Fred Kakooza
ID:
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Exploring the potential and contribution of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda
REFNo: SS26ES
This study seeks to establish the potential and contribution of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda.\r\n\r\nThe research will answer the following questions or areas:\r\n• In what ways has Facebook been used in the OneLove and Obulamu campaigns for HIV and AIDS prevention?\r\n• How can Facebook best be used in HIV and AIDS prevention strategies? \r\n• What are the audience perceptions of Facebook in the OneLove and Obulamu campaigns for HIV and AIDS prevention?\r\n• In what ways can the use of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention strategies be evaluated?\r\n
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Uganda |
2016-10-26 |
2019-10-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Fred Brany Lukwago
ID:
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Risk assessment of aflatoxins along the dairy value chain in Uganda
REFNo: A9ES
Overall Objective\r\nTo determine the factors associated with aflatoxins contamination, their economic impact along the dairy value chains and estimate the levels of risk exposure of humans to aflatoxins.\r\nSpecific Objectives \r\nThe specific objectives of this work are to:\r\ni. Determine the levels and occurrence of aflatoxins in selected foods, animal feeds, milk and milk products\r\nii. To establish the levels of human exposure and assess the risks associated with consumption of aflatoxins contaminated milk and milk products in Uganda \r\niii. Estimating the postharvest losses due to aflatoxins contamination along the dairy value chains\r\n
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Uganda |
2016-10-26 |
2019-10-26 |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Mahlet Woldetsadik Atakilt
ID:
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Beyond the Survivor: The Impact of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on Families of Women Survivors in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS36ES
The objective of this research project is to assess Ugandan women’s experiences of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), explore how CRSV experiences affect family members, and evaluate current response programs to survivors. The overall goal is to provide evidence that can inform better response programming to CRSV survivors, and their family members. This project will address the following aims and research questions (R):\r\nAMI 1: Gain a better understanding of the experiences of CRSV survivors and families of survivors \r\nFrom the perspective of CRSV survivors\r\nR1a. How has the experience of CRSV affected the physical, psychological, and social well-being of women survivors living in post-conflict regions of northern Uganda?\r\no R1b. How do women survivors in northern Uganda think their CRSV experience has affected their relationship with their family?\r\no R1c. What kind of support, including response services, do survivors in northern Uganda seek or/and find the most helpful? \r\nFrom the perspective of families of CRSV survivors \r\no R1d. How do family members of CRSV survivors in northern Uganda think the experience has affected their relationship with the survivor? \r\no R1e. How has the presence of a CRSV survivor in the family affected the internal dynamics of the household? \r\no R1f. What kind of support or services related to CRSV experience did family members seek (if any) or would have liked to access?\r\nAIM 2 Estimate the costs of programs and their potential impact\r\no R2a. What are the main types of health services that organizations provide? \r\no R2b. What are the types of outcome measures are used by organizations that provide health services to survivors of CRSV in northern Uganda? \r\no R2c. How do programs measure effectiveness? \r\no R2d. Which programs or interventions are cost-effective, and what are their characteristics? \r\n
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Ethiopia |
2016-10-26 |
2019-10-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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William Amone
ID:
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Agricultural Productivity and Economic Development in Uganda: An Inclusive Growth Analysis
REFNo: SS38ES
The main objective of the study is to assess the impact of agricultural productivity on economic development in Uganda. \r\nThe specific objectives of the study are:\r\n• To determine the factors that affect agricultural productivity in Uganda.\r\n• To determine the key binding constraints to inclusive economic growth in Uganda that need to be addressed so that the country can achieve sustainable broad base development. \r\n• To analyze the impact of agricultural productivity on GDP, GNI per capita, HDI and Gini Index. \r\n\r\n
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Uganda |
2016-10-26 |
2019-10-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Ryoma OTSUKA
ID:
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Mountain gorilla conservation in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and its influence on residents living in villages adjacent to the park
REFNo: SS14ES
The overall goal of this research is to reduce human-gorilla conflict in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP). Objectives of the study are follows:\r\n \r\n 1. To grasp actual situation of HUGO (Human–Gorilla Conflict Resolution program\r\n) and analyze its effectiveness.\r\n \r\n 2. To know impacts of crop-raiding by mountain gorilla on local residents and understand residents’ attitudes toward it.\r\n \r\n3. To understand local NGO’s role in Bwindi and its implication on local residents.
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Japan |
2016-10-18 |
2019-10-18 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Fredrick KANOBE
ID:
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INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MOBILE MONEY SYSTEMS IN UGANDA
REFNo: IS3ES
1) To explore existing information security management policies, procedures and standards used in mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n2) To investigate and determine the weaknesses of the existing information security management policies, procedures and standards for mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n3) To develop and recommend information security management practice guidelines for mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n4) To validate the developed information security management practice guideline \r\n
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Uganda |
2016-10-18 |
2019-10-18 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Susan Kiene Maria
ID:
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Use, Acceptability and Feasibility of a Pilot mHealth Intervention in Control of Diarrhoea in Kayunga District Uganda
REFNo: HS16ES
The proposed project will assess the use, acceptability and feasibility of a mHealth (mobile-phone technology for health) intervention that uses mHealth to help caregivers in rural Uganda establish tailored information on appropriate at-home care for diarrhoea or referrals for treatment based on the patient/child’s symptoms. \r\n\r\nThe specific objectives are:\r\n1. Obtain community feedback on the preliminary version of the mHealth intervention to refine the intervention, the app—user interactions, and procedures for promoting the intervention in the community.\r\n2. Make the intervention to one community of approximately 3,000 residents for 3 months and evaluate: use, acceptability, and feasibility of the intervention. \r\n3. Based on the findings, revise the mHealth intervention for testing in a larger trial to assess its effectiveness in reducing the time to treatment, cases of severe diarrhoea, and mortality. \r\n
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USA |
2016-10-18 |
2019-10-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Saghar Birjandian
ID:
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Transitional Justice Systems in Uganda
REFNo: SS28ES
To map out international and local transitional justice (TJ) initiatives from the perspective of locally based Ugandans. More concretely the researcher aims to contribute to the field substantively and methodologically. Substantively this study’s objectives are to: (1) explain how sub-regional TJ systems are understood in contextual terms, (2) explain how mainstream TJ is perceived by local actors within their respective system, (3) explain why local actors believe the mainstream is compatible with contextual approaches, if at all, and (4) explain why contextual actors interpret their respective sub-regional TJ system as they do. To help accomplish the substantive aims listed above this study includes the following methodological objectives: (1) to map sub-regional systems; (2) to gather oral and visual descriptions from participants to generate “system stories†that explain system behaviours; (3) to ask participants why they describe sub-regional systems as they do; and, (4) to develop conceptual models using visual mapping software and written text. Using this methodology, this study could also make substantive contributions to: explain how contextual systems are described in “post-liberal†terms, document preferred forms of interconnectivity between various approaches, as well as, similarities and differences among participants’ views.
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Canada |
2016-10-11 |
2019-10-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Ritah Nasiima
ID:
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE
REFNo: HS18ES
1)TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE(UCI)?\r\n2)TO DESCRIBE THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UCI?
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Uganda |
2016-10-11 |
2019-10-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Katelyn Sileo M
ID: UNCST-2019-R001747
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Substance use and engagement in HIV care among Male Fisherfolk in Uganda: A syndemic approach
REFNo: HS15ES
The general objective of the present study is to explore factors associated with engagement in the HIV care continuum among male fisherfolk and other mobile men working in the fishing industry enrolled in HIV care in Wakiso District, Uganda.\r\n\r\nSpecific Objective 1: Quantitatively assess the independent and synergistic effects of substance use, internalized HIV stigma, gender norms, and depression on Ugandan male fisherfolk’s engagement in HIV care, including: ART adherence and retention. \r\n\r\nSpecific Objective 2: Building on Aim 1, qualitatively examine the mechanisms by which substance use, internalized HIV stigma, gender norms, and depression influence Ugandan male fisherfolk’s engagement in HIV care, including: ART adherence and retention.\r\n
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USA |
2016-09-26 |
2019-09-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Harriet Nakayenga
ID:
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Insects in the Tropics-Test Research (UNCST Team)
REFNo: A8ES
Learning about insects means entering a world of numbers! This is the most abundant animal type on earth, boasting almost 90 percent of all living things. Scientific estimates put the total number of species of insects worldwide up around the 30 million mark. In Australia we have already described over 86,000 species divided into 661 families, but there are likely to be thousands more insects waiting to be found and classified. If the abundance of insects in the Wet Tropics compared to the rest of Australia is similar to that of other animal types, then there are probably around 40,000 insect species hiding in the forests here.
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Uganda |
2016-09-22 |
2019-09-22 |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Anders Sjögren
ID:
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Battles over boundaries. Contested devolution in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: SS20ES
This project analyses how the politics of contested devolution influences inclusion and exclusion at the sub-national political level in two divided societies, Kenya and Uganda. In societies characterised by deep-running political divisions, inequalities and exclusion, the issue of how to organise and distribute political power impacts hugely on stability. Devolution of power and resources to sub-national entities is often promoted as a remedy for problems of exclusion. However, changes in territorial demarcation and relocation of authority set off struggles over who should exercise what power, how and where. At the same time, fluid political identities frequently conflict with the scope of territorial and authority structures. The projects aims to 1) analyse how the contestation over devolved power in Kenya and Uganda influences political inclusion and exclusion and 2) contribute to theoretical development with regard to how the above is shaped by the interplay between formal and informal institutions and boundaries
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Sweden |
2016-09-13 |
2019-09-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Yolana Pringle
ID:
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Violence and public health in East Africa, c.1950s-1980s
REFNo: SS9ES
This project represents the first historically-grounded analysis of the relationship between violence and public health in mid-twentieth century East Africa. It does so through three case studies, examining the impact of violence on the health of civilian populations and on public health responses during: Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion (1952-9), the Rwenzururu movement in western Uganda (1960s and 1970s), and civil war in the Luwero Triangle (1982-6). The project will draw from archival material in Uganda’s National and District archives, the Kenya National Archives, and international organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO).\r\n\r\nThe project's research objectives / questions are to determine:\r\n- To what extent did public health priorities shift during periods of collective and interpersonal violence?\r\n- How did public health officials and international organisations respond to problems of:\r\n - Infectious and communicable diseases\r\n - Water and sanitation\r\n - Nutritional diseases\r\n - Physical and psychological trauma\r\n - Access to healthcare\r\n- Who has been responsible for health during periods of collective and interpersonal violence?\r\n\r\nThrough these research questions, the project aims:\r\n- To broaden our understanding about the operation of public health in sub-Saharan Africa in the past\r\n- To shed new light on the dynamics of violence in East Africa since the 1950s\r\n- To extend our understanding of the emergence of violence as a global public health priority, and the role of East Africa within this\r\n\r\nA full research proposal is attached to this application.
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UK |
2016-08-24 |
2019-08-24 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Michael Harris
ID:
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Examining the costs and benefits of sanitation infrastructure and access and associated decision-making frameworks within Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SIR4ES
The purpose of this study is to examine the costs and benefits of improved sanitation facilities, such as flush toilets, which are shared among multiple households compared to improved sanitation facilities private to a single household. Within this purpose, I will investigate the relevance of distinguishing between shared and private sanitation from local household perspectives, landlord perspectives, and decision-making or planning perspectives. The costs and benefits associated with shared and private sanitation will also be explored to further understand the motivations underlying the stated relevance of sanitation access level within low-income settlements of Kampala, Uganda. Within the study, two underlying research questions will help define future research studies and highlight locally important aspects of sanitation planning and household choices: (1) Which key factors drive the cost-benefit differences between shared and private sanitation options? And (2) how can data availability issues be overcome to develop relevant and valid cost and benefit estimations for Kampala, Uganda?\r\n\r\nThe overarching goal of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of shared versus private improved sanitation infrastructure within the setting of Kampala, Uganda. Under this goal, we have a number of study objectives, where we hope to improve understanding both for academic advancement and local knowledge advancement.  \r\n\r\nThese objectives are:\r\n - identify the sanitation facility options from multiple stakeholder viewpoints – tenants, landlords, sanitation experts;\r\n - review proposed cost-benefit framework and categories within the local context;\r\n - consolidate and review secondary-data on shared and private sanitation within Kampala slums;\r\n - evaluate the potential benefit-transfer validity both for local secondary data as well as foreign study data; and\r\n - evaluate the validity of benefit-estimation methods, including hedonic regression analysis, contingent valuation survey, and discrete choice experiment, within the local context to potentially replace or supplement benefit-transfer values.\r\n\r\nThese objectives cover multiple important aspects of the sanitation and potentially broader development field. Currently, cost-benefit analyses are an important part of the United Sates’ and many developed-countries’ policy-evaluation processes. However, the application of this method to decisions in developing countries is less common. When cost-benefit analyses have been conducted on sanitation policies or projects in developing countries, the focus has been on extreme shifts, such as moving households from open defecation to a private toilet and septic tank, or analyses have relied on crude data or transfers of value from other settings with limited validation. This study will review the validity of such value estimation approaches within Kampala and seek to understand the potential relevance of cost-benefit analyses to more marginal decisions, specifically households transitioning to shared versus private sanitation.
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USA |
2016-07-01 |
2019-07-01 |
Engineering and Technology |
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Degree Award |
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IRENE AHEISIBWE
ID:
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Learning Strategies, Core Self-Evaluations and Achievement Goal Orientations among Prisoners on Formal and Vocational Training in Uganda
REFNo: SS5ES
• To explore learning strategies used by prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda\r\n• Assess demographic variations in achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Examine the relationship between learning strategies and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Establish the association between learning strategies and core-self evaluations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda\r\n• Examine the association between core-self evaluations and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Examine the moderating effect of core self-evaluations on the relationship between learning strategies and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n
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Uganda |
2016-07-01 |
2019-07-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Eunice Akullo
ID:
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Exploring the Integration of Children born in Captivity to LRA abducted females in Post conflict areas affected by the LRA war, Uganda
REFNo: SS7ES
I. To explore integration as a process and the issues affecting it \r\n\r\nII. To examine the response of Transitional Justice to children as a war-affected category
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Uganda |
2016-07-01 |
2019-07-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Kerry Holden Louise
ID:
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The Promise of Science: Deliberating on health, biomedicine and democracy in the Ugandan parliament
REFNo: SS8ES
The proposed research seeks to examine whether, how and in what ways scientific capacity building in the Ugandan parliament and supporting offices and organisations improves political deliberation using health-related, biomedical and scientific knowledge.
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UK |
2016-07-01 |
2019-07-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Nele Jensen
ID:
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What matters, where and how – evidence-informed policy networks and the making of knowledge in global health
REFNo: SSH2ES
With the WHO as an early and influential proponent, evidence-based/-informed health policy approaches have become something of a shibboleth, separating the good from the bad in global health decision-making and deemed indispensable to improving health especially in low-income countries. This research project traces the emergence and transformations of evidence-for-policy approaches at the WHO; and explores how evidence-informed policy is currently practiced through the WHO’s prime evidence-for-policy mechanism, the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet).\r\nThe Uganda EVIPNet country ‘node’, run by the Regional East Africa Community Health (REACH) Policy Initiative, counts among the most active and successful evidence-to-policy initiatives on the continent (Ongolo-Zogo et al. 2014; WHO 2016). Using EVIPNet/REACH Uganda as an empirical case study, this component of my research project examines some the practices, promises and challenges of evidence-based policy in Uganda.\r\n
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Germany |
2016-06-01 |
2019-06-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Mwesigwa Collins K
ID:
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Testing Feb 12 RMG
REFNo: ICS2ES
To Test trhe RMGt Application June 18th
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Uganda |
2016-06-01 |
2019-06-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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