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Travis Baseler Andreas
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The Effects of Voluntary Relocation and Forced Displacement by Natural Disasters: Evidence from Ugandan Landslides
REFNo: SS1263ES

We intend to study the economic effects of displacement following environmental disasters, with a focus on the displaced population. Our goal is to identify mechanisms behind economic outcomes for the displaced, to inform future adaptation policy and humanitarian responses. The setting of this study is landslide episodes in Eastern Uganda in 2010-2019, which have displaced nearly 10,000 people.
USA 2022-05-12 8:00:58 2025-05-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stella Neema
ID: UNCST-2019-R000814
Knowledge, acceptability and Perception of Schistosomiasis and its treatment in Pre-school aged Children in Uganda
REFNo: SS1269ES

To ascertain knowledge on and perception of (pediatric) Schistosomiasis and acceptability of its treatment in PSAC on different levels To identify the demand of health education to inform the social mobilization and advocacy WP2 To analyse facilitators and barriers towards implementation of L-PZQ distribution for PSAC on different levels To inform planned interventions of the subsequent work packages on advocacy, social mobilization and communication strategies for the L-PZQ rollout based on the above-mentioned outcomes and assess L-PZQ implementations in the study sites
Uganda 2022-05-12 7:59:47 2025-05-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Femke Bannink Mbazzi Bannink
ID: UNCST-2023-R008308
YOUNG AFRICA WORKS: DISABILITY INCLUSION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP.
REFNo: SS1195ES

• To examine the policy environment and available programmes related to employment, education of youth with disabilities
• To explore the lived experiences around inclusion in education and employment from the perspective of youth with disabilities
• To identify key challenges, facilitators, gaps and opportunities relating to inclusion in education and employment for youth with disabilities

Netherlands 2022-05-10 9:21:32 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Herbert Kayiga Kayiga
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EFFECTIVENESS, ACCEPTABILITY AND UPTAKE OF EARLY VERSUS STANDARD INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTION FOLLOWING PROVISION OF FIRST TRIMESTER MEDICAL POST ABORTION CARE IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: HS2111ES

1. To determine the proportion of women who take up IUC after mPAC for 1st trimester incomplete abortion. 2. To compare the expulsion rates at six months between early versus standard IUC insertions post mPAC treatment for first trimester incomplete abortion. 3. To compare the IUC continuation rates at six months between early versus standard IUC insertion post mPAC treatment for first trimester incomplete abortion. 4. To explore the women and their spouses' perception on Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) and IUC following mPAC treatment. 5. To explore the Healthcare providers' perception on LARC and IUC following mPAC treatment.
Uganda 2022-05-10 9:21:09 2025-05-10 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kizito Omona
ID: UNCST-2022-R011106
Exploring Child-based Strategies in addressing Child-to-Child Violence in Primary Schools in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS1277ES

3) To find out how children use formal peer group-based strategies to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district.,To investigate how children involve their teachers and counsellors to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district.,To find out how children use formal peer group-based strategies to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district,To establish how children apply informal peer group-based strategies to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district.,To find out the individual child-based strategies used to overcome child-to-child violence in primary schools in Kitgum district,The general objective is to explore child-based Strategies in addressing child-to-child violence in Primary Schools in Kitgum District. ,
Uganda 2022-05-10 9:19:59 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Toke Wolff Moldrup
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CERTIZENS: Certifications of Citizenship in Africa
REFNo: SS958ES

CERTIZENS is concerned with the ways in which states and citizens respectively get made, remade or unmade through inter-related systems, policies and practices associated with citizen classification, identification and certification.
Denmark 2022-05-10 9:14:40 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
A multi-country, epidemiologic study to assess the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) positivity, and to build capacity to conduct a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine efficacy study, in populations with a high TB disease burden
REFNo: HS2187ES

•To describe the proportion of IGRA positivity by site.
•To assess the association of age with proportion of IGRA positivity, by site.
•To describe the overall incidence of suspected and laboratory-confirmed pulmonary TB (disease).
•To describe changes in the proportion of IGRA positivity, by site.
•To describe the association between IGRA interferon gamma (IFN???concentration at screening and progression to pulmonary TB.


Uganda 2022-05-10 9:13:30 2025-05-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Musisi
ID: UNCST-2020-R004472
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOMARKERS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION AND MONITORING RESPONSE TO ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS THERAPY
REFNo: HS1378ES

(i) To measure the accuracy of TB-MBLA in detecting TB in sputum and non-sputum samples with reference to standard of care tests (Xpert MTB/ RIF/Ultra, sputum microscopy and culture)

(ii) To determine accuracy and utility of TB-MBLA in monitoring TB treatment response and predicting treatment outcomes in comparison with standard of care tests

(iii) To examine the correlation of TB-MBLA-measured sputum bacillary load and host gene markers for monitoring treatment response and outcome

Uganda 2022-05-10 18:22:50 2025-05-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Agnes  Nakakawa
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Towards an ICT-driven Community-based Nutrition Education network for increasing awareness and knowledge transfer on Maternal Nutrition (NEMAT)
REFNo: SS1224ES

AIM:
The research aims at increasing community-level awareness on maternal nutrition and adoption of healthy nutrition practices among women of reproductive age, through establishing an ICT-driven community-based nutrition education network for supporting transfer of information/knowledge on maternal nutrition aspects.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Specifically, this research will:
1) Increase availability and accessibility of maternal nutrition information/knowledge, through developing an ICT platform for disseminating IEC materials on maternal nutrition.
2) Enable timely sharing of information/knowledge on challenges in maternal nutrition and solution/best practices, through supporting interactive dialogue between health and nutrition specialists and women at community level.
3) Enable contextual understanding of maternal nutrition aspects and required interventions, through prompting women to provide feedback on IEC materials and devising control measures for continuous improvement of IEC materials.
4) Ensure existence of an operational multidisciplinary and community-based stakeholder network, through leveraging on the role of community health extension workers to establish the network and continuously monitor its performance.

Uganda 2022-05-10 17:20:25 2025-05-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel Okech George
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Assessing ethical conflicts and moral distress among veterinarians in Uganda.
REFNo: A177ES

1. Establish the awareness of veterinarians in Uganda about ethical dilemmas and moral distress
2. Determine causes, nature and extent of ethical dilemmas and the degree of moral distress they cause.
3. Determine coping mechanisms employed by veterinarians against ethical dilemmas and moral distress.
Uganda 2022-05-09 19:06:32 2025-05-09 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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