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Joannah Nalwoga
ID: UNCST-2024-R002651
PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OFFERING POST-PARTUM CONTRACEPTION BY HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN KAYUNGA DISTRICT: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
REFNo: HS6011ES

III. To establish the healthcare facility-related factors associated with using Postpartum contraception in Kayunga District,II. To document the individual-related factors (Knowledge, attitudes, practices) of healthcare workers associated with the use of Postpartum contraception among mothers in Kayunga District.,I. To determine the prevalence of the use of Postpartum contraception among mothers in Kayunga District.,
Uganda 2025-07-22 15:05:22 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sophia Nakitto
ID: UNCST-2024-R002921
Prevalence and treatment outcomes of children below 15 years with severe malaria hemoglobinuria, a retrospective study at Kayunga regional referral hospital.
REFNo: HS6156ES

To determine the prevalence of severe malaria among children below 15 years admitted at Kayunga regional referral hospital. To determine the prevalence of severe malaria with hemoglobinuria among children below 15 years admitted at Kayunga regional referral hospital. To identify the factors associated with severe malaria with hemoglobinuria among children below15 years admitted with severe malaria at Kayunga regional referral hospital. To determine the immediate outcomes among children below 15 years managed for severe malaria with haemoglobinuria.
Uganda 2025-07-18 14:52:41 2028-07-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jimmy Haumba Hyuha
ID: UNCST-2024-R002430
Fit Factors and Job Performance of Administrative Employees: Moderating Effect of Employee Resilience in Public Universities in Uganda
REFNo: SS3933ES

To determine the moderating effect of employee resilience on the relationship beween fit factors and job performance among administrative employees in public universities in Uganda.,To investigate the relationship between employee resilience and the job performance of administrative employees within public universities in Uganda,To examine the impact of fit factors on the job performance of administrative employees within public universities in Uganda,To investigate the moderating effect of employee resilience in relation to fit factors and the job performance of administrative employees within public universities in Uganda.,
Uganda 2025-07-18 14:51:30 2028-07-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joseph Munyangabo
ID: UNCST-2024-R015902
FROM IN-KIND TO CASH AND VOUCHER ASSISTANCE (CVA): SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3896ES

The main objective of the study is to examine the socio-economic implications of the transition from in-kind to cash and voucher assistance on the welfare of refugees and host communities in Uganda.
The following are specific Objectives
1. To investigate enablers and barriers of CVA modality in Uganda.
2. To analyze the socio-economic effects of CVA on the welfare of refugees and host communities in Uganda.
3. To examine the challenges and opportunities in CVA implementation and their implications on humanitarian assistance in Uganda.
Uganda 2025-07-18 14:50:18 2028-07-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Samara Toussaint
ID: UNCST-2025-R016798
DISPLACED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: EXPLORING AND ASSESSING INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA, HIV TESTING BEHAVIORS, AND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF HIV SELF-TESTING AMONG REFUGEE WOMEN IN WESTERN UGANDA.
REFNo: SS4001ES

1. Conduct an ethnographic study to explore the experiences and perceptions of HIV-related stigma among refugee women living in Nakivale, Uganda, and how these perceptions influence their HIV testing behaviors. 2. Draw upon principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) to co-design an HIV self-testing intervention with refugee women residing in Nakivale, Uganda
USA 2025-07-18 14:48:18 2028-07-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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