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Payal Chakraborty
ID:
Characterizing Treatment/Management and Patient Outcomes of Epilepsy in Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Study
REFNo: HS99ES

1. Characterize management of epilepsy in Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH), Butabika National Mental Hospital (BNMH), and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). 1a. To assess treatment options available for epilepsy patients by site (MNRH, BNMH, and MRRH). 1b. To assess knowledge, attitudes, and other factors associated with treatment barriers. 2. Characterize treatment outcomes in hospital-based epilepsy care, specifically at MNRH, BNMH, and MRRH. 2a. To determine etiological risk factors and common seizure patterns associated with epilepsy that present in patients at study sites. 2b. To determine the seizure severity, quality of life, and seizure outcomes among patients with epilepsy. 2c. To determine the adherence levels and factors associated with non-adherence of anti-epileptic drugs.
USA 2018-02-21 2021-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Alicia Rich Michelle
ID:
Chimpanzee Highways: Gene Flow and Connectivity at Itwara Forest Reserve
REFNo: NS36ES

This study will focus on a chimpanzee metapopulation, which likely spans several protected areas in western Uganda by utilizing Itwara Forest Reserve (hereafter ‘Itwara’) as a connective corridor. Contrasting environments characterize at least two of those areas; closed-forest habitat dominates Itwara Forest Reserve (Howard 1991), while closely neighboring Toro-Semliki is usually described as an “open habitat,” (Hunt and McGrew 2002). Initial observations suggest that chimpanzees utilize a connective corridor of ~4 km between those two reserves, not only for rare dispersal events, but also for regular ranging within a single community’s territory (Rich et al. in prep). Here we are proposing to test whether chimpanzees do use a connective corridor between the two reserves, where the chimpanzee-selected corridor is, and what motivates travel through it (i.e. dispersal, foraging, etc.). We will examine the evolutionary and conservation-based implications of corridor-use by Toro-Semliki/Itwara chimpanzees and lay the groundwork for long term, multi-species connectivity research in and around Itwara Forest Reserve using indirect methods. If chimpanzees are using this corridor, then we will expand our research to examine other potential connective corridors that extend from Itwara Forest Reserve into other protected areas such as Kibale National Park and Muhangi Forest Reserve.
 USA 2018-02-21 2021-02-21 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of etonogestrel dose escalation with efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected Ugandan women (DoublET)
REFNo: HS163ES

Primary objective: To compare the rate of ovulation (by weekly endogenous progesterone at months 3, 6, and 12) when women receive two 68 mg ENG implants (dose-escalated) compared to one 68 mg ENG implant (standard dose) in combination with EFV-based ART. Secondary objectives: 1. To determine cervical mucus quality (by collecting weekly WHO cervical mucus scores at months 3, 6, and 12) when women receive two 68 mg ENG implants (dose-escalated) compared to one 68 mg ENG implant (standard dose) in combination with EFV-based ART. 2. To compare the PK parameters of two ENG implants (136 mg total) with combined EFV use versus the standard dose 68 mg ENG implant with no ART (historical controls in the same population using the same laboratory1) over 6 months of combined use. 3. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of two ENG implants with combined EFV-based ART use. 4. To describe the relationship between ENG concentrations and participant specific variables, specifically body weight, albumin, sex hormone binding globulin, pharmacogenetic polymorphisms, and ART concentrations. 5. To describe the long term feasibility and tolerability of increased dose ENG (136mg) subdermal implant use in HIV-infected women receiving EFV-based ART after weeks 96 and 144 of combined use.
Nigeria 2018-02-21 2021-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Isingoma
ID: UNCST-2019-R001057
 Prevalence of Brucella antibodies in livestock in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda
REFNo: A28ES

1. To determine by district the prevalence of Brucella antibodies in cattle, goats and sheep in Karamoja sub-region 2. To determine the distribution of Brucella antibodies by sex of the different species of livestock 3. To determine the distribution of Brucella antibodies by age of the different species of livestock
Uganda 2018-02-21 2021-02-21 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Karolina Werner
ID:
From Statebuilding to Localized Governance: Exploring African governance structures
REFNo: SS56ES

The project focuses on understanding the legal integration of informal/traditional authorities into the governance of states in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective is to better understand the unique systems of governance present on the continent, providing a comparative study of four countries (Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana) with varying degrees of integration.
 Canada 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Godfrey Zari Rukundo Zari
ID: UNCST-2019-R001500
 Implementation and Adaptation of a Web-Based Clinical Education Program for Mental Health Providers in Uganda
REFNo: HS59ES

The objective of the study is to assess the acceptability and utility a of western-developed online CBT course in advancing knowledge of cognitive-behavioral interventions among staff and graduate students in the department of psychiatry at Mbarara University/Mbarara Hospital in southwestern Uganda. Because this is the first time the course is being offered in this manner in Uganda, it is necessary to first pilot and adapt the training modules to our local setting.
 Uganda 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anna Stadelman Michelle
ID:
Assessing Lung Function and Quality of Life in Ugandans after Completion of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (ALFU-MDR TB)
REFNo: HS122ES

To evaluate the impact of MDR TB and its treatment on pulmonary function in survivors of MDR TB. To establish the impact of MDR TB and its treatment on the quality of life of MDR TB survivors. To assess the effect of HIV and MDR TB co-infection on pulmonary function in MDR TB survivors.
 USA 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Yahaya Gavamukulya
ID: UNCST-2019-R001017
 Green Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Anticancer Activities of Silver Nanoparticles Conjugated Ethanolic Extracts of Leaves of Annona muricata (Graviola)
REFNo: NS43ES

General Objective To undertake green synthesis and biochemical evaluation of anticancer activities of AgNPs-conjugated ethanolic extracts of leaves of Annona muricata (Graviola). Specific Objectives 1. To conduct LCMS analysis of the ethanolic extracts of leaves of Annona muricata and undertake green synthesis and characterization of the extracts’ mediated AgNPs. 2. To investigate the effects of the AgNPs-conjugated ethanolic extracts of leaves of Annona muricata on the biological properties (morphology, migration, growth, and death) of selected cancer cell lines using selected assays. 3. To evaluate the effects of the AgNPs-conjugated ethanolic extracts of leaves of Annona muricata on the transcriptome for expression of cancer associated genes in selected cancer cell lines using RNA-Seq analysis. 4. Evaluation of the in vivo anticancer activities of the AgNPs-conjugated ethanolic extracts of leaves of Annona muricata against chemically induced tumours in mice models.
Uganda 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Helen Liebling Jane
ID:
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture Experiences of South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda: Health and Justice Responses
REFNo: SS126ES

Specific objectives are to:(1) examine the experiences of South Sudanese refugees and impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and torture on their lives (2) analyse reproductive and psychological health,and justice needs of refugees from their own and service providers’ perspectives and (3) evaluate responses to refugees by state justice, health services and key stakeholders.
UK 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Helen Byakwaga
ID: UNCST-2019-R001168
 Study of Newly Diagnosed Kaposi's Sarcoma
REFNo: HS157ES

1) Describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics of HIV-infected patients who develop KS. 2) Determine survival after KS occurrence in both ART-treated and ART-untreated HIV-infected patients.
Uganda 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Stephen Kyakulumbye
ID:
A framework for developing citizen-centric e-government applications in developing contexts: The design-reality gap
REFNo: IS9ES

To document a feasible participatory design methodology for citizen e-government applications.
 Uganda 2018-02-13 2021-02-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Steady-state pharmacokinetics of efavirenz (Sustiva/Stocrin) 400 mg once daily in the presence of rifampicin and isoniazid (Rifinah or the local generics)
REFNo: HS161ES

Primary Objective: To evaluate the steady-state pharmacokinetics of efavirenz (Sustiva/Stocrin) 400 mg once daily during co-administration with rifampicin and isoniazid (Rifinah or local generic) Secondary Objectives: 1. To assess the safety and tolerability of efavirenz (Sustiva/Stocrin) 400 mg once daily during co-administration with rifampicin and isoniazid (Rifinah or local generic) 2. To investigate the association between genetic polymorphisms in drug disposition genes and drug exposure.
Nigeria 2018-02-06 2021-02-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 A PHARMACOKINETIC EVALUATION OF ETONOGESTREL IMPLANT IN HIV-INFECTED WOMEN ON DARUNAVIR VERSUS RIPILVIRINE-BASED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (DRIVE-I)
REFNo: HS145ES

Primary objective: To compare the PK of ENG (68 mg) contraceptive implant over 6 months in Ugandan HIV-infected women receiving DRV-based ART or RPV-based ART versus historical controls Secondary objectives: (1) To predict the disposition of ENG over the subsequent 2.5 years of intended use through PK modeling of ENG concentrations beyond 12 months of use in HIV-infected women using DRV- or RPV-based ART (2) To describe the PK exposure over 12 months of ENG contraceptive implant in Ugandan HIV-infected women receiving DRV-based ART or RPV-based ART (3) To describe the pharmacokinetics of DRV 12 hours post-dose (C12) and RPV 24 hours post-dose (C24) prior to and during 12 months of combined use with ENG. (4) To describe the safety and tolerability of combined use of DRV/RTV or RPV and ENG during 12 months of combined use. (5) To describe the relationship between ENG concentrations and participant specific covariates including body weight, albumin, sex-hormone binding globulin and pharmacogenetic factors.
Nigeria 2018-01-29 2021-01-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 A PHARMACOKINETIC EVALUATION OF LEVONORGESTREL IMPLANT IN HIV-INFECTED WOMEN ON DARUNAVIR VERSUS RIPILVIRINE-BASED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (DRIVE-II)
REFNo: HS146ES

Primary objective: To compare the PK of LNG (150 mg) contraceptive implant over 6 months in Ugandan HIV-infected women receiving DRV-based ART or RPV-based ART versus historical controls. Secondary objectives: (1) To compare the PK of LNG over 12 months among women receiving DRV-based ART or RPV-based ART versus historical controls (2) To predict the disposition of LNG over the subsequent 4 years of intended use through PK modeling of LNG concentrations beyond 12 months of use in HIV-infected women using DRV- or RPV-based ART (3) To describe the pharmacokinetics of DRV 12 hours post-dose (C12) and RPV 24 hours post-dose (C24) prior to and during 12 months of combined use with LNG. (4) To describe the safety and tolerability of combined use of DRV/r or RPV and LNG during 12 months of combined use. (5) To describe the relationship between LNG concentrations and participant specific covariates including body weight, albumin, sex-hormone binding globulin and pharmacogenetic factors.
Nigeria 2018-01-29 2021-01-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Charlotte Hawkins
ID:
The Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing
REFNo: SS141ES

This project will investigate fundamental changes in people’s relationship to age and health associated with the global rise of the smartphone. The aim is to combine an intellectual challenge in understanding the contemporary nature of age and the impact of new media, with an applied challenge to use this knowledge to help make mHealth (mobile health) interventions more effective. mHealth has potential both for helping those with limited access to professional care but also threatens to bypass and undermine professional medical services. Our aim is to complement technology-led mHealth interventions with ethnography-led participatory design, consisting of a three-way collaboration between mHealth professionals, our ethnographically informed team and our informants in the field. We aim to demonstrate how such collaborations can lead to more culturally appropriate mHealth interventions and more effective improvements in people’s lives.
UK 2018-01-29 2021-01-29 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Rose Gawaya
ID:
Challenges faced by women’s organisations in the AID space: Case studies in South Africa and Uganda
REFNo: SS90ES

The purpose of the research is to explore how women’s organisations access and utilise development aid. Access and utilisation of development aid impact on how women’s organisations achieve their organisational goals to address problems faced by women. The specific study objectives are to: 1.Determine how women’s organisations define and respond to the development aid space. 2.Identify what functions determine the participation of women in the development aid space. 3.Examine how access and utilisation of development aid contributes to feminist agendas.
Uganda 2018-01-16 2021-01-16 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Charles Okuonzi
ID:
Follower Voice Behavior and Leadership Competencies of Owner-managers in SMEs in Uganda
REFNo: SS142ES

The objective of thestudy is to establish the relationship between follower voice behaviour and leadership competencies of Ugandan SME owner-managers. The study is purely academic and shall involve owner-managers from 65 SMEs and 500 of their followers as respondents
 Uganda 2018-01-11 2021-01-11 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Afra Nuwasiima
ID:
Incentives for Increased Access to Comprehensive Family Planning for Urban Youth Using a Benefits Card: A Pilot Study
REFNo: HS98ES

1) To evaluate the effectiveness of the FPBC program in increasing uptake of comprehensive family planning services among urban youth aged 18 to 30 years. 2) To evaluate the acceptability and usability of the FPBC program among the urban youth aged 18 to 30 years 3) To estimate the cost-effectiveness and potential budget impact of the FPBC program on the taxpayer. 4) To pilot test a corporate social responsibility financing model that will pay for and potentially sustain the FPBC program.
Uganda 2018-01-08 2021-01-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jeroen  Lorist
ID:
(Re-)ordering Meaning and Masculinities in Holland and Uganda: the Gender Transformative Approach
REFNo: SS127ES

For many years research and development interventions towards gender equality have focused on women and their empowerment. Recently discourse seems to have shifted to include the engagement of men and boys towards gender equality. Through multi-sited ethnography this project examines how the idea of the Gender Transformative Approach travels and is (re-)ordered between different nodes of a distributed knowledge network. Rutgers, a Dutch NGO, acts as a major node in this global knowledge network and is the main ethnographic site (i.e. organizational ethnography of the NGO in Holland). Other research sites are Uganda and Malawi, where Rutgers' development partners operationalise GTA through various development interventions. Objective of the study is to find out, through multi-sited ethnography, what the Gender Transformative Approach really does. Is the engagement of men for gender equality really changing gender relations to be more equal, as it claims it is, or is it old wine in new bottles as some within the women’s movement claim (i.e. is it doing more than women’s empowerment?). The study will also hold a critical development perspective and will critically look at any unintended effects of the interventions.
Netherlands 2018-01-08 2021-01-08 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jennifer Driscoll Jane
ID:
Child Protection arrangements in sub-Saharan African states: a preliminary investigation into the interaction between informal child protection arrangements and formal intervention services and the effect of formal systems and agency interventions on indi
REFNo: SS94ES

a) preliminary investigations to gather the views of community leaders, local government officials, representatives of (I)NGOs, and (if possible) policy-makers from national government as to i) the key issues in relation to the protection of children at community level in Uganda; ii) particular challenges identified in relation to the interaction of formal child protection systems, community arrangements and (I)NGO interventions in the communities participating in the study; iii) examples of best practice and innovative work which has proven successful in promoting effective joint local arrangements in those communities; and b) to seek participants’ specific advice as to the focus and methods that should be employed in development of a larger bid and the geographical area of study (within sub-Saharan Africa).
UK 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Phoebe Donnelly
ID:
Gendered Decisions and Dynamics in Eastern Africa
REFNo: SS109ES

This research is for my PhD dissertation and potentially a book or articles. My central research question asks how the attitudes and behavior of non-state armed organizations (NSAOs) towards women and girls relate to the NSAO’s broad strategy. My framework will examine four aspects of gendered strategy: 1) the role women and girls fill within NSAOs; 2) whether NSAOs use forced marriage or other regulations of relationships as a strategy; 3) how the treatment of civilian women and girls, specifically the use of gender-based violence (GBV), relates to the objectives of the NSAO; and 4) how these organizations discuss gender in their external communications. My two case studies are al-Shabaab formed in Somalia and the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
 USA 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Dolutegravir in Pregnant HIV Mothers and their Neonates DolPHIN-2
REFNo: HS106ES

To evaluate dolutegravir (DTG) efficacy in late-presenting pregnant HIV-infected women
 Nigeria 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jane Katusiime
ID:
A usable security model for mobile health systems in developing countries
REFNo: IS8ES

i. To investigate design and social technical challenges of mHealth systems in developing countries and determine requirements of a system that is usable by illiterate and semi-illiterate people. ii. To review and analyze the current security models and their suitability for usage in mobile health systems in developing countries iii. To design a hybrid security model that is usable in mobile health care systems in developing countries iv. To design and develop a tool that supports maternal health care and is also usable by illiterate and semi-illiterate people based on the hybrid model developed in (v). v. To evaluate the usability of the model based on the test utilization of the tool developed in vi by key stakeholders in maternal health.
Uganda 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Helen Byakwaga
ID: UNCST-2019-R001168
 Understanding the HIV Care Provider Workforce in Africa
REFNo: HS138ES

1) Describe the sociodemographic and professional characteristics of health care workers providing HIV care as well as their perspectives, beliefs and attitudes towards practice. 2) Describe the kinetics of the HIV-dedicated health care workforce.
Uganda 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Niina Marja Ahola Marja
ID:
Life After Return – Revisiting the Reintegration of Former Lord’s Resistance Army Abductees in Acholiland Region of Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS130ES

The key objective of this study is to increase knowledge on the reintegration process in post-conflict situations in general and the reintegration of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) abductees in particular. This research gives voice to the former LRA abductees regarding their experiences of reintegration. The objective is to find out which factors have either promoted or prevented their process of integration back to society along the years, as it has been now a decade since the conflict in northern Uganda ended. Therefore, this study seeks to offer information on the challenges and successes that the former abductees have faced along their reintegration process, relying on their own experiences as the main source of data. In addition, one of the objectives of this study is to gather data for the investigator’s Master’s thesis.
 Finland 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Matthew Sebastian Ryan
ID:
Youth, Humanitarianism, Security, and the Future in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS131ES

The objective of this research is to better understand how the problematic positioning of young people in post-conflict settings affects prospects for peace-building as well as social integration more broadly. In so doing, it seeks to contribute to knowledge about how humanitarianism transforms in the aftermath of war and how young people navigate some of the myriad interventions which follow. In addition, it takes care to consider these concerns from the perspective of young people themselves, paying close attention to their own attempts to generate a livelihood in their contemporary lives.
 USA 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Sara de Simone
ID:
Human security among South Sudanese self-settled refugees in Uganda: strategies of access to basic services
REFNo: SS138ES

The overall objective of the study is to investigate the perception of human security, particularly in its ‘freedom from want’ form, of refugees living in contexts characterised by resource scarcity and fragility through a specific case-study focusing on South Sudanese refugees in Ugandan West Nile province. The study will focus on the access basic services (education, health, water, sanitation) of the refugee population. Attention will be paid not only to the refugee population living in refugee settlements, but also to ‘self-settled’ refugees. The project will aim to assess: - (Self-settled) refugees’ strategies of interaction with the host community and local authorities; - The link between refugees’ perceptions of human security and local governance mechanisms.
Italy 2017-12-13 2020-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Joweria Nambooze
ID: UNCST-2019-R001118
 Using Information Communication Technology (ICTs) to understand relationships between labour saving agriculture innovations, women’s time use and maternal and child nutrition outcomes in Uganda
REFNo: A24ES

1. To develop an innovative set of tools and metrics for measuring maternal time use and maternal and child dietary practices. 2. To assess the feasibility of using these tools - a computerised inter-active voice response (IVR) diary and a wearable camera - to assess women’s time use and maternal and infant dietary practices 3. To determine the concurrent criterion validity of these innovative methods via 15-hour direct observation; and compare it with traditional recall techniques 4. To describe and compare maternal time-use patterns, maternal and infant dietary practices and anthropometric status among women who are and who are not using labour saving technology for agriculture work 5. To examine associations between women’s time use in agriculture and maternal and infant dietary diversity and infant growth; and factors in the food environment that mediate food choice
Uganda 2017-12-13 2020-12-13 Agricultural Sciences Non-degree Award
Laura Schmucker
ID:
Piloting exercise: Evaluation of the impact of the ‘Solar Suitcase’ installation in healthcare facilities in Uganda on quality of care during labor and delivery and reliability of electricity.
REFNo: HS150ES

By conducting the pilot, we seek to gain a greater understanding of the nature of electricity reliability and deliveries in rural health facilities. The main objectives of the pilot include: 1) Obtain data on volume of deliveries, electricity failures, and baseline measures of quality of maternity care in order to run accurate power calculations for the upcoming research study 2) Test survey tools in the local context and refine the questions to gather data required for the upcoming research study 3) Test and validate light sensor equipment 4) Observe quality of work of field staff of various backgrounds to determine which qualifications and prior experience are best placed to collect data for the upcoming research study
USA 2017-12-13 2020-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
 ESTIMATION AND EXPLANATIONS FOR THE HYPERTENSION SCREENING GAP AMONG HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN HIV PRIMARY CARE.
REFNo: HS118ES

1. Estimate the screening gap for hypertension among HIV-infected adults on ART attending Uganda Cares HIV primary care clinics in Masaka, Rakai and the St. Balikudembe Clinic in Kampala, Uganda over 12 months. 2. Document explanations for the screening gap for hypertension from the perspective of health providers at the Uganda Cares HIV primary care clinic in Masaka, Rakai and St. Balikudembe Clinic in Kampala, Uganda.
Uganda 2017-11-28 2020-11-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Kaelin Marisa Brigitta
ID:
Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Treatment, Monitoring and Outcomes at the National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre in Uganda from 2012 – 2015
REFNo: HS139ES

To describe a cohort of DR-TB patients (specifically RR-TB, MDR-TB, pre-XDR-TB and XDR-TB patients qualifying for second-line anti-TB drugs) at the National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre, Kampala, Uganda
 Switzerland 2017-11-28 2020-11-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Yoanna Pumpalova
ID:
Symptom Profile Among Women in Uganda with Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Breast Cancer and Their Understanding of the Role of Palliative Chemotherapy
REFNo: HS141ES

The proposed study will enroll patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer who present to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)/Mulago breast cancer clinics and the UCI Private ward/Mulago Solid Tumor ward and pose the following research questions: 1) What are these patients’ dominant symptoms and how are they being addressed? 2) What is the patients’ understanding of the goal of chemotherapy in their disease?
USA 2017-11-23 2020-11-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Charles Mondo Kiiza
ID: UNCST-2019-R001281
 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Efficacy and Safety Study of AR 14 (AZILSARTAN MEDOXOMIL) Treatment and Withdrawal, Followed by an Open-Label Extension, in Children 6 to Less Than 18 Years of Age With Hypertension
REFNo: HS113ES

Primary objective: To evaluate the antihypertensive effect of AZM compared with placebo after a randomized, double-blind, withdrawal (Withdrawal Phase). Secondary objectives: To evaluate the antihypertensive effect of AZM compared with losartan during double-blind treatment (Double-Blind Phase). Additional Objectives: To assess the population pharmacokinetics of azilsartan derived from AZM.
Uganda 2017-11-20 2020-11-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Heather Brown
ID:
Epidemiology of Traumatic Injuries in Masindi, Uganda
REFNo: HS115ES

The purpose of this study is to characterize the incidence, patterns, and severity of injury among patients presenting to MKMC.
USA 2017-11-20 2020-11-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Madelyn Prevost
ID:
The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Crafting subjects with regimented health and religion
REFNo: SS122ES

This project is intended to further the knowledge on HIV/AIDS, Catholicism, Non-Governmental Organizations, poverty, and work in a Ugandan context as globalization, greater access to medicine, and modernity change the cultural landscape. In addition to furthering scholarly knowledge, this project will also, ideally, help the site organization, Reach Out Mbuya remain relevant in the changing climates of donor funding, client needs, and HIV prevalence rates. Reach Out is a Catholic-based HIV/AIDS organization that seeks to provide holistic care to clients and their families through medical care, material support, subsistence projects, counseling, HIV prevention, and peer support. In Kampala, Reach Out has community sites in Mbuya, Banda, and Kinawatak; they also have an additional site in Kasaala. I will likely draw all of my participants from the Mbuya, Banda, and Kinawataka site locations; as a volunteer, I will spend most days at Mbuya, but also do work in Banda and Kinawataka sites weekly. Therefore, I will be more known to staff and clients at these locations, making recruiting participants smoother. Building off literature that demonstrates how an HIV diagnoses affects a person’s sense of self and habits (Wekesa and Coast [2013]; McGrath et al [2014]); Whyte [2014]; Bartos and MacDonald [2000]), I propose that HIV, as well as comprehensive aid programs can have unique and varied affects on a person’s employment and livelihood. Adding to this argument, I will draw on literature dealing with subject formation (how a person’s identity and behaviours are formed and changed through processes and interactions), both in secular and Christian contexts (Foucault [2000]; Koopman [2013]; Skinner [2012]; Tambling [1990]; Norget, Napolitano, and Mayblin [2017]). Using this literature, I will argue that it is a combination of the regimented HIV/AIDS treatment schedule and Catholic belief and practice encouraged and facilitated by Reach Out that creates a socially responsible and productive subjects in their clients. Working from this hypothesis, my project asks three primary questions: (1) How might being HIV positive affect an individual’s work, livelihood, and/or employment, and what role might religion play in the extent of these effects? (2) How does Reach Out’s comprehensive, holistic-based approach complement services provided by the government? (3) How does being HIV positive affect one’s social and/or economic standing, and one’s capability to remain in care?
Canada 2017-11-20 2020-11-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Robert Borst Adriaan Johannes
ID:
Exploring the impact of governing community health workers through a community health entrepreneurship model: protocol for a mixed-method research project
REFNo: HS58ES

Aim: To evaluate the impact of organising community health services through a social franchise model. Research objectives: To assess the association between exposure of inhabitants to the Healthy Entrepreneurs social franchising model and several health related factor and 2) To explore the performance and motivation of the community health workers enrolled in the Healthy Entrepreneurs model.
 Netherlands 2017-11-14 2020-11-14 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Lara Rosenoff Gauvin Shelley
ID:
We are Sons and Daughter of Bwoc: Refusal and Land Rights Protections in Rural Post-Conflict Acoliland, Northern Uganda.
REFNo: SS112ES

To understand: What do processes involved in writing a clan-based non-profit foundation’s constitution (in a previously oral tradition of indigenous governance) do for relatedness in the post-conflict, land-pressured context? After it is written, and circulated, what does the document do for relatedness in context? How does/can it mediate both between sons and daughters of the clan, and between clan members, National Government, and foreign companies, as examples? And finally, how do real and perceived land pressures impact ideas and practices of relatedness, and thus social repairing and particular notions of refusal, through time.
Canada 2017-11-14 2020-11-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Joe Abell Nadin
ID:
A study investigating different perspectives on the use of participatory approaches in HIV prevention work
REFNo: SS123ES

This project will explore the use of participatory methods in HIV prevention work in Uganda. Proponents of the use of participatory methods in HIV prevention would claim that their projects avoid making demands by allowing ordinary people to decide themselves what changes they feel they need to make. Critics of participatory approaches used in economic development projects have, however claimed that they do not result in any real moves towards transfer of control and that any ‘participation’ involved is essentially cosmetic. Other possibilities are opened up by suggestions that the forms that projects take in order to qualify as participatory can leave them open to contestation and the possibility of resistance from participants. Through participant observation of prevention projects and interviews with participants, facilitators and the employees of NGOs using participatory methods to carry out HIV prevention work I will explore the dynamics at play and the perceptions of different actors involved when these methods are used in the context of HIV prevention. Aims: This project will have two main aims: 1) To explore the different perspectives of participants, organizers, facilitators and planners on the use of participatory methodologies and the dynamics of the implementation process. The main objective here will be to examine people’s expectations regarding participation and their assessments of the degree to which control is handed over. The way in which this will be approached is by testing a hypothesis derived from existing criticisms of participatory methodology: that this methodology does not lead to real changes in the dynamics of development work. 2) To explore the use of the idea of ‘participation’ in the context of HIV prevention work. HIV prevention, which deals with the regulation of sexuality, presents many contrasts with development projects which focus on economic development. This project will examine how prevention projects adapt the concept of participation in this context and the degree to which the idea of participation has to widen to allow this to happen. Significance and Expected Benefits: The most direct benefit of this research will be the information that it will make available to organisations planning, developing and implementing HIV prevention work. The project will deliver information on the perceptions of the intended beneficiaries of the HIV prevention work that has been studied. This will include participant’s evaluations of the degree to which the design and implementation of the prevention work resulted in a genuinely participatory experience from their perspective. Contrasting this with views expressed by staff at different level of the implementing organisation will allow any differences in perceptions to be identified, both in terms of the understanding of the ideas behind ‘participation’ and how it works in practice. Having access to this information will be useful to implementing organisations in improving the design of prevention work and putting it into practice. Providing those who have taken part in prevention work as participants with feedback may strengthen their ability to demand changes from providing organisations.
UK 2017-11-14 2020-11-14 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Hannington Gumisiriza
ID:
EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF THE BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM THE LEAVES OF GOUANIA LONGISPICATA
REFNo: NS34ES

1. Isolation of the phytochemical constituents of Gouania longispicata leaves. 2. Phytochemical screening of the crude extracts 3. Determining the antimicrobial activity of the extracts against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. 4. Antioxidant and cytoxicity studies on the most active extract 5. Structure elucidation of the compounds isolated from the most active extract against the selected organisms
Uganda 2017-11-14 2020-11-14 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Amos Mwaka Deogratius
ID:
Understanding the roles of indigenous and complementary medicines and practices in breast and cervical cancer control and care in northern Uganda
REFNo: HS67ES

General objective To examine the roles, from multiple perspectives, of traditional health practitioners and indigenous health practices regarding breast and cervical cancer control and care in northern Uganda. Specific Objectives 1. To assess the beliefs and knowledge of traditional health practitioners regarding what cancers are in general, and the risk factors, symptoms and treatment practices for specific cancers with particular reference to breast and cervical cancers. 2. To examine beliefs and knowledge of traditional health practitioners and cultural leaders on the traditional rituals used in the treatment of various chronic diseases including cancers, diabetes and hypertension in northern Uganda. 3. To examine beliefs of traditional health practitioners regarding their benefits and roles in referring patients suspected of having breast and cervical cancers to health facilities in northern Uganda. 4. To explore the reasons for visits to the traditional health practitioners from patients attending care with the healers and who perceive themselves and or perceived by THPs as having various cancers including breast and cervical cancers. 5. To explore beliefs of district leaders and technocrats in the Acholi sub region regarding the roles of THPs in breast and cervical cancer care and control.
Uganda 2017-11-08 2020-11-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
 Impact of HIV-infection on Geriatric Health among Older-Age People in Southwestern Uganda.
REFNo: HS97ES

Our main objective for this study is to provide data to help answer the following question: How does the prevalence of and risk factors for frailty, decreased physical functioning, visual/auditory impairment, and neurocognitive disorders differ between HIV-infected people versus HIV-uninfected controls in Uganda.
Uganda 2017-11-08 2020-11-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Nakueira Sophie
ID:
Group Identification and resource conflict amongst South Sudanese and Somali Refugees in Southwestern Uganda
REFNo: SS118ES

a) To unpack the dispute resolution mechanisms used by refugees in dealing with resource conflict. b) To investigate how processes of inclusion and exclusion take place amongst specific groups within two distinct refugee groups. c) To understand the interactions between state and non-state actors in Nakivale Refugee Settlement and how their activities and interactions intertwine with the specific refugee groups that are the subject of this study. d) To examine if and to what extent refugee resettlement programs such as the Self Reliance Strategy play a role in ongoing conflicts in Nakivale Refugee Settlement.
Uganda 2017-11-08 2020-11-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Hang ZHOU
ID:
Bring African Bureaucracies back in: Negotiations and Implementation of Chinese Development Engagement in Uganda
REFNo: SS125ES

This project seeks to take African bureaucracies seriously, an actor that has largely neglected in the existent literature. Taking an empirically grounded approach, this project aims to study the real governance of African bureaucracies and investigating what they actually do without classifying them into pre-determined ideal-typical categories. More specifically, using China-Uganda development engagement in road construction and agriculture sectors as a case study, this project conceives this development engagement as ‘processes of negotiation, contestation and bricolage’ through which Ugandan bureaucrats together with local, national and Chinese actors seek to articulate their preferred positions and fulfil the mandates of their organisations.
China 2017-11-08 2020-11-08 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Stephanie Grand
ID:
Volcanic inputs in soils of the Albertine Rift Valley: implication for modern soil biogeochemistry
REFNo: NS33ES

1. Identify the geochemical signature of recent volcanic eruptions products in the area based on the literature and lab analyses of grab samples of volcanic rocks. 2. Look for evidence of volcanic influence in modern soils using geochemical and mineralogical analyses of soil samples collected at different locations and different landscape positions 3. Analyze the link between inferred volcanic inputs and soil fertility 4. Formulate recommendations for integrating pedologic and geochemical information into agricultural sustainability studies
France 2017-11-08 2020-11-08 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Kate Scow
ID:
Innovations  in Dry Season Horticulture for Women and Smallholders in East Africa -Production and Marketing for income, nutrition, and climate resilience
REFNo: A14ES

Dry season vegetable production has been identified as a high priority in the largely rainfed (>97%) agricultural systems of Uganda. Off season vegetable supplies are currently inadequate to meet human nutritional needs. As rainfall patterns become increasingly unpredictable and rapid population expansion places more pressure on food systems, demand for vegetables will further outstrip supplies. This spin-off project builds on the team’s previous participatory work in Uganda to convene stakeholders from public and private sectors and develop innovations in small scale dry season vegetable production for women farmers in East Africa. We will develop a research and development approach resulting in release of horticulture irrigation innovations tested at five ‘innovation sites’ over three field seasons in Eastern Uganda and create a framework for local public and private sector organizations to develop small scale irrigation systems. We will work closely with smallholder women farmers who are often excluded from irrigation and marketing developments. We will: i) work at five locations over three dry seasons to test dry season vegetable production systems with farmers, research partners, district staff, NGO partners, and university students, ii) assess agronomic, economic, market, nutrition, and gender impacts of the innovations; and iii) develop scale-out options for the most promising technologies. Ugandan partners include two regional NGOs, three institutes of the National Agricultural Research Organization, and one university. Development of a co-innovation systematic approach for assessing and supporting innovations in dry season vegetable production will strengthen small scale farmer enterprises targeted to local markets and family consumption.
USA 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Agricultural Sciences Non-degree Award
Aleksander Braczkowski Ryszard
ID: UNCST-2019-R001345
 Assessing the densities and conflict of large carnivores within and on the boundaries of Queen Elizabeth National Park
REFNo: NS25ES

1) Provide the most accurate estimates of carnivore numbers in Queen Elizabeth using spatially-explicit statistics 2) Assess human-carnivore conflict hotspots within and on the boundaries of Queen Elizabeth National Park to ensure effective targeting of mitigation interventions
 South Africa 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Christine Namata
ID:
KETAMINE-MIDAZOLAM VERSUS MORPHINE-MIDAZOLAM FOR CONTINOUS PATIENT SEDATION IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN UGANDA. A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL.
REFNo: HS76ES

Specific objectives i. To compare duration of mechanical ventilation among patients sedated with ketamine-midazolam versus morphine-midazolam. ii. To compare incidence of hypotension necessitating vasopressor support among patients under ketamine-midazolam versus morphine-midazolam. iii. To compare incidence of delirium among patients under ketamine-midazolam versus morphine- midazolam.
 Uganda 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
 Global Excellence in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes (GECO): Implementation of COPD case finding and self-management action plans in low and middle income countries.
REFNo: HS110ES

1. To determine whether case-finding for COPD can be facilitated using a modified 5-item questionnaire. 2. To determine whether a self-directed COPD Action Plan for the management of COPD exacerbations can be implemented with CHWs and local health care centers. 3. To determine whether a self-directed COPD Action Plan is cost-effective
Uganda 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Benjamin Hounsell
ID:
Innovating Mobile Solutions for Refugees in East Africa
REFNo: SS120ES

Much literature on the use of mobile technology for migration focuses on migration into Europe, with little research conducted to assess the technology uses and needs of refugees traveling too, from and within East Africa. This study will explore how refugees in Kenya and Uganda use mobile technology to support migration, during their journey and at arrival, and to what extent current solutions meet their needs. The results will open the way for innovative solutions, uniquely tailored for refugees across the region and in Uganda particularly. 
 UK 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Pavel Reppo Aleksandrovich
ID:
Implementing the MANAS trial in Uganda (MAN U) - The Pilot Phase
REFNo: HS134ES

Research Question & Specific Objectives Question: How will implementing a trained Community Health Worker (CHW)-led Collaborative Stepped Care Intervention (CSCI) lead to an improvement in recovery from depression among patients within general outpatient attending public primary care facilities in Uganda? Aim 1: To determine whether treatment from trained CHWs leads to 1) patient recovery from MDD as defined by the DSM-IV at 6 months, and 2) the proportion of patients with above threshold scores (PHQ-9 score of ≥10). Hypothesis: Constituents of collaborative care interventions predicted a favorable outcome. Aim 2: To increase awareness of CHW-led, collaborative stepped care as a viable option of treatment for depression among trainees, study participants, the community and stakeholders. Relevance: Community views and input are essential to inform the development of a culturally appropriate training curriculum for CHWs. Aim 3: To determine the outcome of the CHW training on retention of knowledge and skills in competencies required to deliver the stepped care intervention among trainees after the training. Hypothesis: Trained CHWs will demonstrate increased level of knowledge and skills in competencies required to deliver collaborative stepped care after the training. Aim 4: To determine the perceptions of CHWs, study participants, the community and stakeholders towards the process of integrating CHW-led, collaborative stepped care into community based mental healthcare. Relevance: There is a need to understand the views of participants and stakeholders pre and post to determine project efficacy.
USA 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anaclet Namanya Mutiba
ID:
Teachers' Understanding and Classroom Practices of Quality Education in Ugandan Primary Education: A Case of Bushenyi District
REFNo: SS124ES

The main study objective is to find out how teachers understand and practice quality education in Ugandan primary education. The specific objectives are: (i) To find out how teachers understand neoliberal policies in relation to quality education. (ii) To establish how teaching and instruction processes reflect quality education. (iii) To find out factors that influence teaching and instructional processes and methodology.
Uganda 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
KOHJUN HORI
ID:
Land use and Soil erosion in high populated region in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: A21ES

The area of southwestern Uganda lies along the border with Rwanda and is characterized by high population density, despite the fact that it is a rural area. The area is a highland ranging in altitude from 1,200 to 2,350 m. People have been forced to use limited areas of farmland because of the population increase. In the slope areas of this Area, the shapes of the crop fields are irregular depending on the landform. This feature exacerbates soil loss and agricultural production. There is a high risk of collapse of embankment due to heavy rain. In the previous study, it is pointed out using questionnaire survey as a measure to prevent soil erosion carried out by local residents, but it is not clear by investigate scientifically that the usefulness to prevent soil erosion possessed by terrace farming. It is suggested that soil degradation is accelerating due to short fallow and sudden heavy rain due to climate change. It is expected that the population increase will continue in the future, and it will be necessary to prepare the environment that can sustain livelihood even in the situation of decreasing the per capita area of farm land. Therefore, I will clarify in detail the natural environment aspects that have a big influence on the livelihood activities of the local residents and verify the land use form of the local residents. In discussing soil erosion in mountainous regions of Africa, it is essential to verify sustainable land use that can withstand the effects of climate change. In this study, scientific verification of soil erosion possessed by terrace farming will be carried out in the mountainous area in southwestern Uganda, where land shortage and soil deterioration become serious. Finally I devise a method of land use to prevent soil degradation and aim to improve residents' livelihoods. This research is composed of three main research.
 Japan 2017-10-31 2020-10-31 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Adrian Muwonge
ID:
The dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in the pig and human gut microbiome in Uganda
REFNo: HS103ES

The hypothesis to be tested is that people in contact with pigs in peri-urban settings are at higher risk of acquiring AMR genes across this interface than people in rural settings. The specific objectives are: 1. To identify significant changes in taxonomic and AMR genes in gut microbiomes of people and their pigs in peri urban and rural settings over a one-year period using 16SrRNA, AMR gene probes and real time PCR. 2. To conduct forensic investigations of the significant changes detected in objective 1 using sequence based metagenomics on the corresponding gut microbiomes in parallel with whole genome sequencing and phenotypic AMR testing of sentinel bacteria to understand the underlying dynamics. 3. To predict, estimate and make inferences on AMR gene occurrence, taxa-linked within and between host exchange and their potential phenotypic effects using bioinformatic, statistical and support vector machine approaches on the data generated in 1&2.
Uganda 2017-10-11 2020-10-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Gladys Tugume T
ID:
Predictors and Outcomes of patients lost to follow-up from HIV care and treatment in Uganda
REFNo: HS130ES

1. To describe outcomes (HIV-related &other death, self-transfers and disengaged from care) of PLHIV LTFU from HIV care and treatment. 2. To describe the change in cumulative incidence of mortality, retention and ART initiation of HIV-infected patients in Pre-ART care after incorporating outcomes of LTFU patients. 3. To describe the change in cumulative incidence of mortality and retention of HIV-infected patients on ART after incorporating outcomes of LTFU patients. 4. To determine predictors of loss to follow-up among PLHIV in HIV care and treatment at Jinja, Lira, Mubende RRH’s. 5. To determine reasons for engagement or disengagement from HIV care and treatment
Uganda 2017-10-11 2020-10-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Sylvester Onzivua
ID:
Postmortem study on patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of unknown etiology, nodding syndrome, and other forms of epilepsy who died in Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo and Pader
REFNo: HS64ES

• Use postmortem examination to determine cause of death in a selected study population. • Use histopathology to describe the post-mortem findings of individuals who die of neuropsychiatric manifestations of unknown origin, NS and other forms of epilepsy in villages with high epilepsy prevalence in Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo and Pader. • Use histopathology to investigate whether Ov microfilariae are able to penetrate the brain by evaluating histologic tissue for the products of Ov microfilariae
Uganda 2017-10-03 2020-10-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
othiniel musana mambya
ID: UNCST-2019-R001339
 Prospective, Single Arm, Pivotal Clinical Trial Designed to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of the InPress Device In Treating Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage
REFNo: HS92ES

Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the InPress Device in the control and reduction of primary postpartum hemorrhage.
 Uganda 2017-10-03 2020-10-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Christopher Mayanja Samuel
ID:
Leadership and Gender: Exploring female students’ lived experiences in leadership in Ugandan public University Councils
REFNo: SS117ES

The main research question of the study is: What are the lived leadership experiences of female student leaders who are members of public university councils in Uganda? 1. Who are female student leaders participating in public university councils in Uganda? 2. How do female student leaders who participate in public university councils in Uganda experience their relations with other council members? 3. What challenges (if any) do female student leaders face on public university councils in Uganda? 4. What lessons can be drawn about gender and leadership from the experiences of female student leaders participating in public university councils in Uganda?
Uganda 2017-10-03 2020-10-03 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Moses Kamya R
ID:
Cohort and entomology studies to estimate longitudinal changes in malaria metrics in Nagongera, Uganda
REFNo: HS119ES

Objectives of epidemiology studies 1. To estimate the incidence of malaria, parasite prevalence, and the molecular force of infection among cohort study participants. 2. To characterize factors determining the malarial force of infection. 3. To determine factors affecting the duration, density, and clinical consequences of blood stage malaria infection. 4. To assess the associations between overnight travel and the risk of malaria infection. 5. To estimate measures of transmission intensity including the human biting rate, sporozoite rate, and the entomological inoculation rate at the household level. 6. To characterize the species composition of mosquito vectors and the host source of mosquito blood meals. Objectives of transmission studies 7. To characterize factors associated with gametocyte production. 8. To evaluate the impacts of human, parasite, and mosquito factors on parasite infectivity to mosquito vectors. 9. To characterize the human infectious reservoir for malaria. Objectives of immunology studies 10. To measure antibody responses to malaria antigens and associations between antibodies responses and protection from /exposure to infection with malaria parasites. 11. To characterize malaria specific cellular immune responses in naturally exposed children and adults. Objectives of resistance studies 12. To assess the impact of genotypic markers of antimalarial drug resistance on malaria transmission. 13. To assess the impact of genotypic markers of insecticide resistance on malaria transmission.
Uganda 2017-09-29 2020-09-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Irene Andia Biraro Rebecca
ID: UNCST-2019-R001475
 The Link Between Tuberculosis Infection and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: Contribution of Innate Lymphoid Cells
REFNo: HS66ES

Primary objective: To investigate the exposure prevalence of latent and active tuberculosis among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients attending the diabetic clinic at Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH)-Kiruddu, compared to healthy non diabetic community controls in Kampala, Uganda Nested Secondary objective: To assess the frequency of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), T-helper (Th)17, Th1 cells, and immune responses among T2DM patients.
Uganda 2017-09-26 2020-09-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
 Reducing exposure to household air pollution
REFNo: HS71ES

To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of proven household air pollution reduction interventions in households using traditional way of cooking and heating methods in selected communities in four countries of Uganda, Vietnam, the Kyrgyz Republic and Greece. Research questions will be: 1. What is the feasibility and acceptability of clean cooking and heating interventions compared to traditional cooking and heating? 2. What is the effectiveness of a clean cooking intervention on health outcomes? 3. What is the effectiveness of household air pollution reduction on health outcomes?
 Uganda 2017-09-26 2020-09-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Kelly Sambucci Marie
ID: UNCST-2019-R001513
 Parasite occurrence and genetic relatedness in overlapping populations of Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), livestock, and the Batwa community in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), Uganda
REFNo: NS22ES

1. To collect faecal samples for analysis, using light microscopy to identify intestinal helminth eggs and PCR for protozoan diagnosis. 2. Use targeted PCR and amplicon sequencing to confirm parasite identity and genotype those species detected, allowing for investigation into cross-host species transmission. 3. Focus on the occurrence and genetic diversity of Entamoeba species, comparing to existing data which defines the Entamoeba infecting mountain gorilla, livestock and humans in BINP in 2015, exploring changes in prevalence and diversity.
UK 2017-09-26 2020-09-26 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Richard Wamimbi Wotti
ID:
Utilizing Information Communication Technology (ICT) to prevent violence against children in and around schools.
REFNo: SS108ES

The general research purpose is understanding the utilization of ICT in preventing violence against children in and around schools and developing a model that can be applied by agencies to prevent violence against children. Specific objectives: 1.Establish the role of ICT in driving, sustaining and mitigating behavior that contributes to violence against children in and around schools 2.Examine the benefits of ICT use to prevent violence against children specifically for knowledge generation and transfer, capabilities enhancement and social enabler 3.Establish when and how ICT - enabled child sexual violence and exploitation starts, is maintained and perpetuated in and around schools. 4.Examine the inter-related constraints to ICT utilization to prevent violence against specifically social cultural, infrastructural, economic and technological. 5.Find out how ICT (telephone sms, whatsapp, etc.) is promoting values and influencing ICT that can prevent violence against children 6.Suggest the strategies and actions that can be adopted by formal ( law enforcement, teachers, social workers) and non-formal ( children, families, religious, traditional leaders ) actors to better address ICT enabled child sexual abuse and exploitation
Uganda 2017-09-26 2020-09-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Carolyn Auma Imelda
ID:
Women's Dietary Practices in Contemporary Uganda
REFNo: HS111ES

a. To describe the dietary practices of rural and urban Ugandan women of reproductive age b. To assess the healthiness and environmental sustainability of the diets of rural and urban Ugandan women of reproductive age c. To explore the social, cultural and physical influences behind the current Ugandan dietary practices among women of reproductive age d. To identify the points at which it might be possible to implement appropriate healthy and environmentally sustainable food-based dietary guidelines aimed at women of reproductive age in Uganda
Uganda 2017-09-26 2020-09-26 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga Kiiza
ID: UNCST-2019-R001588
 PREDICTORS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AMONG PATIENTS WITH FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS88ES

i) To determine the genetic (COMT, DISC1, HT2RA, BDNF) and environmental (substance use and childhood trauma) factors associated with cognitive impairment among patients with a psychotic episode for the first time. ii) To determine the frequency of BDNF gene polymorphism and its association with serum BDNF levels and cognitive impairment among patients with a psychotic episode for the first time.
Uganda 2017-09-20 2020-09-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Edith Wakida K
ID: UNCST-2019-R001225
 BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO THE INTEGRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: A CASE STUDY OF MBARARA DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS126ES

1.4.1 To synthesize evidence on the barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental healthcare services into primary health care 1.4.2 To explore the context specific barriers and facilitators related to the integration of mental healthcare services into PHC by Primary Care Providers (PCPs) 1.4.3 To develop and pilot an educational intervention to describe the PCPs’ ability to integrate mental health services into PHC
Uganda 2017-09-20 2020-09-20 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sofia Forss Ingrid Fredrika
ID:
Comparing the Effects of Early Experience and Cognitive Plasticity across the Great Ape Species
REFNo: NS27ES

The main aim of the project is to compare developmental- and experience effects both within and across ape species. First, I aim to investigate the influence of rearing histories (mother reared, wild born, sanctuary born, zoo housed, sanctuary housed, human hand reared etc) on cognitive skills within ape species. Second, by acknowledging individual differences due to rearing histories, this project will deliver meaningful comparisons, where individuals of similar experiences are compared across great ape species. In addition, it allows me to evaluate the strength of experience effects by examining if the change in problem-solving abilities linked to rearing experiences and human contact can even outweigh intrinsic species differences.
 Finland 2017-09-12 2020-09-12 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Dave Darshit
ID:
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS, ADHERENCE AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF ATAZANAVIR AMONG HIV POSITIVE ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING AN HIV OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN AN URBAN SETTING IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS100ES

i. To determine the prevalence of malnutrition among HIV positive adolescents on ATV based on different growth parameters. ii. To determine the association between nutritional status and adherence to ART among HIV positive adolescents on ATV based regimen. iii. To describe the association between nutritional status and pharmacokinetics of boosted ATV among HIV positive adolescents.
India 2017-09-12 2020-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Padmasai Lakshmi Bhamidipati
ID:
Agency and Policy Change Shaping the Solar Energy Transitions in Uganda
REFNo: SS80ES

The overarching objective of this research is to capture the macro-dynamics and the socio-technical changes affecting the solar energy transitions, through an understanding of agency in institutions and policy changes. The aim is to study the electrification strategy at the national level, and with a specific focus at the rural electrification level - to examine the role, developments and debates in the solar energy sector (both grid and off-grid). Through this, the study will deconstruct the role of decentralized modern energy (such as off-grid solar) in alleviating energy access, the debates/contestations among the electricity institutions, the role of political forces in shaping the energy mix, and what does such a transition mean in a larger socio-economic and political context. This PhD project will help in a better understanding of the factors that support a transition to sustainable energy system and overall sustainable development in developing countries (which have a very low electrification rates at present). At the same time, the PhD project aims to provide a greater understanding of the role of transnational linkages and stakeholders within a national context, and the development of an innovation system in the solar sector in Uganda (in terms of changes in the local institutional and socio-economic structures, local competence-building and experience-based learning). The development of institutions and technical-economic capacities at a local level will create further market opportunities for private sector intervention in the solar sector.
India 2017-09-05 2020-09-05 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Kavuma  Mwanje Arthur
ID:
CORRELATION BETWEEN CD4 CELL COUNTS AND THE IMMUNE STATUS AMONG CRITICALLY ILL HIV NEGATIVE PATIENTS ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
REFNo: HS104ES

General objective To assess the immune status of critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to Ugandan ICUs using CD4 T cell counts as a surrogate marker. Specific objectives Primary objectives i. To determine the CD4 T cell counts among critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to Ugandan ICUs. ii. To determine the relationship between CD4 T cell counts and a twenty eight day ICU mortality among the critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to the Ugandan ICUs. Secondary objective iii. To assess the feasibility of using CD4 T cell counts to predict 24 hour mortality or disease severity as compared to APACHE II score among the critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to Ugandan ICUs
Uganda 2017-09-05 2020-09-05 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jeninah Atwebembeire
ID:
BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROFILE OF SURFACE WATERS DRAINING INTO RIVER RWIZI BASIN, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: NS8ES

General objective To determine the biological and physicochemical status of surface waters draining into River Rwizi. Specific objectives i. To determine the sources associated with contamination of the river. ii. To determine the presence of indicator bacteria in streams, channels and sewage effluents draining into river Rwizi along seasonal gradient. iii. To determine the physical-chemical parameters in streams and channels, sewage effluents draining into river Rwizi along seasonal gradient. iv. To determine the impact of pollution on the water quality using macrozoobenthos indicators in the river and its streams, in the upstream, midstream and downstream, during seasonal variations in river Rwizi
Uganda 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Raquel Pereira Costa Filomena
ID:
How infants perceive the world: assessing the current impact of mountain gorilla ecotourism in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda), through the eyes of the youngsters
REFNo: NS29ES

This project aims to understand the social development of immature individuals within a group and how they react to human presence. Specifically, this study aims to: 1) analyse immature`s behaviour during tourist visits, 2) analyse adult`s role in these interactions and 3) changes in the groups social dynamics. This research will follow that of Muyambi, 2005, who assessed the general tourism impact on the gorillas` behaviour. Hence, the current project may have important and practical applications in gorilla conservation, via for example, guidelines for ecotourism. Such guidelines should focus on minimizing disturbance levels for the animals and, simultaneously, refining tourist education regarding behaviour in front of gorillas, promoting the animal`s typical calm behaviour. This aims to decrease potential risks of conflicts as well as building visitors` sense of responsibility. Such work may also help local communities to develop ecotourism in a more sustainable way.
 Portugal 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David Mafigiri Kaawa
ID: UNCST-2019-R001276
 Assessing the effectiveness of the 'Reaching Every Community using Quality Improvement methods' (REC-QI) approach in strengthening the Routine Immunization system in six districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS109ES

• To develop quantitative and qualitative measures to assess dimensions of the RI system that have been strengthened and where problems persist, identify the reasons for them. • Describe adaptations to the implementation of REC-QI that enable districts to move along the continuum of “Orient” to “Establish and Strengthen” to “Sustain.”
Uganda 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ronald Mayanja
ID:
Primary High Risk HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in a Community Health Fair Setting
REFNo: HS102ES

To pilot the implementation of high-risk self-testing in a community health fair setting with a mobile phone-based results notification to facilitate follow up treatment at a local health facility. Aim 1: Determine the feasibility of implementing cervical cancer screening at community health fairs in rural Uganda using self-sampled hrHPV testing Aim 2: Understand rural Ugandan women’s acceptability, barriers and facilitators of self-collected sampling for cervical cancer screening Aim 3: Assess the ability of Web SMS to improve workforce efficiency and follow up of cervical cancer testing results in community settings.
Uganda 2017-08-21 2020-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Hayley Dieckmann
ID:
Stress responses of African lions (Panthera leo) in relation to proximity of ongoing fires and fire scars in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS26ES

To understand stress factors of lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park in order to reduce stressful events and promote coexistence of humans and lions within the park. To determine a correlation between African lions’ stress level and their proximity to ongoing fires and fire scars within Queen Elizabeth National park.
 USA 2017-08-16 2020-08-16 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Corrie Decker
ID:
Debating Childhood and Maturating in Colonial East Africa
REFNo: SS91ES

Between 1900 and 1960, missionaries, colonial officials, anthropologists, chiefs, elders, educated elites, and cultural nationalists in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (at the time British colonial territories) came into conflict over whether or not to eradicate certain African customs governing a child’s maturation into adulthood. Demands to ban African customs are still heard in the international media today. Why were these debates so controversial at the time and why do they continue to invoke intense discord? I argue that these issues sparked such conflict because they dealt with differing opinions about how to manage a child’s maturation into adulthood. I investigate debates about rites of passage, puberty, adolescence, marriage, and definitions of the child culturally and legally in colonial East Africa. Many different viewpoints and approaches informed these debates, but they became polarized around two positions: the protection of the presumed innocent child in the name of universal rights, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the preservation of cultural practices that fostered the child’s maturation toward normative adulthood. Scholars have pointed out that this struggle between universal human rights and culture was one that played out within the politics of colonialism and neocolonialism (Babatunde 1998; Hodgson 2011). These discourses portrayed the child as either a helpless creature in need of saving or a future productive and reproductive member of society. These debates shifted toward the end of the colonial era (1960s) as African teenagers’ greater independence became a source of anxiety as daunting as African nationalists’ demand for the end of colonialism (Burton and Charton-Bigot 2010; Ivaska 2011). This project spans the former British colonies of Uganda (1894-1962), Kenya (1895-1963), Zanzibar (1890-1963), and Tanganyika (1916-1961). I focus on the colonial era in order to show how East African customs became part of an international intellectual debate about child development and maturation.
USA 2017-08-16 2020-08-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
James Nsereko Roger
ID:
The prevalence and risk factors of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS81ES

•To examine the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the co-morbidity of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of depression among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of anxiety among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Racheal Mugabi Ddungu
ID:
Skills Development, Early School Leaving and Employment in Uganda
REFNo: SS85ES

The following questions will serve as research objectives 1. what proportion of candidate enrolled in skills development programmes found employment? 2. what is the difference betweeen those who and those who did not find employent? 3. Does the tendency to find employment vary by sector? 4. To what extent does the skills development meet the needs of the economy and the labour market? 5. What are te lived realities and experiences of participants in respec to the dynamic relationship between schooling, skills development and employment? 6. What are the stregth, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of skills development programmes in addressing employment?
 Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Alvin Helden Jonathan
ID: UNCST-2019-R001408
 Auchenorrhycha (leafhoppers and relatives) of Kibale: initial species list, host plant associations and mouthpart morphology.
REFNo: NS21ES

To provide biodiversity inventory and species' ecology data for the Auchenorrhyncha fauna of Kibale National Park and thus to contribute to the biodiversity inventory priorities of UWA. Creation of an initial species list of Auchenorrhyncha of Kibale, together with photographs of specimens, making their identification more accessible to students and researchers at MUBFS. Also to collect some ecological data related to host plants and mouthpart structure.
 UK 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Doreen Nabukalu
ID:
ASSESSMENT OF VILLAGE HEALTH TEAMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS80ES

• To assess the performance of VHTs in the conduct of verbal autopsy and collection of vital statistics in a rural setting. • To ascertain the leading causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months • To ascertain the magnitude of various causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months. • To examine the validity of adult mortality statistics gathered by VHTs by comparing health facility data and verbal autopsy data.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Richard Wamimbi Wotti
ID:
Understanding social norms to prevent and respond violence against children in and around schools
REFNo: SS103ES

The overall objective of the study is to provide an understanding of social norms to prevent and respond to violence for children thrive in safer environment to realize their rights and enhance their well being . The specific objectives include: 1. Establish the existing social norms that underpin and perpetuate against violence in and around schools for girls and boys? 2. Investigate the role of social norms in driving, sustaining and mitigating behavior that contributes to violence against children in and around schools? 3. Explore the existing reference groups ( networks) and their role in influencing social norm change in and around schools? 4. Examine to what extent social norm change has embedded itself within the community, sufficient to change children’s lived experience in preventing and responding to violence against children 5. Explore how social norms change has impacted children’s lived experiences, (including enhancing positive socio-cultural capital supporting child safety and well-being?) 6. Find out the key drivers of social norms change in creating a safer school environment for children to thrive? 7. Suggest programming approaches and steps that may be applied to enhance positive social norms and shift harmful social norms in different context to prevent violence against children.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
VICTORIA  NAKIBUUKA
ID:
EVALUATION OF THE UTILITY OF CRP AMONG PRETERMS WITH SEPSIS IN A LOW RESOUCE LIMITED SETTING: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
REFNo: HS96ES

Objective 1: To compare CRP levels versus gestational age categories among preterms with sepsis admitted at Nsambya Hospital Objective 2: To compare the CRP levels versus organisms identified among preterms with neonatal sepsis at Nsambya Hospital Secondary Objectives Objective 3: To compare clinical outcomes versus CRP levels and identified organisms among preterms at Nsambya Hospital Objective 4: To determine bacterial sensitivity patterns among preterm infants with sepsis at Nsambya Hospital.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Brenda Namugumya
ID:
Integrated nutrition strategies beyond paper realities: the case of Uganda
REFNo: SS83ES

The overall research question is “has Uganda’s adoption of integrated nutrition strategies (INS)resulted in actual changes in nutrition governance?” The specific research questions for the study are: 1) To what extent has nutrition been integrated into policy processes at various ministries? 2) What factors are facilitating or inhibiting integration of nutrition in policy processes of various ministries? 3)Have INS been consistently adopted into local government policy processes? 4)How has nutrition service delivery on the ground changed as a result of the adoption of the INS?
Uganda 2017-07-31 2020-07-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Stephen Okoboi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001356
 HIV self-testing and linkage to care among Men having sex with Men (MSM). A trial Distribution through MSM networks in The Aids Support Organization (TASO)
REFNo: HS89ES

Aims 1. To conduct assess the barriers and facilitators of a formative research on the distribution strategy of HIVST kits through the peer networks (peers) of MSM Aim 2. To conduct a pilot trial for evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of distributing HIVST kits using peers and linkage to HIV services. Aim 3. To map and analyze the network of connections between peers and the peers they recruited during the trial.
Uganda 2017-07-31 2020-07-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Martin Mbonye Kayitale
ID:
Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic areas in Northern Uganda after the implementation of biannual mass ivermectin administration
REFNo: HS77ES

Main objective The main objective of this study is to establish the prevalence and incidence rate of NS and other forms of epilepsy in selected parishes in the districts of Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo, Adjumani and Moyo. Based on the epidemiological data available from the 2012 census, a comparison of prevalence and incidence rate from 2016 in different age groups will allow to test whether there is an association between the onchocerciasis interventions, specifically ivermectin use and larviciding rivers and the increase / decrease in prevalence of incidence of NS and other forms of epilepsy. The elaborated epidemiological data from Moyo and Adjumani will allow for comparison of such a potential effect in an area with long standing onchocerciasis control to a recent, intense onchocerciasis intervention program, combined with targeted epilepsy treatment as we find it in Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo today. Specific objectives 1. Compare the 2016 data on prevalence of NS and other forms of epilepsy in the Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts with the 2012-13 census study data. 2. Compare the 2016 prevalence of new onset cases of epilepsy (epilepsy onset < 1 year ago) in the Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts with the data from the survey data obtained in 2012 and 2013. 3. Establish the prevalence and incidence rate of all forms of epilepsy in the Adjumani and Moyo districts and compare these to the prevalence and incidence rate in Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts from 2016. 4. Relate the epidemiological data on all forms of epilepsy from the 5 districts to data concerning onchocerciasis endemicity, ivermectin and larvicide use, and entomological findings. 5. Study the changes in clinical presentation of NS and mortality associated with NS and other forms of epilepsy between 2012 and 2016.
Uganda 2017-07-25 2020-07-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Timothy Allen Peter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001369
 Public Authority and International Devlopment
REFNo: SS92ES

The objective is to produce high-quality, evidence-based research that informs local, national and international policies to promote inclusive growth. Inclusive growth in many places in Africa and elsewhere has proved elusive. Formal governance can be remote, development policies persistently fail and humanitarian aid, at best, assists a minority. CPAID will use innovative approaches to research across disciplines and beyond narrow academic concerns. Our research will draw its understandings from ordinary people, and in particular vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups and populations. CPAID will take public authority as its conceptual starting point, exploring the ways in which governance of people actually occurs. CPAID used the term public authority to refer to all forms of authority beyond the immediate family unit, from clans, religious institutions, aid agencies, civil social organisations, rebel militia and vigilante groups - to formal and semi-formal mechanisms of government. The public authority lens offers a new foundation for development discourse and hence for policy and interventions. It offers a set of tools for exploring African social and political realities. The lens offers an essential means of gathering evidence about these dynamics as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with them. Our research will be organised around studies of public authority at macro and micro levels to analyse: how public authorities regulate moral orders, deal with crimes (including regulation of sexually-based violence and the management of vigilantes), offer a degree of security and justice (including informal policing, and enforcing land rights); tax and redistribute fiscal resources socially and regionally; use and regulate new media technologies (including social media and mobile money); relate to disease control and health promotion (including tablet distribution for parasitic infections, the consequences of Ebola outbreaks and responses to non-biomedical health matters, such as witchcraft and spirit possession); and provide education and other public services (including allocation of land rights and land access). In all areas, we will be asking how public authorities function or do not function for ordinary people (including minorities and excluded sections of society). Our interest is in customary and neo-customary authorities as well as state ones. Distinguishing between state and customary authorities, as well as understanding how they interact, merge or generate hybrid new forms is an ambitious task that requires more grounded research. The research will also outline the processes by which effective and legitimate forms of public authority – those, which are delivering public goods and are inclusionary in orientation (i.e. do not aggressively exclude or oppress vulnerable groups and individuals) can be strengthened in practice. The research will draw upon the extensive research CPAID scholars have done on these issues, notably on the provision of security and justice in conflict affected and fragile settings .CPAID researchers have also made major contributions to the study of health-related institutions – including public health programmes, disease control and local or customary measures to promote wellbeing and the alleviation of suffering.
UK 2017-07-20 2020-07-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Carissa  Western Strum
ID:
Emergent Empowerment: Assessing the Impacts of Conflict on Gendered Relations, Identities and Opportunities in Acholiland
REFNo: SS58ES

The research project will seek to explore changes in gender roles and dynamics brought about by conflict in Acholiland, Northern Uganda, and to understand how these changes have affected cultural/traditional ideas about masculinity and femininity and the positions/situation of Acholi women and men in post-conflict society. While research has indicated both local level economic gains, and changes in women’s political participation and representation at the national level, this research will seek to explore, holistically, how changes brought about by conflict impact, both positively and negatively, all aspects of Acholi women (and men’s) lives. The project will therefore prioritize Acholi women and men’s own interpretation of their conflict experiences, and of the impact of conflict-triggered changes on their roles and status within their families and communities. Given the significant role played by NGOs/INGOs in implementing Northern Uganda’s peacebuilding and development agenda, the project will also seek to understand how organizations/stakeholders working in this context are addressing and responding to changing gender norms and dynamics, and whether such approaches are in line with women and men’s own interpretation of their experiences and needs.
Kenya 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Sauda Nabukenya
ID:
Traditional institutions,Land, chiefs: The foundation of Law and Legal institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS84ES

To investigate the role of traditional institutions, land,chiefs and in shaping laws and institutions during the colonial period
 Uganda 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Catherine Hobaiter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001480
 Gestural communication in wild mountain gorillas
REFNo: NS23ES

All great apes use gesture to communicate; however, to date, there remains no study of gestural communication in mountain gorillas - an iconic and highly endangered species. Here I hope to establish the first one. My research group has published the repertoire of gestures for wild chimpanzees and wild bonobos; here we aim to establish the repertoire of gestures for wild mountain gorillas and compare and contrast these systems of communication. I will balance data collection across age-sex groups and across behavioural contexts to describe the types of gestures used and the goals for which they are used in mountain gorillas.
 UK 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
henry bazira
ID:
DETERMINANTS OF MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE IN MUKONO DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: HS81ES

1. TO DESCRIBE THE LEVELS OF MALE PARTICIPATION IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT. 2. TO ASSESS MEN’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT 3. TO ASSESS THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT.
Uganda 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jennifer Moodley
ID:
Improving timely diagnosis of symptomatic breast and cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS60ES

1. Develop and validate a tool to measure community breast and cervical cancer symptom awareness, knowledge and beliefs in Africa; 2. Describe and compare breast and cervical cancer symptom beliefs, knowledge and awareness in rural and urban settings in two countries in SSA-Uganda and SA; 3. Assess the degree to which symptom overlap between breast and cervical cancer and common infectious diseases influence symptom assessment and help-seeking behavior; 4. Explore primary care level provider interpretation and management of breast and cervical cancer signs and symptoms.
South Africa 2017-06-30 2020-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anne Odele
ID:
The meaning, uses and outcomes of functional adult literacy in Uganda
REFNo: SS52ES

The study seeks to describe: \r\n(1) how former literacy participants use the learning from the FAL program in the domains of a) reading, writing and numeracy; and b) their daily livelihoods, and why\r\n(2) the perceived outcomes of applying these practices\r\n(3) the meanings that literacy holds for the participants\r\n
 Uganda 2017-06-27 2020-06-27 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Immaculate Tumwebaze
ID:
Dramatically increased schistosomiasis risk in western Uganda crater lakes – disentangling global climate change impacts and other drivers
REFNo: NS20ES

i. To identify lineages and quantify genetic diversities of both intermediate hosts and their schistosomiasis parasites present in Western Uganda crater lakes. ii. To determine the phylogenetical and biogeographical affinities and dynamics of intermediate host gastropod species and schistosomes in crater lakes along an altitudinal gradient. iii. To asses the variation in physico-chemical water parameters, long-term climatic factors such as temperature and rainfall, and habitat characteristics potentially driving the presence, distribution and (genetic) diversity of intermediate host snails and parasites at different altitudes.
Uganda 2017-06-27 2020-06-27 Natural Sciences Degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
 MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA AMONG HIV-EXPOSED AND UNEXPOSED CHILDREN IN UGANDA: BURDEN, GENOTYPES, RISK AND OUTCOME
REFNo: HS56ES

1.To determine the burden of atypical bacterial pneumonia among HIV-exposed and unexposed children with respiratory illnesses in Mulago hospital. 2.To determine the risk factors for atypical bacterial pneumonia among children with acute respiratory symptoms 3.To determine the outcome of children with atypical pneumonia 4.To describe the relationship between the genotypes of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and resistance to macrolide antibiotics.
Uganda 2017-06-21 2020-06-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Julia Modern Keri
ID:
The disability rights movement in Bunyoro, Uganda: human rights, value, and negotiations of belonging
REFNo: SS68ES

Through an ethnographic study of a Disabled Person’s Organisation (DPO) in Masindi District, Bunyoro, Uganda, to investigate the relationship between human rights and questions about personhood, value and dependence. The research will focus on the way that various actors in the disability movement conceptualise and speak about the types of change that are being created in disabled people’s lives through the movement, and how this affects the changes that actually occur in practice.
 UK 2017-06-20 2020-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Aaron Mulyanyuma Ayeta
ID:
Political parties influencing Uganda's Public Policy Formulation in nascent Hydrocarbon Industry.
REFNo: SS74ES

i. Examine the influence of ideologies of political parties on public policy formulation process in Uganda’s hydrocarbon industry. ii. Assess the influence of political parties’ manifestos and Parliamentary caucuses on Public Policy formulation in hydrocarbon industry in Uganda. ii. Assess the influence of political parties’ manifestos and Parliamentary caucuses on Public Policy formulation in hydrocarbon industry in Uganda. iii. Assess the effectiveness of political party representation in Parliament and their influence public policy formulation in hydrocarbon industry in Uganda. iv. Evaluate challenges affecting political parties in influencing public policy on hydrocarbon industry in Uganda.
 Uganda 2017-06-20 2020-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Lydia  Nakiyingi
ID:
Outcomes of HIV co-infected presumptive tuberculosis (TB) patients started on TB treatment without bacteriological confirmation of TB
REFNo: HS72ES

GENERAL OBJECTIVES • To determine the outcomes of HIV-infected presumptive TB patients in whom TB treatment is started based on empirical decision-making without bacteriological evidence of TB and to establish non-TB etiology among HIV-infected presumptive TB adults without bacteriological evidence of TB SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES i. To characterize clinical decision-making among HIV co-infected presumptive TB patients without bacteriological confirmation of TB ii. To determine clinical and mortality outcomes of HIV-infected presumptive TB patients who are started on TB treatment based on empirical decision-making without bacteriological confirmation of TB iii. To assess impact of a negative Xpert MTB/Rif test on clinical decision to empirically treat TB among HIV-infected presumptive TB patients iv. To determine non-TB etiology among HIV-infected adult presumptive TB patients without bacteriological evidence of TB
Uganda 2017-06-20 2020-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Travis Lybbert
ID:
Innovation & Intellectual Property Policy in the Ugandan Agri-Food Sector: Insights from coffee seed supply chains and tropical fruit processing
REFNo: A16ES

1. To understand the role of innovation and intellectual property (IP) in the Ugandan agricultural sector 2. To identify business, technical, institutional, and policy constraints that limit or otherwise dilute the impact of agricultural R&D, innovation and technology diffusion in the Ugandan agricultural sector
USA 2017-06-19 2020-06-19 Agricultural Sciences Non-degree Award
Lucia Rost Aline
ID:
Negotiating time use: an inter-generational mixed methods approach to intra-household decision-making on care and domestic work in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS59ES

My research develops an intergenerational approach to understanding intra-household decision-making on time use, especially with regards to time spent on care work—in the post-conflict setting in Northern Uganda.
Germany 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
China Scherz Rose
ID:
Investigating the Role of Spiritual Experience and Social Support in Processes of Personal Change: Alcohol Abuse and Therapeutic Pathways in Uganda
REFNo: SS65ES

RESEARCH QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PROPOSAL 1) How do spiritual experiences influence people’s efforts to change health-related behaviors? 2) How does social support influence people’s efforts to change their health-related behaviors? 3) How are these two factors interrelated?
USA 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Sarah Bridge
ID:
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Meningitis Registry
REFNo: HS61ES

Our primary goal is to collect clinical, laboratory, demographic, geographic and economic data in real-time on Ugandan meningitis patients and to compile this information into a meningitis registry. Our central hypothesis is that data extracted from this registry can be used to guide meningitis treatment and prevention, improve resource allocation, facilitate treatment distribution networks, improve global data on meningitis and inform health care policy in Uganda and other similar countries in the meningitis belt. Aim 1: To use the FilmArray ME assay and GenExpert Ultra assays, in conjunction with existing CSF testing, to diagnose etiologies of meningitis in children and adults at MRRH. -We hypothesize that the use of FilmArray ME and GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays at MRRH will allow better characterization of meningitis epidemiology in Uganda and streamline care decisions through the creation of a diagnostic algorithm for meningitis patients. Aim 2: To gather population-based epidemiologic data on meningitis in Mbarara, Uganda, in a centralized meningitis registry. -We hypothesize that creation of a meningitis registry will guide meningitis treatment and prevention, improve resource allocation, facilitate treatment distribution networks, improve global data on meningitis and inform health care policy in Uganda. Aim 3: To gather population based data on the economic impact of meningitis and its complications through cost questionnaires to better characterize the financial burden of meningitis to patients in resource-limited settings. -We hypothesize that the cost burden to patients with meningitis is significant and that a cost-effective analysis will lead to informed recommendations to guide health policy in Uganda.
USA 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Rene Dommain
ID:
Testing Historical Presence of Mountain Gorillas and Elephants in an African Biodiversity Hotspot using Targeted Enrichment of Sedimentary Ancient DNA
REFNo: NS13ES

Reconstructing the floristic and vegetation history of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the past ca. 30000 years. Determining the past presence and invasion history of mountain gorillas and elephants at Bwindi Forest. Determining the natural climatic and habitat conditions that enable gorilla survival and predict future gorilla distribution in Uganda.
 Germany 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Tiffany Atkinson Aria
ID:
Testing the role of turbidity and diet on the reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS16ES

The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of turbidity and diet on the behavior and development of reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae).
 USA 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David HUNT
ID:
Parallel evolution in adaptation to hypoxia in African fishes
REFNo: NS18ES

Objectives of this research project are to measure a number of phenotypic traits (e.g., body shape, gill size) known to be associated with hypoxia adaption in fish across several species in the same environment and look for patterns across different species.
Canada 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Colin CHAPMAN Austin
ID:
Climate change and increasing human-wildlife conflict: How to conserve wildlife in the face of increasing conflicts
REFNo: NS17ES

To establish a team who can build a graduate research and training network between Uganda, Canada, and South Africa to address the critical issue of how climate change affects crop production and crop raiding by wildlife
Canada 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Holly Lyne
ID:
What are the current challenges face in continuing care of premature neonates, following discharge, in Eastern Uganda?
REFNo: HS52ES

1. To assess how carers of preterm neonates are prepared to continue providing all aspects of care for their baby following their discharge from the neonatal unit at the MRRH in Mbale. 2. To explore the attitudes of carers, as well as the perceived barriers and facilitators, to those caring for babies born
UK 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jimmy Forry Ben
ID:
Prevalence of mental disorders and associated factors among prisoners in Mbarara Municipality
REFNo: HS68ES

To determine the prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners incarcerated in the high and low Security Prisons in Mbarara Municipality. To identify factors associated with mental illness among prison-inmates and prisoners’ accessibility to mental health services during their confinement. To establish the association between category of crime and type of mental disorder. To assess the association between the number of incarcerations and category of mental disorder.
 Uganda 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Agnes Kiragga
ID:
Men at Gaming Centers: Point of Care HIV and STI Testing
REFNo: HS70ES

• To test the acceptability and feasibility of same day testing of HIV and syphilis testing, test result notification, prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and proportion linked to care among men attending at gaming/betting centers • To identify the proportion of men involved in other self-reported risky behaviors such as hazardous alcohol intake, illicit drug use, having sex with men and having multiple sexual partners, • To test the diagnostic performance of the ChemBio duo HIV-syphilis point of care test.
Uganda 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Adam Moeller
ID:
A History of Moral Education in Uganda: Tracing Social Values relating to Gender and Sexuality
REFNo: SS82ES

In my research, I seek to understand a history of moral thought in Uganda, by looking at ideas about gender and sexuality, in order to put current contentious issues in their historical context. This context is inextricably linked to the process of national and regional identity making in Uganda, and hence of great importance in understanding society and post-colonial social and political development.
USA 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
CATHERINE ABBO
ID:
SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION: MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS65ES

1) To determine the prevalence and associated factors of emotional and behavioural disorders in adolescents in selected secondary schools in Uganda. 2) To identify and describe the current intervention practices of adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders in secondary schools in Uganda. 3) To determine whether the current intervention match the mental health needs
Uganda 2017-05-23 2020-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jennifer Doherty Catherine
ID:
The Role of Goods Distribution for Stability in Ethnically-divided countries. Uganda Case Study
REFNo: SS66ES

Contribute to the growing literature on public goods distribution which takes into account that not all goods and services are treated equally and that they have different properties. For example, it will build on the work of Kramon and Posner (2013) and Burgess et al (2015). The project will also contribute to literature which examines political stability in developing countries (Magaloni 2008; Blaydes 2011) by adding a component of ethnic diversity. The objective of the proposed interviews with local and national government, NGOs, and traditional leaders is to understand the distribution structure used to provide different types of goods/services/transfers to different parts of the country. The objective of the survey is to understand what people receive on the ground in different areas of the country, what types of goods and services they prefer, what different goods indicate to people about the government’s attitude towards them, and who they believe is responsible for providing the different goods and services they receive.
Ireland 2017-05-17 2020-05-17 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
BAPOLISI ACHILLE MWIRA
ID:
Post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidities and associated factors among refugees in Nakivale Camp in south Western Uganda.
REFNo: HS53ES

General objective • To asses psychiatric comorbidities with PTSD among refugees in Nakivale Camp. Specific Objectives •To determine the prevalence of PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees in Nakivale Camp. •To determine the psychosocial stressors associated with PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees. •To compare the prevalence of anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees with and without PTSD in Nakivale Camp.
Democratic Republic of Congo 2017-05-17 2020-05-17 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
ARCHILEO KAAYA NATIGO
ID: UNCST-2019-R001477
 Development and evaluation of simplified dietary assessment tools in rural/semi-rural women in Uganda
REFNo: HS63ES

Aims and Objectives The aim of this study is to design and test simplified dietary assessment tools appropriate for use in rural/ areas of Uganda (and comparable countries) that provide adequate quantitative data at population level (i.e., not individual level) on nutrient intake amounts, their relative adequacy compared to requirements, and their food sources. These methods and tools are intended to be comparable in utility to the multiple pass 24-hour recall, currently considered as the reference method, but with lower labor and resource requirements. Among women residing in a selected study population in Uganda, the objectives of the study are to: Objective 1: Design and field test simplified methods and tools for collecting and summarizing 'input data' or information on: (i) the various foods and recipes consumed, (ii) the distribution of usual portion sizes for foods consumed, and (iii) the variation in ingredients and proportion of ingredients in recipes consumed. Sub-objective 1.1: Compare the results of the two simplified input data collection tools to standard methods described in the multiple pass 24-hour recall for listing of foods consumed, estimation of portion sizes of consumed foods, and calculation of standard recipes. Sub-objective 1.2: Estimate the time and resource requirements for collection of these input data using the simplified input data collection tools. Objective 2: Design and field test two simplified dietary data collection methods and tools using (i) a 24-hour dietary recall format and (ii) a semi-quantitative food frequency format. Sub-objective 2.1: Compare key results of each of the two simplified dietary assessment methods with results from a standard multiple-pass 24-hour recall method conducted in the same study population: (i) mean intake of energy and 13 nutrients; (ii) nutrients for which mean intake is 5% of the Estimated Average Requirement for 13 nutrients. Sub-objective 2.2: Using data collected by the standard 24-hour dietary recall method, compare the key results (noted in 2.1 above) when food composition data for individual food items is applied to the data vs when food composition data aggregated by food sub-group is applied to the data. Sub-objective 2.3: Determine and compare the time and resource requirements for implementing each of the simplified survey methods and the standard 24-hour recall method.
Uganda 2017-05-17 2020-05-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Tyler Zoanni
ID:
In the Image of God: Christianity and Disability
REFNo: SS11ES

My research investigates the ideas and practices related to disability that arise within Christian disability ministries in Uganda, where they have become major providers of care and support (housing, advocacy, education, etc.). My research will answer the following questions: 1) In what sense are people with disabilities understood as made in the “image of God”? What ideas about disability, models of disabled personhood, and practices of disability sociality and politics do Christian groups in Uganda enact? 2) Why are Christian disability-focused efforts flourishing? 3) What catalyzed the rise of disability ministries? To what extent have ideas and practices centering on disability changed in recent Ugandan history in the context of Christian engagements with disability?
USA 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
John Simaika
ID:
Developing and testing methods for wetland health assessment using dragonflies
REFNo: NS10ES

A major objective of my study is to adapt biomonitoring tools for use on wetlands of Uganda. My project is planned for a two-year period to incorporate seasonal changes with a high degree of confidence. This work will close the knowledge gap on two more objectives to: (1) quantify the robustness of using dragonflies as indicators of wetland integrity in the region; and, How representative are the richness and species composition of the integrity of wetland ecosystems in comparison to wetland plants, a commonly used indicator? (2) quantify the performance of the ecological integrity indices. How representative are the ecological integrity indices of wetland health (e.g. correlation with Wet-Health)? How much effort is needed to use the dragonfly indices in the field? How much effort is needed to calculate and interpret the indices? Is this effort more or less than that needed for conventional methods (e.g. Wet-Health)?
 Germany 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Bruno Braak Jim
ID:
Access to land and justice among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
REFNo: SS67ES

This proposed research would contribute to my PhD dissertation. It would draw on a prior period of three months of intensive and collaborative field research in South Sudan as a basis to compare current perceptions and practices with. The objective of this proposed research would be to discover the changes and continuities in Western Equatorians’ access to land and justice mechanisms. Doing so, it hopes to shed light on the impact of the process of forced displacement to Uganda. Conceptually, this research would draw on notions and practices around authority, identity and property. Special attention will be devoted to the differentiated impact according to gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic background.
Netherlands 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Agnes Kiragga
ID:
Tracing non-rEtained HIV PoSitivE Pregnant Women enrolled in Option B+ and ascertaining their BabIeS outcomes (sTEPWISe)
REFNo: HS35ES

Specific Aim 1: Trace women, initiated ART under option B+ who disengaged from care and assess reasons for disengagement, as well as obtain corrected estimates of retention by evaluating the proportion of mothers who have re-engaged or died.\r\nSpecific Aim 2: Assess and compare HIV transmission rates among infants born to retained and disengaged mothers. \r\nSub-aim 2.1. Perform HIV DNA PCR testing on the infants of disengaged women \r\nSub-aim 2.2 Obtain HIV status data on infants of retained women from existing medical records, or by providing HIV DNA-PCR testing for untested-infants or those whose test was performed within the previous month.\r\nSpecific Aim 3: To measure efavirenz (EFV) levels in the blood collected from all re-engaged and a matched sample of retained women. \r\nSpecific Aim 4: To perform genotypic testing among retained and disengaged women with virologic failure defined as viral load ≥1,000 copies/ml in order to describe mutations that are known to confer drug resistance. \r\n
 Uganda 2017-05-05 2020-05-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Lina Waru Zedriga
ID:
Inclusive Mechanisms Targeting Youth for Countering Violent Extremism in the IGAD Region
REFNo: SS72ES

This study seeks to inform policy debates and practices in CVE interventions within the IGAD region in order to engage and empower youth, both male and female.
Uganda 2017-05-02 2020-05-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Ben Evans
ID:
Theory of change development for conservation evaluation: A Delphi exercise
REFNo: SS40ES

We aim to capture the opinions of a range of stakeholders of the project, from those designing and implementing the project to beneficiaries and end-users. This process will generate a rigorous theory of change with enhanced buy-in from stakeholders, which will go on to form the evaluation of the project. \r\n
 UK 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fred Bulamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000026
 Non-Physician Anaesthetists’ training and roles in sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS30ES

This study aims to 1) characterise the training programmes currently available for NPAs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with respect to their structure, curricula and teaching methods, 2) characterise the output of NPA training programmes in terms of NPA roles and the proportion of total anaesthesia providers who are NPAs, and 3) explore the experience of key informants in selected locations with regard to NPA training and practice.\r\n
 Uganda 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Joshua Nfambi
ID:
Effect of Moringa oleifera extracts on the HIV model: A study of nutrient bioavailability and immunological responses
REFNo: HS46ES

1. To assess the presence and quantity of micronutrients in Moringa oleifera leaf extracts 2. To determine the bioavailability of the micronutrients in Moringa oleifera in a Murine model 3. To establish the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on HIV virus replication in T-lymphocytes and macrophages 4. To determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on secretion of chemokines, IL1, 12 TNF α and INF γ in HIV infected cells 5. To determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on the cell mediated immune system of a humanized HIV murine model
 Uganda 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Henry Kajumbula Mawerere
ID: UNCST-2019-R001531
 Adaptation and Evaluation of a Direct PCR Based Method for the Diagnosis of Bacteremia among Critically Ill Patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS51ES

4.2.1. To introduce and optimize a broad range qPCR test for diagnosis of bacteremia at the MUCHS molecular biology laboratory 4.2.2. To evaluate the performance of the broad range qPCR among patients at the Mulago ICU and UCI against blood culture 4.2.3. To estimate the prevalence of various etiologic agents of bacteremia among UCI and Mulago ICU patients with sepsis 4.2.4. To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of the bacterial strains responsible for bacteremia at the UCI and the Mulago ICU
Uganda 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Iain Darbyshire Andrew
ID:
Identifying Tropical Important Plant Areas in Uganda
REFNo: NS11ES

Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) are sites of global importance for conserving the world’s plant diversity, measured through three criteria: threatened species, threatened habitats and high botanical richness. This project will support the identification of TIPAs in the forests of west and central Uganda through conducting field surveys of key sites, selected through prior analysis of herbarium data for Uganda. For each site, we will assess its current status including how intact the forest habitats are, what management practices are in place and what threats are evident. Species of high conservation importance will be specifically targeted, and an assessment made of their abundance at each site. Rapid species inventories, including collection of herbarium specimens, will also be carried out particularly at lesser known forest sites. The field data accumulated will feed into the identification of TIPAs based on the presence of threatened species, threatened habitats and assemblages of important species including those of socio-economic value; these will be published online through the IPA database. The current proposed period of fieldwork is a pilot phase of a wider TIPAs project and will focus on selected sites in the southwest of Uganda. It is envisaged that this pilot will support the development and funding of a larger project on TIPAs in Uganda.
 UK 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Isabel Larridon
ID:
C3 and C4 Cyperaceae of Uganda
REFNo: NS12ES

The fieldwork is organised in the context of a project looking at the differential impact of climate change of C3 and C4 plant lineages in Africa. C4 photosynthesis is an evolutionary response to climate change (including aridification). Multiple independent origins of the C4 pathway in Cyperaceae provide ideal opportunities to study the differential response of C3 and C4 lineages to climate change. The largest diversity of C4 Cyperaceae lineages occurs in Africa allowing us to investigate C4 evolution within the unique climatic and biogeographical history of the continent. Africa is undergoing aridification at a scale and level that is only comparable to Australia. Studying adaptation mechanisms in African flora may be key to decipher long-term evolutionary response to global warming in plants. In the overarching project, we aim to apply the novel HybSeq technique to acquire 350+ low-copy targets and high-copy genomic loci evolving across a range of rates, combined with access to newly available fossils providing further calibration dates, to obtain an accurately dated and robust Cyperaceae Tree-of-Life, resolve relationships in C4 Cyperaceae lineages and identify their closest sister C3 lineages. Together with model-based biogeographical methods and present-day and paleoclimatic ecological niche models informed by baseline data from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s vast collection of herbarium records, this data will provide key knowledge on how C3 and C4 Cyperaceae lineages have differentially responded to environmental pressures in Africa over the last c. 85 Ma. This will allow modelling how they will respond in future and inform conservation actions.
 Belgium 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David  Coppock Layne
ID:
Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptation Among Small-Scale Farmers in Uganda: A Community-Based Approach
REFNo: SS44ES

\r\n 1.) Determine if small-scale farmers in Uganda perceive the climate to be changing, and if so, determine how and why they perceive it to be changing.\r\n\r\n 2.) Determine what adaptive actions, if any, small-scale farmers in Uganda are taking in response to the changes in the climate they perceive.\r\n\r\n 3.) Determine what resources small-scale farmers in Uganda need to enhance their resilience to climate change. \r\n\r\n 4.) Determine how the climate-change perceptions, adaptive actions, and resource needs vary with the location where small-scale Ugandan farmers reside, particularly between urban and rural locales. \r\n
 USA 2017-04-20 2020-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
A TREND ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AMONG GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN THE DREAMS PILOT DISTRICTS
REFNo: SS61ES

Generally the study aims at assessing changes in sexual behavior of girls and uptake of HIV related services Specifically, the study aims; 1) To determine girls exposure to the DREAMS behavior change communication package (BCC) 2) To determine changes in knowledge and risk perception of HIV among girls under DREAMS intervention 3) To determine changes in sexual behavior of girls over time 4) To determine levels of contraceptive use among girls/young women 5) To determine the various forms of violence experienced by the girls and the actions taken by the victims 6) To determine the various forms of parental and partner support and how it influences the behavior of the girls? 7) To determine HCT and disclosure among girls who have tested for HIV 8) To assess the influence of DREAMS on the girls behavior over the pilot period
Uganda 2017-04-11 2020-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures and dietary risk of Esophageal squamous cell cancer in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS37ES

1) To evaluate biomass fuel exposure as an ESCC risk factor by comparing personal carbon monoxide exposure among ESCC patients to that of age and gender matched controls with normal esophageal epithelia. We hypothesize that individuals with ESCC have greater exposure to biomass fuel compared to matched age and gender controls. \r\n\r\n2) To assess food preparation methods and dietary patterns as risk factors for ESCC in southwestern Uganda. We hypothesize that patients with ESCC have unique food preparation methods and consumed foods with high polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content compared with age and gender-matched controls with normal esophageal epithelia.\r\n
 Uganda 2017-03-28 2020-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
Improving Quality of Care of Maternal and Child Services through Result Based Financing (RBF): A Health Facility Based Case Control Survey
REFNo: HS43ES

 To assess whether the RBF payment method, when implemented, improves the quality of ANC, delivery and PNC services compared to usual financing methods  To assess health provider perceptions and expectations of whether other services have, or will be impacted by the RBF intervention  Assess the effect of RBF on practices of midwives through observing service delivery  Determine whether women experience of delivery and PNC services reflect impact of the intervention on quality of MNCH services?  To draw lessons about RBF in the context of Uganda and inform RBF rollout strategy?  Contribute to learning on improvement strategies for MNCH
Uganda 2017-03-28 2020-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
THE FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MOTHER BABY CARE POINTS (MCBPS): AN EVALUATION OF THE INTERVENTION
REFNo: HS45ES

The main purpose of the proposed evaluation is to explore into the setup, functionality and user perspectives of benefits and gaps of the MB care points in line with the PMTCT initiative, and inform improvements in their functionality. Specifically, the assessment aims; a) To identify of key activities pertaining to the formation of MBCPs and extent of compliance to the guidelines b) To determine the extent of implementation of recommended activities for the functionality of MBCPs c) To explore perceptions of midwives about MBCP with specific emphasis on feasibility, acceptability, uptake and retention. d) Assess the clinic system in terms of scope of services, quality of care provision and documentation e) To explore perceptions of mothers in terms of satisfaction and acceptability of MBCPs
Uganda 2017-03-28 2020-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jenny Farmer
ID:
The Global Methane Project; Monthly Observations, Yearly Assassments
REFNo: NS4ES

The aims of this project are to:\r\n1. achieve a significant improvement in the measurement of methane and to understand what changes are happening at global and regional scales.\r\n2. understand why these changes are occurring through targeted field campaigns and the analysis of atmospheric measurements using advanced modelling methods.\r\n3. predict how methane sources and sinks may change in future.\r\n
 UK 2017-03-17 2020-03-17 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Mahsa Abassi
ID:
Utilization of SMS Messaging Services to Improve Retention in Care of HIV-Infected Individuals in Uganda Short Title: SMS-2-Retain (S2R)
REFNo: SS62ES

The objective of the study is to determine if mobile health (mHealth) technology (text/voice-messaging services) is an effective method of improving retention in care for newly diagnosed HIV-infected individuals enrolling into care, as compared to standard of care. This is a pilot, non-blinded, randomized trial of mobile health implementation into routine HIV care. This pilot trial will be focusing on 1) two-week retention in care of all HIV-infected participants from enrollment and followed by 2) participants who have been found to have cryptococcal antigenemia, a population of participants most at risk for early morbidity and mortality.
USA 2017-03-07 2020-03-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Xavier Medialdea Pedrol
ID:
Livestock diet quality and overgrazing in Queen Elizabeth National Park
REFNo: NS7ES

Understanding determinants of livestock movement on spatial and temporal dimensions and link it to the use of resources in an outside Queen Elizabeth National Park while the nutritional and healthy status of the animals is studied. This can be achieved by monitoring the diet quality and parasites of livestock and the forage availability through space and time in and near the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
 Spain 2017-02-28 2020-02-28 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
 Developing a peer support model for depression care in patients with diabetes mellitus, and testing it’s efficacy on patient outcomes; a randomized control trial.
REFNo: HS20ES

The main study objective will be developing a peer support model of depression care for patients with DM and testing its efficacy on clinical outcomes
 Uganda 2017-02-24 2020-02-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Robert Buwule Stalone
ID:
Re-Engineering Research and Innovation Information in University Libraries in Uganda for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Agricultural Sector
REFNo: IS6ES

a) To investigate how University libraries in Uganda are facilitating access to Research and Innovation information for use by Small and Medium Enterprises in the agricultural sector in Uganda.\r\nb) To find out the extent to which University libraries in Uganda repackage Research and Innovation information for use by Small and Medium Enterprises in the agricultural sector in Uganda.
 Uganda 2017-02-24 2020-02-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Anne Kantel
ID:
Situating Legitimacy: Encounters between State-Based and Local Fisheries Lifeworlds in Uganda
REFNo: SS48ES

Questions of how to design successful environmental management systems have motivated research in anthropology, political geography and international relations for decades. To the extent that ‘success’ depends on compliance, this raises a fundamental question: When and why do people comply with regulations governing the commons? I address this issue from a specific angle: Why do the same natural management policies fail in some spaces, while they succeed in others? Using the exemplifying case of fisheries management in Uganda, I argue that variance in compliance rates with state policies can be understood by studying the constitution and interaction of different lifeworlds and the effects of such encounters on the perceived cultural legitimacy of state policies in specific spaces. Existing studies suggest that if state-based lifeworlds are incongruent with local fisheries lifeworlds, the perceived cultural legitimacy of, as well as compliance rates with, government policies in these spaces are low.
Germany 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Megan Swanson
ID:
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Cervical Cancer Care in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS29ES

The overall goal of this project is to identify the barriers to cervical cancer care in Kampala, Uganda. Specific aims are as follows:\r\n\r\nAim 1: Describe the prevalence of cervical cancer by stage and factors associated with late versus early-stage diagnoses.\r\n\r\nAim 2: Describe the intervals of time in the process of obtaining care for cervical cancer.\r\n\r\nAim 3: Describe the challenges doctors at referral hospitals face in providing cervical cancer care.\r\n
 USA 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ulrich  Kropiunigg
ID:
Understanding the Preventative and Protective Potential of Fathers: Safeguarding Children from Extremist Influences
REFNo: SS50ES

1.Gain a deeper understanding of extremist mechanisms at the individual psychological/ emotional\r\nlevel from the perspective of fathers.\r\n2.Investigate how fathers can be employed in shielding their children from extremist influences.\r\n3.Develop an understanding of the skills that fathers require in order to effectively prevent and protect\r\ntheir children from extremist influences.
 Austria 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Laura Bogart
ID:
Game Changers: A Pilot Intervention to Empower HIV Clients as Prevention Advocates in Uganda
REFNo: HS32ES

1) Use qualitative focus group research to assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an HIV prevention advocacy intervention with PLHA in HIV care, who will be trained to be advocates of HIV protective behaviours within their social networks.\r\n2) Develop an intervention based on the focus group data and community advisory board and IDI staff input. \r\n\r\nNote: the pilot intervention will be tested in a small randomized controlled trial after it is developed. An amended IRB application will be submitted for the pilot intervention test.\r\n
 USA 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire Magdalena Susan
ID:
VIROLOGICAL & CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ADULTS WITH PRETREATMENT OR ACQUIRED HIV DRUG RESISTANCE
REFNo: HS33ES

To describe \r\n• The virological and clinical outcome one year after detection of virological failure and/or HIV drug resistance within the RHINOS study (RHINOS = Resistance in HIV-infected Individuals in North and South).\r\n\r\nFor RHINOS ART experienced with virological failure +/- resistance mutations:\r\n• Proportion of patients switched and not-switched\r\n• Proportion of patients with virological failure switched and not-switched \r\n• Type and frequency of newly diagnosed resistance mutations in patients switched and not switched \r\n\r\nFor RHINOS ART naïve with pre-treatment resistance mutations:\r\n• Proportion of patients initiated on ART \r\n• Proportion of patients started on any drug to which previous HIVDR was detected \r\n• Proportion of patients with virological failure after ART initiation\r\n
 Uganda 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ivan Lukanda Nathanael
ID:
From Lab to Fork? Press Coverage and Audience Perceptions of Crop Biotechnology Systems in Uganda.
REFNo: SS27ES

\r\n• To analyse how the New Vision and Daily Monitor present news about crop biotechnology and the factors that influence news frames;\r\n• To establish the role of the New Vision and Daily Monitor in the uptake of biotechnology among the public;\r\n• To examine the perception of biotechnology in the New Vision and Daily Monitor among actors, and\r\n• To explore the knowledge gaps in the uptake of biotechnology in Ugandan society and make recommendations for integrating print media coverage into public discourse in Uganda.\r\n
 Uganda 2017-01-31 2020-01-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Imelda Namagembe
ID:
ETHICAL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS IN EMERGENCY OBSTETRICS –GYNAECOLOGY CARE RESEARCH: A CASE STUDY OF MAKERERE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES/MULAGO HOSPITAL, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS31ES

General Objective:\r\nTo explore and document ethical challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gyneacology research by researchers and IRB members at Makerere College of Health Sciences/Mulago Hospital, Uganda".\r\nSpecific objectives\r\n1) To explore the ethical challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gynaecology research by researchers at Makerere College of Health Sciences and Mulago Hospital.\r\n2) To explore the ethical and operational challenges encountered by IRB members when reviewing / monitoring research in emergency obstetrics-gynecology. \r\n3) To document the strategies used by both researchers and IRB members to handle the ethical and operational challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gynecology research\r\n
 Uganda 2017-01-31 2020-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jacqueline Gallo
ID:
How are student leavers’ combined capabilities being developed and/or restricted as they transition out of a Roman Catholic missionary school education in Uganda?: An ethnographic study
REFNo: SS42ES

Educational Research - Girls' Secondary Education in a Religious Institution\r\n\r\n• Understand how student leavers are transitioning out of secondary education into the world, be it into employment, marriage, further education or a combination of the above through the transitioning girls’ own perspectives with context provided by the congregation leadership, school authorities, families, and alumnae;\r\n• Learn how the school is preparing them for their post-secondary school lives;\r\n• Give voice and autonomy to female African students to assess the quality of their educational experience, a voice that is virtually absent from the academic literature; and\r\n• Develop a methodological example that supports Sub-Saharan African educational institutions (including missionary educators and NGOs) to assess the institution's ability to develop student capabilities in a manner that gives dignity to the educational experience and informs the increasingly prioritised education goals in international development discourses.\r\n
 USA 2017-01-24 2020-01-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Allan Ochieng
ID:
Understanding the need for inoculation of common in Uganda
REFNo: A12ES

Objective 1: Determine the abundance and diversity of indigenous rhizobia nodulating common bean in Uganda and the factors influencing them. This will be achieved by establishing if uninoculated soil from different Agroecological zones (AEZ) differ in the ability to support effective nitrogen fixation and if this difference is related to the abundance and composition of the native rhizobial population.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 1.1: Estimate the population density of indigenous rhizobia in different soils and determine the effect of the soil properties on the rhizobial population.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 1.2: Determine the rhizobial composition in different soils and factors that influence it.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 1.3: Determine the effectiveness of nitrogen fixation of rhizobial populations derived from different soils and factors that influence it.\r\n\r\nObjective 2: Determine the competitiveness of indigenous rhizobial populations from different soils with respect to current strains used for bean inoculation.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 3: Test effectiveness, adaptability and competitiveness of the identified superior indigenous rhizobia under greenhouse conditions.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 4: Test effectiveness, adaptability and competitiveness
Uganda 2017-01-17 2020-01-17 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
John  Lule Ronald
ID:
Baseline Study for an Adolescent HIV and SRHR Programme
REFNo: HS23ES

The objective of this study is to establish baseline values and qualitative information on select project indicators. This information will serve as a basis for Alliance and CHAU to set targets and track changes and progress against these indicators throughout the project period. This information may also serve Alliance and CHAU to inform and shape programming as well as READY project contribution to Uganda national SRHR and HIV outcomes and targets.
 Uganda 2017-01-10 2020-01-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
JOHN FAITH MAGOLO FAITH
ID:
APPROPRIATENESS OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN MT. ELGON REGION IN EASTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS13ES

1. To find out the level of risk Knowledge in the management of the impacts of Climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda. \r\n2. To establish the level of technical monitoring in the management of the impacts of climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda. \r\n3. To investigate the appropriateness of communication on the management of the impacts of climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda.\r\n4. To establish the appropriateness of response capability on the management of the impacts of climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda. \r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-21 2019-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Rieko Shibata
ID:
Understanding dynamics and diversity of smallholder farmers' innovation characteristics and processes in Agricultural Innovation System in Uganda
REFNo: SS43ES

The objectives of the research are 1. to understand local agricultural innovation types and processes of smallholder farmers with different socioeconomic characteristics, in relation to the changing socio-economic and environmental conditions in Uganda, 2. to understand implications of innovations on the livelihoods of farmers with different socioeconomic characteristics, and 3. to critically analyse its relevance and effectiveness of current AIS and its practices in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda, in relaiton to local innovation processes, and identify practical solutions.
 Japan 2016-12-21 2019-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
Increasing TB Case Notification and Documenting Improvement and Cost Effective Strategies in Northern Uganda: A Facility Based Intervention Case-Control Study
REFNo: HS22ES

• To quantify changes in levels of TB case detection and notification in intervention and control facilities following specific intervention.\r\n• To quantify changes in the evaluation of TB presumptive case and enrollment of confirmed TB cases on treatment at both case and control facilities following specific interventions \r\n• To document successful improvement strategies for TB notification at intervention facilities\r\n• To provide in-depth knowledge of barriers and enablers to TB case notification\r\n• To measure cost of implementing improvement strategies for in the intervention facilities \r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-21 2019-12-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Marit Blaak
ID:
Learning for Change: Promoting Organisational Learning in education Non-Governmental Organisations in Uganda
REFNo: SS25ES

This research seeks to open up the space for adaptive programme delivery to educationally excluded groups involving community actors. The aim of this study is to facilitate a community of inquiry to understand and promote collective learning between Ugandan education NGOs and external actors. The research will result in the development and testing of solutions as well as a contextualised theory of organisational learning for education NGOs offering non-formal education programmes in Uganda.\r\nSpecific objectives of this study are:\r\n• Analyse internal and external factors and actors shaping organisational learning in Ugandan education NGOs.\r\n• Develop a theory on space and double loop learning in Ugandan education NGOs. \r\n• Identify and test possible solutions to promote organisational learning in Ugandan education NGOs. \r\n• Facilitate a community of inquiry through a Participatory Action Research approach.
 Netherlands 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Anna Eisenstein
ID:
Health Interactions in South Western Uganda
REFNo: SS46ES

The objectives of this research are: 1. To identify the interactional cues that patients interpret as “care"; 2. To document the relevance of linguistic phenomena to how patients and practitioners negotiate authority in medical settings; and 3. To identify interactional variables that impact patient engagement in medical care/treatment.
 USA 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Sarah O'Sullivan
ID:
Undisclosed Stigma: the Politics of the Ordinary, ARV Adherence, and Development in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS47ES

(1) to understand how the history of war and aid-dependency in northern Uganda, along with the recent introduction of accessible anti-retroviral medication for people living with HIV contributions to ongoing stigma towards with living with HIV. (2) To provide a close qualitative analysis of how stigma associated with HIV post-ARV rollout affects HIV-positive people and their families. (3) to understand how severe aid-dependency and the proliferation of development initiatives in northern Uganda influences the expectations towards how people living with HIV on ARVs should behave as productive citizens contributing to northern Uganda’s post-conflict restructuring.
Canada 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Robert  Lukande
ID:
Post-Mortem Assessment of Pathogen and Anti-infective Distribution and Responses i HIV-Positive Patients
REFNo: HS24ES

• Use histopathology to determine pathogen (viral, fungal) distribution within and across tissue compartments\r\n• Improve diagnostic methods for HIV and AIDS-related infections\r\n• Determine distribution of anti-infective agents within and across tissue compartments\r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
 An Evaluation of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland Uganda Fellowship Programme.
REFNo: HS27ES

The research objectives are:\r\n\r\n1. To quantify the number of trained physician anaesthetists now working in Uganda, including their roles and responsibilities.\r\n\r\n2. To explore what impact the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme has had on the standards of training in anaesthesia and patient care in Uganda.\r\n\r\n3. To explore how perceptions of the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda have changed over the duration of the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme.\r\n\r\n4. To understand the impact that different partnerships have had on the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda over the last 10 years.\r\n
 UK 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
 New approaches for the diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma
REFNo: HS28ES

To evaluate two novel diagnostic approaches for KS that may be eventually deployed with portable, point-of-care techniques. One approach features confocal microscopy and the other approach uses nucleic acid amplification. We shall compare these new approaches with the gold standard of histology from a traditional skin punch biopsy to determine the sensitivity and specificity of each new approach.
 Uganda 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Grace Ryan Kathryn
ID:
MIND ME Uganda: using Mental health INformation anD Monitoring and Evaluation systems to evaluate recovery-oriented mental health services in Kampala and Entebbe, Uganda
REFNo: HS12ES

The aim of this research is to carry out a mixed-methods evaluation of the Brain Gain II project and its mental health information and monitoring and evaluation (MIND ME) system, in order to inform policy regarding the continuation and scale-up of recovery-oriented mental health interventions in Uganda.\r\n\r\nObjectives include:\r\n\r\n1.To evaluate Brain Gain II’s MIND ME system, using mixed-methods to assess eight key implementation outcomes, including: acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, cost, coverage, feasibility, fidelity, sustainability\r\n\r\n2.To generate evidence on the effectiveness of Brain Gain II interventions using MIND ME\r\n\r\n3.To evaluate the general process and impact of implementing the Brain Gain II programme, by triangulating evidence generated through MIND ME with evidence generated through original research\r\n
 USA 2016-12-06 2019-12-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sara Cavallo
ID:
Linking Banana Xanthomonas wilt and agro-ecological intensification to food practices in Kabarole District, Uganda
REFNo: SS37ES

This research seeks to understand the knowledge networks that have formed in light of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt and how knowledge is translated from scientists to extension to farmers and how knowledge flows influence landscapes.
 USA 2016-12-06 2019-12-06 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Elaine Hsiao
ID:
Protecting Place, People and Peace: A Critical Socio-Legal Review of Transboundary Parks
REFNo: SS35ES

The purpose of this research is to assess the peace outcomes of transboundary conservation areas and ways that peace is captured in legal frameworks. This includes field research in three transboundary conservation areas of Uganda to provide qualititative and socio-political context for findings identified in the legal assessment. The three field sites are: (1) Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration, (2) Landscapes for Peace and (3) Mount Elgon.
 USA 2016-11-29 2019-11-29 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Twaha Rwegyema
ID:
Assessment of Dietary Patterns for People Living with HIV seeking health services from Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda
REFNo: HS13ES

1. To identify the foods commonly consumed by PLHIV attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n2. To compare dietary patterns of malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n3. To explore demographic, socio-economic and hospital care factors associated with dietary patterns among HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n4. To identify and compare coping mechanisms during food scarcity between the malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.
 Uganda 2016-11-23 2019-11-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Peter Schüle
ID:
World-wide phylogeny and biodiversity of beetle associated nematodes and faunistic data of different groups of insects: Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabaeidae and Odonata
REFNo: NS5ES

 Increasing the knowledge of the inventory of the Cicindelidae species of Uganda\r\n Obtaining better knowledge about biogeographic patterns about Carabidae and other beetle groups in Uganda\r\n include the data of Central African Nematodes into the world-wide research project on the biogeography of Nematodes\r\n
 Germany 2016-11-07 2019-11-07 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
 Neuropsychiatric Genetics of African Populations - Psychosis (NeuroGAP-P)
REFNo: HS14ES

i) Expand knowledge of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Africa through large-scale sample collection, analysis and follow-up.\r\n\r\nii) Increase understanding of the genetics of African populations\r\n\r\niii) Enhance neuropsychiatric genetic research capacity in Africa through the training of scientists and support the development of locally led research programs\r\n
 Uganda 2016-11-01 2019-11-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Savannah Schulze Marie
ID:
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: interrelationships with Batwa and other local communities.
REFNo: SS24ES

This proposed research project is a dissertation project that will focus on increasing our understanding of the relationships between mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) and varied local human communities living around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Despite over 50 years of research on mountain gorillas, little is known about their traditional importance to local communities. I ask the following research questions: (1) How have the relationships between mountain gorillas and various local communities changed over time with conservation management and resettlement practices? (2) How can the integration of local knowledge enhance the participation of local communities in the scientific process, management, and conservation of protected spaces? (3) How do current human-gorilla interactions shape local people’s perceptions of mountain gorillas in Bwindi? I anticipate that findings will show that farmers who must guard their crops without harming gorillas and displaced hunter-gatherers who are cut off from their resource base will have different understandings of and conflicts with wildlife. I also anticipate that findings will increase the longevity of this species (Gorilla beringei beringei) by providing a deeper understanding of the complex associations between gorillas and humans sharing mosaic edge habitats.
USA 2016-10-31 2019-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Eric Kreutter
ID:
Leadership Emergence: The Moderating Role of Self-Awareness
REFNo: SS32ES

This is a quantitative survey-based study. The proposed study seeks to address questions relating to the mediating roles of Self-Awareness in the process of Leadership Emergence in a small group.
USA 2016-10-31 2019-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fred Kakooza
ID:
Exploring the potential and contribution of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda
REFNo: SS26ES

This study seeks to establish the potential and contribution of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda.\r\n\r\nThe research will answer the following questions or areas:\r\n• In what ways has Facebook been used in the OneLove and Obulamu campaigns for HIV and AIDS prevention?\r\n• How can Facebook best be used in HIV and AIDS prevention strategies? \r\n• What are the audience perceptions of Facebook in the OneLove and Obulamu campaigns for HIV and AIDS prevention?\r\n• In what ways can the use of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention strategies be evaluated?\r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fred Brany Lukwago
ID:
Risk assessment of aflatoxins along the dairy value chain in Uganda
REFNo: A9ES

Overall Objective\r\nTo determine the factors associated with aflatoxins contamination, their economic impact along the dairy value chains and estimate the levels of risk exposure of humans to aflatoxins.\r\nSpecific Objectives \r\nThe specific objectives of this work are to:\r\ni. Determine the levels and occurrence of aflatoxins in selected foods, animal feeds, milk and milk products\r\nii. To establish the levels of human exposure and assess the risks associated with consumption of aflatoxins contaminated milk and milk products in Uganda \r\niii. Estimating the postharvest losses due to aflatoxins contamination along the dairy value chains\r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Mahlet Woldetsadik Atakilt
ID:
Beyond the Survivor: The Impact of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on Families of Women Survivors in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS36ES

The objective of this research project is to assess Ugandan women’s experiences of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), explore how CRSV experiences affect family members, and evaluate current response programs to survivors. The overall goal is to provide evidence that can inform better response programming to CRSV survivors, and their family members. This project will address the following aims and research questions (R):\r\nAMI 1: Gain a better understanding of the experiences of CRSV survivors and families of survivors \r\nFrom the perspective of CRSV survivors\r\nR1a. How has the experience of CRSV affected the physical, psychological, and social well-being of women survivors living in post-conflict regions of northern Uganda?\r\no R1b. How do women survivors in northern Uganda think their CRSV experience has affected their relationship with their family?\r\no R1c. What kind of support, including response services, do survivors in northern Uganda seek or/and find the most helpful? \r\nFrom the perspective of families of CRSV survivors \r\no R1d. How do family members of CRSV survivors in northern Uganda think the experience has affected their relationship with the survivor? \r\no R1e. How has the presence of a CRSV survivor in the family affected the internal dynamics of the household? \r\no R1f. What kind of support or services related to CRSV experience did family members seek (if any) or would have liked to access?\r\nAIM 2 Estimate the costs of programs and their potential impact\r\no R2a. What are the main types of health services that organizations provide? \r\no R2b. What are the types of outcome measures are used by organizations that provide health services to survivors of CRSV in northern Uganda? \r\no R2c. How do programs measure effectiveness? \r\no R2d. Which programs or interventions are cost-effective, and what are their characteristics? \r\n
 Ethiopia 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
William  Amone
ID:
Agricultural Productivity and Economic Development in Uganda: An Inclusive Growth Analysis
REFNo: SS38ES

The main objective of the study is to assess the impact of agricultural productivity on economic development in Uganda. \r\nThe specific objectives of the study are:\r\n• To determine the factors that affect agricultural productivity in Uganda.\r\n• To determine the key binding constraints to inclusive economic growth in Uganda that need to be addressed so that the country can achieve sustainable broad base development. \r\n• To analyze the impact of agricultural productivity on GDP, GNI per capita, HDI and Gini Index. \r\n\r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Ryoma OTSUKA
ID:
Mountain gorilla conservation in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and its influence on residents living in villages adjacent to the park
REFNo: SS14ES

The overall goal of this research is to reduce human-gorilla conflict in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP). Objectives of the study are follows:\r\n \r\n 1. To grasp actual situation of HUGO (Human–Gorilla Conflict Resolution program\r\n) and analyze its effectiveness.\r\n \r\n 2. To know impacts of crop-raiding by mountain gorilla on local residents and understand residents’ attitudes toward it.\r\n \r\n3. To understand local NGO’s role in Bwindi and its implication on local residents.
 Japan 2016-10-18 2019-10-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fredrick KANOBE
ID:
INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MOBILE MONEY SYSTEMS IN UGANDA
REFNo: IS3ES

1) To explore existing information security management policies, procedures and standards used in mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n2) To investigate and determine the weaknesses of the existing information security management policies, procedures and standards for mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n3) To develop and recommend information security management practice guidelines for mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n4) To validate the developed information security management practice guideline \r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-18 2019-10-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Susan Kiene Maria
ID:
Use, Acceptability and Feasibility of a Pilot mHealth Intervention in Control of Diarrhoea in Kayunga District Uganda
REFNo: HS16ES

The proposed project will assess the use, acceptability and feasibility of a mHealth (mobile-phone technology for health) intervention that uses mHealth to help caregivers in rural Uganda establish tailored information on appropriate at-home care for diarrhoea or referrals for treatment based on the patient/child’s symptoms. \r\n\r\nThe specific objectives are:\r\n1. Obtain community feedback on the preliminary version of the mHealth intervention to refine the intervention, the app—user interactions, and procedures for promoting the intervention in the community.\r\n2. Make the intervention to one community of approximately 3,000 residents for 3 months and evaluate: use, acceptability, and feasibility of the intervention. \r\n3. Based on the findings, revise the mHealth intervention for testing in a larger trial to assess its effectiveness in reducing the time to treatment, cases of severe diarrhoea, and mortality. \r\n
 USA 2016-10-18 2019-10-18 Medical and Health Sciences
Saghar  Birjandian
ID:
Transitional Justice Systems in Uganda
REFNo: SS28ES

To map out international and local transitional justice (TJ) initiatives from the perspective of locally based Ugandans. More concretely the researcher aims to contribute to the field substantively and methodologically. Substantively this study’s objectives are to: (1) explain how sub-regional TJ systems are understood in contextual terms, (2) explain how mainstream TJ is perceived by local actors within their respective system, (3) explain why local actors believe the mainstream is compatible with contextual approaches, if at all, and (4) explain why contextual actors interpret their respective sub-regional TJ system as they do. To help accomplish the substantive aims listed above this study includes the following methodological objectives: (1) to map sub-regional systems; (2) to gather oral and visual descriptions from participants to generate “system stories” that explain system behaviours; (3) to ask participants why they describe sub-regional systems as they do; and, (4) to develop conceptual models using visual mapping software and written text. Using this methodology, this study could also make substantive contributions to: explain how contextual systems are described in “post-liberal” terms, document preferred forms of interconnectivity between various approaches, as well as, similarities and differences among participants’ views.
 Canada 2016-10-11 2019-10-11 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Ritah Nasiima
ID:
PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE
REFNo: HS18ES

1)TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE(UCI)?\r\n2)TO DESCRIBE THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UCI?
 Uganda 2016-10-11 2019-10-11 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Katelyn Sileo M
ID: UNCST-2019-R001747
 Substance use and engagement in HIV care among Male Fisherfolk in Uganda: A syndemic approach
REFNo: HS15ES

The general objective of the present study is to explore factors associated with engagement in the HIV care continuum among male fisherfolk and other mobile men working in the fishing industry enrolled in HIV care in Wakiso District, Uganda.\r\n\r\nSpecific Objective 1: Quantitatively assess the independent and synergistic effects of substance use, internalized HIV stigma, gender norms, and depression on Ugandan male fisherfolk’s engagement in HIV care, including: ART adherence and retention. \r\n\r\nSpecific Objective 2: Building on Aim 1, qualitatively examine the mechanisms by which substance use, internalized HIV stigma, gender norms, and depression influence Ugandan male fisherfolk’s engagement in HIV care, including: ART adherence and retention.\r\n
 USA 2016-09-26 2019-09-26 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Harriet Nakayenga
ID:
Insects in the Tropics-Test Research (UNCST Team)
REFNo: A8ES

Learning about insects means entering a world of numbers! This is the most abundant animal type on earth, boasting almost 90 percent of all living things. Scientific estimates put the total number of species of insects worldwide up around the 30 million mark. In Australia we have already described over 86,000 species divided into 661 families, but there are likely to be thousands more insects waiting to be found and classified. If the abundance of insects in the Wet Tropics compared to the rest of Australia is similar to that of other animal types, then there are probably around 40,000 insect species hiding in the forests here.
 Uganda 2016-09-22 2019-09-22 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Anders Sjögren
ID:
Battles over boundaries. Contested devolution in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: SS20ES

This project analyses how the politics of contested devolution influences inclusion and exclusion at the sub-national political level in two divided societies, Kenya and Uganda. In societies characterised by deep-running political divisions, inequalities and exclusion, the issue of how to organise and distribute political power impacts hugely on stability. Devolution of power and resources to sub-national entities is often promoted as a remedy for problems of exclusion. However, changes in territorial demarcation and relocation of authority set off struggles over who should exercise what power, how and where. At the same time, fluid political identities frequently conflict with the scope of territorial and authority structures. The projects aims to 1) analyse how the contestation over devolved power in Kenya and Uganda influences political inclusion and exclusion and 2) contribute to theoretical development with regard to how the above is shaped by the interplay between formal and informal institutions and boundaries
 Sweden 2016-09-13 2019-09-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Yolana Pringle
ID:
Violence and public health in East Africa, c.1950s-1980s
REFNo: SS9ES

This project represents the first historically-grounded analysis of the relationship between violence and public health in mid-twentieth century East Africa. It does so through three case studies, examining the impact of violence on the health of civilian populations and on public health responses during: Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion (1952-9), the Rwenzururu movement in western Uganda (1960s and 1970s), and civil war in the Luwero Triangle (1982-6). The project will draw from archival material in Uganda’s National and District archives, the Kenya National Archives, and international organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO).\r\n\r\nThe project's research objectives / questions are to determine:\r\n- To what extent did public health priorities shift during periods of collective and interpersonal violence?\r\n- How did public health officials and international organisations respond to problems of:\r\n - Infectious and communicable diseases\r\n - Water and sanitation\r\n - Nutritional diseases\r\n - Physical and psychological trauma\r\n - Access to healthcare\r\n- Who has been responsible for health during periods of collective and interpersonal violence?\r\n\r\nThrough these research questions, the project aims:\r\n- To broaden our understanding about the operation of public health in sub-Saharan Africa in the past\r\n- To shed new light on the dynamics of violence in East Africa since the 1950s\r\n- To extend our understanding of the emergence of violence as a global public health priority, and the role of East Africa within this\r\n\r\nA full research proposal is attached to this application.
 UK 2016-08-24 2019-08-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Michael Harris
ID:
Examining the costs and benefits of sanitation infrastructure and access and associated decision-making frameworks within Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SIR4ES

The purpose of this study is to examine the costs and benefits of improved sanitation facilities, such as flush toilets, which are shared among multiple households compared to improved sanitation facilities private to a single household. Within this purpose, I will investigate the relevance of distinguishing between shared and private sanitation from local household perspectives, landlord perspectives, and decision-making or planning perspectives. The costs and benefits associated with shared and private sanitation will also be explored to further understand the motivations underlying the stated relevance of sanitation access level within low-income settlements of Kampala, Uganda. Within the study, two underlying research questions will help define future research studies and highlight locally important aspects of sanitation planning and household choices: (1) Which key factors drive the cost-benefit differences between shared and private sanitation options? And (2) how can data availability issues be overcome to develop relevant and valid cost and benefit estimations for Kampala, Uganda?\r\n\r\nThe overarching goal of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of shared versus private improved sanitation infrastructure within the setting of Kampala, Uganda. Under this goal, we have a number of study objectives, where we hope to improve understanding both for academic advancement and local knowledge advancement.  \r\n\r\nThese objectives are:\r\n - identify the sanitation facility options from multiple stakeholder viewpoints – tenants, landlords, sanitation experts;\r\n - review proposed cost-benefit framework and categories within the local context;\r\n - consolidate and review secondary-data on shared and private sanitation within Kampala slums;\r\n - evaluate the potential benefit-transfer validity both for local secondary data as well as foreign study data; and\r\n - evaluate the validity of benefit-estimation methods, including hedonic regression analysis, contingent valuation survey, and discrete choice experiment, within the local context to potentially replace or supplement benefit-transfer values.\r\n\r\nThese objectives cover multiple important aspects of the sanitation and potentially broader development field. Currently, cost-benefit analyses are an important part of the United Sates’ and many developed-countries’ policy-evaluation processes. However, the application of this method to decisions in developing countries is less common. When cost-benefit analyses have been conducted on sanitation policies or projects in developing countries, the focus has been on extreme shifts, such as moving households from open defecation to a private toilet and septic tank, or analyses have relied on crude data or transfers of value from other settings with limited validation. This study will review the validity of such value estimation approaches within Kampala and seek to understand the potential relevance of cost-benefit analyses to more marginal decisions, specifically households transitioning to shared versus private sanitation.
 USA 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Engineering and Technology Degree Award
IRENE AHEISIBWE
ID:
Learning Strategies, Core Self-Evaluations and Achievement Goal Orientations among Prisoners on Formal and Vocational Training in Uganda
REFNo: SS5ES

• To explore learning strategies used by prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda\r\n• Assess demographic variations in achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Examine the relationship between learning strategies and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Establish the association between learning strategies and core-self evaluations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda\r\n• Examine the association between core-self evaluations and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Examine the moderating effect of core self-evaluations on the relationship between learning strategies and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n
 Uganda 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Eunice Akullo
ID:
Exploring the Integration of Children born in Captivity to LRA abducted females in Post conflict areas affected by the LRA war, Uganda
REFNo: SS7ES

I. To explore integration as a process and the issues affecting it \r\n\r\nII. To examine the response of Transitional Justice to children as a war-affected category
 Uganda 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Kerry Holden Louise
ID:
The Promise of Science: Deliberating on health, biomedicine and democracy in the Ugandan parliament
REFNo: SS8ES

The proposed research seeks to examine whether, how and in what ways scientific capacity building in the Ugandan parliament and supporting offices and organisations improves political deliberation using health-related, biomedical and scientific knowledge.
UK 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Nele Jensen
ID:
What matters, where and how – evidence-informed policy networks and the making of knowledge in global health
REFNo: SSH2ES

With the WHO as an early and influential proponent, evidence-based/-informed health policy approaches have become something of a shibboleth, separating the good from the bad in global health decision-making and deemed indispensable to improving health especially in low-income countries. This research project traces the emergence and transformations of evidence-for-policy approaches at the WHO; and explores how evidence-informed policy is currently practiced through the WHO’s prime evidence-for-policy mechanism, the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet).\r\nThe Uganda EVIPNet country ‘node’, run by the Regional East Africa Community Health (REACH) Policy Initiative, counts among the most active and successful evidence-to-policy initiatives on the continent (Ongolo-Zogo et al. 2014; WHO 2016). Using EVIPNet/REACH Uganda as an empirical case study, this component of my research project examines some the practices, promises and challenges of evidence-based policy in Uganda.\r\n
 Germany 2016-06-01 2019-06-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mwesigwa  Collins K
ID:
Testing Feb 12 RMG
REFNo: ICS2ES

To Test trhe RMGt Application June 18th
 Uganda 2016-06-01 2019-06-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
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