens to test alternative hypotheses of colonization of Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EAMBH)
Objective: Description of biodiversity patterns in EAMBH using integrative approach
Output 1: List of small mammals of isolated sky islands of north-eastern Uganda
Activity 1: Field sampling, species identification (using integrative approach)
Output 2: Phylogeographic scenarios for the colonization of EAMBH, identification of "refugia within refugia", biogeographical regionalization
Activity 2: Combination of obtained (genetic) data with other datasets from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. Testing of phylogeographic hypotheses.
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Czech Republic |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
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Strengthening the Effectiveness of National Children’s Care Systems: A Political Analysis of Uganda
REFNo: SS1064ES
This study will examine the effectiveness of the National Children’s Care System in Uganda focusing on the political, bureaucratic and economic forces as well as the strategies that augment the effectiveness of this system.
The study aims to use the collected data to develop an adaptable framework to achieve effective national care systems for children in Low-Income Countries (LICs).
In specific terms, the research will:
1. Examine the political, bureaucratic and economic forces shaping the effectiveness of Uganda’s national children’s care systems
2. Delineate the strategies to improve the capacity of these systems to protect children
3. Develop an adaptable framework for Uganda to analyze factors shaping children’s care systems in LICs?
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Uganda |
2021-10-22 |
2024-10-22 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Gorretti Nassali
ID:
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Trends of Breast Cancer among patients younger than 40 years at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya: A cross section descriptive study
REFNo: HS1758ES
This study aims to describe prevalence by age, stage at diagnosis, cancer type and grade, and hormone receptor status, among women younger than 40 years at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya between 2010 and 2020.
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Uganda |
2021-10-21 |
2024-10-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Anna Ritah Namuganga
ID:
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated immune activation and exhaustion profiles for prediction of active pulmonary tuberculosis
REFNo: HS1201ES
Main Objectives
Determine the differential expression of immune activation and exhaustion markers to predict active TB disease among presumptive TB cases.
Primary Specific Objectives
i. To determine the levels of soluble markers of immune activation and exhaustion in serum of active PTB cases, LTBI and those with ORDs and response to treatment.
ii. To determine levels of immune activation and exhaustion associated cytokines/chemokines in serum among active PTB, LTBI and ORDs and response to treatment.
iii. Perform a phenotypic profiling of expression of markers immune activation and exhaustion in PBMCs and determine their association with active PTB, LTBI states or other respiratory diseases (ORDs).
iv. To determine the activation and exhaustion genes expression profiles in QFT Gold plus cell pellets and compare levels in active PTB cases and LTBI.
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Andrew Okwi Livex
ID: UNCST-2021-R013180
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Unlocking the potential of thiocyanate in cassava root for management of painful crisis in sickle cell disease patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS1486ES
1. To determine the frequency of cassava consumption in the districts of Uganda with high prevalence of sickle cell disease
2. To assess the frequency of painful crisis among SCD patients in these districts.
3. To determine the levels of thiocyanate in patients with SCD in these districts
4. To determine the optimum concentration of thiocyanate that causes antisickling (in vitro studies)
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Khamisi Musanje
ID: UNCST-2021-R012863
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Acceptability, Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mindfulness based Intervention to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents in Kampala.
REFNo: HS1656ES
1. To adapt and explore acceptability of ACT-DNA-v among users (ALWHA) and providers (HCPs).
2. To measure feasibility of the adapted ACT-DNA-v for use with ALWHA.
3. To examine the impact of ACT-DNA-v on reducing proximal psychosocial barriers to medication adherence (depression, anxiety and stigma) among ALWHA.
4. To measure effectiveness of a mindfulness based intervention (ACT-DNA-v) on self-reported adherence among ALWHA in Kampala, and ascertain its impact on viral load reduction via analysis of data from medical records
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Damalie Nalwanga
ID: UNCST-2021-R013217
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SEVERE PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN: THE ABILITY OF BODY COMPOSITION TO PREDICT SURVIVAL, AND THE EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON OUTCOMES
REFNo: HS1719ES
4. To determine the effect of a nutritional intervention (RUTF) on clinical outcomes (post discharge mortality, re-admission, and occurrence of severe acute malnutrition) of children hospitalized for severe pneumonia.,3. To determine the effect of a nutritional intervention (RUTF) on fat and muscle mass in children hospitalised for severe pneumonia.,2. To compare the ability of various muscle and fat mass indices to predict survival in children hospitalised for severe pneumonia.,1. To describe the role of nutritional status on outcomes following hospitalization for severe pneumonia among children.,To describe the relationship between muscle and fat mass and survival, and determine the role of nutritional supplementation on fat and muscle mass, and on treatment outcomes of children hospitalized for severe pneumonia,
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Miriam Nakalembe
ID: UNCST-2021-R014040
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A Public Health Approach to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Uganda
REFNo: HS1727ES
Aim 1. To evaluate the uptake of, acceptability regarding and factors explaining non-participation in a community-based cervical cancer screening program.
Aim 2. To evaluate the uptake of, acceptability regarding and factors explaining non-participation in a community-based HPV vaccination program.
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Susan Adakun
ID:
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Comparing adherence to MDR-TB treatment among patients on self-administered therapy and those on Directly Observed Therapy: Non Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial
REFNo: HS1796ES
Primary Objectives
1. To determine if adherence to MDR-TB treatment among patients on self-administered therapy (measured by Medication Events Monitoring System (MEMS) technology) is non-inferior to that among patients on Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)
Secondary objectives
1. To determine the correlation between serum MDR-TB drug concentrations and adherence as measured by MEMS technology
2. To compare treatment outcomes between MDR-TB patients on self-administered therapy and DOT
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Uganda |
2021-10-20 |
2024-10-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Winfred Naamara
ID:
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Understanding social support for family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda
REFNo: SS1038ES
The overall objective of this study is to examine how family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia generate and experience social support in greater Kampala metropolitan area.
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Uganda |
2021-10-19 |
2024-10-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Sandra Lamwaka
ID:
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TOWARDS A NEWS INDUSTRY FRAMEWORK FOR TACKLING THE VICE OF BROWN ENVELOPE JOURNALISM: PERCEPTIONS OF JOURNALISTS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTITIONERS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1014ES
1. To examine journalists and PR practitioners’ perception of the brown envelope.
2. To identify the various forms that BEJ takes in Uganda.
3. To find out journalists and PR practitioners' perceptions on why BEJ is prevalent and enduring in Uganda.
4. To find out journalists and PR practitioner's perspectives on the policies that the media industry can employ to address the practice of BEJ in Uganda.
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Uganda |
2021-10-19 |
2024-10-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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JANISCH Judith Judith
ID:
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Ecological influences on Locomotor Performance in Free-Ranging Primates: a phylogenetic investigation
REFNo: NS299ES
- to investigate the evolution of arboreal locomotion in primates and discern which aspects of the arboreal environment most directly influence their locomotor performance.
- to describe kinematics of different primate species (Cercopithecus mitis, Cercopithecus ascanius, Cercopithecus lhoesti, Chlorocebus aethiops,
Lophocebus albigena, Papio anubis, Colobus guereza and Piliocolobus badius) in
their natural habitat and analyze the variation in a phylogenetic context.
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Austria |
2021-10-19 |
2024-10-19 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Sheila Balinda Nina
ID: UNCST-2021-R013804
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Exploration of the Virologic Characteristics of Recently Transmitted HIV-1 Viruses in Uganda and Kenya
REFNo: HS1635ES
1. To identify key unique molecular features of T/F virus strains and characterize them
2. To relate these unique genetic features to viral protein structures and in vitro virus phenotypes.
3. To determine the difference between HIV-1 co-receptor usage of the T/F virus variants and NT virus strains.
4. To determine particle infectivity of T/F virus strains in comparison to that of the NT virus strains.
5. To compare the resistance of T/F virus strains to the antiviral effects of type I interferons to that of the NT strains
6. To determine the sensitivity of T/F virus strains to broadly neutralizing antibodies in comparison to the non-transmitted virus strains.
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Uganda |
2021-10-15 |
2024-10-15 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Noah Kalengo
ID:
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LIVED EXPERIENCES OF UNCIRCUMCISED POKOT WOMEN IN AMUDAT DISTRICT
REFNo: SS1046ES
To explore the characteristics of uncircumcised Pokot women in Amudat District.
To explore the psychosocial experiences of uncircumcised Pokot women in Amudat District.
To analyze the protective factors/coping resources among the uncircumcised Pokot women that enable them to survive despite their experiences.
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Uganda |
2021-10-15 |
2024-10-15 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Joseph Matovu KB
ID: UNCST-2020-R014654
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Feasibility and acceptability of integrating PrEP and safer conception messaging into assisted partner notification
REFNo: HS1625ES
To examine the feasibility and acceptability of integrating gain-framed vs. loss-framed messages on PrEP and safer conception into the assisted partner notification (APN) program in Uganda
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Uganda |
2021-10-14 |
2024-10-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
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Smart Triage + QI: A digital triaging platform to improve quality of care for critically ill children
REFNo: HS1745ES
To identify and examine opportunities for ongoing improvement to strengthen the health system. ,To enable healthcare workers to recognize the most urgent children more rapidly and allocate existing resources more efficiently,To implement Smart Triage + QI to improve the quality of care at three UCMB health care facilities and Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (a government facility). ,
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Uganda |
2021-10-14 |
2024-10-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Eleanor Namusoke Magongo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013199
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Uganda Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Cohort on Antiretroviral Therapy: Study Protocol (UP-ART)
REFNo: HS1699ES
The objectives of this study are to:
1) Describe the characteristics of children and adolescents living with HIV receiving paediatric care in the participating centres and coverage of ART
2) Describe the uptake of new antiretroviral drugs such as DTG across age groups and regions
3) Assess the effectiveness and safety of new antiretroviral drugs such as DTG, including viral suppression, incidence of adverse events, serious adverse events and discontinuation of drug
4) Assess broader clinical outcomes including retention in care, mortality, disease progression, immune response, viral suppression, overall and by age and treatment regimen/treatment history
5) Assess (i) the prevalence of HIV drug resistance among children/adolescents start of treatment and the impact on treatment response, and (ii) among those who experiencing virological failure on DTG to describe the risk of accumulation of drug resistance (see sub-study Section 4).
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Uganda |
2021-10-14 |
2024-10-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
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Integration of phone-based data capture tool to support real-time reporting and quality assurance of SARS-CoV-2 Ag RDT in Uganda
REFNo: HS1723ES
1. To pilot the integration of phone-based data collection tool and real-time reporting via a dashboard
2. To monitor quality and post-market surveillance of the Ag RDT in Uganda
3. To demonstrate the use of remnant Ag RDT samples in the routine surveillance of SARS –CoV-2 variants in Uganda
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Uganda |
2021-10-14 |
2024-10-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Miriam Nakalembe
ID: UNCST-2021-R014040
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Use of mobile Text Messaging Service information for mothers in situations of limited access to physical antenatal and postnatal services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
REFNo: HS1732ES
1. To elicit requirements for incorporating maternal and child health educative messages into the developed mobile-based transport technology for mothers.
2. To incorporate maternal and child health educative messages into the developed mobile-based transport technology for mothers.
3. To evaluate the usefulness of the information to the mothers through the mobile Text Messaging Service.
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Uganda |
2021-10-14 |
2024-10-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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