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Agatha Kafuko
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DECOLONISING RESEARCH TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AND PROMOTE GOOD EDUCATION OUTCOMES THROUGH SOCIAL WORK AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
REFNo: SS2076ES

To undertake a detailed documentation, review and analysis of the community engagement processes and draw lessons to for a larger study to allow scientific testing of the impact of school social work on education and child protection outcomes in Uganda. ,To co-design an intervention that targets clan leaders as change agents in violence prevention in northern Uganda;,To conduct school-community engagement activities to stimulate community-led actions for a sustainable school-community collaborative aimed at good education and child protection outcomes in a rural school setting,To characterize the traditional leadership structure and existing school-community collaboration initiatives aimed at enhancing education and child protection outcomes ,To explore social norms, risk and protective factors for children’s socio-emotional needs and violence within school settings and the community,The aim of study is to pilot participatory approaches in a collaborative initiative between social work professionals and a local community to prevent VAWG and produce good education outcomes for children in a community setting in Gulu. ,
Uganda 2023-10-30 20:50:16 2026-10-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Deogratias Munube
ID: UNCST-2021-R012311
Immediate and short term outcome of patients with haemophilia who present to a haemophilia treatment centre and satellite clinics with an acute bleed
REFNo: HS1882ES

To determine the immediate and short term outcome of patients with haemophilia who present to a haemophilia treatment centre
Uganda 2023-10-25 13:20:06 2026-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nestor Basemera
ID: UNCST-2023-R007376
Urban Women’s Micro-Entrepreneurship and Empowerment: A Case of Kampala Central Division, Uganda
REFNo: SS1839ES

1 To investigate the influence of micro entrepreneurship on women’s empowerment within the urban space in Kampala Central Division.
2 Assess critically how women negotiate, and use urban space in Kampala Central Division for micro entrepreneurship
3 To investigate urban opportunities that promote women’s micro enterprises.
4 Investigate the urban barriers that hinder women’s micro enterprises both in starting and growing micro businesses.
Uganda 2023-10-25 13:18:07 2026-10-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JANE OKUTIRU
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AMONG ADULT HIV PATIENTS IN KIRUDDU NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL.
REFNo: HS3140ES

To determine the prevalence of PHT among adult patients with HIV in Kiruddu Hospital.To determine the patient factors associated with pulmonary hypertension among adult patients with HIV in Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda over the study period. ,To determine the prevalence of PHT among adult patients with HIV infection in KIruddu hospital. To determine the factors associated with PHT among patients with HIV infection in Kiruddu hospital.,To determine the prevalence and factors associated with PHT among adults with HIV in Kiruddu hospital.,
Uganda 2023-10-25 13:10:17 2026-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Monica Okuga
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SITUATION ANALYSIS OF NEWBORN HEALTH IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS3289ES

6. Provide evidence based recommendations to improve newborn care and referrals.,5. To map out critical stakeholders’ and their contribution to newborn care ,4. To assess the community level capacity to care for newborn babies I. Evaluate capacity of community level health systems to deliver newborn care (including to conduct community sensitization, mobilization, continuity of care and referral of maternal and newborn emergencies) II. Assess the community level newborn health care practices,3. To assess the capacity of health facilities (including the private sector) to provide care that ensures newborn babies survive and thrive I. Assess the health facility readiness for intrapartum care and care for the sick and small newborn babies II. Assess the current newborn clinical care practices, including follow-up care, for small and sick newborns at facility level and adherence to quality of care standards ,2. To determine the trends and causes of neonatal mortality at regional level,1. To document the existing policies and programmes for newborn care, and their coverage across the country,The overall objective is to assess the current national situation of newborn health and how this has changed over time in Uganda. Specifically, we assess the levels of newborn care practices and mortality, barriers and delays in care referral pathways. In addition, we will also assess the coverage of implementation including availability and adherence to quality of care standards, implementation strength and gaps, and a mapping of partners and opportunities for improved implementation.,
Uganda 2023-10-25 12:58:58 2026-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Julia Modern Keri
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Access to justice for people disabled due to accidents while working in sugarcane farming in Masindi District
REFNo: SS1979ES

There are two primary objectives: • Identify institutions with which accident survivors interact when attempting to elicit compensation or other forms of redress; • Identify key individuals who have been involved in collective action for survivors of accidents in the areas investigated. There are two secondary objectives: • Identify rhetorical strategies used by different actors to argue for redress and how they relate to the outcomes of survivors’ campaigns; • Identify existing links between Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) and individuals or groups of survivors of industrial plantation-related accidents.
Ireland 2023-10-25 12:55:58 2026-10-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Olivia Nakisita
ID: UNCST-2020-R014431
Maternal Health Services of Adolescent Refugees in Urban Settings in Uganda; Access, Utilization and Health Facility Readiness: A mixed Methods Study
REFNo: HS3193ES

3. To assess the government health facilities readiness to offer maternal health services to adolescent urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Sub-objective 1; To assess the readiness and responsiveness of the government health facilities to offer maternal health services to adolescent urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Sub-objective 2; To assess the human resource readiness to offer maternal health services to adolescent urban refugees and how social norms affect their service delivery. ,2. To assess the utilization of antenatal and delivery services among urban adolescent refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Sub-objective 1: To examine the level of utilization of ANC and delivery services by the adolescent urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Sub-objective 2; To investigate the barriers and enablers to utilization of ANC and delivery services by adolescent urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda.,1. To examine access to antenatal and delivery services by adolescent urban refugees living in Kampala, Uganda. Sub-objective 1: To validate the tool (instrument) that will measure access to antenatal care and delivery services by adolescent urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Sub-objective 2: Tp measure the level and correlates of access to antenatal and delivery services by adolescent urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda.,To assess the level of access, utilization, and health facility readiness to offer maternal health services to urban refugee adolescents in Kampala, Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-10-25 12:53:20 2026-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nixon Niyonzima
ID: UNCST-2020-R014577
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on Cancer Cachexia Among Health Workers and Patients and Access to Cachexia care at the Uganda Cancer Institute
REFNo: HS3194ES

1. To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of health workers and cancer patients about cancer cachexia at UCI.
2. To assess the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of tele-health education for cachexic patients at UCI.
Uganda 2023-10-25 12:50:51 2026-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Roman Gnaegi
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“’Peace through Health’ on the ground – an Ethnographic Peace Research (EPR) study of rural health workers serving refugee and host populations in Northern Uganda”
REFNo: SS1368ES

The research focuses on the roles and contributions of health workers in local processes of peacebuilding. Although frontline health workers are ideally placed to contribute towards peace and conflict resolution as first responders and key resource persons in their communities, their role in this regard has not been sufficiently researched or defined. The research aims at filling such gaps in our understanding, by exploring the experiences of health workers in- and near Arua, northern Uganda. One of the main goal of my research project is to contribute suggestions for how existing peacebuilding efforts of health workers can be supported and how their general peacebuilding potential can be strengthened.
Switzerland 2023-10-23 13:14:29 2026-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lawrence Niwabiine
ID: UNCST-2023-R007596
Global War on Terror and the Transformation of Uganda Police Force from 2001 to 2015
REFNo: SS1801ES

1 To examine the influence of global war on terror on the transformation of the Uganda Police Force. 2 Analyze the application of the Anti terrorism legal framework in the transformation of the Uganda police force. 3 Assess the influence of war on terror in shaping police training programs in the period between 2001 - 2015. 4 Find out whether the changes in the UPF strength and command were related to war on terror. 5 Investigate the transformation of the UPF through participation in peace support deployments in relation to war on terror.
Uganda 2023-10-23 13:12:37 2026-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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