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Winny Akullo Nekesa
ID:
Adoption of Linked Data among University libraries in Uganda
REFNo: SS1338ES

The study will address the following specific objectives:
1. Determine the level of awareness of Linked Data among the professional librarians in Ugandan Universities.
2. Establish the extent of Linked Data adoption in Ugandan Universities.
3. Determine the potential benefits of adopting Linked Data in Ugandan Universities.
4. Investigate the factors that influence the professional librarians’ behaviour towards the adoption of Linked Data in Ugandan Universities.
5. Investigate the strategies to promote the adoption of Linked Data in Ugandan Universities.

 Uganda 2022-07-21 11:01:06 2025-07-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nixon Niyonzima
ID: UNCST-2020-R014577
 A PHASE III, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ADJUVANT ATEZOLIZUMAB OR PLACEBO AND TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE FOR HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER AT HIGH RISK OF RECURRENCE FOLLOWING PREOPERATIVE THERAPY
REFNo: HS2173ES

8. To validate the ability of fertility biomarkers to diagnose and predict permanent loss of ovarian function, and to determine the impact of anti-cancer therapy on hormone levels,7. To evaluate health status utility scores of patients treated with atezolizumab when given in combination with trastuzumab emtansine compared with placebo and trastuzumab emtansine,6. To identify and/or evaluate biomarkers that are predictive of response to atezolizumab and trastuzumab emtansine (i.e., predictive biomarkers), are early surrogates of efficacy, are associated with progression to a more severe disease state (i.e., prognostic biomarkers), are associated with acquired resistance to atezolizumab and trastuzumab emtansine, are associated with susceptibility to developing adverse events or can lead to improved adverse event monitoring or investigation (i.e., safety biomarkers), can provide evidence of atezolizumab and trastuzumab emtansine activity (i.e., pharmacodynamic biomarkers), or can increase the knowledge and understanding of disease biology and drug safety,5. To evaluate the immune response to atezolizumab and trastuzumab emtansine,4. To characterize the PK profiles of atezolizumab and trastuzumab emtansine when given in combination,3. To evaluate the safety of atezolizumab when given in combination with trastuzumab emtansine compared with placebo and trastuzumab emtansine,2. To evaluate the efficacy of atezolizumab when given in combination with trastuzumab emtansine compared with placebo and trastuzumab emtansine in the PRO-evaluable analysis set,1. The secondary efficacy objective for this study is to evaluate the efficacy of atezolizumab when given in combination with trastuzumab emtansine compared with placebo and trastuzumab emtansine in both the ITT population and PD-L1-positive population,The primary objective for this study is to evaluate the efficacy of atezolizumab when given in combination with trastuzumab emtansine compared with placebo and trastuzumab emtansine in both the ITT population (all comers) and the PD-L1-positive population (defined as all patients from the ITT population with a centrally assessed PD-L1-positive status [i.e., PD-L1 status of IC1/2/3] at randomization),
 Uganda 2022-07-21 11:00:02 2025-07-21 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sonia Michaelsen Ingrid
ID:
Sexual and gender-based violence against South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda: A mixed-methods case study
REFNo: SS1029ES

The overall objective is to explore and compare the perceptions and experiences of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) towards South Sudanese refugees in Uganda who live in designated settlements to those who self-settled. More specifically:
1.To estimate the prevalence of SGBV among South Sudanese refugees in Ugandan settlements vs. those who have self-settled in urban areas
2.To identify the risk and protective factors of SGBV amongst South Sudanese refugees in designated settlements vs. urban areas, from the perspective of South Sudanese refugees and local community leaders and decision makers
3.To explore the relationship between the estimated prevalence of SGBV in settlements and urban areas and the risk and protective factors identified by participants
4.To generate context-dependent, stakeholder-led solutions to reduce SGBV in each setting

 Canada 2022-07-21 10:50:50 2025-07-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Odoi. Agricola
ID:
Challenges of Diabetes Management in Rural and Urban Areas of Uganda
REFNo: HS2358ES

Our central hypothesis is that diabetics in rural and semi-rural areas of Uganda may not be storing insulin at the appropriate temperatures due to absence of refrigeration facilities. This may impact the efficacy of this life-saving medication resulting in poor diabetes management and potential complications. We also hypothesize that diabetes patients face other challenges that constrain proper disease management such as lack of knowledge on diabetes management, risk factors and complications. Thus, the specific aims of this study are to determine: (a) how diabetic patients in Tororo district, Uganda, manage their diabetes; (b) how the patients store their insulin; (c) general patient knowledge of diabetes management best-practices and complications; (d) the sources of medical advice used by diabetes patients; and (e) the patient-reported challenges of diabetes management. Tororo District has been chosen because it is one of the marginalized areas of the country and hence the burden of the problem in Tororo will be representative of the situation in other less advantaged parts of the country. The findings of this study will be useful for in a number of ways (a) guiding future studies in these resource poor populations; (b) guiding diabetes management and control programs; (c) since practicing physicians will be involved in the study, the findings will be useful in informing their own clinical practice and understanding of how best to help their patients; (d) development of contextually appropriate educational interventions that may be adapted and implemented across not only Uganda but the other East African countries to counteract the emerging diabetes epidemic.
 Uganda 2022-07-20 17:56:33 2025-07-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rebecca Tapscott
ID:
Uganda's Resistance Councils
REFNo: SS1322ES

Main objective - Study the process of establishment of the Resistance Councils and their institutional features, both during the war and especially in the immediate post-war years. Specific objectives - Explore the role of the Resistance Councils in areas beyond Luwero. - Document the institutional features of the first Resistance Councils. - Study the process of establishment of the Resistance Councils, especially in the immediate post-war years.
 USA 2022-07-20 17:49:18 2025-07-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Harriet Birabwa-Oketcho
ID:
SERVICE QUALITY AND PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH HEALTH SERVICES AT BUTABIKA HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS2275ES

General objective
The general objective of the study is to examine the relationship between service quality and patient satisfaction with health services at Butabika Hospital.




Specific Objectives
1. To determine the level of service quality of health services at Butabika Hospital.
2. To determine the level of patient satisfaction with health services at Butabika Hospital.
3. To determine the relationship between the service quality and patient satisfaction with health services at Butabika Hospital.
4. To assess the relationship between the patient related factors and patient satisfaction with health services at Butabika Hospital.

 Uganda 2022-07-20 17:46:10 2025-07-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ellie MacDonald Mae
ID:
Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Sites in East Africa and Southeast Asia
REFNo: SS1330ES

This project is the exploratory, early-stage phase of a research agenda which seeks to better understand patterns of gender-based violence in refugee sites in the developing world. The study’s main question is: why does the prevalence and type of GBV vary across refugee site and within the same site over time? There are two main objectives of this early-stage research in answering this question. First, the project will add to the PI’s understanding of prevalence, types, and causes of gender-based violence on refugee sites in Kenya, Uganda, and Thailand. This builds upon previous volunteer work on refugee camps in Greece. The second objective is to build partnerships with local actors working on gender issues in refugee sites. This exploratory research will provide the PI with insights and partnerships that they will draw upon for future research, which is likely to involve more data collection in Uganda.
 UK 2022-07-19 15:01:50 2025-07-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dong Hyeok Kang
ID:
Tax evasion in customs: Firm-level evidence from Uganda
REFNo: SS1294ES

Our research would directly to Uganda’s policy objective to raise domestic revenues through improved tax administration to finance public investments for inclusive growth, especially by monitoring import tax(i.e., customs duty and import VAT). Despite the importance of trade taxes and ample anecdotal evidence on evasion this topic has received little attention so far. The identified clients for this study are the Research, Planning and Development Department and the Customs & Excise Department of the Uganda Revenue Authority.
South Korea 2022-07-19 14:38:17 2025-07-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
JOSELYN RWEBEMBERA
ID: UNCST-2021-R013915
 Case Managers and Peer Support Groups (CAMPS) for Prophylaxis Adherence in Rheumatic Heart Disease
REFNo: SS1364ES

Primary Objective
To determine the impact of support strategies including case managers and peer support groups on BPG adherence and quality of life among children newly diagnosed with latent rheumatic heart disease in Uganda .

Secondary Objectives
1. To Determine the difference in 1-year BPG adherence rates of children newly diagnosed with latent rheumatic heart disease in Uganda randomized to either: (a) case manager only strategy (Arm 2) or (b) case manager + peer group (Arm 3) when compared to (c) usual care (Arm 1).
2. To explore differences in patient reported outcomes including treatment satisfaction, patient health-related quality of life, and care giver quality of life, in relation to support strategy and adherence.

 Uganda 2022-07-19 14:36:10 2025-07-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Anthony  Fuller
ID:
Comprehensive Neurology and Neurosurgery Care Country Level Assessment in Uganda
REFNo: HS2344ES

The main objective of this study is to complete a neurological care continuum evaluation of Uganda’s public hospitals and health centers for the purposes of informing the current gaps in Uganda’s health system to manage neurological patients, elucidating the availability and distribution of neurological care throughout the country, and allowing for examination of the current infrastructure of the health system to appropriately refer and treat acute and non-acute neurological patients.
USA 2022-07-18 14:41:02 2025-07-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Michael Bermudez
ID:
Perceptions of Makerspace Learning in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
REFNo: SIR121ES

To determine what technology-based products that can potentially help students with disabilities the student participants have collaboratively created during research makerspace sessions,To determine the positive and the negative features of the use of 3D printers and circuit boards according to the student participants’ perceptions,To determine the student participants’ perceptions regarding the use of makerspace technology,To determine the student participants' perceptions regarding the learning process associated with makerspace.,
 USA 2022-07-18 14:39:37 2025-07-18 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SIMON KIZITO
ID:
Exploring variation in infants’ preference for infant-directed speech: Ugandan Evidence from a multi-site study in Africa.
REFNo: SS1342ES

1)To find out whether infants prefer Infant-directed speech (IDS) vs. Adult-directed speech (ADS).
2)To examine the relationship between maternal socio demographics (ethnicity, gender and the caregiver’s education level, general socioeconomic status) and infant language development.
3)To examine the relationship between maternal depression and infant language development.
4)To examine the relationship between maternal psychological distress and infant language development.
5)To examine the relationship between maternal relationship discord and infant language development.
6)To examine the relationship between maternal social support and infant language development.

Uganda 2022-07-18 14:37:19 2025-07-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Xavier Giné
ID:
Monitoring the Real Cost of Domestic Payments (Transaction Cost Index) - Uganda
REFNo: SS1358ES

Assess the impact of government policies and regulations on DFS by tracking costs over time, Measure customer service quality (including availability of fraud redress, customer service response time, accuracy of customer service response, and discrepancies between customer service and listed fees),Collect provider information (including provider types, market share, regulatory authority, product age, and website language),Collect data on fees (including fee schedule, fee schedule availability, location of fee information, currency, government tariffs, and time cost),Collect official, listed pricing data,Conduct a cost effectiveness analysis in year 1 (determining which of the three methods is most cost effective in developing the TCI),Measure the true costs of DFS transactions in Uganda by creating a price comparison index. ,
 Spain 2022-07-18 14:36:22 2025-07-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Amanyire Jordan Mutambi
ID:
Depression, associated factors and psychosocial interventions among elderly individuals living with HIV/AIDS in SW Uganda accessing services in Mbarara City
REFNo: HS2331ES

1. To document evidence on psychosocial interventions those have been effective in treatment of depression among elderly people in low and middle income countries.
2. To determine the prevalence of depression among the elderly living with HIV/AIDS in SW Uganda accessing HIV/AIDS care within selected health facilities in Mbarara city.
3. To explore the factors associated with depression among elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in SW Uganda accessing services in selected health facilities in Mbarara city
4. To assess the effectiveness of Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT) in reducing depressive symptoms among elderly HIV patients accessing HIV care in selected health facilities Mbarara city, southwestern Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-07-18 14:34:09 2025-07-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joseph Baluku B
ID: UNCST-2019-R000612
 Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and DNA damage in HIV-associated lung cancer in Uganda
REFNo: HS2328ES

STUDY AIM 1: To determine the association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection and HIV-associated lung cancer in Uganda.

STUDY AIM 2: To compare the degree of DNA damage and methylation among people
with HIV-associated cancer with and without Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.


SECONDARY AIM: To determine the effect of tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) on
the six-month survival of people with HIV-associated lung Cancer and LTBI in
Uganda
 Uganda 2022-07-18 14:31:31 2025-07-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nelson Sewankambo K
ID: UNCST-2020-R014578
 Development and Evaluation of an Information Management and Communication System for Population-wide Point-of-Care Infant Sickle Cell Disease Screening (SIMCS)
REFNo: HS2333ES

1. To develop and evaluate a four module 3G or more cell phone app for a novel SCD screening information management and communication system (SIMCS) 2.To evaluate the impact of the SCD SIMCS on access to screening and care and outcomes of children with SCD.
Uganda 2022-07-18 14:29:19 2025-07-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Obuku Ekii
ID: UNCST-2024-R002288
 IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIROLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VIROLOGICAL CONTROL IN ACUTE AND EARLY HIV-I INFECTION.
REFNo: HS2264ES

• To characterize the earliest host factors associated with plasma viral load decline from peak viremia to viral setpoint.
a) To determine the functional and molecular profile of innate immune cells at each stage of acute and early HIV infection.
b) To determine the functional and molecular profile of adaptive immune cells at each stage of acute and early HIV-I infection.
c) To determine the impact of early cART treatment on:
l) Size of translational competent viral reservoirs
Il) Development of HIV specific immune responses
d) To determine HIV evolution in acute and early HIV1 infection

Specific objectives are:
1 . To determine the association of CD8 T cell subsets with plasma viral load and CD4 trajectories following acute and early HIV-I infection.
2. To determine the association of cell death mechanism with T cells following acute and early HIV-I infection.
3. To determine the viral replicative inhibitory properties of CD8 T cell subsets following acute and early HIV-I infection.
4. To determine the TCR and BCR of the cells with the highest viral inhibition potency.
5. Predict antigen that induced the TCR and BCR specificity in the cellular subsets with the highest viral inhibition potency.
6. To associate HIV specific B cell phenotypes with viremia in acute and early HIV infection.
7. To associate complement proteins with viremia and development of broadly neutralizing antibody in acute and early HIV-I infection.


 Uganda 2022-07-18 14:27:23 2025-07-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Macdonald Isabel
ID:
Do anonymous ratings build trust in mobile money agents? Evidence from Uganda
REFNo: SS1344ES

The goal of the research is to determine if mobile money users in Uganda trust anonymous customer ratings, and if these ratings would make users more willing to trust unknown agents. Furthermore, the research will explore the extent to which social stigmas restrict information sharing about agent trustworthiness.
Specific Objectives
Establish whether anonymous reviews increase trust, both in behavioral games and in unknown mobile money agents
Investigate if social stigmas restrict info sharing about agent trustworthiness

 USA 2022-07-15 15:59:49 2025-07-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Polycarp Omara
ID: UNCST-2022-R011110
 CHILDREN’S EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE IN REFUGEE EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS: MITIGATING THE EFFECTS ON EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELLBEING IN WEST NILE, UGANDA
REFNo: SS1331ES

1. To analyse the various forms of VAC among the refugee children in Refugees Educational settings in West Nile.
2. To establish the common perpetrators of VAC in refugee education settings in West Nile.
3. To establish the effects of VAC in refugee education settings in West Nile.
4. To propose the strategies for preventing VACs in refugee education settings in West Nile.

Uganda 2022-07-15 15:56:51 2025-07-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moses Joloba Lutaakome
ID: UNCST-2022-R011558
 Performance evaluation of the Molbio Diagnostics Truenat™ MTB Plus/COVID-19 for TB and COVID-19 case detection using prospectively collected NP swabs and sputum samples from participants with symptoms suggestive of TB.
REFNo: HS2346ES

To assess the feasibility and ease of use of self-sampled tongue swab,To determine the prevalence of COVID-19 (by RT-PCR) among patients identified as having TB by MRS,To determine the prevalence of COVID-19 (by RT-PCR) among presumptive TB patients investigated for COVID-19,To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Truenat™ MTB Plus/COVID-19 multiplex for TB detection compared to GeneXpert Ultra among presumptive TB patients using a MRS,To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Truenat™ MTB Plus/COVID-19 for COVID-19 detection among presumptive TB patients using a country-approved RT-PCR COVID-19 assay,To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Truenat™ MTB Plus/COVID-19 multiplex for TB detection among presumptive TB patients using a Microbiological reference standard (MRS),
 Uganda 2022-07-14 12:36:25 2025-07-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Martin Hasselmann
ID:
The molecular mechanisms underlying local adaptation to high elevation habitats in the honey bee Apis mellifera
REFNo: NS350ES

The overall objective is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms that have driven the local adaption of mountain honey bees.

The research plan is divided into a sequence of different complementary approaches that will
1.) Unravel the evolutionary history of chromosomal rearranged regions contributing to the genetic differentiation of mountain honeybees,
2.) Gain insight into key regulators and gene networks underlying the local adaption of honeybees,
3.) Specifically analyze the role of octopamine ? receptors and further candidate genes as key players for local adaptation to elevation (mainly temperature) in honey bees.

 Germany 2022-07-14 12:35:17 2025-07-14 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Katungi Ninsiima Remmy Brian
ID:
Assessment of Alternative Rites of Passage Interventions implemented by UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda
REFNo: SS1352ES

Specific objective 4: Assess the impact and sustainability of ARPs in fostering FGM abandonment and promoting egalitarian gender norms, attitudes, and behaviours among community members, by: a) assessing whether previous ARP cohorts have sustained any changes b) assessing whether communities who have undergone or are undergoing ARPs have the commitment and capacity to continue ARPs (rather than FGM) c)identifying lessons for replication/scaling up of ARP interventions (including, for example, what needs to be in place for particular ARPs to be implemented in future or in other contexts),Specific objective 3: Assess the effectiveness of ARPs in achieving positive outcomes, including: a) increasing girls’ knowledge of FGM-related issues including sexual and reproductive health, prevention of gender-based violence, and child marriage b) Promoting positive attitudes and behaviours among girls in relation to FGM and sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and child marriage. c) promoting social norm change within communities, including promoting egalitarian gender norms among girls, boys, parents, elders and community leaders,Specific objective 2: Assess the coherence (in terms of compatibility) of ARPs with other interventions to end FGM by implementing partners or other stakeholders in the geographical region, including by: a) identifying synergies and interlinkages between ARPs and other interventions to end FGM that are either carried out within or are expected to affect the same communities b) analysing the extent to which other interventions (including, for example, policy advocacy) support or undermine ARPs, and vice versa c )assess the consistency of the intervention with other interventions in/affecting the same contexts, including coordination with others, and the extent to which the intervention is adding value while avoiding duplication of effort,Specific objective 1: Assess the relevance of ARPs to the aim of eliminating FGM, by: a) describing the context of ARP interventions, with specific attention paid to the significance and symbolic meaning within communities of girls’ initiation rites or coming of age ceremonies b) identifying the intervention models (operating structure and procedures) of ARPs, and the roles of various community institutions and actors (such as parents, and religious and community leaders) engaged in ARPs c) analyzing if (and why/why not) specific ARPs meet community needs and are a relevant approach to include in programming to eliminate FGM d) analyzing the extent to which framing interventions as an ARP bring added value, over and above delivering the intervention under non-ARP rubric (including, for example, exploring whether framing life skills courses with graduation ceremonies as ARPs brings added value, or whether it introduces extra risk of the intervention being rejected),The primary objective of this evaluation is to provide an assessment of whether ARPs ‘work’ has been successful in promoting FGM abandonment, based on evidence of their relevance, coherence, effectiveness, impact and sustainability.,
 Uganda 2022-07-13 17:13:28 2025-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moffat  Nyirenda Joha
ID: UNCST-2020-R019333
 Development and Evaluation of an Integrated Community-based Management Model for HIV, Diabetes, and Hypertension in Tanzania and Uganda (The INTE-COMM study)
REFNo: HS2278ES

To determine the effectiveness of community-based integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension in comparison to clinic-based integrated management of these conditions in terms of patient outcomes, acceptability, and potential cost-effectiveness.
 Malawi 2022-07-13 16:33:33 2025-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jackson Mukonzo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013916
 Ivermectin-artemisinin Combination Therapy for Eradication of Malaria
REFNo: HS2081ES

Main Objective: 1. To investigate the effect of ivermectin adjunct therapy on household transmissibility of malaria from malaria-infected patients receiving artemether /lumefantrine Specific objectives 1. To determine the household malaria transmissibility within one month of IVN and artemether / lumefantrine therapy. 2. To determine the structural similarity of the nanopore plasmodium sequences between infecting plasmodium species isolated from the index patient and other household malaria positive patients. 3. To assess the safety of ivermectin-artemether/lumefantrine in malaria-infected patients.
 Uganda 2022-07-13 16:29:55 2025-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eleanor  Brown Lucy
ID:
A sex and gender-based analysis of access to Vitamin A programmes in four sites in Uganda
REFNo: HS2320ES

The overall objective of the SGBA is to identify gender inequalities and inequities, as well as associated barriers and needs, which affect access and uptake of Vitamin A supplementation programmes. The SGBA will also identify strengths and opportunities and provide recommendations to make VAS programmes more gender responsive.

1. To identify the gender equality issues that influence access to preventative health and nutrition services for child survival, and the quality of services provided.
2. To assess the level of gender mainstreaming in the design of preventative health nutrition services for child survival such as VAS, their implementation and MEAL system and indicators.
3. To identify potential opportunities and enablers and provide recommendations to increase the level of gender responsiveness in preventative health and nutrition services for child survival programming models such as the VAS programme.
4. To explore how COVID-19 affected access to and use of preventative health and nutrition services for child survival programme areas, including VAS programmes, and to provide recommendations for gender-sensitive support to both programme beneficiaries and key services providers and promoters at health facility and community levels.

 UK 2022-07-13 10:48:27 2025-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Elizabeth Ayebare Ombeva
ID: UNCST-2020-R003666
 Translation and validation of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: HS2296ES

1. To perform a culturally sensitive translation and adaptation of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale in Kiswahili and Luganda 2. To assess validity and reliability via face, content and construct validity and internal consistency 3. To obtain statistical estimates pertaining to the use of the tool
Uganda 2022-07-13 10:47:29 2025-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Sentinel Surveillance of Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) in Regional Referral and District Hospitals in Uganda
REFNo: HS2277ES

Identify etiologies and define the epidemiology of AFI among children, adolescents and adults attending referral hospitals in Uganda.
Build and strengthen sustainable surveillance, laboratory, and information systems to improve epidemic intelligence across multiple priority outbreak-prone febrile illness in Uganda.

Nigeria 2022-07-13 10:45:57 2025-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Maureen Sylvia Kusiima
ID:
Multisectoral maternal and child healthcare financing in Uganda
REFNo: SS1355ES

To develop a multisectoral MCH financing policy framework that can enable adequate funding for MCH programmes and interventions aimed at improving the MCH services and reducing maternal and child mortality by 2030.,To analyse the major determinants of enrolment of women and children for CBHIs to enable policymakers to adopt the best strategies for increasing enrolment and raise adequate MCH funds. ,To examine the relationship between Uganda’s healthcare financing strategy and access to MCH services that will inform decision making in MCH financing in Uganda.,To explore international best practices regarding multisectoral MCH financing strategies to gain knowledge and inform the development of a multisectoral MCH financing policy framework for Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-07-13 10:42:17 2025-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Moses Joloba
ID:
Improving the TB/HIV Clinic-Laboratory Interface in Uganda
REFNo: HS2162ES

The overall goals of this project include: (1) Improve TB case finding and TB treatment among eligible persons in Uganda (2) Improve time-to-TB diagnosis and time-to-TB therapy or treatment initiation among HIV-positive and HIV-negative persons with presumptive or confirmed TB in Uganda.

To achieve the above goals, CLICQ! – ECHO implementation has four major objectives:
1. LAB TESTING SERVICES
Increase the number and proportion of HIV-positive and HIV-negative persons with presumptive TB that receive TB laboratory testing services and/or accurate test results in a timely manner.

2. INITIATE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT
Increase the number and proportion of HIV-positive and HIV-negative TB patients that initiate appropriate (drug-sensitive or drug-resistant) TB treatment.

3. TURNAROUND TIMES
Reduce turnaround times associated with TB laboratory receipt of specimens for testing, lab-confirmation of TB disease, and return of TB laboratory test results and/ or initiation of appropriate TB therapy.

4. DiCE ASSESSMENTS ALONE VERSUS DiCE ASSESSMENTS WITH CQI TRAINING
Quantify the value of providing sites DiCE assessments alone versus providing sites DiCE assessments plus 2 learning sessions that are strengthened with weekly, ECHO-based, mentorship as well as ad hoc consultations via WhatsApp.

 Uganda 2022-07-13 10:41:00 2025-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Judith Owokuhaisa
ID: UNCST-2022-R011528
 Transfer of care from hospital to outpatient and community settings for older people with diabetes mellitus/hypertension( DM/HTN) in south western Uganda
REFNo: HS2304ES

To explore experiences of older people with DM/HTN and their caregivers about transition of care to the community and self-management of health problems after discharge.,To explore the barriers and facilitators to discharge planning and transition of care for older people with DM/HTN.,General objective To describe the transfer of care from hospital to outpatient and community settings for older people with diabetes mellitus/ hypertension( DM/HTN) in south western Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-07-12 12:37:00 2025-07-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Opiro
ID:
Exploration of Simulium microbiomes as a novel vector control-based approach against Onchocerciasis
REFNo: HS2291ES

4. Determine the Onchocerca infection status of S. damnosum s.l. in northern Uganda and, if possible, correlate this with microbiome structure,3. Determine S. damnosum s.l. microbiomes for symbionts of potential value in biological vector control,2. Quantify the extent of variation in adult S. damnosum s.l. microbiomes and the determinants of this variation,1. Determine the gut microbiome of adult Simulium damnosum sensu lato (s.l.), the most abundant vector of O. volvulus in northern Uganda,To generate baseline data for further important and therefore eminently fundable research on exploration of innovative Simulium-borne disease-control strategies aimed to reduce vectorial capacity and/or inhibiting pathogen transmission,
 Uganda 2022-07-12 12:33:56 2025-07-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MATTHEW TUMUSIIME TUGUME
ID:
PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INFERTILITY AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING GYNECOLOGY OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS1365ES

1) To establish the prevalence of infertility among women attending gynecology outpatient department at MRRH.
2) To identify factors associated with infertility among women attending gynecology outpatient department at MRRH.

 Uganda 2022-07-12 12:32:19 2025-07-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Monica Swahn H
ID: UNCST-2021-R012004
 The Onward Project On Well-being and Adversity (“TOPOWA”): Focus Groups and Photovoice
REFNo: SS1347ES

To identify AGYW’s perceptions of proximal social and environmental stressors and their role in mental health outcomes. This study will focus on answering this objective focus groups discussions and the Photovoice to collect perspectives of AGYW who are 18-24 years and older.
 USA 2022-07-12 12:31:26 2025-07-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MOSES KALANZI
ID:
Assessing drowning prevention Interventions in Uganda. Baseline survey of landing sites in Mayuge District on L. Victoria
REFNo: SS1349ES

Main Objective; To assess drowning prevention interventions on landing sites in Mayuge Districts Specific objectives of the study include: To assess community knowledge, attitude and beliefs on drowning and drowning prevention interventions To equip youth in Mayuge with water safety and survival swimming skills To impact drowning prevention on the national and international level through research and dissemination
 Uganda 2022-07-12 12:30:22 2025-07-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tananzio Nabimanya
ID:
The Effect of Community Based- Directly Observed Therapy on the Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients in Mitooma District, Western-Uganda
REFNo: SS1363ES

3. To determine the incidence rate on Tuberculosis in the Community Based-Directly Observed Therapy implemented communities in Mitooma district,2. To find out the Tuberculosis prevalence rate in the Community Based-Directly Observed Therapy implemented communities in Mitooma district,1. To find out the level of adherence of Tuberculosis patients in the Community Based –Directly Observed Therapy implemented communities in Mitooma district ,To determine the effect of Community Based-Directly Observed Therapy on the Treatment outcome of Tuberculosis patients in Mitooma district.,
 Uganda 2022-07-12 12:28:49 2025-07-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joyce Kayaga
ID:
Internal Recruitment Methods and Staff Performance in Private Universities in Uganda: A Case of Bugema University.
REFNo: SS1345ES

To examine the relationship between internal adverts and staff performance in Bugema University. To assess the relationship between promotions and staff performance in Bugema university. To establish the relationship between transfers and staff performance in Bugema university.
Uganda 2022-07-08 9:18:20 2025-07-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Gorret NALUMANSI
ID:
The New Lower secondary curriculum and the teaching of French language in Uganda
REFNo: SS1340ES

The specific objectives of this study are to:
i) Identify the changes between the old and the new curriculum, specifically those affecting the teaching of foreign languages.
ii) Establish the extent to which teachers and other stake holders are aware of these changes.
iii) Assess the level of preparedness amongst the implementers of the new curriculum
iv) Find out how the new curriculum can increase the intake of students of French at the university level, specifically at Kyambogo University.
v) Explore the factors affecting the teaching of French language under the new lower secondary curriculum
vi) Recommend appropriate teaching materials to be used for effective implementation of the new curriculum, both at lower and upper secondary levels of French language teaching in Uganda.

Uganda 2022-07-08 9:14:19 2025-07-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Valerie Schoof Anna Mylene
ID:
PEOPLE & PRIMATES: A BIO-GEO-CULTURAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERACTION
REFNo: NS120ES

We use a multidisciplinary bio-geo-cultural approach to examine the causes and consequences of perceived costs and benefits of human-wildlife interaction in different ecological and cultural settings to ultimately improve protection of biodiversity through mitigation of human-wildlife conflict (HWC) and sustained engagement with local communities at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda and Lewa-Borana Conservancy, Kenya. Specifically, our objectives are to: I) explore the role of landscape characteristics and ecological factors in understanding the behaviour and movement of vervet monkeys, II) evaluate community perceptions of wildlife and research in two villages in Uganda (Bbaale & Bukakata) and one in Kenya (Manyangalo), III) compare community perceptions of crop damage caused by wildlife to objective measurements of crop-foraging behaviour, and IV) develop community-relationships to facilitate long-term sociocultural and biological research on human-wildlife interaction and promote conservation via community outreach.
 Canada 2022-07-08 9:08:38 2025-07-08 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Maya Homsy King
ID:
Occupational health survey of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Conservation Staff
REFNo: HS2136ES

Tp gain an understanding of the facilities and services that Bwindi NP staff use, the reasons for which they use these services, and the policies that they work under in terms of sick leave and healthcare.
USA 2022-07-06 9:58:53 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex Kityamuwesi
ID:
Using Human-Centered Design to Implement a Novel COVID Consumable Nucleic Acid Amplification Test - COVID HCD Study
REFNo: HS2317ES

1. To design and prototype the form factor and system implementation of a novel COVID NAAT test using research insights gained from human-centered design research.
2. To obtain feedback on novel COVID NAAT test from health workers, patients and clinic/community leaders using an iterative prototyping approach (We will not be testing the efficacy of the test itself)

 Uganda 2022-07-06 11:10:18 2025-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
lydia Namuyimbwa
ID:
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
ID:
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
ID:
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
Kamya Moses
ID: UNCST-2020-R014203
 Implementing Malaria MoleculaR SurveillancE in Uganda (IMMRSE-U Study)
REFNo: HS2309ES

1. To estimate prevalence and spread of drug and diagnostic resistance-conferring mutations using molecular approaches
2. To estimate the prevalence of non-falciparum malaria infections across Uganda
3. To characterize heterogeneity in transmission intensity using malaria parasite genomic data and epidemiological parameters from a subset of MRCs
4. To determine the drivers of transmission in the southwest region of Uganda to inform efforts at enhanced control and elimination
5. To regularly disseminate genomic data and potential implications for control efforts to the Uganda NMCD

Uganda 2022-07-01 9:51:30 2025-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HARRIET NABULO
ID: UNCST-2021-R012970
 Emergency Obstetric Referral; Health services, Outcomes, associated factors , Practices and Perceived Community- Led Initiatives that Facilitate Referral in Isingiro District, Uganda
REFNo: HS2285ES

To explore community-led interventions that potentially facilitate emergency referrals from the household to health facilities ,To describe the referral knowledge, experiences and practices of obstetric care givers in Isingiro District. ,To assess the in-hospital neonatal outcomes and associated factors among women referred with obstetric complications from health facilities of Isingiro District,To assess the maternal outcomes of women referred with obstetric complications from health facilities of Isingiro District,To describe the available maternal health services and staffing in health facilities of Isingiro District.,To describe the healthcare system related to obstetric referral in Isingiro District.,
 Uganda 2022-07-01 9:47:02 2025-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Collins Bulafu Edward
ID:
Pioneering technology for mass propagation of quality and affordable bamboo planting materials in Uganda
REFNo: NS286ES

1. Support the development of primary bamboo clusters though profiling the bamboo resources including species geographical distribution, and main sources of bamboo resources supply in the country
2. Improve access to bamboo seedlings through mass propagation of quality seedlings using tissue culture technology

3. Support the bamboo forestry subsector through linkage creation, education, training and awareness creation.

Uganda 2022-07-01 9:35:13 2025-07-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Janet  Nakuti
ID:
Evaluation of SASA! Together Radio Booster
REFNo: SS1279ES

The SASA! Together Radio Booster aims to enhance program reach, inclusivity, and impact at this critical moment when innovative prevention strategies are urgently needed. Specific objectives are to: 1. Create a high-quality adaptation of SASA! Together content for radio; 2. Implement SASA! Together Radio Booster programming 3. Create a ‘SASA! Together for Radio’ programming guide to support partners in implementing the radio components alongside community SASA! Together programming The evaluation research aims to assess the ways in which the SASA! Together Radio Booster strengthens the delivery and potential for impact of SASA! Together community programming. Specific objectives are to: 1. Explore the extent to which the Radio Booster expands the reach of SASA! Together, overall and among specific sub-groups (e.g. by sex, age, disability status). 2. Qualitatively assess potential mechanisms of “booster” effects of the radio programming. 3. Assess community members’/leaders’ perceptions of the Radio Booster’s influence. 4. Quantitatively assess change among community members (over the course of radio programming in relation to: attitudes concerning intimate relationships and the acceptability of IPV against women; quality of intimate relationships (trust, communication, decision-making, sexual decision-making); and activism and/or intention to prevent or respond to IPV.
 Uganda 2022-07-01 9:26:23 2025-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Namusoke Yekosabeth Margaret
ID:
Feed Resources and Productivity of Poultry Enterprises in Uganda: A Case of Commercial Broiler Production Units in Mukono District
REFNo: A163ES

The main objective is to assess the conventional and non-conventional feed resources using experiments or tests for productivity of commercial broiler production units. The specific objectives are: I) To assess the effect of social, economic, and institutional characteristics of farmers on the productivity of commercial broiler production units in Mukono district., (ii) To examine feed resources for the productivity of commercial broiler production units in Mukono district., (iii) To assess awareness of feed dealers about feed regulation and its impact on quality of feed resources., (iv) To evaluate the growth performance, carcass characteristics of commercial broilers feeding on Mexican sunflower leaf meal (MSLM) as a feed resource.
 Uganda 2022-06-30 18:30:51 2025-06-30 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Carmen  Logie
ID: UNCST-2021-R013185
 Woli Na Kelan (Planetary Health): A multi-method study of refugee adolescent and youth perspectives and aspirations for addressing food and water insecurity in a humanitarian context in Uganda
REFNo: SS1315ES

1. Explore and conceptualize linkages between social, health, and environmental wellbeing;
2. Identify protective factors, coping strategies, and priorities for water and food insecurity;
3. Examine trajectories of food and water insecurity, and associations with: structural drivers (ecological, socio-economic, social), protective factors (resilience, social support, empowerment, collective mobilization), and wellbeing outcomes (intersecting stigma, mental health, violence);
4. Engage in knowledge mobilization through participatory mapping, AR, and community dialogue.
Canada 2022-06-29 14:22:57 2025-06-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Chris. Opesen Columbus
ID:
Baseline Study on Emerging Health Technologies in Uganda
REFNo: SS1283ES

1. To establish and measure the current status of the specific intermediate outcomes in order to generate information that will be needed to assess progress and future impact of the Health Tech Project in Uganda
1. 1. To measure current coverage of intermediate outcome indicators of evidence use (intermediate outcome 1) and capacity strengthening of project staff in Uganda (intermediate outcome 3).
2. 2. To set year one benchmark of the two outcome level indicators against which future impact of project will be assessed at the end of the project.

3. To conduct a gender situation analysis which will inform the development of a gender mainstreaming strategy which will guide the implementation of gender transformative practices of the project in Uganda.

4. 4. To strengthen project monitoring, identify lessons learned and evaluate the project through appropriate utilization of baseline information by the project in Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-06-29 14:17:03 2025-06-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
IGNATIUS KOMAKECH
ID: UNCST-2021-R013450
 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR RADIOTHERAPY SERVICES IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS2230ES

To apply the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) approach to quality management in radiotherapy in a low income setting,To determine variations in daily patient's setups for selected patients undergoing radiation treatment in Uganda,To re-calculate the TPS calculated monitor units and measure delivered doses for patients undergoing radiotherapy treatments in Uganda,To perform an end-to-end dosimetry audit of the radiotherapy treatment process,To develop an incident reporting and learning system,The main objective of this study is to identify incidents/errors affecting the quality and the safety of radiotherapy services in Uganda and develop a quality management system to reduce the occurrence of these incidents/errors,
 Uganda 2022-06-29 14:13:03 2025-06-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Catherine Carlson
ID: UNCST-2023-R007222
 Adolescent Mental Health and COVID-19 in Uganda
REFNo: SS1238ES

1. To understand the lived experiences of children in Uganda during the Covid-19 school closures and how those experiences affected their mental health.
2. To understand how children, teachers, and other school staff view the role of schools in supporting children’s mental health “after” the pandemic.
3. To assess any initial supports schools have provided to support students' mental health as they reopen in 2022.

 USA 2022-06-29 14:11:27 2025-06-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sheila Namagembe
ID: UNCST-2021-R012170
 DIGCBA: RESPONSIBLE USE OF DIGITAL CASH-BASED ASSISTANCE IN REFUGEE CRISES
REFNo: SS1086ES

Primary objective of the study
The primary objective of DigCBA is to support the responsible use of digital CBA. By providing evidence- based frameworks, policy makers will get support to appropriately understand contextual characteristics of the target community, and the technology readiness of involved actors to prioritize the order of technologies for digital CBA.Thus, policy makers make informed decisions about the use of digital technologies to deliver cash-based assistance (CBA) to refugees. Evidence will be obtained in two stages. The first stage will involve thorough a review of the reports published on the use of digital cash-based assistance technologies in refugee camps in Uganda. The second step will involve conducting interviews with the refugees who use the digital cash-based assistance technologies, organisations involved in humanitarian assistance provision and vendors/suppliers of the digital cash-based assistance technologies.
Secondary objectives of the study
The secondary objective of the study include:
i. Contributing to the responsible use of digital CBA by providing evidence-based means to prioritize technologies based on characteristics of refugee crises context and technology readiness of main actors.
ii. Providing scientifically derived digital CBA feasibility and readiness knowledge that is theoretically informed and empirically grounded.
iii. Contributing to a shared understanding of the impact of technology in digital CBA raising donors, beneficiaries and public awareness and debate of shortcomings.
iv. Outlining areas for further research on responsible use of digital CBA in contexts other than refugee crises focusing on the safety, dignity and preferences of beneficiaries.
v. Capacity building through collaborations between academia and actors in CBA. Build an effective, active and durable community.

 Uganda 2022-06-29 14:05:56 2025-06-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ROSELILIAN ANDANJE KHANALI
ID:
Health seeking behaviour and management outcomes of Breast cancer patients in Uganda. A case of Mbale regional referral hospital, Eastern region
REFNo: HS1795ES

To evaluate the effects of patient factors on breast cancer management outcomes at Mbale regional referral hospital.,To determine the influence of patient factors on health seeking behavior of breast cancer patients at Mbale regional referral hospital.,To describe health seeking practices of breast cancer patients on at Mbale regional referral hospital.,To analyse the Health seeking behaviour and management outcomes of Breast cancer patients at Mbale regional referral hospital and to develop a model that will guide and improve the Health seeking behaviour of breast cancer patients.,
 Kenya 2022-06-29 14:03:08 2025-06-29 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Basil Ajer
ID:
Small and Medium Enterprise Innovations: Precursors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Central and Eastern Uganda
REFNo: A205ES

General Objectives: To investigate the precursors to Small and Medium
Enterprise level of innovation in Uganda’s agri-food value chain.
Specific Objectives
1. Characterize agri-food value chain SMEs in Central and Eastern
Uganda by their levels of innovation
2. Analyze factors that influence the level of agri-food SME innovation in
central and eastern Uganda
3. Determine the association among SME market orientation,
entrepreneurial orientation and SME level of innovation in the agri-food
value chain
Uganda 2022-06-29 14:00:45 2025-06-29 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kearsley Stewart
ID: UNCST-2021-R011830
 Reducing Sickle Cell Burden in Kalangala, Uganda: A Student Research and Training Program
REFNo: HS2312ES

Aim 4: To develop educational activities for adolescent sickle cell patients (non-research) We aim to develop non-research, educational activities specifically designed for adolescent sickle cell patients who attend the monthly sickle cell clinic at Kalangala Health Center. Activities will include a “kids camp” that will train older children to share their experiences managing their sickle cell disease with younger clinic patients. Also, we will establish a “MDD Troupe”, or “Music Dance and Drama Troupe” to spread awareness about sickle cell in community settings such as schools and youth clubs. These activities are not part of the testing initiative, nor are they generalizable research. However, these activities will be conducted by Duke undergraduate students in collaboration with Ugandan students from Kalangala - this is part of the “student research training program the “twins” or matches Ugandan and US-Based students on collaborative teams.,Aim 3: Conduct a retrospective chart review of all SCD patients at KHCIV since 2015 Conduct a retrospective chart review of all sickle cell patients appearing in various KHCIV paper-based databases (Ministry of Health Outpatient Register 002, registries, laboratory forms, death records, etc) since the opening of the KHCIV sickle cell clinic in 2015. Build a standardized form to record data such as medical history, demographics, clinical data, pain episodes, routine and acute clinic visits, etc.,Aim 2: To increase community knowledge and understanding about SCD and the importance of diagnostic testing for Kalangala. We aim to increase community knowledge about SCD through a community educational component that will complement the testing initiative. Study participants will go through an education module prior to testing that will describe SCD, symptom management and treatment options, the importance of testing, and SCD-related stigma. Study participants will also be briefed on their options for counseling post SCD testing, in the event of a positive diagnosis. ,Aim 1: To improve access to sickle cell RDTs and establish a standard RDT for Kalangala, Uganda. We aim to improve access to screening and confirmatory sickle cell RDTs and establish a standard RDT that best fits the health infrastructure in Uganda, specifically Kalangala Health Center IV, which is the government referral health center for Kalangala District. Another goal is to increase the capacity of local health centers to diagnose patients efficiently, informing more of the population of their status and treatment options, and lowering SCD disease burden in the area over time.,The main objective of this study is to reduce the burden of sickle cell disease in Kalangala, Uganda through rapid testing, education, and retrospective patient chart review. This pilot study aims to identify methods and tools to mitigate the burden of SCD, increase community awareness of SCD diagnosis status, improve knowledge and understanding of SCD within the Kalangala community, and better understand retrospective trends in health indicators of sickle cell patients in Kalangala, Uganda. ,
 USA 2022-06-28 17:17:19 2025-06-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sarah Nakaziba
ID:
Role of Continuing Professional Development in the Digital Transformation of Selected University Libraries in Uganda
REFNo: SS1317ES

1. To assess the extent to which university libraries in Uganda promote CPD activities and the dissemination of the acquired CPD knowledge. 2. To establish the CPD training strategies for librarians working in Ugandan universities. 3. To examine the role of technology-related CPDs towards digital transformation in selected university libraries in Uganda. 4. To assess the status of digital transformation in selected university libraries in Uganda. 5. To determine the barriers hindering the implementation of the current digital trends in university libraries in Uganda. 6. To develop a model for addressing challenges affecting CPD activities and digital transformation in university libraries in Uganda.
Uganda 2022-06-28 17:12:56 2025-06-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Miriam Nakalembe
ID: UNCST-2021-R014040
 INTRODUCING HEAT-STABLE CARBETOCIN AND TRANEXAMIC ACID INTO HEALTH FACILITIES IN FIVE HIGH-BURDEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: AN IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH PROTOCOL
REFNo: HS2293ES

1. Identify a feasible and scalable model for implementation of WHO PPH guidelines
2. Identify factors (facilitators and barriers; contextual or otherwise) that influence successful introduction of and adherence to the PPH guidelines in clinical practice
3. Describe the effect of introduction of new guidelines – including added value and potential negative effect of introducing heat-stable uterotonics and additional therapeutic agents

 Uganda 2022-06-28 17:11:36 2025-06-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Resty Naiga
ID:
Drivers of Violence against Children in Rural Uganda: A Case Study of Kayunga District.
REFNo: SS1329ES

The study aims to explore the drivers of physical, sexual, and emotional violence against children at individual, society, community, and family levels in Central Uganda. Specifically, i) To explore the drivers of psycho-social (emotional) violence against children in central Uganda, ii) To find out the drivers of physical violence against children in central Uganda., iii) To establish the drivers of sexual violence against children in central Uganda,
 Uganda 2022-06-28 17:09:34 2025-06-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bianca Zoletto
ID:
The influence of lightning on tropical forests of Equatorial Africa
REFNo: NS366ES

(1) Quantify the frequency of lightning induced canopy disturbances at Bwindi
and Rwenzori National Parks, (2) identify the characteristics of trees struck and/
or killed by lightning and (3) identify within and between species differences in
tree electrical resistance
 Italy 2022-06-28 17:06:20 2025-06-28 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
David Musoke
ID:
Integrated malaria prevention in Wakiso district, Uganda: an implementation study
REFNo: HS2270ES

Broad objective
To conduct implementation research on integrated malaria prevention in Wakiso district using photovoice as a participatory action research methodology so as to generate information required for implementation of the RCT in future.


Specific objectives
1. To assess the extent of implementation of the various methods in integrated malaria prevention.
2. To explore facilitators and barriers to implementation of the various methods in integrated malaria prevention individually and holistically.

 Uganda 2022-06-28 17:05:03 2025-06-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Patrick Eyul
ID:
Wheels of Change? Exploring 'Bicycles for Development' for Women and Girls in the (Post-)Pandemic Contexts of Canada, Uganda and Nicaragua
REFNo: SS1274ES

1. To assess the impact and activities of BFD programming on gender inequality, development, mobility, social entrepreneurship, and the environment.

2. To investigate the efficacy of a trauma-and-violence-informed approach, and the use of participatory mapping and visual research methods within a south-south framework to improve program sustainability, impact and effectiveness.

3. To understand how BFD programs and access to bicycles contribute to lessening, augmenting, and/or exacerbating gender-based inequalities in (post-)pandemic life.

4. To explore the strategies and approaches that BFD programs for women and girls take with respect to: a) GBV prevention; b) social entrepreneurship; and c) environmental sustainability promotion.

5. To examine the contextual factors – such as COVID-19, the ‘shadow pandemic’ and the emerging impacts of ‘green recovery’ – that shape a) the work of BFD nongovernmental organizations; and b) their efforts at achieving gender equality through BFD work.

 Uganda 2022-06-28 17:04:08 2025-06-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DICKSON KALUNGI
ID:
AN ONTOLOGY-BASED MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE CAREER GUIDANCE
REFNo: SIR83ES

1. To establish the requirements for developing an Ontology model for effective Career Guidance
2. To design and develop Ontology sub-models that support 21st century career guidance Services
3. To integrate the developed sub-models into an Ontology model for effective career guidance
4. To evaluate the integrated Ontology model
 Uganda 2022-06-28 17:01:19 2025-06-28 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Naome Wandera Namakula
ID:
Assessing the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on women working in the informal urban economy in Uganda (SPH2022-223)
REFNo: SS1323ES

i) To investigate how COVID-19 policies impacted pre-existing gender inequalities, including GBV/SRH among women workers in informal urban economies. ii) To understand the coping and resilience strategies of IWWs in the context of the pandemic and its effects. iii) To assess women's GBV and SRH experiences, including access to related services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uganda 2022-06-28 16:53:23 2025-06-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Carolyn Pelnik
ID:
Identifying and Easing Constraints on Microenterprise Location within Kampala, Uganda (Experimental Phase)
REFNo: SS1324ES

The study objectives are as follows:
1. To determine whether business relocation within Kampala can increase profits for mobile microentrepreneurs (primary objective)
2. To identify which constraints might restrict microentrepreneurs’ business locations within the city by separately relieving information and liquidity constraints (secondary objective)
 USA 2022-06-28 16:47:30 2025-06-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Khamisi Musanje
ID: UNCST-2021-R012863
 Challenges of engaging District Local Governments and Implementing Partners in the District Health Planning Process, a case study of Northern Uganda. A mixed method study
REFNo: HS2314ES

• To identify health implementing partners and their areas of intervention in the selected districts in Acholi and Lango sub-regions of Uganda.
• To determine the level of involvement of health implementing partners and the district health management teams in the development of the district health annual work plan.
• To assess factors influencing the involvement of health implementing partners and the district health management teams in the development of the district comprehensive health annual work plan in the financial year.

Uganda 2022-06-28 16:45:56 2025-06-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 CHOICE-BASED PrEP DELIVERY FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS2316ES

Aim 1: Identify PRECEDE factors that influence PrEP implementation for transgender people in Uganda.

Guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model, which is widely used for public health interventions, we will analyze previously collected qualitative data from four TGP studies and also conduct two new focus groups with TGP and providers to identify predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that may impact implementation of choice-based PrEP. A stakeholder workshop anchored in good participatory practice will discuss results of the qualitative research and guide design of the optimal choice-based PrEP delivery model for Aim 2.

Aim 2: Offer PrEP choice to transgender people in a DSD model and evaluate implementation and effect on PrEP use (PROCEED).

We will offer choice of CAB-LA or oral PrEP, and choice of facility or community delivery (with option to switch), to 300 HIV-negative TGP with follow-up for 24 months. Adverse events, product switching, and trajectories of choice over time will be monitored and documented. Persistence on CAB LA and oral PrEP will be compared during the choice period, and with a historical cohort without PrEP choice (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04491422). Primary outcomes are choice of PrEP option & delivery model, adherence, and persistence.

Aim 3: Use mixed methods to evaluate how choice influences PrEP use among TGP (PROCEED).
Inductive and deductive analyses based on in-depth interviews with purposively sampled PrEP users (n=50) and providers (n=10) will be used to explain “how” and “why” choice did or did not work and interpret implementation data from Aim 2. Choice preferences will be assessed via structured questionnaires.

Aim 4: Estimate cost implications associated with integrating CAB LA into HIV programs.
We will conduct health system versus client cost analyses to inform budgeting. Costs incurred and averted will be estimated using activity-based micro-costing, study budget, and the literature. Costs and modeled outcomes will be combined to estimate budget impact with PrEP persistence at 6 and 12 months.


 Uganda 2022-06-28 16:44:09 2025-06-28 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victor Musiime
ID: UNCST-2021-R013794
 Building Resources to Assess Impaired Neurocognition in Children with HIV in Low and Middle Income Countries (BRAIN Child LMICs)
REFNo: HS2271ES

(1) Adapt NeuroScreen for Luganda-speaking children 5-12 years. (a) Through expert focus groups and multiple rounds of cognitive interviewing with children, determine necessary adaptations to make the NeuroScreen tests valid, acceptable and understandable to Luganda-speaking children, (b) implement
those adaptations in the app, (c) re-evaluate the adapted app with children, (d) examine its acceptability by clinical staff most likely to administer it, and (e) make further adaptations, as needed.

(2) Examine construct validity of the child version NeuroScreen tests. (a) Compare NeuroScreen test performance to gold standard neuropsychological test battery performance among Ugandan children 5-12 years with and without HIV, and (b) explore the relationship between performance on NeuroScreen and behavioral health.


 Uganda 2022-06-28 16:42:46 2025-06-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sophie Riddick
ID: UNCST-2022-R010576
 Decision-making and religious beliefs across cultures
REFNo: SS1336ES

study how children learn about religious beliefs and practices over development, gain an understanding of how children attend to normative information presented by a peer or by an adult
 UK 2022-06-28 14:39:43 2025-06-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ERICK SSEGUJJA
ID: UNCST-2021-R012964
 Donor transition and its effect on health coverage in Uganda
REFNo: HS2112ES

The aim of this study is to better understand how and why Uganda has (or not) been able to sustain effective coverage of health interventions after projects previously funded by donors ended and the enablers and barriers encountered in this,4. Identify health system adaptation strategies devised by (sub)national actors for sustaining coverage of the two selected interventions when donor projects ended from 2016-2017 to date.,3. Understand how the end of project funding affected the coverage of maternal health interventions and HIV services in case-study districts in 2016 and 2017 respectively.,2. Determine changes in (i) select maternal health indicators (ii) key HIV service indicators three years after the end of project funding between 2016 and 2017 in select donor- supported districts.,1. Explore the political, financing and health system factors that influenced whether coverage of maternal health interventions and HIV services were sustained once the projects funded by the donors ended between 2016 and 2017. ,
 Uganda 2022-06-27 8:45:40 2025-06-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pontiano Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013577
 Implementation of Point of Care HIV Viral Load Monitoring to improve Viral Load Suppression among Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in East Africa.
REFNo: HS2025ES

14. Objectives of the research project:
Purpose: The purpose of EAPOC-VL project is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of using point of care viral load (PoC VL) monitoring to improve viral load suppression among children and adolescents (age ?19 years) living with HIV in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Main Study Aims:
i) To determine the effectiveness of PoC VL monitoring in improving viral suppression among children and youth living with HIV in East Africa. ii) To evaluate feasibility and acceptability of using PoC VL monitoring among children and adolescents living with HIV in East Africa.

Objectives of Aim 1:
Primary objective
i. To estimate the effect of PoC VL monitoring on viral load suppression among children and adolescents living with HIV in East Africa at 6 and 12 months of followup.

Secondary objectives
i. To describe the effect of PoC VL monitoring on the proportion of children and adolescents living with HIV that experiences virological rebound after initial suppression within 6 and 12 months of follow-up.
ii. To describe the effect of PoC VL monitoring on time to initiation of intensive adherence counselling following virological failure among children and adolescents living with HIV.
iii. To estimate the effect of PoC VL monitoring on the proportion of children and adolescents living with HIV that experiences change of ART regimen within 6 and 12 months of follow-up.
iv. To determine the effect of PoC VL monitoring on the proportion of children and adolescents living with HIV that is retained in care at 6 and 12 months.

Objectives of Aim 2
i. To assess the acceptability of the implementation and scale-up of PoC VL testing and monitoring from the perspective of children, adolescents and their care givers. ii. To assess the critical determinants that may affect the implementation of PoC VL testing and monitoring from the perspective of healthcare workers and policy makers.
iii. To assess potential barriers and facilitators to implementation and scale-up of PoC VL testing and monitoring among children and adolescents living with HIV.
iv. To assess the incremental cost-effectiveness of PoC VL from a modified societal perspective using established models, with data collected alongside the implementation of the intervention combined with data estimated based on existing studies.

Uganda 2022-06-27 16:03:08 2025-06-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mercy Nwankwo Chinenye
ID:
DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND RAPID RESPONSE TO HEALTH CHALLENGES OCCASIONED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER
REFNo: HS2267ES

i. Explore common environmental and climate change disasters and their effects in Kigezi regions and effects.
ii. Assess community and institutional level preparedness to address and mitigate the impacts of environmental disasters.
iii. Develop a community disaster response capacity to tackle any future environmental disasters in the Kigezi region.

 Nigeria 2022-06-27 15:51:51 2025-06-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Racheal Naturinda
ID:
UNDERSTANDING THE RURAL COMMUNITY BELIEFS AND BARRIERS AFFECTING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SNAKEBITE ENVENOMING IN YUMBE DISTRICT.
REFNo: HS2243ES

The main objective of the study is to understand the community belief and barriers affecting the management of snakebite envenoming in Yumbe district. Specific objectives of the study 1. To determine the current prevalence of snake bite envenoming in Yumbe district. 2. To explore the community beliefs related to the management of snake bite envenoming in Yumbe district Northern Uganda. 3. To explore the barriers affecting management of snake bite envenoming in Yumbe Northern Uganda.
Uganda 2022-06-27 14:48:19 2025-06-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tonny Ssekamatte
ID: UNCST-2022-R010961
 Exploring stakeholders’ views on integrating secondary distribution of HIV self-testing by FSW, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) starter packs, and enhanced handoffs to promote PrEP uptake and persistence among high-risk men in Kampala, Uganda. A qualitative study
REFNo: HS2154ES

1. Explore the awareness, willingness, barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and persistence among FSW and male clients
2. Elicit feedback on the concept of a combined intervention engaging FSW to reach their male clients with HIV testing self-testing and subsequent linkage to PrEP or ART uptake and persistence.

 Uganda 2022-06-23 10:37:33 2025-06-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Asega Pam Charles Aggrey
ID:
Factors influencing utilization of routine health information for decision making among health workers at health facilities in Moyo District, Uganda.
REFNo: HS2147ES

Broad Objective
The “broad objective of the study will be to establish the factors influencing utilization of routine health information for decision making among health workers” at health facilities in Moyo District, Uganda.
Specific Objective
The study will be guided by the following objectives:
i. To “determine the level of utilization of health information for decision making among health workers at health facilities in Moyo District, Uganda”
ii. To “establish the influence of technical factors among health workers on utilization of routine health information for decision making at health facilities” in Moyo District, Uganda.
iii. To assess the influence of organizational factors among health workers “on utilization of routine health information for decision making at health facilities” in Moyo District, Uganda
iv. To examine the influence of behavioral factors among health workers “on utilization of routine health information for decision making at health facilities” in Moyo District, Uganda.


Uganda 2022-06-23 10:34:58 2025-06-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Florence Ayebare
ID:
Health care seeking among people living with HIV and hypertension during the first and second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic in Uganda: A qualitative study of experiences, patterns of resort, facilitators and barriers in Wakiso district
REFNo: HS2186ES

• Explore health care provider experiences of service provision to PLHIV with Hypertension during the first two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Uganda,• Gain understanding of patterns of resort, decision making and priority setting for care seeking during the first two waves of COVID-19 in Uganda,• Explore health care seeking experiences of PLHIV with Hypertension during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda,
 Uganda 2022-06-23 10:33:20 2025-06-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
BARIYANGA Jean Damascene
ID:
TOXIN GENE PROFILING AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF Bacillus cereus ISOLATED FROM RAW BOVINE MILK SOLD WITHIN KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY
REFNo: NS356ES

i. To determine the prevalence of B. cereus in raw bovine milk from the Kampala district
ii. To determine the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of B. cereus isolated from raw bovine milk from the Kampala district
iii. To detect selected toxin encoding genes harboured by B. cereus isolated from raw bovine milk from the Kampala District.
 Rwanda 2022-06-22 12:14:52 2025-06-22 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Caroline Fryns
ID:
Infant-directed vocalizations in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
REFNo: NS272ES

There is clear evidence that surrounding and directed vocalizations have a part in the development of the vocal competence of infants. What part each input plays in vocal development is, however, unclear. As such, the overall aim of this study is to investigate further on the presence and the roles of the different vocal inputs available during the vocal development of wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). More precisely, the study sets out to identify infant-directed vocalizations and characterize its acoustic and structural properties as well as investigate on its function in respect to ISV on the three different levels of vocal acquisition (see Table 1 for a summary of the hypotheses): production, comprehension and usage (Seyfarth & Cheney, 2010).

This study is part of a wider initiative which sets out to understand the evolution of human language and consequently the evolution of the learning mechanisms set in place in parallel throughout closely related species.
France 2022-06-22 12:11:58 2025-06-22 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Moses Joloba Lutaakome
ID: UNCST-2022-R011558
 Establishment of Quality Assured COVID 19 Specimen Repository to Support Research in Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of SARS CoV 2 in Uganda
REFNo: HS869ES

(i) Establish a biobank of well-annotated and well-characterized samples of various types, collected from positive COVID -19 patients, asymptomatic SARS CoV-2 individuals and suspects.
(ii) Perform SARS CoV-2 full genome sequencing to support molecular epidemiology, track genetic/antigenic diversity in comparison with first sequences deposited in databases
(iii) Conduct performance evaluations of the Xpert Xpress SARS CoV-2 Rapid Diagnostic Test for adoption and adaptation in Uganda.
(iv) Conduct performance evaluations of the select serological assays for adoption and adaptation in Uganda.
(v) Detect SARS CoV-2 RNA in patients’ stool and urine and evaluate their utility as surrogate specimens for COVID-19 diagnosis
(vi) Study select SARS CoV-2 protein and nucleic acid as prognostic markers for COVID-19 severity and or response to treatment.
(vii) Investigate the relationship between levels of BCG vaccine-specific immune responses on the risk of SARS CoV-2 Infection among high-risk individuals, on immune responses against SARS CoV-2 and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients.

 Uganda 2022-06-21 8:43:52 2025-06-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mark-Donald Mwesiga Bikosa
ID:
Describing the Current State of Palliative Care in Uganda
REFNo: HS1874ES

● Determine nationwide palliative care coverage through mapping the availability of basic palliative care services in Uganda;
● Identify districts/areas without palliative care for targeted intervention;
● Describe differences in palliative care services in: government vs. private; facilities; rural vs. urban settings; and different geographic locations throughout Uganda;
● Make recommendations for continued scale up and integration of the mHealth surveillance system in collaboration with the Ministry of Health;
● Make recommendations at the policy and programmatic levels to continue to enhance palliative care development in Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-06-20 8:31:29 2025-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Martha Namusobya Sarah
ID:
Prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among post-TB patients in Uganda.
REFNo: HS2232ES

3. To determine factors associated with chronic respiratory symptoms and COPD after successful PTB treatment.,2. To determine the prevalence of COPD among participants with chronic respiratory symptoms after successful PTB treatment.,1. To determine the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms after successful PTB treatment. ,
 Uganda 2022-06-20 8:25:00 2025-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Lubwama Ntege
ID:
Inspection Approaches and Teacher Instructional Effectiveness in Uganda Government-Aided Primary Schools:Case of Mukono District.
REFNo: SS697ES

To assess the relationship between the directive inspection approach and teacher instructional effectiveness in government-aided primary schools in Uganda.
To investigate the relationship between the non-directive inspection approach and teacher instructional effectiveness in government-aided primary schools in Uganda.
To establish the relationship between the collaborative inspection approach and teacher instructional effectiveness in government-aided primary schools in Uganda.
 Uganda 2022-06-20 8:16:09 2025-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Harriet Aber
ID:
Child and Adolescent Substance Use in Mbale district, Uganda: prevalence, help seeking, facility readiness and Acceptability of CRAFFT screening
REFNo: HS2182ES

To examine the prevalence of substance, use and help-seeking among children and adolescents, facility readiness and the acceptability of CRAFFT screening for child and adolescent substance use in Mbale district.
 Uganda 2022-06-20 11:04:14 2025-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ROSCO KASUJJA
ID: UNCST-2019-R000504
 PlayMatters: formative study to gain insight in child-caregiver interactions at home to better understand possible opportunities to strengthen readiness to engage in learning through play.
REFNo: SS1272ES

The primary objective of this study is to explore and describe child-caregiver interactions with a focus on play, identify caregiver, household and community-level influences on child-caregiver interactions, and describe barriers and opportunities for supportive interactions that will positively influence the holistic development of children in this context.,
 Uganda 2022-06-16 17:35:39 2025-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Leonie Eva Benker
ID:
On the emergence of a "post-postcolonial" political imaginary in Uganda
REFNo: SS1282ES

MAIN OBJECTIVES 1. Gain deeper insights into the role that historical-political narratives play in political and social transformation processes, 2. Achieve a better understanding of the transformative potential of political movements in terms of their concrete strategies, practices, and (media) performances, 3. Determine the extent to which the new political forces and developments in Uganda might indicate the emergence of a fundamentally new social and political formation characterized by a move away from a postcolonial and toward a "post-postcolonial" societal self-conception and political imaginary. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES a) Provide a comprehensive account of which historical-political narratives are currently being (re)produced and disseminated in the education sector and which alternative narratives might appear in this context and could be of relevance to A-level and university students. b) Describe how youths and young adults in Uganda today (re)interpret, (re)evaluate and (re)classify events of their country's political past and present and how they might aim to utilize and apply these altered / newly constructed historical-political narratives in and for the formation of their identities as political actors and citizens of the Ugandan nation-state. c) Delineate how these newly emerging historical-political narratives possibly differ from the hitherto dominant narratives and explain how they might seek to provide an alternative to the hitherto dominant historical-political stories and to the current political status quo.
 Germany 2022-06-16 14:44:52 2025-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jennifer Parkinson
ID: UNCST-2022-R010888
 Exploring Human Origins in the Albertine Rift Valley, Uganda
REFNo: SS1257ES

This project will conduct paleoanthropological research in central Africa, at fossil sites located near the shores of Lake Albert in the western branch of the Rift in western Uganda (Albertine Rift). Our goal is to investigate the diversity of adaptive challenges faced by early human ancestors, in order to better understand the forces driving human evolution. We will document the distribution and age of sites, collect and describe new fossil and archaeological evidence, and re-examine previous collections in the Uganda Museum. Drawing on the team’s expertise in innovative approaches in archaeology, paleoecology, and geochronology, we aim to renew human origins research in this underexplored region.
 USA 2022-06-16 14:43:10 2025-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gumisirizah Nicholus
ID: UNCST-2021-R011816
 Effect of problem based learning on students' academic achievement in physics at lower secondary school level in Sheema District
REFNo: SS1304ES

To compare the improvement in students' academic achievement in physics after implementation of Problem based learning instruction and those with traditional approach
To assess the improvement in students' critical thinking skills developed after the implementation of problem based learning instruction and those traditional approach
To assess the improvement in problem solving skills developed after implementation of problem based learning and those with traditional approach
To determine variations in students' academic achievement in physics for government and private lower secondary schools in Sheema
 Uganda 2022-06-15 18:47:56 2025-06-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Esther Nanfuka Kalule
ID:
MENTAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ADOLESCENTS LIVING WITH HIV IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1307ES

Study Purpose
The study will examine mental resilience among ALHIV in Uganda in regard to how they manage psychosocial risk posed by anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation to realise what they consider a normal and full life for adolescents within their socio-cultural settings.

Specific objectives
1.To explore ALHIV’s conceptualisations of a normal and full adolescence within their socio-cultural settings.

2.To examine the psychosocial constraints that suffering from anxiety and/or, depression and suicidal ideation pose to the realisation of a normal and full life as defined by ALHIV in Uganda.

3.To examine the protective factors that enable ALHIV in Uganda to manage the psychosocial risk posed by the mental health conditions of anxiety and/or depression and suicidal ideation to realise a normal and full life within their socio-cultural context.

 Uganda 2022-06-15 18:46:25 2025-06-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Clare Kaijabwango
ID:
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS’ AID-FUNDED PROJECTS AND VALUE FOR MONEY IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1305ES

To assess how effective NGO aid-funded projects have been in Uganda;
ii) To establish how relevant NGO aid-funded projects have been in Uganda;
iii) To examine the cost of NGO aid-funded projects in Uganda;
iv.) To assess how efficient NGO aid-funded projects have been in Uganda.

 Uganda 2022-06-15 18:44:15 2025-06-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
BRENDA GATI MIREMBE
ID: UNCST-2021-R013390
 A cohort for evaluation of open-label PrEP delivery and PrEP preferences among African women. Protocol version 1.0 dated 02 February 2022
REFNo: HS2274ES

1. Estimate HIV incidence using the recency testing on samples from women who screen out due to HIV infection, as well as assess HIV incidence prospectively in the cohort.

2. Assess the characteristics of women who initiate PrEP compared to those who do not initiate PrEP.

3. Evaluate young women’s preferences for attributes of long-acting formulations of PrEP, using a discrete choice experiment.

4. Assess the acceptability of a patient-facing PrEP decision support tool to provide young women more informed choice about PrEP options.
 Uganda 2022-06-15 18:42:27 2025-06-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SSEMBATYA RENNY
ID:
Quasi Experimental Study to Determine the Association Between the Provision of Prenatal Ultrasound and Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes in Rural Uganda
REFNo: HS1994ES

1) To assess the relationship between US program at rural Health Centers in an LMIC rand the need for neonatal resuscitation in the form of bag-mask ventilation at delivery.
2) To determine the relationship between an US program at rural Health Centers in an LMIC setting and the number of maternal hemorrhage cases.
3) To estimate the effect of an obstetric US program in a rural LMIC setting on stillbirth, neonatal mortality and maternal death within the first 28 days post-delivery.
4) To determine the relationship between an US program and referral and management decisions at rural Health Centers in an LMIC setting.
5) To compare the effect of an US program in the rural LMIC setting with the effect in a refugee camp setting.

 Uganda 2022-06-15 18:39:46 2025-06-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kyazze Richard
ID:
Family Support Systems as Predictors for Alcohol Addiction Recovery Status in Uganda. A case of selected treatment facilities in Kampala and Wakiso Districts
REFNo: SS1281ES

1. To analyses the influence of family subsystems on alcohol addiction recovery among the relapse( case) and non- relapse (control) individuals in Kampala and Wakiso Districts Uganda.
2. To assess the effects of family communication on the alcohol addiction recovery status among the relapse (case) and non- relapse ( control) individuals in Kampala and Wakiso Districts Uganda.
3. To evaluate the mediating effect of recovery factors on family support systems and the alcohol addiction recovery status among individuals form the selected treatment facilities in Kampala and Wakiso Districts Uganda
 Uganda 2022-06-14 15:11:17 2025-06-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kizito Ndegeya
ID:
DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN AGED 24-59 MONTHS IN NAMUTUMBA DISTRICT
REFNo: HS2088ES

Main objective: Evaluate the relationship between household food security and nutritional status of children aged 24-29 months. Specific objectives: 1. Establish factors that affect food security status of households with children aged 24-59 months. 2. Assess the nutritional status of children aged 24-59 months. 3. Measure food security situation of households with children aged 24-59 months. 4. Determine the dietary diversity of children aged 24-59 months. 5. To assess the determinants of household food security and nutritional status of children aged 24-59 months in Namutumba District.,
 Uganda 2022-06-14 11:29:47 2025-06-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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