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SAMANTHA KESHARA
ID: UNCST-2024-R016384
NEONATAL JAUNDICE MANAGEMENT:ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, and PRACTICES(KAP) OF MOTHERS AT KAWEMPE SPECIALISED NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL (KNRH).
REFNo: HS6108ES

To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of mothers regarding neonatal jaundice at Kawempe Specialized National Referral Hospital.

Specific Study Objectives

To evaluate the level of maternal knowledge on neonatal jaundice symptoms, causes, complications, and treatment options.

To assess maternal attitudes and perceptions toward neonatal jaundice and its severity.To examine maternal attitudes and perceptions toward neonatal jaundice and its severity.

To determine the healthcare-seeking practices of mothers when managing neonatal jaundice.To analyze the healthcare-seeking practices of mothers when managing neonatal jaundice.

Uganda 2025-07-10 11:05:34 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
James Tumwine Kashugyera
ID: UNCST-2025-R017959
Understanding and managing fevers from infections spread by animals
REFNo: HS6008ES

1.Determine the common causes of ZAFI and associated factors in paediatric patients living in urban and rural areas of Kabale, Uganda 2.Develop and test novel technologies and approaches for diagnosing ZAFI that are suitable for use in LMIC and field settings 2.1. Evaluate point-of-care (PoC) tests and pilot prototype molecular diagnostic platforms for key zoonotic pathogens 3.Involve communities and the health sector in Kabale, Uganda,in defining improved approaches to diagnosis and management of ZAFI 4.Strengthen capacity and capability for research on diagnosis and management of zoonotic diseases in Kabale, Uganda
Uganda 2025-07-09 17:55:28 2028-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Constance Buzaare
ID: UNCST-2024-R005359
Project-Based Learning, Conventional Teaching Approaches and Developing English Language Proficiency among Refugee Learners: A case of Bidi-Bidi refugee settlement
REFNo: SS3988ES

i. To assess the English language proficiency of refugee learners before implementing project-based learning and traditional learning approaches in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. ii. To examine the level of English language proficiency of refugee learners after the interventions of project-based learning and traditional learning approaches in Bidi Bidi settlement. iii. To determine the difference in English language proficiency among refugee learners before and after implementing project-based learning, compared to traditional teaching approaches in Bidi Bidi settlement. iv. To assess learners' perceptions of project-based and traditional learning approaches in enhancing English language proficiency among refugee learners in Bid Bidi Settlement.
Uganda 2025-07-09 17:06:10 2028-07-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edwin Kigozi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013215
Exploring the Potential of Graduate Nurses in Uganda to Advance Planetary Health and Foster Climate-Resilient Healthcare Systems.
REFNo: HS6116ES

Main aim.
This study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators for graduate nurses in promoting climate-resilient healthcare systems.

Specific Objectives:
1. To examine how graduate nurses in Uganda are involved in promoting climate-resilient healthcare systems within Uganda’s health sector.
2. To explore how education, training, current roles and work conditions influence the capacity of graduate nurses to engage in climate-resilient healthcare advocacy within and beyond traditional clinical settings.
3. To explore additional needs to support graduate nurses in Uganda to contribute to climate-resilient healthcare systems.

Uganda 2025-07-09 16:21:41 2028-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Esther Cathlyn  Atukunda
ID: UNCST-2022-R009265
Evaluating Healthy Families PrEP: an intervention to promote PrEP use during periconception, pregnancy and postpartum periods for women in rural Uganda
REFNo: HS6117ES

1. Adapt Healthy Families-PrEP (HF-PrEP) to community clinics in Mbarara and Sheema Districts, Uganda to include postpartum women guided by our conceptual framework and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR

2. Test Healthy Families-PrEP intervention effectiveness in a cluster-randomized control trial in Ugandan community health centers (HCs)

3. Determine incremental cost-per-person participating in Healthy Families-PrEP and estimate cost-effectiveness per incident HIV infection averted among women and their infants.
Uganda 2025-07-09 16:14:46 2028-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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