Nicolette Nabukeera Barungi
ID: UNCST-2022-R008960
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Situation of Adolescent-Friendly Health Services and Strategies for Enhancing their Reach and Coverage Focusing on RMNCAH in Uganda
REFNo: HS582ES
1. To describe the coverage, models of delivery and utilization of adolescent friendly health services from the perspective of RMNCAH in Uganda.
2. To explore the factors that enable (strengths or facilitators) and hinder (weaknesses or barriers) the delivery of AFHS in health facilities from the perspective of RMNCAH in Uganda.
3. To identify barriers and facilitators of expansion of AFHS to reach more health facilities in Uganda.
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Uganda |
2020-06-22 |
2023-06-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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eve Nakabembe
ID:
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The safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns: a randomized clinical trial
REFNo: HS626ES
To determine the safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine-Tdap for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns
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Uganda |
2020-06-22 |
2023-06-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Janet SEELEY
ID:
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The impact of COVID-19 and related public health response on vulnerable populations in Uganda
REFNo: SS455ES
This study aims to understand how the current COVID-19 impact as well as information and response affects the daily lives of these vulnerable groups and inform responses to the emerging needs.
In this qualitative study we will assess:
- Participants’ knowledge of COVID-19, and related public health response
- The impact of COVID-19, and related public health response on participants and their children’s, and community members day to day life (health, education, economic, social, psychological)
- Participants’ concerns about COVID-19, and related public health response
- Actions participants have taken in response to the information about and public health response to reduce the spread of COVID-19
- Recommendations for measures to reduce spread and help support/respond to participants concerns
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UK |
2020-06-17 |
2023-06-17 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Tom Kakaire
ID:
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Coping strategies of individuals from low income country organizations in collaborations with individuals from high income country organizations
REFNo: SS429ES
1) To identify individuals’ behavioral responses that result from specific conditions of structural inequality at various stages of workplace collaborations in which they participate
2) To identify generalisable patterns in the behavioural coping strategies of Low income Country (LIC) researchers, which are triggered by their experiences of structural inequality at specific stages of their collaborations with High Income Country (HIC) researchers
3) To develop a model that predicts behavioural patterns arising from a sequential order of conditions in unequal research collaborations by adapting an existing model from the acculturation literature
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Uganda |
2020-06-16 |
2023-06-16 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Mpimbaza Arthur Kagoya
ID:
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Evaluating malaria case management at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region, Uganda
REFNo: HS618ES
1.To evaluate the availability and readiness of public health facilities in providing malaria case management services to patients in the Busoga sub-region.
2.To evaluate the quality of malaria case management practices received by patients seeking care at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region.
3.To assess health worker competencies in malaria case management standards at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region
To explore provider and user perspectives of the state of quality of services and opportunities for improving service delivery
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Uganda |
2020-06-16 |
2023-06-16 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Semitala Fred
ID: UNCST-2020-R014202
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TB Screening Improves Preventive Therapy Uptake (TB SCRIPT
study)
REFNo: HS628ES
The overall objective of this application is to evaluate the impact of a potentially more effective and cost-effective TB screening strategy, which is the next step required for successful uptake of TBPT.
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Uganda |
2020-06-16 |
2023-06-16 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Esther Buregyeya
ID: UNCST-2020-R014116
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A Mobile Health Intervention with Transfer of Social Bundle Incentives
to Increase Treatment Adherence in Tuberculosis Patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS656ES
1a: To identify perceptions, acceptability, perceived barriers and facilitators for the use of VDOT among TB patients, health providers and community DOT volunteer workers in Uganda.
1b: To adapt the VDOT platform to the local context using the information from the qualitative interviews and create the DOT Selfie intervention with automated social bundle incentives to reward adherence
2: To conduct a pilot randomized trial to compare treatment adherence between patients using DOT Selfie and in-person DOT
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Uganda |
2020-06-16 |
2023-06-16 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jennifer Palmer
ID:
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The lives & livelihoods of displaced health workers in Uganda
REFNo: HS495ES
By studying the relationships between these global health trends, humanitarian HRH governance in Uganda, and the experiences of displaced HCWs, we aim to provide an in-depth case study of the political dynamics, contradictions and lived realities affecting HRH development in a contemporary refugee response. We do so to prompt debate in domestic and international policy circles which might lead to better inclusion of displaced HCWs in this and other humanitarian responses and, ultimately, explore avenues to improve the lives, livelihoods and future health systems of crises-affected populations.
Specific objectives of this work include:
Map HRH governance initiatives affecting displaced HCWs in Uganda alongside contemporary trends in the health and protection fields which influence HRH decision-making for displaced HCWs by policy actors.
Document the migration and livelihood trajectories of displaced HCWs in relation to their motivations and aspirations for health system building and self-reliance during their experiences of different phases of conflict and displacement.
Identify formal and informal bureaucratic practices which regulate HRH development for displaced HCWs as well as the networks, resources and solutions displaced HCWs draw on to secure access to health livelihoods.
Explore displaced HCW perceptions of the quality of public health responses for refugees in Uganda, including links between continuity of care for patients and continuity of practice for healthcare providers.
Through RECAP collaborators and other interested policy actors, contribute evidence and analyses that could improve employment of displaced HCWs to HRH governance initiatives and processes identified during the research process.
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Canada |
2020-06-12 |
2023-06-12 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Anders Jensen
ID:
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Digitizing Revenue Collection in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS456ES
This project studies the introduction of a digital tax assessment and collection system into local tax administration in Northern Uganda. We will partner with the UNCDF and Ministry of Local Government to measure the impacts of the digitized system on the process of tax assessment and revenue collections relative to a status quo manual registration and collection system. To study how the digital system affects the accuracy of tax assessment, the research team will conduct independent, objective assessments of
taxpayers and match them to official records. This exercise will provide an opportunity to shed light on how gaps in assessment accuracy correlate with tax compliance to investigate how accuracy and perceived fairness in the
assessment step of taxation impact payment and revenues.
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Denmark |
2020-06-11 |
2023-06-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
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Assessment of the feasibility of collection of COVID 19 Immune/convalescent Plasma in Uganda
REFNo: HS684ES
General objective
The overall objective of this project is to assess the feasibility collecting and storing of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) in Uganda.
Specific objectives
1. To determine the proportion of Ugandan COVID-19 survivors who consent for CP donation
2. To determine the levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies among Ugandan COVID 19 recoveries
3. To establish a biobank of well annotated and well characterized plasma aliquots from COVID 19 recovered patients for future biomedical studies
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Uganda |
2020-06-11 |
2023-06-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Martin Muhereza
ID:
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Policy and Structural reforms of Electricity in Uganda in the context of social economic welfare
REFNo: SS424ES
1.To examine the alignment of electricity reforms in Uganda with theoretical benefits of power sector reforms
2. To analyze the relationship of electricity reforms with the levels of electricity accessibility,reliability,and affordability in informal settlements.
3.To generate knowledge beneficial to policy makers and planners interested in the contribution of electricity to the development trajectory
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Uganda |
2020-06-04 |
2023-06-04 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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FREDRICK MAKUMBI
ID:
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Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Uganda
REFNo: HS625ES
General objective
To monitor change in contraceptive availability and use in Uganda and increase understanding of the factors contributing to that change through panel surveys in order to support FP program monitoring and improve performance.
Specific objectives
Specifically, the project aims to conduct cross-sectional and panel surveys at the female, household, and service delivery levels, with a focus on actionable programmatic data on contraceptive availability and use dynamics in targeted geographic areas in order:
1. To measure and monitor key family planning indicators of programmatic relevance cross-sectionally on an annual basis including contraceptive prevalence rate and stocks of contraceptive commodities in Service Delivery Points serving the Enumeration Areas
2. To assess the determinants and consequences of contraceptive availability and use dynamics in Uganda.
3. To evaluate factors associated with a change in contraceptive use states including: Contraceptive acceptor (non-user to user), Contraceptive discontinuer (user to non-user), and Contraceptive switcher (user of one method to a different method)
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Uganda |
2020-06-04 |
2023-06-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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ANNET NAGUUDI
ID: UNCST-2022-R009395
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CLIENT EXIT INTERVIEWS (CEIs) UNDER THE WOMEN INTEGRATED SEXUAL HEALTH (WISH) PROGRAMME IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS591ES
The specific objectives are to:
1. Characterize users of family planning (FP) services
2. Estimate the percentage of users of FP services by WISH (Women Integrated Sexual Health) service delivery points who are under-age 20
3. Estimate the percentage of clients of FP services provided by WISH service delivery points who are living in poverty
4. Provide information needed to estimate the number of additional users of modern methods of contraception contributed by WISH
5. Estimate the percentage of WISH FP clients counselled on a range of methods and potential side effects as defined by the method information index
6. Estimate the percentage of FP clients who would recommend the WISH services as evidenced by the net promoter score (NPS)
7. Estimate the percentage of WISH clients who demonstrated positive attitudes, practices and community support in relation to FP and SRHR
8. Estimate the percentage of FP clients at WISH service delivery points reporting exposure to WISH social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) activities
9. Estimate the percentage of users of FP services by WISH service delivery points who have a disability.
10. Understand why FP users changed methods
11. Explore the predictors of FP adopters
12. Explore the predictors of being likely to promote FP services
13. Determine effect of Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) campaign on outcomes of interest
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Uganda |
2020-06-01 |
2023-06-01 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Pontiano Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013577
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Uganda Virus Research Institute Performance Evaluation for COVID-19 Diagnostic tests
REFNo: HS637ES
Overall objectives
The overall objectives of this performance evaluation are:
- To verify the performance characteristics of new on-the-market NAATs,
- To evaluate the performance characteristics of new, on-the-market, EIAs and RDTS (IgA, IgG and IgM),
- To train laboratory and POC staff in the country in biosecurity and the required technical skills to perform COVID-19 diagnostic testing,
- To establish serum/plasma panels of well-characterized COVID-19 sera/plasma to support evaluation efforts.
Specific Objectives:
- To confirm whether or not a new NAAT complies with the manufacturer’s specifications,
- To determine the performance equivalence of new on-the-market NAATs using the Berlin protocol NAAT as the gold standard,
- To determine the sensitivity and specificity of new on-the-market diagnostic EIAs and RDTs against a gold-standard method,
- To evaluate the operational characteristics of new on-the-market immunoassays. Operational utility characteristics that may be considered include;
o ease of performance
o specimen type utility
o inter-reader variability
o reaction endpoint stability
o suitability for use in facilities with limited infrastructure (no/limited electricity, no/limited clean water, inadequate means of biosafety disposal)
- To document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and train laboratory staff in the country in performing COVID-19 diagnostic testing using recommended EIAs and RDTs,
- To establish serum panels of well characterized COVID-19 sera/plasma to support future validation and evaluation of immunoassays.
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Uganda |
2020-05-20 |
2023-05-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Badru Bukenya
ID:
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Displaced communities, environmental degradation and sustainable livelihoods in Uganda

REFNo: SS310ES
(i) understand the various ways in which refugees and nationals living in or around new and long-term refugee settlements interact with the environment and ecosystem services.
(ii) explore the variety of knowledges (indigenous; cultural, social and economic) and needs (shelter, food, water, sanitation) of refugee and local households for understanding how the environment is used.
(iii) examine the nature and extent of environmental degradation (loss of forests/fragmentation and soil degradation) in different camp settlements. And,
(iv) offer recommendations for the management of increasing pressure on land resources within sustainable livelihood practices for development and policy programming.
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Uganda |
2020-05-08 |
2023-05-08 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Hussein Kafeero Mukasa
ID:
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HEPATITIS B GENOTYPES AND IL-2, 4, 10, INF-γ, TNF-α, PROMOTER GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN A HIGH AND LOW ENDEMIC REGION OF UGANDA
REFNo: HS575ES
1. To determine the circulating hepatitis B virus genotypes in regions of high and low endemicity in Uganda.
2. To characterize Th1/Th2 cytokine gene promoter polymorphisms among HBV unexposed and exposed individuals in low and high endemicity regions.
3. To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus genotype and the observed Th1/Th2 cytokine gene promoter polymorphisms
4. To determine the expression levels of the cytokines and correlate them with the infecting genotypes and the single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Th1/Th2 cytokine gene promoter.
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Uganda |
2020-04-30 |
2023-04-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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ERIC WOBUDEYA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001047
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A randomised trial of 6 months intensified anti-tuberculosis and 2 months anti-inflammatory treatment for HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected African and Asian children with tuberculous meningitis
REFNo: HS593ES
Main objectives of the SURE trial
a) To determine whether the standard 12 month ATT regimen for treating paediatric TBM can be reduced to 6 months with similar efficacy and safety, with an intensified regimen of anti-TB drugs in children aged under 15 years with TBM AND b) To determine whether adjunctive aspirin for the first 60 days of treatment reduces TBM-related neuro-disability with minimal or no toxicity in children with TBM.
Other objectives
(a) To determine whether the doses of anti-TB drugs, prescribed according to weight bands, result in appropriate drug exposures when compared with historical paediatric and adult PK data.
(b) To further understand the pathophysiology of TBM in children and the effects of intensified antibacterial and anti-inflammatory treatment on intra-cerebral inflammation and the macroscopic complications of TBM (infarcts, tuberculomas, hydrocephalus).
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Uganda |
2020-04-30 |
2023-04-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Annette Schuh Hildegard
ID: UNCST-2024-R003745
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Evaluation and Transfer of mobile whole slide tissue scanners and liquid biopsies to deliver fast and precise diagnosis for improved outcomes of children and young adults with EBV-driven lymphoma: a joint Tanzanian and Ugandan Paediatric Oncology Network Initiative
REFNo: HS529ES
We have four objectives: to
1. Assess the diagnostic accuracy of liquid biopsy testing
2. Asses the diagnostic accuracy of digital pathology
3. Development of a digital pathology machine learning algorithm
4. Transfer of above novel tests and associated expertise to local laboratories
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UK |
2020-04-24 |
2023-04-24 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Peter Nkurunziza Munya
ID:
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'Evaluation of The Bio-Rad Geenius HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as Part of Confirmatory and Differentiation of HIV infection at Uganda Virus Research Institute-HIV Reference Laboratory'
REFNo: HS612ES
Primary objective
• To conduct an in-country evaluation of the performance of Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay for confirmation of HIV infection using DBS and Plasma specimens, as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo.
Specific objectives
• To determine the sensitivity of Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo
• To determine the specificity of the Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo
• To determine the positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo.
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Uganda |
2020-04-24 |
2023-04-24 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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PROSPER BEHUMBIIZE
ID:
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Implementation Research on Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Data Use Innovations in Uganda
REFNo: SIR33ES
1. To assess the existing management information systems for the Education Sector
2. To understand how innovations including DHIS2 can be used to improve EMIS data quality, management and use at all levels of the education sector
3. To ascertain the best practices that will inform scale up of Dhis2-for Education within and across countries
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Uganda |
2020-04-17 |
2023-04-17 |
Engineering and Technology |
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Non-degree Award |
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