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MIRIAM KATUSIIME
ID: UNCST-2021-R013958
AFRICAN YOUTH PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE AND SYSTEMS CHANGE (AYPReS) IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS5698ES

a) To analyse how youth voice and agency can either impede or accelerate their journey to
dignified and fulfilling work across sectors in Uganda, with particular attention to RDPs,
PWDs, rural young women, and youth in informality.
b) To analyse how perceptions of risk by individuals and group (including RDPs and PWDs, youth
in informality) across the 18 to 35 years’ age bracket and contexts determine their level of
preparedness to survive, cope, and thrive against socioeconomic, cultural, political, and
environmental threats.
c) To examine the obstacles faced by secondary youth in work (youth working in Mastercard
Foundation-supported enterprises) and how they can be supported to thrive.
d) To explore young people’s and other system stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainability and
systems change, including their vision of a transformed system, and the type of system changes
needed to achieve dignified and fulfilling work.
Uganda 2026-08-13 19:46:44 2029-08-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rebecca Rowney Annabel
ID: UNCST-2026-R026174
Beyond Access: Social Media Use and the Burden of Connectivity for Refugee Women in Kampala
REFNo: SS5745ES

1 To understand how refugee women use social media and digital technologies in their everyday lives. 2 To examine how burdens of connectivity shape women’s communication, information-sharing, and social support practices. 3 To explore how refugee women navigate digital risks and opportunities through tactics such as verification, selective sharing, or withdrawal. 4 To identify the role of human infrastructure, including family, peers, community members, research assistants/interpreters, and organisations, in shaping digital participation. 5 To generate context-specific qualitative evidence on refugee women’s digital lives in Kampala.
UK 2026-08-13 19:45:24 2029-08-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Damalie Nakanjako
ID: UNCST-2019-R000383
Host immune recovery and HIV-1 viral reservoir decay during antiretroviral therapy (ART)- treated individuals during the test-and-treat era in Uganda (HIRT-STUDY)
REFNo: HS8309ES

To determine the role of autologous antibodies in host immune recovery and HIV reservoir decay during long-term ART,To determine the effect of ART on validated markers of immune aging during the test-and-treat era in Uganda,To characterize HIV reservoir decay and its predictors among ART-treated adults with non-B HIV subtypes during the first decade of ART in the test-and-treat era in Uganda,To characterize host immune recovery and its predictors during the first decade of ART in Uganda in the test-and-treat era ,To investigate immune recovery and HIV reservoir decay during the first decade of HIV treatment in the test-and-treat era in Uganda,
Uganda 2026-08-13 19:26:50 2029-08-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
STELLA KYOYAGALA
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BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG INFANTS ADMITTED AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL: BURDEN, PATTERNS, AND CARE NEEDS
REFNo: HS8064ES

1. To determine the proportion of infants admitted with birth defects at MRRH 2. To describe the patterns of birth defects among neonates admitted at MRRH 3. To determine the regional geographical distribution of birth defects among infants admitted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital? 4. To determine the unmet clinical care needs for infants admitted with birth defects at MRRH
Uganda 2026-08-13 19:23:48 2029-08-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Alex Mulyowa
ID: UNCST-2026-R024255
Challenges to timely access to snakebite antivenoms among victims and care providers in Luwero district, Uganda
REFNo: HS8028ES

1. To explore the challenges faced by snakebite victims in accessing antivenoms in Luwero district.
2.To explore the challenges that healthcare providers face in managing snakebite victims using antivenoms in Luwero district
Uganda 2026-08-13 16:53:23 2029-08-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Mwogereze
ID: UNCST-2025-R017204
TEAM CONFLICT AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN KAMULI DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: SS5173ES

General objective The central objective of this study is to examine the effect of Team Conflict on Employees’ Performance in Selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda. Specific objectives This research is designed to achieve the following objectives; i. To analyze the effects of individual conflict on employee performance in selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda. ii. To examine the effects of Dyadic conflict on employee performance in selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda. iii. To examine the effects of subgroup conflict on employee performance in selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda. iv. To analyze the mediating effects of leadership styles on the relationship between team conflict and employee performance within NGOs operating in Kamuli district, Uganda
Uganda 2026-08-13 16:45:50 2029-08-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
VINCENT MUBANGIZI
ID: UNCST-2024-R004232
ANTENATAL COUPLES� COUNSELLING IN UGANDA (ACCU) -2
REFNo: HS8325ES

(3) To evaluate the acceptability of the health education films for the target audience in the refugee settlements,(2) To adapt and translate health education films on family planning for the refugee population in Rwamwanja and Nakivale refugee settlements,(1) To measure the impact of ACCU training for health workers, combined with screening health education films on family planning,To scale up ACCU training for health workers and health education films for patients, to all 20 government primary health care facilities in Mbarara city and Mbarara district and in Rwamwanja and Nakivale refugee settlements.,
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:45:28 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ezra Kalule
ID: UNCST-2026-R026874
ROLE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN ENHANCING REARING OF LOCAL CHICKENS IN TESO SUB-REGION, UGANDA
REFNo: SS5709ES

1.To identify and document the indigenous knowledge and practices used in the rearing of local chickens in the Teso sub-region of Uganda.
2.To examine the perceived effectiveness of indigenous knowledge in the management and productivity of local chickens among smallholder farmers in the Teso sub-region.
3.To analyse the challenges affecting the application of indigenous knowledge in local chicken production among smallholder farmers in the Teso sub-region.
4.To propose strategies for strengthening and integrating indigenous knowledge with scientific approaches to improve sustainable local chicken production in the Teso sub-region.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:43:14 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Michael Ojok Obwona
ID: UNCST-2026-R025254
Interrogating Museums as Neo-Colonial Spaces: Implications for the Preservation of Acholi History and Cultural Heritage in Uganda; 1894 to 2025.94-2025
REFNo: SS5688ES

To unpack the concept of museum among the Acholi People in Northern Uganda from 1894-2025. 2. To explore the historical foundations of the development of Museums in Uganda from 1894-2025. 3. To investigate the nature of museums as space of identity, power, and voices in Acholi Sub-Region from 1894-2025. 4. To interrogate the implication of Museum as neo-colonial spaces for the preservation of Acholi History and cultural heritage in Uganda from 1894-2025.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:41:45 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
KIMANI MUTURI
ID: UNCST-2026-R024517
POPULAR CULTURE AND TREND ADOPTION IN CONTEMPORARY UGANDAN TEXTILES: A CASE OF SELECTED TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN KAMPALA AND MUKONO DISTRICTS, ca. 2000-2020
REFNo: SS5355ES

i. To examine the trends in popular culture that shaped contemporary Ugandan textiles in selected textile organisations in Kampala and Mukono Districts, ca. 2000-2020 ii. To evaluate the key aspects of popular culture that influenced preference to imported textiles in Kampala and Mukono districts of Uganda. iii. To establish if popular culture was an agency for the domestication of imported contemporary Ugandan textiles in Kampala and Mukono districts ca. 2000-2020
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:39:06 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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