Rene Dommain
ID:
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Testing Historical Presence of Mountain Gorillas and Elephants in an African Biodiversity Hotspot using Targeted Enrichment of Sedimentary Ancient DNA
REFNo: NS13ES
Reconstructing the floristic and vegetation history of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the past ca. 30000 years. Determining the past presence and invasion history of mountain gorillas and elephants at Bwindi Forest. Determining the natural climatic and habitat conditions that enable gorilla survival and predict future gorilla distribution in Uganda.
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Germany |
2017-06-13 |
2020-06-13 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Tiffany Atkinson Aria
ID:
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Testing the role of turbidity and diet on the reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS16ES
The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of turbidity and diet on the behavior and development of reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae).
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USA |
2017-06-06 |
2020-06-06 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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David HUNT
ID:
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Parallel evolution in adaptation to hypoxia in African fishes
REFNo: NS18ES
Objectives of this research project are to measure a number of phenotypic traits (e.g., body shape, gill size) known to be associated with hypoxia adaption in fish across several species in the same environment and look for patterns across different species.
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Canada |
2017-06-06 |
2020-06-06 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Colin CHAPMAN Austin
ID:
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Climate change and increasing human-wildlife conflict: How to conserve wildlife in the face of increasing conflicts
REFNo: NS17ES
To establish a team who can build a graduate research and training network between Uganda, Canada, and South Africa to address the critical issue of how climate change affects crop production and crop raiding by wildlife
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Canada |
2017-06-06 |
2020-06-06 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Holly Lyne
ID:
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What are the current challenges face in continuing care of premature neonates, following discharge, in Eastern Uganda?
REFNo: HS52ES
1. To assess how carers of preterm neonates are prepared to continue providing all aspects of care for their baby following their discharge from the neonatal unit at the MRRH in Mbale.
2. To explore the attitudes of carers, as well as the perceived barriers and facilitators, to those caring for babies born
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UK |
2017-05-30 |
2020-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Jimmy Forry Ben
ID:
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Prevalence of mental disorders and associated factors among prisoners in Mbarara Municipality
REFNo: HS68ES
To determine the prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners incarcerated in the high and low Security Prisons in Mbarara Municipality.
To identify factors associated with mental illness among prison-inmates and prisoners’ accessibility to mental health services during their confinement.
To establish the association between category of crime and type of mental disorder.
To assess the association between the number of incarcerations and category of mental disorder.
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Uganda |
2017-05-30 |
2020-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Agnes Kiragga
ID:
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Men at Gaming Centers: Point of Care HIV and STI Testing
REFNo: HS70ES
• To test the acceptability and feasibility of same day testing of HIV and syphilis testing, test result notification, prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and proportion linked to care among men attending at gaming/betting centers
• To identify the proportion of men involved in other self-reported risky behaviors such as hazardous alcohol intake, illicit drug use, having sex with men and having multiple sexual partners,
• To test the diagnostic performance of the ChemBio duo HIV-syphilis point of care test.
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Uganda |
2017-05-30 |
2020-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Adam Moeller
ID:
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A History of Moral Education in Uganda: Tracing Social Values relating to Gender and Sexuality
REFNo: SS82ES
In my research, I seek to understand a history of moral thought in Uganda, by looking at ideas about gender and sexuality, in order to put current contentious issues in their historical context. This context is inextricably linked to the process of national and regional identity making in Uganda, and hence of great importance in understanding society and post-colonial social and political development.
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USA |
2017-05-30 |
2020-05-30 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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CATHERINE ABBO
ID:
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SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION: MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS65ES
1) To determine the prevalence and associated factors of emotional and behavioural disorders in adolescents in selected secondary schools in Uganda.
2) To identify and describe the current intervention practices of adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders in secondary schools in Uganda.
3) To determine whether the current intervention match the mental health needs
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Uganda |
2017-05-23 |
2020-05-23 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jennifer Doherty Catherine
ID:
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The Role of Goods Distribution for Stability in Ethnically-divided countries. Uganda Case Study
REFNo: SS66ES
Contribute to the growing literature on public goods distribution which takes into account that not all goods and services are treated equally and that they have different properties. For example, it will build on the work of Kramon and Posner (2013) and Burgess et al (2015). The project will also contribute to literature which examines political stability in developing countries (Magaloni 2008; Blaydes 2011) by adding a component of ethnic diversity.
The objective of the proposed interviews with local and national government, NGOs, and traditional leaders is to understand the distribution structure used to provide different types of goods/services/transfers to different parts of the country.
The objective of the survey is to understand what people receive on the ground in different areas of the country, what types of goods and services they prefer, what different goods indicate to people about the government’s attitude towards them, and who they believe is responsible for providing the different goods and services they receive.
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Ireland |
2017-05-17 |
2020-05-17 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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BAPOLISI ACHILLE MWIRA
ID:
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidities and associated factors among refugees in Nakivale Camp in south Western Uganda.
REFNo: HS53ES
General objective
• To asses psychiatric comorbidities with PTSD among refugees in Nakivale Camp.
Specific Objectives
•To determine the prevalence of PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees in Nakivale Camp.
•To determine the psychosocial stressors associated with PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees.
•To compare the prevalence of anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees with and without PTSD in Nakivale Camp.
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Democratic Republic of Congo |
2017-05-17 |
2020-05-17 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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ARCHILEO KAAYA NATIGO
ID: UNCST-2019-R001477
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Development and evaluation of simplified dietary assessment tools in rural/semi-rural women in Uganda
REFNo: HS63ES
Aims and Objectives
The aim of this study is to design and test simplified dietary assessment tools appropriate for use in rural/ areas of Uganda (and comparable countries) that provide adequate quantitative data at population level (i.e., not individual level) on nutrient intake amounts, their relative adequacy compared to requirements, and their food sources. These methods and tools are intended to be comparable in utility to the multiple pass 24-hour recall, currently considered as the reference method, but with lower labor and resource requirements.
Among women residing in a selected study population in Uganda, the objectives of the study are to:
Objective 1: Design and field test simplified methods and tools for collecting and summarizing 'input data' or information on: (i) the various foods and recipes consumed, (ii) the distribution of usual portion sizes for foods consumed, and (iii) the variation in ingredients and proportion of ingredients in recipes consumed.
Sub-objective 1.1: Compare the results of the two simplified input data collection tools to standard methods described in the multiple pass 24-hour recall for listing of foods consumed, estimation of portion sizes of consumed foods, and calculation of standard recipes.
Sub-objective 1.2: Estimate the time and resource requirements for collection of these input data using the simplified input data collection tools.
Objective 2: Design and field test two simplified dietary data collection methods and tools using (i) a 24-hour dietary recall format and (ii) a semi-quantitative food frequency format.
Sub-objective 2.1: Compare key results of each of the two simplified dietary assessment methods with results from a standard multiple-pass 24-hour recall method conducted in the same study population: (i) mean intake of energy and 13 nutrients; (ii) nutrients for which mean intake is 5% of the Estimated Average Requirement for 13 nutrients.
Sub-objective 2.2: Using data collected by the standard 24-hour dietary recall method, compare the key results (noted in 2.1 above) when food composition data for individual food items is applied to the data vs when food composition data aggregated by food sub-group is applied to the data.
Sub-objective 2.3: Determine and compare the time and resource requirements for implementing each of the simplified survey methods and the standard 24-hour recall method.
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Uganda |
2017-05-17 |
2020-05-17 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Tyler Zoanni
ID:
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In the Image of God: Christianity and Disability
REFNo: SS11ES
My research investigates the ideas and practices related to disability that arise within Christian disability ministries in Uganda, where they have become major providers of care and support (housing, advocacy, education, etc.). My research will answer the following questions: 1) In what sense are people with disabilities understood as made in the “image of God� What ideas about disability, models of disabled personhood, and practices of disability sociality and politics do Christian groups in Uganda enact? 2) Why are Christian disability-focused efforts flourishing? 3) What catalyzed the rise of disability ministries? To what extent have ideas and practices centering on disability changed in recent Ugandan history in the context of Christian engagements with disability?
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USA |
2017-05-09 |
2020-05-09 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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John Simaika
ID:
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Developing and testing methods for wetland health assessment using dragonflies
REFNo: NS10ES
A major objective of my study is to adapt biomonitoring tools for use on wetlands of Uganda. My project is planned for a two-year period to incorporate seasonal changes with a high degree of confidence. This work will close the knowledge gap on two more objectives to:
(1) quantify the robustness of using dragonflies as indicators of wetland integrity in the region; and,
How representative are the richness and species composition of the integrity of wetland ecosystems in comparison to wetland plants, a commonly used indicator?
(2) quantify the performance of the ecological integrity indices.
How representative are the ecological integrity indices of wetland health (e.g. correlation with Wet-Health)? How much effort is needed to use the dragonfly indices in the field? How much effort is needed to calculate and interpret the indices? Is this effort more or less than that needed for conventional methods (e.g. Wet-Health)?
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Germany |
2017-05-09 |
2020-05-09 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Bruno Braak Jim
ID:
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Access to land and justice among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
REFNo: SS67ES
This proposed research would contribute to my PhD dissertation. It would draw on a prior period of three months of intensive and collaborative field research in South Sudan as a basis to compare current perceptions and practices with. The objective of this proposed research would be to discover the changes and continuities in Western Equatorians’ access to land and justice mechanisms. Doing so, it hopes to shed light on the impact of the process of forced displacement to Uganda. Conceptually, this research would draw on notions and practices around authority, identity and property. Special attention will be devoted to the differentiated impact according to gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic background.
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Netherlands |
2017-05-09 |
2020-05-09 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Agnes Kiragga
ID:
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Tracing non-rEtained HIV PoSitivE Pregnant Women enrolled in Option B+ and ascertaining their BabIeS outcomes (sTEPWISe)
REFNo: HS35ES
Specific Aim 1: Trace women, initiated ART under option B+ who disengaged from care and assess reasons for disengagement, as well as obtain corrected estimates of retention by evaluating the proportion of mothers who have re-engaged or died.\r\nSpecific Aim 2: Assess and compare HIV transmission rates among infants born to retained and disengaged mothers. \r\nSub-aim 2.1. Perform HIV DNA PCR testing on the infants of disengaged women \r\nSub-aim 2.2 Obtain HIV status data on infants of retained women from existing medical records, or by providing HIV DNA-PCR testing for untested-infants or those whose test was performed within the previous month.\r\nSpecific Aim 3: To measure efavirenz (EFV) levels in the blood collected from all re-engaged and a matched sample of retained women. \r\nSpecific Aim 4: To perform genotypic testing among retained and disengaged women with virologic failure defined as viral load ≥1,000 copies/ml in order to describe mutations that are known to confer drug resistance. \r\n
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Uganda |
2017-05-05 |
2020-05-05 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Lina Waru Zedriga
ID:
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Inclusive Mechanisms Targeting Youth for Countering Violent Extremism in the IGAD Region
REFNo: SS72ES
This study seeks to inform policy debates and practices in CVE interventions within the IGAD region in order to engage and empower youth, both male and female.
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Uganda |
2017-05-02 |
2020-05-02 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Ben Evans
ID:
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Theory of change development for conservation evaluation: A Delphi exercise
REFNo: SS40ES
We aim to capture the opinions of a range of stakeholders of the project, from those designing and implementing the project to beneficiaries and end-users. This process will generate a rigorous theory of change with enhanced buy-in from stakeholders, which will go on to form the evaluation of the project. \r\n
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UK |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Fred Bulamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000026
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Non-Physician Anaesthetists’ training and roles in sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS30ES
This study aims to 1) characterise the training programmes currently available for NPAs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with respect to their structure, curricula and teaching methods, 2) characterise the output of NPA training programmes in terms of NPA roles and the proportion of total anaesthesia providers who are NPAs, and 3) explore the experience of key informants in selected locations with regard to NPA training and practice.\r\n
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Uganda |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Joshua Nfambi
ID:
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Effect of Moringa oleifera extracts on the HIV model: A study of nutrient bioavailability and immunological responses
REFNo: HS46ES
1. To assess the presence and quantity of micronutrients in Moringa oleifera leaf extracts
2. To determine the bioavailability of the micronutrients in Moringa oleifera in a Murine model
3. To establish the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on HIV virus replication in T-lymphocytes and macrophages
4. To determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on secretion of chemokines, IL1, 12 TNF α and INF γ in HIV infected cells
5. To determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on the cell mediated immune system of a humanized HIV murine model
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Uganda |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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