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Emmanuel Rukundo NSHAKIRA
ID: UNCST-2021-R012277
 Improving School Management in a Low-Income Country: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
REFNo: SS3462ES

To evaluate the impact of the Inspect and Improve (I&I) program on student outcomes (learning, safeguarding, and inclusion) and school quality, focusing on both short-term and long-term effects.
 Uganda 2025-01-31 7:32:19 2028-01-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moses Ochora
ID: UNCST-2021-R012659
 RUNYA-PHIV: Rural Uganda Neurocognitive Youth Assessment with Perinatally acquired HIV
REFNo: HS5534ES

To explore the differences in NeuroScreen performance among adolescents aged 12-19 years with Perinatally acquired HIV in urban (Kampala) vs rural areas (Mbarara).,To adapt NeuroScreen to assess neurocognition among Runyankole-speaking adolescents aged 12-19 years with Perinatally Acquired HIV ,
 Uganda 2025-01-31 7:31:16 2028-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel Kyobe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000108
 DSpace – Ethical Implications of Pediatric EHR Use in Medical Research in Uganda and Botswana
REFNo: HS5301ES

1. Analyze the ELP issues raised by the use of pediatric EHR in medical research in Uganda and Botswana
2. Determine/analyze the implications of data linkage on participant consent and privacy
 Uganda 2025-01-31 7:27:19 2028-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Maleka
ID: UNCST-2024-R015301
 Sex differences in alcohol consumption and its impact on vulnerability and susceptibility to develop dementia in rural Uganda.
REFNo: SS3477ES

1. To determine the patterns of alcohol consumption among men and women aged 60 years and above in Ibanda and Lira districts.
2. To assess the association between alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment among men and women in rural Uganda
3. To determine the socio-cultural factors that contribute to gender differences in the vulnerability to alcohol-related cognitive impairment in Ibanda and Lira districts.

 Uganda 2025-01-31 7:24:38 2028-01-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
john semuwemba
ID: UNCST-2022-R015225
 Association between prenatal alcohol exposure and Cognitive and Behavioral impairments among primary school children aged 6 to 10 years in rural Rwampara and Lira districts.
REFNo: HS5331ES

General Objective.
To determine the prevalence of prenatal alcohol exposure and the association between prenatal alcohol exposure and cognitive and behavioral impairments among primary school children aged 6 to 10 years in rural Rwampara and Lira districts.
Specific Objectives.
1 To determine the prevalence of prenatal alcohol exposure in rural Rwampara and Lira districts.
2 To determine the prevalence of cognitive and behavioral impairments among primary school children aged 6 to 10 years in rural Rwampara and Lira districts.
3 To determine the association between prenatal alcohol exposure and cognitive and behavioral impairments among primary school children aged 6 to 10 years in rural Rwampara and Lira districts.

Uganda 2025-01-31 7:22:50 2028-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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