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Winnie  Muyindike R
ID: UNCST-2021-R013558
IeDEA East Africa Tuberculosis Sentinel Research Network (IeDEA-EA TB-SRN)
REFNo: HS2619ES

3. To describe post-TB lung disease (PTLD) and associations with HIV infection, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and tobacco and alcohol use, including measuring physiologic, structural, and functional impairment, health-related quality of life, and survival,2. To assess the individual-level effects of HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on TB symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment response, and survival. ,1. To collect and analyze clinical and treatment data among people treated for pulmonary TB with or without HIV-co-infection, in order to improve understanding of the prognosis of TB disease and its health-related outcomes, including quality of life and survival.,The overarching objective/aim of the study is to assess pulmonary TB treatment and longer-term outcomes among people with and without HIV in TB-SRN sites in order to inform policy and practice around TB treatment and create a platform for additional TB research within IeDEA. ,
Uganda 2023-01-11 12:47:27 2026-01-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HARRIET NAMBUYA NIL
ID: UNCST-2021-R013414
Burden, electrolyte derangement and nutritional recovery among children with pneumonia hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition Ref No: Mak-SOMREC-2021-123
REFNo: HS2597ES

1. To determine the burden and associated factors of pneumonia in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition.,5. To describe the clinical outcomes of children with pneumonia and electrolyte derangements hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition.,4. To assess the effect of pneumonia on nutritional recovery among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition.,3. To assess the effect of pneumonia on electrolyte derangements and normalization in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition. ,2. To determine the prevalence, associated factors and clinical outcomes of CMV- associated pneumonia in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition. ,
Uganda 2023-01-11 10:57:57 2026-01-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Richard Echodu
ID:
ASSESSING THE GENOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EMERGING ARTEMISININ COMBINATION THERAPY RESISTANCE IN DISTRICTS WITHIN THE ACHOLI SUBREGION, UGANDA
REFNo: NS393ES

To assess the prevalence of kelch13 mutations in the Palabek refugee settlement in the Lamwo district. ,To evaluate samples from patients presenting to the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital for in vitro drug resistance assays,To assess the community-wide prevalence of kelch13 and partner drug resistance-associated mutations,Assessing the genomic epidemiology of emerging artemisinin resistance in Acholi district,
Uganda 2023-01-11 10:55:42 2026-01-11 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Hannah Kibuuka
ID: UNCST-2020-R014355
Secondary use of blood samples and de-identified clinical data from a severe infectious illness cohort for diagnostic prediction model and evaluation of a multiplex RTPCR platform for acute tick-borne infections detection
REFNo: HS2107ES

i. Develop a clinical prediction model for tick borne-illness incorporating host-derived biomarkers and
ii. Develop and validate an ultra-sensitive multiplex reverse transcription PCR method to detect acute tick-borne illness

Uganda 2023-01-11 10:54:26 2026-01-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Simon Masiga
ID:
A Comparative Study of the Biblical and Bamasaba Religious Perspectives of Disability in Eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS2615ES

To Integrate the Biblical and Bamasaba Religious Perspectives of disability to examine the inclusive practices for people with disability among Bamasaba Community. ,To survey the relationship between Bamasaba Religious beliefs of disability and inclusive development of people with disability in Eastern Uganda,To explore the religious beliefs and perceptions of disability among Bamasaba Community in Eastern Uganda ,To discuss the perspectives of disability in biblical literature focusing on 2 Samuel 9. ,To comparatively analyze the biblical and Bamasaba Religious perspectives of disability to examine the inclusive practices of spiritual and social development of people with disability,
Uganda 2023-01-10 12:37:51 2026-01-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Tessa Ubels
ID:
Mental health and psychosocial support for migrants and displaced persons in Nakivale settlements - the (unintended) social consequences
REFNo: SS1575ES

To contribute to our understanding of how we can measure the social and unintended effects of psychosocial support interventions. To identify the social and unintended effects of psychosocial support for refugees.
Netherlands 2023-01-10 12:36:05 2026-01-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
christine  christine Okunya
ID:
Integration of Assessment for Learning Practices in Higher Education Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of one Public University
REFNo: A248ES

4. Establish the frameworks that support the integration of assessment for learning practices in the educational processes in Teacher Education University in Uganda.,3. Find out what students’ experiences with the current assessment for learning practices in Teacher Education University in Uganda are.,2. Explore academic staff conceptions of assessment and how their conceptions influence their assessment practices in Teacher Education University in Uganda.,1. Investigate how assessment for learning practices are adopted and incorporated in the educational processes in Teacher Education at a University in Uganda.,The main objective of the study id to to investigate how assessments for learning practices are integrated in initial teacher education at higher education institutions in Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-01-10 12:33:02 2026-01-10 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Carolyn Nakisige
ID: UNCST-2021-R012699
Implementation Science Study of an integrated Cervical Cancer Screening program in Malongo Subcounty,Mayuge District,Uganda.
REFNo: HS2500ES

The primary objective of this study is to implement a full-scale cervical cancer screening and treatment program integrated into existing health outreach clinics in the south Busoga forest reserve area of Malongo Sub county. 1) Screen at least 70% of women age 30-49 with HPV self-collection among the catchment population of the included health outreaches; 2) Treat at least 90% of women enrolled with cervical disease (precancer and invasive cancer) identified through integrated CC screening in included health outreaches; 3) Increase community knowledge and awareness of CC, CCS and HPV immunization among the catchment population of the included health outreaches; 4) Inform the national cervical cancer prevention and control strategy about optimal implementation strategies for HPV self-collection CC screening programs delivered via outreach models.
Uganda 2023-01-10 12:07:17 2026-01-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stella Maris Nanyonga
ID:
Snake bite treatment and treatment outcomes in Uganda: A five-year retrospective analysis
REFNo: HS2602ES

To determine the treatment outcomes of snake bite victims managed at health facilities in Uganda.,To determine the treatment received by snakebite victims at health facilities in Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-01-10 12:03:14 2026-01-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
YUSUF KASUMBA
ID:
Religious Puritanism and Political Contestations in Uganda: The Case Of The Salaf Sect, 1980-2010
REFNo: SS657ES

i)To examine the roots of religious puritanism among the Salaf in Uganda.
ii) To analyze the internal and external motivators of radicalization that have resulted into religious extremism in the past three decades.
iii) To explore the link between religious puritanism and the political contestations in Uganda.
iv) To examine the strategies employed by the state and other actors in combating religious puritanism in Uganda.
Uganda 2023-01-10 12:02:11 2026-01-10 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
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