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Elisa  Macchi
ID: UNCST-2023-R004097
Gains: Perceptions of Misaligned Incentives in Health:
REFNo: SS2729ES

To understand the correlation between BMI, and wealth/earnings.
Italy 2024-10-23 17:32:50 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Agonzibwa
ID: UNCST-2024-R004214
Resource Mobilization Modalities And Their Influence On The Viability Of Academic Programs In Private Universities In Fort Portal City
REFNo: HS4561ES

3. Examine the efficiency of current resource allocation practices and their contribution to sustainability in Fort Portal City\'s Private Universities.,2. To investigate the effectiveness of partnerships and collaborations in mobilizing resources on the viability of academic programs in private universities in Fort Portal City.,1. Evaluate how private universities in Fort Portal City engage with various stakeholders to mobilize resources for the viability of their academic programs,The general objective of this study is to systematically investigate the effectiveness of existing financial resource mobilization approaches and their direct influence on the viability of academic programs in Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:31:44 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ouma Simple
ID: UNCST-2021-R012820
AJOLI: Developing culturally-sensitive understanding of autism and community needs in Uganda
REFNo: HS4564ES

1. Work with stakeholders in three representative districts in Northern Uganda (Gulu city, Amuru and Pader) to develop culturally sensitive understandings of autism and community needs using a qualitative methodology.
2. Use participatory methods, to develop accessible resources to explain about autism and address sociocultural misconceptions.
3. Map likely autism prevalence among communities using a brief, low-cost, culturally-sensitive autism screener across three sites
to increase policy justification at a regional level for wider autism support.
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:30:07 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Douglas Serwada
ID: UNCST-2024-R003939
Assessing The Influence of Climate Change on Sexual Reproductive Health Outcomes for Young People in Jinja and Mayuge districts-MAKSHSREC-2024-718
REFNo: SS3155ES

To investigate the psychosocial stressors related to climate change and their effects on young people SRH outcomes in Jinja and Mayuge districts.,To explore the relationship between resource scarcity and SRH outcomes among young people in Jinja and Mayuge districts.,To assess the impact of extreme weather events on the availability and accessibility of SRH services for young people in Jinja and Mayuge districts within the last 4-year period.,• To investigate the influence of climate change on the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of young people in Mayuge and Jinja districts.,
Uganda 2024-10-23 17:26:31 2027-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Cissy  Kityo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013663
Tuberculosis case finding at the completion of the Ubuntu clinical trial: a substudy to CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu
REFNo: HS4739ES

Primary Objective 1: Identify participants with previously undiagnosed
tuberculosis (TB) disease, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 2: Identify demographic and other participant characteristics
that are associated with the diagnosis of TB, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 3: Investigate peripheral blood biomarkers associated with
diagnosis of TB, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 4: Follow participants with confirmed TB for six months and
identify those that remain microbiologically positive for TB.

Uganda 2024-10-23 17:24:22 2027-10-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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