SUSAN BALEKE ATUHAIRWE
ID: UNCST-2019-R001107
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SAFETY, EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF MISOPROSTOL FOR TREATMENT OF INCOMPLETE MID TRIMESTER ABORTION IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS153ES
1) To determine the burden of abortion morbidity among near-miss cases in Uganda.
2) To compare the safety and effectiveness of diagnosis and misoprostol administration by midwives versus physicians for management of incomplete mid trimester abortion.
3) Explore health workers’ experiences of and perceptions towards the use of misoprostol for management of incomplete mid trimester abortion.
4) To compare the acceptability of PAC using misoprostol by intervention type (midwives vs. physicians), in the mid trimester.
5) To determine the post abortion contraceptive uptake and continuation over 12 months for LARCs versus SARCs.
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Uganda |
2018-06-13 |
2021-06-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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WYCLIFF TUSIIME EDWIN
ID:
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Teachers digital competence in the Teaching of Art and Design in Teacher Training Institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS152ES
(i) to analyze if and how teachers use digital tools in the teaching of art and design?; (ii) to examine the challenges and /or opportunities teachers meet in the use of digital tools during teaching processes in Art and Design; (iii) to establish ways teachers can develop digital competence to enrich the teaching of art and design in TTIs?
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Uganda |
2018-06-13 |
2021-06-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Julius Okuni Boniface
ID: UNCST-2019-R000963
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Effect of host genotype on seropositivity to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Ankole cattle and immune activation of macrophages by recombinant heat shock protein 70 kd
REFNo: A32ES
To determine the seroprevalence of MAP in Ankole cattle in Rakai, Lyantonde and isingiro districts.
To determine the allele frequencies of TL2-2, IFN-gamma, NOD2,SCL11A1, BoLA (DRB) genes in seropositive cattle and their case controls.
To determine the association between serostatus and individual SNPs.
To determine the effect of HSP70 immunisation on the activation of monocyte derived macrophages in invitro culture with MAP.
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Uganda |
2018-06-13 |
2021-06-13 |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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DENISH MOORTHY
ID:
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Cost of Fortification of Maize Flour in Uganda
REFNo: HS191ES
The objective of this project is to prepare a background document that will help decision-makers better understand how producer start-up and operational costs and governmental monitoring and evaluation costs associated with maize flour fortification vary by scale of milling operations. Based on existing data and on data collected during this study, we will estimate the private and public sector costs of a (say) 10-year scale-up of a regional maize flour fortification program involving existing very small- and small-scale millers. These cost estimates, when set alongside estimates of micronutrient (MN) needs/deficiencies, and expected coverage of the proposed fortification program, can provide guidance regarding the costs of a maize fortification program among very-small and small-scale milling operations, and may also provide guidance regarding regional targeting of a maize flour fortification programs involving very-small and small-scale millers. For this study, we will also use available data on the private and public-sector costs of large-scale wheat flour fortification in Uganda; the results of this exercise may help decision-makers to compare the expected costs and nutritional benefits of wheat versus maize flour fortification programs.
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India |
2018-06-13 |
2021-06-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Herbert Arinaitwe
ID:
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Critical Success Factors (Csfs) For Institutionalisation of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in Government: The Case of Justice, Law and Order Sector in Uganda
REFNo: SS171ES
i. To examine the relationship between leadership and the institutionalisation of monitoring and Evaluation in JLOS.
ii. To examine the relationship between institutional set up and the institutionalisation of M&E in JLOS.
iii. To examine the relationship between organisational culture and institutionalisation of M&E in JLOS.
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Uganda |
2018-06-13 |
2021-06-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Meghan Sobel
ID:
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The Role of News Media in Rwanda and Uganda
REFNo: IS12ES
The objective of this study is to compare the media landscape in Uganda to the media landscape in Rwanda. Building on previous research that we have conducted via interviews with journalists in Rwanda, we aim to answer the following research questions:
RQ1: What are the roles and functions of journalists in present-day Uganda?
RQ2: How does Ugandan journalists’ use of social media compare to journalists in Rwanda?
RQ3: How does Ugandan journalists’ use of constructive journalist compare to journalists in Rwanda?
RQ4: How do Ugandan journalists perceive their level of press freedom compared to journalists in Rwanda?
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USA |
2018-06-13 |
2021-06-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Catriona Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
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Audit of current anticoagulant practices in the War-PATH Ugandan and South African clinical study sites
REFNo: HS179ES
1. To evaluate the current clinic service provision, drug availability, and current practices for warfarin prescription and dose adjustment at selected anticoagulant clinics in Uganda and South Africa
2. To evaluate the indications and demographic distribution and proportion of patients in therapeutic range among patients currently attending the anticoagulant clinics
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UK |
2018-05-30 |
2021-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Peterson Kikomeko Kato
ID: UNCST-2019-R000881
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Development and Validation of a Competency-Based Education Model for Strengthening Undergraduate Training in Human Nutrition and Dietetics in Uganda
REFNo: HS206ES
1.Responsibility towards participants: To be ensured by guaranteeing anonymity, ensuring absolute confidentiality, avoiding harm and avoiding betrayal and or deception. Obtaining voluntary informed consent from all participants and ensuring that the relationship between the researcher and the participants is based on honesty.
2.Ensuring legal requirements: Adhering to the legal requirements for conducting research in Uganda; avoidance of plagiarism, obtaining research approvals, ethical review, and research permit.
3.Knowing results of the research: Ensuring that respondents get to know the results from the research.
4.Responsibility towards the research community: Sharing results of the research with all participants and the general public
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Uganda |
2018-05-30 |
2021-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Edwin Nuwagira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000930
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ONE YEAR MORTALITY AND LOSS TO FOLLOW UP AMONG PATIENTS RECEIVING SECOND LINE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AT THE MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL HIV CLINIC
REFNo: HS193ES
General objective;
To determine the one year mortality and loss to follow up among patients on second-line ART at Mbarara regional referral hospital HIV clinic.
Specific Objectives;
1. Determine the rate of loss to follow up among HIV positive patients in their first one year of taking second line ART.
2. Determine the factors associated with loss to follow up of patients on second line ART during the first one year of treatment.
3. Determine the one year mortality of patients on second-line ART.
4. Determine the factors associated with one year mortality among patients on second-line ART at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
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Uganda |
2018-05-29 |
2021-05-29 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Danse Anna Maria de Bondt Anna Maria
ID:
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Traditional Drinks and Local Customs: The Everyday Experiences of Law and Governance in the Border Area of West Uganda.
REFNo: SS169ES
The consumption of alcoholic beverages is widely accepted in Ugandan society. Most popular are locally produced drinks such as tonto (banana wine), bushera ( sorghum beer), ajon (millet beer) and waragi (locally distilled gin), especially in rural areas. The drinks are locally produced in homes, sold and consumed by families and friends in the area and even traded and distributed throughout the country as well as abroad, as in the case of waragi. Many of these drinks have been made for generations and are considered in society to be part of a traditional way of life. They are consumed on social events, such as funerals, weddings and festive celebrations such as Christmas.
This study is situated within larger debates surrounding law, culture, local customs and trade in Africa. The central aim of this research is twofold: to understand the everyday practices and experiences of the people that are involved in production, trade and consumption of locally produced drinks in the border area of West Uganda; and to understand the role that different actors have in governing this trade. In order to understand how these concepts work out in everyday life, practice theory will serve as a lens with which to understand the social power relations of the variety of actors that live at the border.
To address these issues my main research question will be: “How does the relationship between state officials and people involved in unregulated alcohol practices shape law and governance in the border area of West Uganda?”
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Netherlands |
2018-05-29 |
2021-05-29 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
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Adherence to 3TC/TDF PrEP as a Bridge to ART: A Pilot Evaluation
REFNo: HS208ES
1) Evaluate uptake and adherence to 3TC/TDF PrEP among HIV-uninfected partners, when implemented as a bridge to ART
2) Assess factors related with adherence to 3TC/TDF PrEP
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Uganda |
2018-05-29 |
2021-05-29 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Silver Bahendeka Karaireho
ID: UNCST-2019-R000876
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The Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes in Uganda
REFNo: HS209ES
General Objective
To study the epidemiology of T1D in Ugandan Youths
Specific Objectives
1. To ascertain the newly diagnosed (2009 – 2018) incident T1D in youth age < 25 years in order to assess the temporal trends in presentation of diabetes for the period 2009 – 2018, by age, sex and ethnicity. Specific characteristics to be examined are: age at onset of diabetes, markers of disease severity (diabetic ketoacidosis; residual insulin secretion – C-peptide; HbA1c), markers of insulin sensitivity (waist circumference, body mass index), Cardiovascular risk factors (lipid profile, blood pressure, microalbuminuria).
2. To determine the prevalence and incidence of, and risk factors for chronic microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy, and autonomic neuropathy) and selected markers macrovascular complications (hypertension) of diabetes.
3. To assess the incidence of, and risk factors for, serious acute complications of diabetes, including severe hypoglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
4. To assess total and cause – specific mortality among 2009 – 2018 incident cases for the period from the date of diabetes diagnosis through March 31, 2018
5. To determine the extent to which barriers to access care and barriers to quality of care, impact on management outcomes.
6. To provide consultation and support to inform the development of low-cost sustainable public health surveillance systems of childhood diabetes in Uganda.
7. To assess growth and glycaemic control of children and adolescents diagnosed with T1DM .
8. To determine the effect of psychosocial support (camps and / parents meeting) on Diabetes care in children and youth with DM
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Uganda |
2018-05-29 |
2021-05-29 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Amy Patterson Stephenson
ID:
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“Shaping Citizenship: Christian Institutions and Urban Youth in Africa”
REFNo: SS190ES
This project explores the relationship between Christian institutions (such as ecumenical bodies, denominations and individual congregations) and youth citizenship in urban Africa. The project seeks to answer three questions: (1) How do Christian institutions shape citizenship norms and behaviors among African youth? (2) How do Christian institutions prioritize particular citizenship norms and behaviors, depending on the gender and economic standing of youth? (3) How do these Christian efforts influence how youth themselves understand citizenship and act on that understanding? To answer the questions, the project will include fieldwork in urban Kampala district. Outputs will include an academic presentation, academic articles and potentially, a book.
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USA |
2018-05-29 |
2021-05-29 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Dorothy Stamps Sarah
ID: UNCST-2019-R001036
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Quantifying Plume-Lithosphere Interactions from GNSS Geodesy, Seismology, and Geodynamic Modeling
REFNo: PS4ES
1) Install 3 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations in Uganda
2) Assess surface motions using geodynamic modeling
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USA |
2018-05-24 |
2021-05-24 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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wasswa william
ID: UNCST-2019-R001217
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Automated Diagnosis and Classification of Cervical Cancer from Pap-Smear Images.
REFNo: HS129ES
The general objective of this research is to design and validate a robust automated tool for diagnosis and classification of cervical cancer using hybrid Segmentation and Classification techniques applied to Pap smear images. To achieve this objective and address the research problem, the following specific research objectives have been formulated.
1. To review state of art prominent recent publications focusing on the application of machine learning and medical imaging in automated detection and classification of Cervical Cancer from Pap-smear images.
2. To acquire Pap-smear images and develop a hybrid technique for automated segmentation and classification of cervical cancer.
3. To develop an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) platform to facilitate the automated diagnosis and classification of cervical cancer from Pap-smear images.
4. To test and validate the developed platform using patient results obtained from a manual screening of the Pap-smear images by a trained and experienced cytologist and also comparing the algorithms with results obtained by other researchers on the same open source datasets (Hervlet Cervical cancer dataset).
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Uganda |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Aleksey Maro
ID:
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Frugivory and fermentation: a study of fruit-ethanol concentrations and olfactory plume availability for chimpanzee-consumed fruits
REFNo: NS41ES
To collect fruit ethanol data, as it relates to the diet of chimpanzees; to determine the ecological role of ethanol in nature, including relevance to human alcohol consumption.
(i) To assess the ethanol concentrations and physical properties (relative to ripeness) of fruit available to wild chimpanzees; (ii) to systematically collect, analyze, and map atmospheric ethanol vapor levels in relation to distance from ripe fruit crops of trees and shrubs.
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USA |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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ERIC WOBUDEYA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001047
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Evaluation of novel diagnostics and biomarkers for childhood TB
REFNo: HS169ES
Our primary specific aim is:
1. To determine the diagnostic accuracy of a novel breath sensor for diagnosis of childhood TB.
Our secondary aims are:
1. To determine if breath volatile organic compounds (VOCS) (methyl nicotinate and methyl-p-anisate) can be used to monitor response to anti-TB treatment in children.
2. To assess the accuracy of point of care (POC) C-Reactive Protein (CRP) as a triage test among children suspected of having TB
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Uganda |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Priya Kumar
ID:
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Technology to Enable Universal Health Coverage - Watsi Implementation Research
REFNo: HS181ES
General Objective - To determine if a technology intervention reduces the time and cost of administering community based health insurance compared to a paper based system.
The specific objectives of conducting the research include:
1. To estimate with excellent accuracy and precision the mean and median time of each of the five components of the CBHI system (member enrollment, identification, claims submission, claims approval, reporting), and of the total time for both intervention and the control cohort.
2. To estimate with excellent accuracy and precision the mean and median cost of each of the five components of the CBHI system, and of the total cost for both intervention and the control cohort.
3. To estimate with excellent accuracy and precision the difference in the mean and median time and cost between the intervention and the control cohort for each of the five components, and the total of all five components for the CBHI system.
4. To identify factors other than the technology intervention that could potentially be associated with total duration time and cost.
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USA |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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HUSSEIN ORIA
ID:
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ARV Medicines usage in farm chicken; exploring the perceptions of the community: a case for Wakiso district.
REFNo: HS188ES
Determine extent of use of ARVs in farm chicken and explore the perceptions of the community on use of ART medicines in farm chicken.
With specific objectives as;
Understand the extent of ARV usage in farm chicken.
Explore community perceptions on ARV misuse in farm chicken.
Examine the extent of ARV usage in preparation of chicken feeds.
Determine ARV content in farm chicken.
Determine the content of ARV in chicken feed
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Uganda |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Bethany WILLIAMS LIN
ID:
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Testing the functional significance of divergent reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS52ES
The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of environmental stressors (such as turbidity, hypoxia, and increased temperature) on the divergence of reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae).
My specific objectives will be to
(a) determine the functional role of physiological and behavioral trait changes
between populations of P. multicolor, and
(b) test the adaptive significance of trait changes by assessing performance of lab-reared fish on reproductive tasks.
(c) present conservation education materials about the importance of biodiversity to water quality to local schools through The Water Project
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USA |
2018-05-22 |
2021-05-22 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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