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Josephine Najjuma Nambi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013717
 Improving diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy in Uganda
REFNo: HS5524ES

1. To describe the completeness of blood pressure measurements in the antenatal card among women attending the antenatal clinic
2. To describe the stakeholder’s knowledge, barriers and facilitators to screening and timely diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
3. To describe the stakeholders self-reported solutions to the barriers to screening and timely diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 17:07:35 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jenifer Apil
ID: UNCST-2025-R016724
 Convergence or Divergence: A comparative Analysis of Tradition and Scientific Recommended Cassava Processing Practices in Terego District Northwestern Uganda
REFNo: A562ES

i. To analyze the convergences or divergences between traditional and scientific recommeded cassava processing practices.
ii. To assess the consumer-preferred quality attributes of cassava flour and how they contest with the scientific recommended quality attributes.
iii. To evaluate perceived threat of cassava cyanide poisoning among the Lugbara communities

Uganda 2025-04-11 17:04:54 2028-04-11 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nelly  Jaden Aggrey
ID: UNCST-2024-R004165
 COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS TOWARDS PREGNENCY- RELATED CHALLENGES AMONG TEENAGERS IN MBARARA DISTRICT SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3644ES

TO ASSESS COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AIMED AT ADDRESSING PREGNANCY- RELATED SOCIAL AND HEALTH CHALLENGES AMONG TEENAERS IN MBARARA DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN
South Sudan 2025-04-11 17:03:39 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ian Ortega
ID: UNCST-2024-R016038
 Factors Influencing Newspaper Readership in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS3651ES

i) To establish the influence of demographics on newspaper readership in Kampala.
ii) To establish the influence of socioeconomic status on newspaper readership in Kampala.
iii) To establish the influence of technology on newspaper readership in Kampala.
iv) To establish the influence of content perceptions on newspaper readership in Kampala.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:59:22 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Enock  Kabanda
ID: UNCST-2023-R005775
 PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF DEPRESSION AMONG JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS IN KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA
REFNo: SS3669ES

1. To determine the prevalence of depression among junior police officers in the Kampala metropolitan area.
2. To determine the factors causing depression among junior police officers in the Kampala metropolitan area.

 Uganda 2025-04-11 16:57:44 2028-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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