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Nazarius Tumwesigye Mbona
ID: UNCST-2019-R000664
Community-Based Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment for Alcohol Use in Rural Gulu District, Northern Uganda (CoSBIRT Study)
REFNo: HS8385ES

The Community-Based Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment (CoSBIRT) study aims to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a community-based Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment model for alcohol use in rural communities in Gulu District, Northern Uganda,
Uganda 2026-08-27 19:13:21 2029-08-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
CharlesDenis Jjuuko
ID: UNCST-2026-R027227
Impact of Mmwanyi Terimba Economic Empowerment Program on Productivity and Welfare of Coffee Farmers in Buganda Region
REFNo: SS5762ES

1. To assess the effect of the level of exposure to Emmwanyi Terimba agronomic extension interventions on coffee productivity among smallholder farmers.
2. To determine the impact of exposure to Emmwanyi Terimba agronomic extension interventions on household income from coffee and other sources.
3. To evaluate the effect of exposure to Emmwanyi Terimba agronomic extension interventions on household food security and poverty status.
4. To examine the effect of exposure to Emmwanyi Terimba agronomic extension interventions on farm diversification, including integration of coffee with crops and livestock.

Uganda 2026-08-27 19:07:14 2029-08-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Timothy Kintu Mwanje
ID: UNCST-2021-R013684
A Mixed-Methods Needs Assessment to Optimize High-Performance Computing (HPC) Utilization for HIV and Infectious Diseases Research in Uganda
REFNo: HS8300ES

To explore the perceived barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for adoption and sustained use of the HPC cluster among HIV researchers in Uganda.,To determine the current research domains, computational skill levels, self-perceived competencies, and preferred learning modalities of researchers in Uganda.,To describe current and anticipated computational, algorithmic, storage, and software requirements for the analysis of HIV-related data among researchers in Uganda., To explore and characterize the computational, software, training, and operational needs of HIV researchers in Uganda.,
Uganda 2026-08-27 19:04:50 2029-08-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Cyril Kansiime
ID: UNCST-2026-R023995
Experiences of emerging adults regarding School Related Stress and Psychological Wellbeing at Uganda Institute of Allied Health and Management Sciences-Mulago.
REFNo: SS5763ES

1. To assess the experiences of emerging adults regarding school-related stress at UIAHMS-Mulago.
2. To assess the challenges of emerging adults regarding school related stress at UIAHMS-Mulago.
3. To explore the copying strategies of emerging adults regarding school related stress at UIAHMS-Mulago

Uganda 2026-08-27 19:03:03 2029-08-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ALEX ARIO RIOLEXUS
ID: UNCST-2024-R002455
Implementation of an Integrated Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases in Maternal and Child Health in East Africa
REFNo: HS7774ES

ensure impact through effective dissemination, exploitation and communication actions (WP7). Measurable Criteria: Implementation of the dissemination, exploitation and communication strategy.,To ensure effective Project Coordination and Scientific Project Leadership, in the consortium cooperation, development of the consortium agreement and other legal agreements among the beneficiaries, development of agreements with the Ministry of Health in each country, communication with the EDCTP3 JU regarding all project management and scientific governance issues, and project monitoring. (WP6, WP8) Measurable Criteria: Consortium agreement, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each Ministry of Health, excellence in research and innovation, and high quality and timely reports submitted to EDCTP3.,To implement a comprehensive capacity building program in the form of training for users in each setting; research and leadership training programmes for individual researchers, including early and mid-career researchers; and capacity building to strengthen the institutions to run the system and utilise data for quality improvement. (WP2, WP4, WP5)Measurable Criteria: Training materials and events, training evaluations, career development plans and career- development workshops.,To demonstrate the scientific value of population-based real-life routinely collected longitudinal individual-level data from eRegistries, harmonised across countries, through multi-country research advancing the state-of-the-art methods and understanding of the epidemiology of infectious diseases in maternity and perinatal life in the partner countries. (WP4) Measurable Criteria: Scientific reports of comparative multi-country epidemiology of poverty-related diseases in support of informed health policies, and multi-country RCT of DHI functionalities to inform regional digital health strategies.,To evaluate the implementation of the eRegistries system including usability and accessibility, economic cost for users, sustainability in terms of ability of the Ministry of Health to run, maintain and support the system, and equity using the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance). (WP3) Measurable Criteria: Country-specific and comprehensive evaluation report of the LINDA-FAMILIA eRegistries system.,To scale up eRegistries in primary maternal healthcare settings in Ethiopia and Rwanda, integrate with the existing digital systems at the hospital level, and fully implement the integrated system in primary maternal care settings and hospital maternity units in Tanzania and Uganda. (WP2) Measurable Criteria: eRegistries operating in the four selected regions; local authorities running the system independently.,To co-design and adapt the eRegistries in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with the involvement of end users, health services and Ministries of Health to tackle context-specific needs and prepare it for scale-up in the healthcare facilities that provide maternal, postnatal and newborn healthcare and child vaccinations. (WP2) Measurable Criteria: Adapted eRegistry, context specific and ready for scale up.,To understand the current state and progress of maternal and child health information systems in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, map the local context, current healthcare pathways and digital readiness in each targeted region, and reviewing the current data dictionaries used in maternal healthcare settings and facilitating harmonization within and across the four countries including established infectious disease core outcome sets. (WP1) Measurable Criteria: Landscape review report of the healthcare system levels and services, current data questionnaires, available data on infectious disease in pregnancy, harmonized data dictionaries and digital readiness.,To scale up an innovative, interoperable and adaptable open-source digital health information management system, within the DHIS2 platform replacing paper-based systems in the RMNCH units in the following four regions in East Africa: Addis Ababa Region, Ethiopia; Eastern Province, Rwanda; Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania; and Lango and North Buganda sub-Region, Uganda.,
Uganda 2026-08-27 19:00:26 2029-08-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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