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Carolyne Maholo
ID: UNCST-2025-R022340
A Critical Study Exploring the Participation of Youth with Disabilities in Livelihood Development Opportunities in Rural Uganda
REFNo: SS5659ES

1.To conduct a scoping review that maps and synthesizes evidence on community-based interventions in low-income countries that empower youth with disabilities through livelihood development and social inclusion. 2.To explore how youth with disabilities access livelihood opportunities and the factors influencing their participation in these opportunities. 3.To identify the livelihood opportunities in which youth with disabilities engage and how these address the challenges they encounter. 4.To examine how participation in livelihood opportunities shapes the agency, identity, and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. 5.To analyse the roles of key stakeholders in promoting the livelihood development of youth with disabilities. 6.To develop a contextually grounded framework for designing livelihood development programmes that foster social inclusion for youth with disabilities.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:37:27 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Racheal Cheptegei
ID: UNCST-2025-R022499
Assessment of Factors Associated with Dietary Practices and Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Kisuggu and Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS8249ES

1. To identify the socio-economic characteristics and food security status of women attending antenatal clinics in Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala district. 2. To determine the nutritional status of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala 3. To assess dietary practices associated with the nutrition status of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala district. 4. To determine the nutritional quality of diets consumed by pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala District.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:35:03 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Simon  Kasasa
ID: UNCST-2021-R012861
Access to essential medicines and products for selected disease conditions in Uganda and Kenya: A baseline for African Medicines Agency (AMA) products and measuring impact of Africa’s regional work-sharing efforts
REFNo: HS6590ES

General objective
To estimate the level of access to essential medicines and products of priority interest to the AMRH for selected disease conditions in Uganda and Kenya along the medicines value chain.
Specific objectives
(i) To establish the availability of country-adopted essential medicines and products from the AMA priority basket of products.
(ii) To describe the level of acceptability of these essential medicines and products among health workers and patients in the two countries.
(iii) To establish the current market prices for the recommended/AMA product scope of essential medicines for the selected disease conditions.
(iv) To measure the affordability of the essential medicines and products for the selected disease conditions.

Uganda 2026-08-11 20:31:49 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sean OHara
ID: UNCST-2025-R022486
Budongo Forest Tortoise Project
REFNo: NS1067ES

Main:
To collect baseline data on the forest tortoise in the Budongo Forest Reserve.

Specific:
1. To quantify tortoise density, abundance and occupancy.
2. To begin to quantify tortoise spatial ecology and behaviour.
3. To ascertain public perception of forest tortoises and better understand any anthropogenic threats to their conservation
UK 2026-08-11 20:29:57 2029-08-11 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Allon Bomujuni
ID: UNCST-2026-R025675
Organizational Support and Performance of Youth Beekeepers: A Case of TUNADO, Kamwenge District, Uganda
REFNo: SS5574ES

I. To examine the influence of capacity building support on the performance of youth beekeepers supported by TUNADO in Kamwenge district. II. To assess the influence of input support on the performance of youth beekeepers supported by TUNADO in Kamwenge district. III. To determine the influence of market access support on the performance of youth beekeepers supported by TUNADO in Kamwenge district.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:28:17 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
LYDIA  MULWANYI MUKOMBE
ID: UNCST-2026-R024050
NAVIGATING THE WATERS: IMPACT OF CLIMATE-INDUCED FLOODING ON MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HEALTH - A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF BWAISE, KAMPALA CITY
REFNo: SS5532ES

General Objective To evaluate the impact of climate-induced flooding on maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Bwaise, Kampala, by integrating satellite-derived spatial climate data and DHIS2 administrative records through a community-anchored, mixed-methods approach. Specific Objectives 1) Qualitative Exploration & Participatory Mapping: To document community-lived experiences, localized environmental vulnerabilities, physical bottlenecks, and local enablers influencing maternal and neonatal healthcare access in Bwaise. 2) Quantitative Epidemiological Modeling: To quantify the direct and structural relationships between satellite-derived flooding events and individual maternal and neonatal health outcomes. 3) Participatory Co-Design & Policy Translation: To collaboratively co-design localized, climate-resilient maternal safety nets with Bwaise residents and identify strategic structural entry points for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Ministry of Health (MoH) policy translation.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:24:50 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Diana Asiimwe Ritah
ID: UNCST-2025-R019047
EVALUATION OF SAFE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN TRACHOMA-ENDEMIC KARAMOJA REGION: A CASE STUDY OF PROGRESS AND GAPS
REFNo: HS8380ES

General Objective To evaluate the implementation of the SAFE strategy for trachoma elimination in Moroto, Napak and Nabilatuk districts of the Karamoja region, Uganda. Specific Objectives 1. To assess the level of implementation of the SAFE strategy components (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, and Environmental improvement) in Moroto, Napak and Nabilatuk districts of the Karamoja region. 2. To identify the key barriers and facilitators influencing the implementation of the SAFE strategy for trachoma control in the selected districts.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:21:31 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Galiwango Dereck
ID: UNCST-2025-R019894
FINANCIAL RESOURCE MOBILISATION PATHWAYS AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4972ES

1. To examine the relationship between diversified resource mobilization pathways and financial sustainability in Public Universities Uganda.
2. To determine the mediating role of cost management practices on the relationship between diversified resource mobilization pathways and financial sustainability in public universities in Uganda.
3. To examine the mediating role and contribution of Planning and Finance department on the relationship between diversified resource mobilization pathways and financial sustainability in public universities in Uganda.

Uganda 2026-08-11 20:19:24 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Noel  Namuhani
ID:
A REALIST EVALUATION OF HOW AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS SOCIAL HEALTH PROTECTION CAN BE EXTENDED TO WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS8331ES

4. To empirically examine the contextual conditions and mechanisms through which strategies used by the selected social health protection initiatives influence (not) coverage among informal workers in Uganda in order to refine the initial program theory.,3. To explore the hypothesized contextual conditions and mechanisms through which strategies used by the identified social health protection initiatives are expected to influence (not) coverage among informal workers in Uganda in order to develop an initial program theory. ,2. To explore strategies being implemented by the different social health protection initiatives and how they influence coverage among informal workers in the informal economy in Uganda. ,1. To identify and categorize the documented strategies for extending social health protection initiatives to workers in the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. ,To explain how and in what conditions social health protection can be extended to workers in the informal economy in Uganda. ,
Uganda 2026-08-11 19:21:05 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ouma Simple
ID: UNCST-2021-R012820
Evaluation of electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) in Uganda
REFNo: HS8223ES

To evaluate the performance of eCHIS as an integrated digital health information system in Uganda.,4. To evaluate the implementation processes, adoption, fidelity, and sustainability of eCHIS implementation in Uganda.,To assess the budget impact and financial sustainability of scaling up eCHIS implementation to districts not currently implementing the system in Uganda.,To estimate the financial and economic costs of implementing and maintaining eCHIS and assess its cost implications for improving community health services in Uganda.,To determine the effect of eCHIS implementation on the uptake of childhood vaccination and other community health services in intervention districts compared with matched comparator districts in Uganda.,To evaluate the effectiveness, implementation determinants and outcomes, health information system performance, costs, and scalability of the eCHIS and its contribution to improving vaccination uptake and delivery of community health services in Uganda.,
Uganda 2026-08-11 19:12:24 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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