Phoebe Donnelly
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Gendered Decisions and Dynamics in Eastern Africa
REFNo: SS109ES
This research is for my PhD dissertation and potentially a book or articles. My central research question asks how the attitudes and behavior of non-state armed organizations (NSAOs) towards women and girls relate to the NSAO’s broad strategy. My framework will examine four aspects of gendered strategy: 1) the role women and girls fill within NSAOs; 2) whether NSAOs use forced marriage or other regulations of relationships as a strategy; 3) how the treatment of civilian women and girls, specifically the use of gender-based violence (GBV), relates to the objectives of the NSAO; and 4) how these organizations discuss gender in their external communications. My two case studies are al-Shabaab formed in Somalia and the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
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USA |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
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Dolutegravir in Pregnant HIV Mothers and their Neonates DolPHIN-2
REFNo: HS106ES
To evaluate dolutegravir (DTG) efficacy in late-presenting pregnant HIV-infected women
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Nigeria |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jane Katusiime
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A usable security model for mobile health systems in developing countries
REFNo: IS8ES
i. To investigate design and social technical challenges of mHealth systems in developing countries and determine requirements of a system that is usable by illiterate and semi-illiterate people.
ii. To review and analyze the current security models and their suitability for usage in mobile health systems in developing countries
iii. To design a hybrid security model that is usable in mobile health care systems in developing countries
iv. To design and develop a tool that supports maternal health care and is also usable by illiterate and semi-illiterate people based on the hybrid model developed in (v).
v. To evaluate the usability of the model based on the test utilization of the tool developed in vi by key stakeholders in maternal health.
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Uganda |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Helen Byakwaga
ID: UNCST-2019-R001168
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Understanding the HIV Care Provider Workforce in Africa
REFNo: HS138ES
1) Describe the sociodemographic and professional characteristics of health care workers providing HIV care as well as their perspectives, beliefs and attitudes towards practice.
2) Describe the kinetics of the HIV-dedicated health care workforce.
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Uganda |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Niina Marja Ahola Marja
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Life After Return – Revisiting the Reintegration of Former Lord’s Resistance Army Abductees in Acholiland Region of Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS130ES
The key objective of this study is to increase knowledge on the reintegration process in post-conflict situations in general and the reintegration of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) abductees in particular.
This research gives voice to the former LRA abductees regarding their experiences of reintegration. The objective is to find out which factors have either promoted or prevented their process of integration back to society along the years, as it has been now a decade since the conflict in northern Uganda ended. Therefore, this study seeks to offer information on the challenges and successes that the former abductees have faced along their reintegration process, relying on their own experiences as the main source of data.
In addition, one of the objectives of this study is to gather data for the investigator’s Master’s thesis.
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Finland |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Matthew Sebastian Ryan
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Youth, Humanitarianism, Security, and the Future in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS131ES
The objective of this research is to better understand how the problematic positioning of young people in post-conflict settings affects prospects for peace-building as well as social integration more broadly. In so doing, it seeks to contribute to knowledge about how humanitarianism transforms in the aftermath of war and how young people navigate some of the myriad interventions which follow. In addition, it takes care to consider these concerns from the perspective of young people themselves, paying close attention to their own attempts to generate a livelihood in their contemporary lives.
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USA |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Sara de Simone
ID:
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Human security among South Sudanese self-settled refugees in Uganda: strategies of access to basic services
REFNo: SS138ES
The overall objective of the study is to investigate the perception of human security, particularly in its ‘freedom from want’ form, of refugees living in contexts characterised by resource scarcity and fragility through a specific case-study focusing on South Sudanese refugees in Ugandan West Nile province.
The study will focus on the access basic services (education, health, water, sanitation) of the refugee population. Attention will be paid not only to the refugee population living in refugee settlements, but also to ‘self-settled’ refugees. The project will aim to assess:
- (Self-settled) refugees’ strategies of interaction with the host community and local authorities;
- The link between refugees’ perceptions of human security and local governance mechanisms.
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Italy |
2017-12-13 |
2020-12-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Joweria Nambooze
ID: UNCST-2019-R001118
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Using Information Communication Technology (ICTs) to understand relationships between labour saving agriculture innovations, women’s time use and maternal and child nutrition outcomes in Uganda
REFNo: A24ES
1. To develop an innovative set of tools and metrics for measuring maternal time use and maternal and child dietary practices.
2. To assess the feasibility of using these tools - a computerised inter-active voice response (IVR) diary and a wearable camera - to assess women’s time use and maternal and infant dietary practices
3. To determine the concurrent criterion validity of these innovative methods via 15-hour direct observation; and compare it with traditional recall techniques
4. To describe and compare maternal time-use patterns, maternal and infant dietary practices and anthropometric status among women who are and who are not using labour saving technology for agriculture work
5. To examine associations between women’s time use in agriculture and maternal and infant dietary diversity and infant growth; and factors in the food environment that mediate food choice
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Uganda |
2017-12-13 |
2020-12-13 |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Laura Schmucker
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Piloting exercise: Evaluation of the impact of the ‘Solar Suitcase’ installation in healthcare facilities in Uganda on quality of care during labor and delivery and reliability of electricity.
REFNo: HS150ES
By conducting the pilot, we seek to gain a greater understanding of the nature of electricity reliability and deliveries in rural health facilities. The main objectives of the pilot include:
1) Obtain data on volume of deliveries, electricity failures, and baseline measures of quality of maternity care in order to run accurate power calculations for the upcoming research study
2) Test survey tools in the local context and refine the questions to gather data required for the upcoming research study
3) Test and validate light sensor equipment
4) Observe quality of work of field staff of various backgrounds to determine which qualifications and prior experience are best placed to collect data for the upcoming research study
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USA |
2017-12-13 |
2020-12-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
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ESTIMATION AND EXPLANATIONS FOR THE HYPERTENSION SCREENING GAP AMONG HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN HIV PRIMARY CARE.
REFNo: HS118ES
1. Estimate the screening gap for hypertension among HIV-infected adults on ART attending Uganda Cares HIV primary care clinics in Masaka, Rakai and the St. Balikudembe Clinic in Kampala, Uganda over 12 months.
2. Document explanations for the screening gap for hypertension from the perspective of health providers at the Uganda Cares HIV primary care clinic in Masaka, Rakai and St. Balikudembe Clinic in Kampala, Uganda.
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Uganda |
2017-11-28 |
2020-11-28 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Kaelin Marisa Brigitta
ID:
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Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Treatment, Monitoring and Outcomes at the National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre in Uganda from 2012 – 2015
REFNo: HS139ES
To describe a cohort of DR-TB patients (specifically RR-TB, MDR-TB, pre-XDR-TB and XDR-TB patients qualifying for second-line anti-TB drugs) at the National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre, Kampala, Uganda
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Switzerland |
2017-11-28 |
2020-11-28 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Yoanna Pumpalova
ID:
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Symptom Profile Among Women in Uganda with Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Breast Cancer and Their Understanding of the Role of Palliative Chemotherapy
REFNo: HS141ES
The proposed study will enroll patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer who present to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)/Mulago breast cancer clinics and the UCI Private ward/Mulago Solid Tumor ward and pose the following research questions:
1) What are these patients’ dominant symptoms and how are they being addressed?
2) What is the patients’ understanding of the goal of chemotherapy in their disease?
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USA |
2017-11-23 |
2020-11-23 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Charles Mondo Kiiza
ID: UNCST-2019-R001281
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A Randomized, Double-Blind, Efficacy and Safety Study of AR 14 (AZILSARTAN MEDOXOMIL) Treatment and Withdrawal, Followed by an Open-Label Extension, in Children 6 to Less Than 18 Years of Age With Hypertension
REFNo: HS113ES
Primary objective: To evaluate the antihypertensive effect of AZM compared with placebo after a randomized, double-blind, withdrawal (Withdrawal Phase).
Secondary objectives: To evaluate the antihypertensive effect of AZM compared with losartan during double-blind treatment (Double-Blind Phase).
Additional Objectives: To assess the population pharmacokinetics of azilsartan derived from AZM.
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Uganda |
2017-11-20 |
2020-11-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Heather Brown
ID:
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Epidemiology of Traumatic Injuries in Masindi, Uganda
REFNo: HS115ES
The purpose of this study is to characterize the incidence, patterns, and severity of injury among patients presenting to MKMC.
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USA |
2017-11-20 |
2020-11-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Madelyn Prevost
ID:
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The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Crafting subjects with regimented health and religion
REFNo: SS122ES
This project is intended to further the knowledge on HIV/AIDS, Catholicism, Non-Governmental Organizations, poverty, and work in a Ugandan context as globalization, greater access to medicine, and modernity change the cultural landscape. In addition to furthering scholarly knowledge, this project will also, ideally, help the site organization, Reach Out Mbuya remain relevant in the changing climates of donor funding, client needs, and HIV prevalence rates. Reach Out is a Catholic-based HIV/AIDS organization that seeks to provide holistic care to clients and their families through medical care, material support, subsistence projects, counseling, HIV prevention, and peer support. In Kampala, Reach Out has community sites in Mbuya, Banda, and Kinawatak; they also have an additional site in Kasaala. I will likely draw all of my participants from the Mbuya, Banda, and Kinawataka site locations; as a volunteer, I will spend most days at Mbuya, but also do work in Banda and Kinawataka sites weekly. Therefore, I will be more known to staff and clients at these locations, making recruiting participants smoother.
Building off literature that demonstrates how an HIV diagnoses affects a person’s sense of self and habits (Wekesa and Coast [2013]; McGrath et al [2014]); Whyte [2014]; Bartos and MacDonald [2000]), I propose that HIV, as well as comprehensive aid programs can have unique and varied affects on a person’s employment and livelihood. Adding to this argument, I will draw on literature dealing with subject formation (how a person’s identity and behaviours are formed and changed through processes and interactions), both in secular and Christian contexts (Foucault [2000]; Koopman [2013]; Skinner [2012]; Tambling [1990]; Norget, Napolitano, and Mayblin [2017]). Using this literature, I will argue that it is a combination of the regimented HIV/AIDS treatment schedule and Catholic belief and practice encouraged and facilitated by Reach Out that creates a socially responsible and productive subjects in their clients.
Working from this hypothesis, my project asks three primary questions: (1) How might being HIV positive affect an individual’s work, livelihood, and/or employment, and what role might religion play in the extent of these effects? (2) How does Reach Out’s comprehensive, holistic-based approach complement services provided by the government? (3) How does being HIV positive affect one’s social and/or economic standing, and one’s capability to remain in care?
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Canada |
2017-11-20 |
2020-11-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Robert Borst Adriaan Johannes
ID:
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Exploring the impact of governing community health workers through a community health entrepreneurship model: protocol for a mixed-method research project
REFNo: HS58ES
Aim: To evaluate the impact of organising community health services through a social franchise model.
Research objectives: To assess the association between exposure of inhabitants to the Healthy Entrepreneurs social franchising model and several health related factor and 2) To explore the performance and motivation of the community health workers enrolled in the Healthy Entrepreneurs model.
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Netherlands |
2017-11-14 |
2020-11-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Lara Rosenoff Gauvin Shelley
ID:
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We are Sons and Daughter of Bwoc: Refusal and Land Rights Protections in Rural Post-Conflict Acoliland, Northern Uganda.
REFNo: SS112ES
To understand: What do processes involved in writing a clan-based non-profit foundation’s constitution (in a previously oral tradition of indigenous governance) do for relatedness in the post-conflict, land-pressured context? After it is written, and circulated, what does the document do for relatedness in context? How does/can it mediate both between sons and daughters of the clan, and between clan members, National Government, and foreign companies, as examples? And finally, how do real and perceived land pressures impact ideas and practices of relatedness, and thus social repairing and particular notions of refusal, through time.
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Canada |
2017-11-14 |
2020-11-14 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Joe Abell Nadin
ID:
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A study investigating different perspectives on the use of participatory approaches in HIV prevention work
REFNo: SS123ES
This project will explore the use of participatory methods in HIV prevention work in Uganda. Proponents of the use of participatory methods in HIV prevention would claim that their projects avoid making demands by allowing ordinary people to decide themselves what changes they feel they need to make.
Critics of participatory approaches used in economic development projects have, however claimed that they do not result in any real moves towards transfer of control and that any ‘participation’ involved is essentially cosmetic. Other possibilities are opened up by suggestions that the forms that projects take in order to qualify as participatory can leave them open to contestation and the possibility of resistance from participants.
Through participant observation of prevention projects and interviews with participants, facilitators and the employees of NGOs using participatory methods to carry out HIV prevention work I will explore the dynamics at play and the perceptions of different actors involved when these methods are used in the context of HIV prevention.
Aims:
This project will have two main aims:
1) To explore the different perspectives of participants, organizers, facilitators and planners on the use of participatory methodologies and the dynamics of the implementation process. The main objective here will be to examine people’s expectations regarding participation and their assessments of the degree to which control is handed over. The way in which this will be approached is by testing a hypothesis derived from existing criticisms of participatory methodology: that this methodology does not lead to real changes in the dynamics of development work.
2) To explore the use of the idea of ‘participation’ in the context of HIV prevention work. HIV prevention, which deals with the regulation of sexuality, presents many contrasts with development projects which focus on economic development. This project will examine how prevention projects adapt the concept of participation in this context and the degree to which the idea of participation has to widen to allow this to happen.
Significance and Expected Benefits:
The most direct benefit of this research will be the information that it will make available to organisations planning, developing and implementing HIV prevention work. The project will deliver information on the perceptions of the intended beneficiaries of the HIV prevention work that has been studied. This will include participant’s evaluations of the degree to which the design and implementation of the prevention work resulted in a genuinely participatory experience from their perspective. Contrasting this with views expressed by staff at different level of the implementing organisation will allow any differences in perceptions to be identified, both in terms of the understanding of the ideas behind ‘participation’ and how it works in practice. Having access to this information will be useful to implementing organisations in improving the design of prevention work and putting it into practice. Providing those who have taken part in prevention work as participants with feedback may strengthen their ability to demand changes from providing organisations.
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UK |
2017-11-14 |
2020-11-14 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Hannington Gumisiriza
ID:
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EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF THE BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM THE LEAVES OF GOUANIA LONGISPICATA
REFNo: NS34ES
1. Isolation of the phytochemical constituents of Gouania longispicata leaves.
2. Phytochemical screening of the crude extracts
3. Determining the antimicrobial activity of the extracts against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.
4. Antioxidant and cytoxicity studies on the most active extract
5. Structure elucidation of the compounds isolated from the most active extract against the selected organisms
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Uganda |
2017-11-14 |
2020-11-14 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Amos Mwaka Deogratius
ID:
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Understanding the roles of indigenous and complementary medicines and practices in breast and cervical cancer control and care in northern Uganda
REFNo: HS67ES
General objective
To examine the roles, from multiple perspectives, of traditional health practitioners and indigenous health practices regarding breast and cervical cancer control and care in northern Uganda.
Specific Objectives
1. To assess the beliefs and knowledge of traditional health practitioners regarding what cancers are in general, and the risk factors, symptoms and treatment practices for specific cancers with particular reference to breast and cervical cancers.
2. To examine beliefs and knowledge of traditional health practitioners and cultural leaders on the traditional rituals used in the treatment of various chronic diseases including cancers, diabetes and hypertension in northern Uganda.
3. To examine beliefs of traditional health practitioners regarding their benefits and roles in referring patients suspected of having breast and cervical cancers to health facilities in northern Uganda.
4. To explore the reasons for visits to the traditional health practitioners from patients attending care with the healers and who perceive themselves and or perceived by THPs as having various cancers including breast and cervical cancers.
5. To explore beliefs of district leaders and technocrats in the Acholi sub region regarding the roles of THPs in breast and cervical cancer care and control.
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Uganda |
2017-11-08 |
2020-11-08 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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