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Catherine Mulinde
ID: UNCST-2023-R006953
 Efficiency of adaptation to climate change induced vulnerability and household welfare in Coffee-Based Farming Systems of Uganda (EACCHS)
REFNo: A389ES

General Objective:
The overall goal of the research is to identify adaptation practices that are efficient at alleviating climate change effects and at enhancing crop productivity and household welfare in CBFS of Uganda.

Specific objectives:
a) Determine household vulnerability to climate shocks across the CBFS of Uganda.
b) Assess the variation in existing adaptation practices across different levels of household vulnerability to climate change effects among male and female coffee farmers of Uganda.
c) Evaluate the effect of climate adaptation practices on household welfare in CBFS of Uganda.
d) Assess the future efficiency of selected climate adaptation practices in sustaining crop yields in CBFS of Uganda by 2070.

Uganda 2024-10-23 17:40:16 2027-10-23 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
 Performance Evaluation of the Xpert Hepatitis B Viral Load Point-of-Care Molecular Test
REFNo: HS4687ES

3. Estimate the cost of utilizing GeneXpert machines for hepatitis B viral load testing in comparison to the centralized conventional hepatitis B testing conducted by CPHL.,2. To describe the operational characteristics and ease of use of the assays and their suitability for Uganda among laboratory technicians at selected health facilities in Uganda. ,1. To verify the diagnostic accuracy of the Cepheid Xpert HBV VL platform with the TaqMan HBV test Roche platforms at CPHL. ,The overall objective of the performance evaluation is to evaluate the performance and operational characteristics of Xpert® HBV Viral Load assay intended for the quantification of HBV viral load in HBV-infected individuals and verify that they meet the minimum requirements for adoption in Uganda. We will also assess the feasibility of integrating hepatitis B viral load testing into existing GeneXpert machines in Uganda. ,
 Uganda 2024-10-23 17:38:07 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Edith Wakida K
ID: UNCST-2019-R001225
 Feasibility of a culturally tailored implementation strategy: WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care with Internal Facilitation from Health Assistants as supervisors
REFNo: HS5150ES

2. Evaluate the feasibility of an implementation strategy consisting of WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF),1. Co-design an implementation strategy guide for the WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care, with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF) ,To develop and evaluate the feasibility of a culturally tailored implementation strategy consisting of the WHO dementia toolkit by indigenous village-based LHWs to provide dementia care at village level supported by internal facilitation (implementation support, process improvement and practice sustainment) from indigenous HAs as supervisors: the “WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care, with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF)”.,
 Uganda 2024-10-23 17:37:07 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christine Nalwadda Kayemba
ID: UNCST-2020-R014220
 Health Education on Heart Failure in Uganda: A study on effective interventions for early diagnosis and disease prevention
REFNo: HS4323ES

How can stronger levels of trust be developed between the Medly program and local communities; and what policies would be most effective for increasing clinical access in Uganda to improve the identification of people at risk of heart failure? ,To identify resources that could be utilized to promote heart health education for health workers and community members, support heart failure prevention efforts, and increase screening of people at risk in their local communities early on,Toidentify interventions (e.g., clinical, technological, community-led) would be most effective in improving the early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and the prevention of heart failure in Uganda,To determine factors that contribute to CVD risk at the individual, family and community level ,The objective of this project is to generate new and actionable knowledge focused on strengthening the uptake of Medly Uganda by heart failure patients through a mixed-methods research approach among Ugandan communities,
 Uganda 2024-10-23 17:35:52 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Esther Nanfuka Kalule
ID:
MID-TERM (2022) AND FINAL/EX-POST (2023) EVALUATION OF THE GAME CONNECT PROGRAMME
REFNo: SS2703ES

To learn on an ongoing basis so as to improve the design and implementation of Game Connect, as well as other ongoing (and future) ORF-funded sport for protection programmes in Uganda and beyond.

To build the evidence base on specific areas of the intervention, and to increase knowledge and understanding of the outcomes and impacts for the participants.
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:34:41 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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