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Vincent Ferrer Bukenya
ID: UNCST-2024-R004868
Examination of the relationships between refugee settlements and wood energy consumption: A case study of Bidibidi refugee settlement in northwest Uganda
REFNo: A527ES

This research will examine the relationships between refugee settlements and household access to sustainable wood energy. 1. To establish what forms the bulk of wood energy used by refugees and host communities in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in North-Western Uganda. 2. To assess wood energy consumption patterns in refugee and host communities in relation to the right to energy in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in North-Western Uganda. 3. To examine how the refugee response framework provides for household access to wood energy by refugees and host communities in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in North-Western Uganda. 4. To determine the contribution of the refuge-host community relationships to households’ ability to sustainably access wood energy.
Uganda 2025-01-31 7:43:24 2028-01-31 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ikuomola  Orire Emmanuel
ID: UNCST-2024-R003700
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FRACTIONS OF BRASSICA OLERACEA (COLLARD GREENS) ETHANOL EXTRACT ON CIMETIDINE INDUCED REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY IN MALE WISTAR RATS.
REFNo: HS5192ES

i. Identify and quantify the constituents of crude aqueous leaf extract and fractions of Uganda collard green plant using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS);
ii. Evaluate the impact of crude aqueous leaf extract and fractions of Uganda collard greens on the relative weights of the testes, epididymis and anterior pituitary gland compared to body weight in male Wistar rats with cimetidine-induced reproductive toxicity by [specific date] male Wistar rats;
iii. Assess the effects of crude aqueous leaf extract and fractions of Uganda collard greens on sperm parameters, including motility, morphology, viability, agglutination, and total sperm count in Wistar rats with cimetidine-induced reproductive toxicity;
iv. Analyze the effect of crude aqueous leaf extract and fractions of Uganda collard greens on serum levels of steroid androgens (LH, FSH, Testosterone and antioxidant enzyme activities (catalase, Malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase) in male Wistar rats with cimetidine-induced reproductive toxicity in male Wistar rats;
v. Examine the histological changes in the testes, epididymis, and anterior pituitary gland in male Wistar rats with cimetidine-induced reproductive toxicity following treatment with crude aqueous leaf extract and fractions of Uganda collard greens in male Wistar rats.

Nigeria 2025-01-31 7:40:27 2028-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Miriam  Amutuheire
ID: UNCST-2024-R001859
Home-based tourism businesses and destinaion sustainability in Kabale Municiplaity, Kabale District, Uganda.
REFNo: SS3399ES

i.To assess the effect of the home-based tourism business operations on destination sustainability in Kabale municipality, Kabale District, Uganda.    
ii. To determine the influence of home-based tourism businesses competitiveness on destination sustainability in Kabale municipality, Kabale District, Uganda.  
iii. To establish the influence of government policies, impart on home-based tourism businesses that affect destination sustainability in Kabale municipality, Kabale District, Uganda.  
Uganda 2025-01-31 7:38:46 2028-01-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Karugahe Wilber
ID: UNCST-2023-R005686
Effectiveness of Cognitive behaviour therapy for mental health problems among adult patients with type-II diabetes mellitus: a controlled study
REFNo: SS3413ES

a. To assess the effectiveness of CBT in treating mental health problems (psychological distress, depression, anxiety, quality of life, treatment adherence, hopelessness, pessimism) among adult patients with T2DM
b. To assess whether CBT affords a better control of glycaemia and the metabolic disturbances associated with T2DM.

Uganda 2025-01-31 7:37:29 2028-01-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ANNETTEE NAKIMULI OLIVIA
ID: UNCST-2022-R011194
Maternal immunization readiness network for the introduction of potential new maternal vaccines to prevent early childhood infectious diseases in Uganda
REFNo: HS5271ES

General objective:

To identify, characterize and support the platform, policy, and preparedness requirements for the introduction of potential new maternal vaccines to prevent infectious diseases in Uganda


Specific objectives:

1. To identify and implement approaches to assess health systems, facilities, and community readiness to introduce new maternal vaccines in Uganda
a. Identify and implement approaches to assess MI readiness for respiratory syncytial virus / Group B streptococcus vaccinations across the health system, including mapping key regulatory and financing requirements.
b. Map professional societies within the country and initiate country-based communities of practice for MI.
2. Generate and synthesize health economic evidence, in the Ugandan context, to support decision-making of respiratory syncytial virus / Group B streptococcus vaccination program adoption in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
3. Prospectively develop nationally tailored maternal vaccine demand strategies to support the uptake and sustained demand for existing and new maternal vaccines in Uganda.
4. Identify and effectively engage with diverse stakeholders, in a harmonized manner, to incorporate their views and expertise in the study’s outputs, to advance the maternal immunization readiness agenda in Uganda.

Uganda 2025-01-31 7:35:56 2028-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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