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Pius Bigirimana
ID: UNCST-2026-R025217
WORK ATTITUDES IN UGANDA’S CIVIL SERVICE: AN INTERPRETIVE INQUIRY INTO CIVIL SERVICE DELIVERY.
REFNo: SS5668ES

i. To explore how civil servants experience and make meaning of their day-to-day work.
ii. To examine how organisational conditions and workplace relationships shape civil servants’ work attitudes.
iii. To understand the values, beliefs, and motivations underpinning civil servants' commitment to public service.
iv. To identify a typology of work attitudes among civil servants based on their lived experiences and meaning-making processes
v. To develop a contextually grounded conceptual framework for guiding work attitude management in Uganda's civil service

Uganda 2026-07-29 14:17:33 2029-07-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fred Kasalirwe
ID: UNCST-2023-R007703
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, CULTURAL AND GENDERED ENERGY PRACTICES IN RURAL UGANDA: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION
REFNo: SS5527ES

To examine how socio-cultural norms and intra-household gender dynamics shape household energy choices and women’s exposure to indoor air pollution, and how this exposure influences their health, economic outcomes, and willingness to pay for clean cooking technologies in rural Uganda.
Uganda 2026-07-24 9:57:59 2029-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ELEANOR TURYAKIRA
ID: UNCST-2025-R022564
Effect of Community Placement on Clinical Postgraduates Training and Post-Training Career Trajectories at Mbarara University of Science and Technology
REFNo: HS7994ES

Main Objective: To assess the effect of clinical postgraduates’ community placement on their training and post-training career trajectories at Mbarara University of Science and Technology Specific Objectives: 1. To establish the effect of community placement on clinical postgraduates’ learning opportunities during training at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. 2. To establish the effect of community placements in shaping post-training the career choices and practice settings of clinical postgraduates at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. 3. To identify facilitators and barriers of community placement among clinical postgraduates at Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
Uganda 2026-07-24 9:50:11 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stella Akech Immaculate
ID: UNCST-2024-R002438
Bacteriological Quality of Water in Lira City, Uganda: Associated Factors, Water Handling Practices, Design and Piloting of a Behavior Change Health Education Intervention for Household Water Handling
REFNo: HS8045ES

To explore the feasibility and acceptability of the behavior change health education intervention among the residents of Lira city,To develop and pilot a behavior change health education intervention on water handling practices among household members in Lira city,To assess the association between water handling practices and bacteriological quality of water at the household levels in Lira city,To determine the bacteriological quality of water from the public drinking water sources and its associated environmental factors in Lira city,To determine the bacteriological quality of water from the public drinking water sources with the associated environmental factors, determine the association between households� water handling practices and bacteriological quality of water at the household levels, and to design, pilot & assess the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of a behavior change health education intervention to improve safe water handling behaviors in Lira city.,
Uganda 2026-07-24 9:45:05 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mbaseege  Anna Kabona
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UNDERSTANDING THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF A PEER ON PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AT PEN-PLUS CLINICS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS8116ES

General objective
To explore the perceptions, emotional responses and support needs of patients with SCD following the death of a peer at PEN-Plus clinics in Uganda.

Specific research objectives
1. To explore the emotional responses of patients with sickle cell disease after the death of a peer and perspectives on their illness after the death of a peer.
2. To understand the ways in which the death of a peer with sickle cell disease affects the patients’ perception of their own disease.
3. To identify coping mechanisms employed by patients after the death of a peer.
4. To identify the psychosocial support services the patients would need after the death of a peer

Uganda 2026-07-24 9:36:18 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jafesi Pulle
ID: UNCST-2020-R014213
Developing and Testing a Registry-Enabled Strategy (ACT+) to Reduce Loss to Follow-Up Between Screening and Confirmation of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda
REFNo: HS8098ES

To generate implementation learnings transferable to other ACT program sites globally, To identify contextual determinants of ACT+ adoption using mixed methods (Technology Acceptability Model (TAM) and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) 2.0 frameworks)., To evaluate the effect of ACT+ on time to confirmatory echo and on linkage to SAP initiation,Aim 2 (Effectiveness-Implementation Trial): To evaluate the effectiveness of the ACT+ strategy in increasing the rate of linkage to confirmatory echocardiography among individuals who screen positive for RHD (primary effectiveness outcome). To evaluate adoption, acceptability, and feasibility of the ACT+ strategy among healthcare providers and program staff (primary implementation outcomes).,Aim 1 (HCD Phase): To explore multilevel barriers and facilitators to confirmatory echocardiography after a positive RHD screen among community members and ADUNU providers in Northern Uganda. To co-design, through iterative stakeholder engagement, new ACT registry features and implementation strategies that reduce LTFU between positive RHD screen and confirmatory diagnosis. (ACT+ Strategy),
Uganda 2026-07-24 9:11:06 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Camille Salaun
ID: UNCST-2026-R024681
Towards a public governance of on-site sanitation in cities in the Global South
REFNo: SS5645ES

Analyse the governance of on-site sanitation systems in Kampala and Dakar and support public authorities in their regulation role
France 2026-07-24 9:05:47 2029-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
FLORENCE GITHINJI WAMUYU
ID: UNCST-2026-R024811
Strengthening TB Treatment Compliance Among HIV Patients in Public Health Facilities in Central Uganda by Peer-Led Interventions and Automated Reminders
REFNo: SS5365ES

1. To evaluate the potential impact of Peer-Led Support and SMS Reminders on TB treatment compliance among HIV-positive patients 2. To identify individual-level barriers and facilitators of TB treatment compliance among HIV-positive patients with automated reminders. 3. To assess health system-related factors that influence treatment default and loss to follow-up of TB treatment compliance among HIV-positive patients with automated reminders. 4. To implement and evaluate the impact of peer-led support and SMS reminders of TB treatment compliance among HIV-positive patients with automated reminders.
Kenya 2026-07-24 9:04:05 2029-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Priscilla Namaganda
ID: UNCST-2019-R001653
Molecular characteristics of Non-Hodgkin�s Lymphoma at the Uganda Cancer Institute: a comparative study between HIV-infected and HIV- uninfected patients.
REFNo: HS8153ES

To describe treatment outcomes/response and survival of patients living with and without HIV presenting with NHL at Uganda Cancer Institute.
2. To determine the prevalence of Ha�s algorithm-based, a modification of Gene expression profiling subtypes of Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma among patients living with and without HIV presenting with NHL at Uganda Cancer Institute.
3. To determine the proportion of High-grade B cell non-Hodgkin�s Lymphoma using low-cost modified fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) called chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) or next Generation sequencing (NGS) among patients living with and without HIV presenting with NHL at Uganda Cancer Institute.
4. To determine the prevalence of oncogenic viral protein positivity using immunohistochemistry, a modification of FISH, among patients living with and without HIV presenting with NHL at Uganda Cancer Institute.


Uganda 2026-07-24 9:01:14 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Susan  Nabadda Ndidde
ID: UNCST-2020-R014331
Field Evaluation of the STANDARD Q HBsAg Rapid Diagnostic Test for Detection of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Uganda: A Performance and Operational Assessment.
REFNo: HS8117ES

Assess Acceptability and Usability of the STANDARD Q HBsAg RDT among healthcare workers and patients across diverse settings in Uganda. Identify performance variability of the STANDARD Q HBsAg test kit in stratified cohorts. Assess Real-World Usability of STANDARD Q HBsAg test kit at selected facilities in Uganda. Determine the diagnostic accuracy of STANDARD Q HBsAg test in detecting hepatitis B surface antigen compared to the routinely used standard (Abbott HBsAg) confirmed by under field conditions in Uganda health facilities. To evaluate the field performance and operational feasibility of the STANDARD Q HBsAg Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) under real-world settings in Uganda.
Uganda 2026-07-24 8:56:58 2029-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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