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lydia Namuyimbwa
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LEARNING OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL AND NURSING STUDENTS AT KABALE AND MAKERERE UNIVERSITIES
REFNo: HS2307ES

1. To explore faculty’s perceptions on the teaching and learning of critical thinking among medical and nursing undergraduate students at Kabale and Makerere Universities?
2. To explore the students’ perceptions on the learning of critical thinking at Kabale and Makerere Universities?
3. To explore the antecedent factors that influence the acquisition of critical thinking among medical and nursing undergraduate students at Kabale and Makerere Universities?
4. To determine the effect of social networks within students’ groupings on the acquisition of critical thinking among medical and nursing undergraduate students at Kabale and Makerere Universities?
5. To explore the faculty’s perceptions on the readiness to use the developed guide on critical thinking at KABSOM and MakCHS?
Uganda 2022-07-06 11:07:52 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
kisombo dean
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY-ONSET PREECLAMPSIA AMONG WOMEN WITH PREECLAMPSIA AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS2290ES

General objective

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with early-onset preeclampsia among women with Preeclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

Specific Objectives

To determine the prevalence of early-onset preeclampsia among women with preeclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

To determine the factors associated with early-onset preeclampsia among women with preeclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Uganda 2022-07-06 10:28:53 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Terence Odoch Amoki
ID:
Assessment of the value of dogs and cats in three selected districts in Uganda (using modified Burden of Diseases approaches)
REFNo: HS2287ES

i. Compare an animals’ health (dogs and cats) condition to human health conditions.
ii. Determine how much money people would be willing to pay to cure an animals’ disease.
iii. Determine how much time of their lives people would be willing to trade to cure an animals’ disease

Uganda 2022-07-06 10:24:42 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mark Jjuuko
ID:
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL NEAR MISS AND ADVERSE PERINATAL OUTCOMES AMONG WOMEN DELIVERING AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS2292ES

To determine the association between maternal near miss and adverse perinatal outcomes among women delivering at MRRH.,
Uganda 2022-07-06 10:23:15 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Benigno Alonzo Jr
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Dry Rifting In the Albertine-Rhino Graben, Uganda (DRIAR)
REFNo: NS347ES

A geophysical, geochemical, geological, and geodynamic investigation of the Albertine-Rhino Graben in western and northwestern Uganda to improve our understanding of continental rifting in areas where volcanic activity is minimal.
USA 2022-07-06 10:20:32 2025-07-06 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Bosco Isunju
ID: UNCST-2019-R001803
Improving Vaccine Supply Chain in Uganda: A Case Study of a Costed Informed Push Model
REFNo: HS2183ES

To estimate costs in the delivery of vaccines from DVS to health facilities,To standardize vaccine handling procedures from the DVS to the health facility level so as to ensure the cold chain is maintained.,To improve the supply by reducing the vaccines-delivery lead-time from the DVS to the lower health facilities. ,To improve the coverage, quality and equity of immunization services in Gomba district by enhancing and costing the efficient last-mile distribution of vaccines from DVS to health facilities.,
Uganda 2022-07-06 10:16:38 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Grace Nakimbugwe Lisa
ID:
Inclusiveness of the Education Emergency Response Plan of Children with Hearing and Visual Impairment in Kyaka II and Nakivale Refugee Settlements.
REFNo: SS1232ES

1. To establish whether the EERP has enabled the provision of accessible and safe
infrastructure for children with hearing and visual impairments in Kyaka II and Nakivale refugee
settlements
2. To find out whether the EERP has supported the recruitment, training and professional development of teachers with competences in sign language, interpretation, braille literacy and mobility and rehabilitation in Kyaka II and Nakivale refugee settlements
3. To establish whether the EERP ensures provision of appropriate instructional learning
materials for children with hearing impairments and visual impairments in Kyaka II and Nakivale
refugee settlements
4. To ascertain how EERP has developed capacity of relevant personnel to supervise,
inspect and guide teachers and educators working with children with hearing impairments and
visual impairments in Kyaka II and Nakivale refugee settlements
5. To find out whether EERP has enhanced community engagement to support education of
children with hearing impairments and visual impairments in Kyaka II and Nakivale refugee
settlements
Uganda 2022-07-06 10:15:07 2025-07-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Apollo Kivumbi
ID:
Cognitive deficits in children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and ADHD Co-morbidity.
REFNo: HS2144ES

1. Which cognitive domains are mainly affected by the co morbidity of HIV and ADHD among children and adolescents?
2. How does cognition among HIV positive children and Adolescents compare between those with and without ADHD?

Uganda 2022-07-06 10:11:44 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Simon Boulter
ID:
Determining drivers for reported Human-Wildlife interactions in Uganda
REFNo: NS332ES

To review and map incidents of human-wildlife interactions reported to Uganda Wildlife Authority and compare to possible land-use change. The aim being to assist in land-use planning, sustainable development, reduce impacts on people living around wildlife and increase positive support for conservation initiatives
UK 2022-07-06 10:00:12 2025-07-06 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mark Okwir
ID: UNCST-2021-R013417
Non-Communicable Disease: Spectrum, Admission Patterns, Outcomes, and Association with HIV Infection at Lira University Hospital, Uganda
REFNo: HS2322ES

To determine the spectrum, admission patterns, determinants and outcomes of non-communicable diseases, and the association of NCDs with HIV infection over the last four years at lira university hospital, northern Uganda.
Uganda 2022-07-04 10:05:34 2025-07-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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