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SAM ALI
ID: UNCST-2020-R014824
Stillbirth in High Burden Settings: Ample Room for Improvement using Biomarkers and Ultrasound Technologies (iTECH)
REFNo: HS2762ES

1. To evaluate the relation between placental histopathological lesions and biomarkers, placenta ultrasound and hemodynamic changes after stillbirth and near miss stillbirth in order to understand the underlying mechanisms and specify the prediction model. 2. To engage with important stakeholders on the value of these diagnostic technologies in the community, co-creating the project design, implementation and eventual uptake into practice guidelines. 3. To establish the predictive performance of maternal characteristics and markers emerging from this project for stillbirth and other related endpoints in non-anomalous fetuses and assess the feasibility of integrating relevant markers into clinical decision support tools. 4. To prospectively evaluate patterns of (bio)markers, maternal cardiovascular function and contemporary ultrasound markers in pregnancy, to understand their role in the chain of events and pathophysiology of stillbirth in a resource poor setting. 5. To develop and validate a prediction model for use at the point of care in low-and middle-incomes countries (LMICs) to quantify a woman’s individual risk of antepartum stillbirth based on a set of easily measurable, accessible, highly predictive and cost-effective markers, and make it freely available for healthcare providers in low-resource settings.
Uganda 2023-04-06 8:06:27 2026-04-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Juliana Namutundu
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IMPROVING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING LITERACY AMONG HIV-INFECTED WOMEN IN CARE AT RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES IN EAST CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: HS2753ES

3) To assess the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a cervical cancer screening literacy improvement implementation strategy for Women living with HIV in care at rural public health facilities in East Central Uganda.,2) To design a cervical cancer screening literacy improvement implementation strategy for Women living with HIV in care at rural public health facilities in East Central Uganda.,1) To conduct a multi-level assessment of barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening literacy among HIV-infected women in care at rural public health facilities in East Central Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-04-05 17:05:10 2026-04-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Margaret Nafuna Sarah
ID:
EXAMINING MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES INFLUENCING PERFORMANCE OF TUTORS IN CORE PRIMARY TEACHERS’ COLLEGES IN EASTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1647ES

3. To analyse the challenges that may influence the effective motivation of tutors in Core PTCs in Eastern Uganda.,2. To examine the views of tutors on how motivational strategies affect their performance in Core PTCs in Eastern Uganda.,1. To investigate motivational strategies employed in Core PTCS in Eastern Uganda. ,
Uganda 2023-04-04 9:36:11 2026-04-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Milcah Abasabyona
ID:
Intimacies of Identification and Lived Citizenship among the Ghetto Youths in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS1654ES

Main Objective:
To investigate how citizen certification and identification influences levels of belonging to a place and space, impacts on citizen-state relationship and individual personhood.
Specific Objectives:
1. To capture the individual practical experiences of legal certification and identification processes among the Ghetto youths.
2. To examine the regulatory effects of identification documents on citizenship rights, a sense of belonging, and personhood among the Ghetto youths in Kampala.
3. To explore the different key Identification documents and their role in the day to day lives of the Ghetto Youths.
4. To trace the ways in which the undocumented Ghetto youths create alternative routes to lived citizenship and self-certification.
Uganda 2023-04-04 9:32:41 2026-04-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ANYASE AMAZA RONALD
ID: UNCST-2022-R009325
Development of a Natural Anti-Aflatoxin Product
REFNo: HS2692ES

To develop a prototype natural based anti-aflatoxin product made from Ugandan plants.,To establish a database of plants in Uganda with anti-aflatoxin potential,To determine the indigenous approaches of aflatoxin control in Uganda.,To develop a natural based anti-aflatoxin product ,
Uganda 2023-04-03 21:04:19 2026-04-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Scovia  Mbalinda Nalugo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014259
Professional Identity of Ugandan Nurses and Midwives: Exploring the understanding, Perceptions and Experiences among student Nurses and Midwives, Recent Graduates and Nurse Educators
REFNo: HS2712ES

Explore nurse and midwife top management in the ministry of health and nurses and midwives council perception and experiences fostering professional identity in nursing in the country.,3. Explore nurse and Midwife educators’ perceptions and experiences fostering professional identity in nursing and midwife at Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Makerere university,2. Explore challenges and barriers to professional identity formation at Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Makerere University,1. Describe the understanding of the professional identity of final year undergraduate nurses and midwives and recent graduates at Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Makerere University.,
Uganda 2023-04-03 21:00:42 2026-04-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
zaina Nakabuye
ID:
Technology orientation and the export performance of SME exporting firms in Uganda.
REFNo: SS1472ES

2. To establish the relationship between knowledge absorptive capacity and export performance.
3. To examine the relationship between supply chain agility and export performance.
4. To investigate the moderation of knowledge absorptive capacity between technology orientation and export performance.

5. To investigate the moderation of supply chain agility between technology orientation and export performance.

Uganda 2023-04-03 20:58:43 2026-04-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Pooja Chitneni
ID: UNCST-2021-R012955
Development and assessment of an HIV disclosure intervention for men in Uganda - Aim 1
REFNo: HS2682ES

Aim 1. Identify the unique HIV disclosure needs and preferences among MWH to support HIV disclosure. ,
USA 2023-04-03 20:55:31 2026-04-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Kirabira
ID: UNCST-2019-R001427
Prevalence of and factors associated with mental disorders and coping mechanisms among students at Busitema University.
REFNo: HS2700ES

To explore factors influencing mental disorders among students at Busitema UniversityTo explore the coping mechanisms used by students at Busitema University
Uganda 2023-04-03 20:53:26 2026-04-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
Qualitative research to prepare for novel HIV prevention products
REFNo: HS1749ES

Define a preliminary strategy for the integration of novel PrEP products (e.g., injectable Cabotegravir, Dapivirine intravaginal ring, TFV/LNG intravaginal ring) into existing oral PrEP programs by conducting qualitative interviews with experts in novel PrEP products, oral PrEP programs, and end users.
To achieve this aim, we will conduct approximately 60 key informant interviews (KII) with: 1) clinical trialists leading studies of novel PrEP products, 2) oral PrEP program leaders in sub-Saharan Africa and 3) young women in Uganda who have decided not to use oral PrEP during recent PrEP studies.

Uganda 2023-04-03 20:51:28 2026-04-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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