Henry Kajumbula Mawerere
ID: UNCST-2019-R001531
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Adaptation and Evaluation of a Direct PCR Based Method for the Diagnosis of Bacteremia among Critically Ill Patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS51ES
4.2.1. To introduce and optimize a broad range qPCR test for diagnosis of bacteremia at the MUCHS molecular biology laboratory
4.2.2. To evaluate the performance of the broad range qPCR among patients at the Mulago ICU and UCI against blood culture
4.2.3. To estimate the prevalence of various etiologic agents of bacteremia among UCI and Mulago ICU patients with sepsis
4.2.4. To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of the bacterial strains responsible for bacteremia at the UCI and the Mulago ICU
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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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Iain Darbyshire Andrew
ID:
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Identifying Tropical Important Plant Areas in Uganda
REFNo: NS11ES
Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) are sites of global importance for conserving the world’s plant diversity, measured through three criteria: threatened species, threatened habitats and high botanical richness. This project will support the identification of TIPAs in the forests of west and central Uganda through conducting field surveys of key sites, selected through prior analysis of herbarium data for Uganda. For each site, we will assess its current status including how intact the forest habitats are, what management practices are in place and what threats are evident. Species of high conservation importance will be specifically targeted, and an assessment made of their abundance at each site. Rapid species inventories, including collection of herbarium specimens, will also be carried out particularly at lesser known forest sites. The field data accumulated will feed into the identification of TIPAs based on the presence of threatened species, threatened habitats and assemblages of important species including those of socio-economic value; these will be published online through the IPA database. The current proposed period of fieldwork is a pilot phase of a wider TIPAs project and will focus on selected sites in the southwest of Uganda. It is envisaged that this pilot will support the development and funding of a larger project on TIPAs in Uganda.
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UK |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Isabel Larridon
ID:
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C3 and C4 Cyperaceae of Uganda
REFNo: NS12ES
The fieldwork is organised in the context of a project looking at the differential impact of climate change of C3 and C4 plant lineages in Africa. C4 photosynthesis is an evolutionary response to climate change (including aridification). Multiple independent origins of the C4 pathway in Cyperaceae provide ideal opportunities to study the differential response of C3 and C4 lineages to climate change. The largest diversity of C4 Cyperaceae lineages occurs in Africa allowing us to investigate C4 evolution within the unique climatic and biogeographical history of the continent. Africa is undergoing aridification at a scale and level that is only comparable to Australia. Studying adaptation mechanisms in African flora may be key to decipher long-term evolutionary response to global warming in plants. In the overarching project, we aim to apply the novel HybSeq technique to acquire 350+ low-copy targets and high-copy genomic loci evolving across a range of rates, combined with access to newly available fossils providing further calibration dates, to obtain an accurately dated and robust Cyperaceae Tree-of-Life, resolve relationships in C4 Cyperaceae lineages and identify their closest sister C3 lineages. Together with model-based biogeographical methods and present-day and paleoclimatic ecological niche models informed by baseline data from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s vast collection of herbarium records, this data will provide key knowledge on how C3 and C4 Cyperaceae lineages have differentially responded to environmental pressures in Africa over the last c. 85 Ma. This will allow modelling how they will respond in future and inform conservation actions.
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Belgium |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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David Coppock Layne
ID:
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Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptation Among Small-Scale Farmers in Uganda: A Community-Based Approach
REFNo: SS44ES
\r\n 1.) Determine if small-scale farmers in Uganda perceive the climate to be changing, and if so, determine how and why they perceive it to be changing.\r\n\r\n 2.) Determine what adaptive actions, if any, small-scale farmers in Uganda are taking in response to the changes in the climate they perceive.\r\n\r\n 3.) Determine what resources small-scale farmers in Uganda need to enhance their resilience to climate change. \r\n\r\n 4.) Determine how the climate-change perceptions, adaptive actions, and resource needs vary with the location where small-scale Ugandan farmers reside, particularly between urban and rural locales. \r\n
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USA |
2017-04-20 |
2020-04-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Simon Sensalire
ID:
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A TREND ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AMONG GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN THE DREAMS PILOT DISTRICTS
REFNo: SS61ES
Generally the study aims at assessing changes in sexual behavior of girls and uptake of HIV related services
Specifically, the study aims;
1) To determine girls exposure to the DREAMS behavior change communication package (BCC)
2) To determine changes in knowledge and risk perception of HIV among girls under DREAMS intervention
3) To determine changes in sexual behavior of girls over time
4) To determine levels of contraceptive use among girls/young women
5) To determine the various forms of violence experienced by the girls and the actions taken by the victims
6) To determine the various forms of parental and partner support and how it influences the behavior of the girls?
7) To determine HCT and disclosure among girls who have tested for HIV
8) To assess the influence of DREAMS on the girls behavior over the pilot period
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Uganda |
2017-04-11 |
2020-04-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures and dietary risk of Esophageal squamous cell cancer in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS37ES
1) To evaluate biomass fuel exposure as an ESCC risk factor by comparing personal carbon monoxide exposure among ESCC patients to that of age and gender matched controls with normal esophageal epithelia. We hypothesize that individuals with ESCC have greater exposure to biomass fuel compared to matched age and gender controls. \r\n\r\n2) To assess food preparation methods and dietary patterns as risk factors for ESCC in southwestern Uganda. We hypothesize that patients with ESCC have unique food preparation methods and consumed foods with high polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content compared with age and gender-matched controls with normal esophageal epithelia.\r\n
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Uganda |
2017-03-28 |
2020-03-28 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Simon Sensalire
ID:
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Improving Quality of Care of Maternal and Child Services through Result Based Financing (RBF): A Health Facility Based Case Control Survey
REFNo: HS43ES
 To assess whether the RBF payment method, when implemented, improves the quality of ANC, delivery and PNC services compared to usual financing methods
 To assess health provider perceptions and expectations of whether other services have, or will be impacted by the RBF intervention
 Assess the effect of RBF on practices of midwives through observing service delivery
 Determine whether women experience of delivery and PNC services reflect impact of the intervention on quality of MNCH services?
 To draw lessons about RBF in the context of Uganda and inform RBF rollout strategy?
 Contribute to learning on improvement strategies for MNCH
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Uganda |
2017-03-28 |
2020-03-28 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Simon Sensalire
ID:
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THE FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MOTHER BABY CARE POINTS (MCBPS): AN EVALUATION OF THE INTERVENTION
REFNo: HS45ES
The main purpose of the proposed evaluation is to explore into the setup, functionality and user perspectives of benefits and gaps of the MB care points in line with the PMTCT initiative, and inform improvements in their functionality.
Specifically, the assessment aims;
a) To identify of key activities pertaining to the formation of MBCPs and extent of compliance to the guidelines
b) To determine the extent of implementation of recommended activities for the functionality of MBCPs
c) To explore perceptions of midwives about MBCP with specific emphasis on feasibility, acceptability, uptake and retention.
d) Assess the clinic system in terms of scope of services, quality of care provision and documentation
e) To explore perceptions of mothers in terms of satisfaction and acceptability of MBCPs
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Uganda |
2017-03-28 |
2020-03-28 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jenny Farmer
ID:
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The Global Methane Project; Monthly Observations, Yearly Assassments
REFNo: NS4ES
The aims of this project are to:\r\n1. achieve a significant improvement in the measurement of methane and to understand what changes are happening at global and regional scales.\r\n2. understand why these changes are occurring through targeted field campaigns and the analysis of atmospheric measurements using advanced modelling methods.\r\n3. predict how methane sources and sinks may change in future.\r\n
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UK |
2017-03-17 |
2020-03-17 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Mahsa Abassi
ID:
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Utilization of SMS Messaging Services to Improve Retention in Care of HIV-Infected Individuals in Uganda Short Title: SMS-2-Retain (S2R)
REFNo: SS62ES
The objective of the study is to determine if mobile health (mHealth) technology (text/voice-messaging services) is an effective method of improving retention in care for newly diagnosed HIV-infected individuals enrolling into care, as compared to standard of care. This is a pilot, non-blinded, randomized trial of mobile health implementation into routine HIV care. This pilot trial will be focusing on 1) two-week retention in care of all HIV-infected participants from enrollment and followed by 2) participants who have been found to have cryptococcal antigenemia, a population of participants most at risk for early morbidity and mortality.
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USA |
2017-03-07 |
2020-03-07 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Xavier Medialdea Pedrol
ID:
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Livestock diet quality and overgrazing in Queen Elizabeth National Park
REFNo: NS7ES
Understanding determinants of livestock movement on spatial and temporal dimensions and link it to the use of resources in an outside Queen Elizabeth National Park while the nutritional and healthy status of the animals is studied. This can be achieved by monitoring the diet quality and parasites of livestock and the forage availability through space and time in and near the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
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Spain |
2017-02-28 |
2020-02-28 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
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Developing a peer support model for depression care in patients with diabetes mellitus, and testing it’s efficacy on patient outcomes; a randomized control trial.
REFNo: HS20ES
The main study objective will be developing a peer support model of depression care for patients with DM and testing its efficacy on clinical outcomes
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Uganda |
2017-02-24 |
2020-02-24 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Robert Buwule Stalone
ID:
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Re-Engineering Research and Innovation Information in University Libraries in Uganda for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Agricultural Sector
REFNo: IS6ES
a) To investigate how University libraries in Uganda are facilitating access to Research and Innovation information for use by Small and Medium Enterprises in the agricultural sector in Uganda.\r\nb) To find out the extent to which University libraries in Uganda repackage Research and Innovation information for use by Small and Medium Enterprises in the agricultural sector in Uganda.
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Uganda |
2017-02-24 |
2020-02-24 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Anne Kantel
ID:
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Situating Legitimacy: Encounters between State-Based and Local Fisheries Lifeworlds in Uganda
REFNo: SS48ES
Questions of how to design successful environmental management systems have motivated research in anthropology, political geography and international relations for decades. To the extent that ‘success’ depends on compliance, this raises a fundamental question: When and why do people comply with regulations governing the commons? I address this issue from a specific angle: Why do the same natural management policies fail in some spaces, while they succeed in others? Using the exemplifying case of fisheries management in Uganda, I argue that variance in compliance rates with state policies can be understood by studying the constitution and interaction of different lifeworlds and the effects of such encounters on the perceived cultural legitimacy of state policies in specific spaces. Existing studies suggest that if state-based lifeworlds are incongruent with local fisheries lifeworlds, the perceived cultural legitimacy of, as well as compliance rates with, government policies in these spaces are low.
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Germany |
2017-02-21 |
2020-02-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Megan Swanson
ID:
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Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Cervical Cancer Care in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS29ES
The overall goal of this project is to identify the barriers to cervical cancer care in Kampala, Uganda. Specific aims are as follows:\r\n\r\nAim 1: Describe the prevalence of cervical cancer by stage and factors associated with late versus early-stage diagnoses.\r\n\r\nAim 2: Describe the intervals of time in the process of obtaining care for cervical cancer.\r\n\r\nAim 3: Describe the challenges doctors at referral hospitals face in providing cervical cancer care.\r\n
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USA |
2017-02-21 |
2020-02-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Ulrich Kropiunigg
ID:
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Understanding the Preventative and Protective Potential of Fathers: Safeguarding Children from Extremist Influences
REFNo: SS50ES
1.Gain a deeper understanding of extremist mechanisms at the individual psychological/ emotional\r\nlevel from the perspective of fathers.\r\n2.Investigate how fathers can be employed in shielding their children from extremist influences.\r\n3.Develop an understanding of the skills that fathers require in order to effectively prevent and protect\r\ntheir children from extremist influences.
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Austria |
2017-02-21 |
2020-02-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Laura Bogart
ID:
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Game Changers: A Pilot Intervention to Empower HIV Clients as Prevention Advocates in Uganda
REFNo: HS32ES
1) Use qualitative focus group research to assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an HIV prevention advocacy intervention with PLHA in HIV care, who will be trained to be advocates of HIV protective behaviours within their social networks.\r\n2) Develop an intervention based on the focus group data and community advisory board and IDI staff input. \r\n\r\nNote: the pilot intervention will be tested in a small randomized controlled trial after it is developed. An amended IRB application will be submitted for the pilot intervention test.\r\n
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USA |
2017-02-21 |
2020-02-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire Magdalena Susan
ID:
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VIROLOGICAL & CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ADULTS WITH PRETREATMENT OR ACQUIRED HIV DRUG RESISTANCE
REFNo: HS33ES
To describe \r\n• The virological and clinical outcome one year after detection of virological failure and/or HIV drug resistance within the RHINOS study (RHINOS = Resistance in HIV-infected Individuals in North and South).\r\n\r\nFor RHINOS ART experienced with virological failure +/- resistance mutations:\r\n• Proportion of patients switched and not-switched\r\n• Proportion of patients with virological failure switched and not-switched \r\n• Type and frequency of newly diagnosed resistance mutations in patients switched and not switched \r\n\r\nFor RHINOS ART naïve with pre-treatment resistance mutations:\r\n• Proportion of patients initiated on ART \r\n• Proportion of patients started on any drug to which previous HIVDR was detected \r\n• Proportion of patients with virological failure after ART initiation\r\n
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Uganda |
2017-02-21 |
2020-02-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Ivan Lukanda Nathanael
ID:
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From Lab to Fork? Press Coverage and Audience Perceptions of Crop Biotechnology Systems in Uganda.
REFNo: SS27ES
\r\n• To analyse how the New Vision and Daily Monitor present news about crop biotechnology and the factors that influence news frames;\r\n• To establish the role of the New Vision and Daily Monitor in the uptake of biotechnology among the public;\r\n• To examine the perception of biotechnology in the New Vision and Daily Monitor among actors, and\r\n• To explore the knowledge gaps in the uptake of biotechnology in Ugandan society and make recommendations for integrating print media coverage into public discourse in Uganda.\r\n
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Uganda |
2017-01-31 |
2020-01-31 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Imelda Namagembe
ID:
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ETHICAL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS IN EMERGENCY OBSTETRICS –GYNAECOLOGY CARE RESEARCH: A CASE STUDY OF MAKERERE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES/MULAGO HOSPITAL, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS31ES
General Objective:\r\nTo explore and document ethical challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gyneacology research by researchers and IRB members at Makerere College of Health Sciences/Mulago Hospital, Uganda".\r\nSpecific objectives\r\n1) To explore the ethical challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gynaecology research by researchers at Makerere College of Health Sciences and Mulago Hospital.\r\n2) To explore the ethical and operational challenges encountered by IRB members when reviewing / monitoring research in emergency obstetrics-gynecology. \r\n3) To document the strategies used by both researchers and IRB members to handle the ethical and operational challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gynecology research\r\n
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Uganda |
2017-01-31 |
2020-01-31 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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