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Freda Wolfenden Janet
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Strengthening School Leadership Towards Improving School Resiliency: An Improvement Science Approach
REFNo: SS893ES

General Objective: Contribute to improved quality and equity of the continued learning and well-being of girls and boys in the Global South during the prolonged school closures of the COVID-19 crisis, and future emergencies

Specific Objectives1.Knowledge Generation. Deepen understanding of how an improvement science approach can strengthen instructional school leadership towards school resiliency in a range of Global South contexts.

2.Capacity Building. Build the capacity of school leaders for data-driven decision-making and problem-solving leading to improvement.

3.Policy and Practice Influence. To inform education policy and practice on strengthening instructional school leadership and building school resiliency using the improvement science approach.
UK 2022-04-29 2025-04-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Irene Mbatidde
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ANTIMICROBIAL USE AND RESISTANCE IN POULTRY PRODUCTION CHAINS IN SOROTI AND WAKISO DISTRICT, AND THE ASSOCIATED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS
REFNo: A166ES

General Objective Understanding antimicrobial use patterns, their influence on the development of AMR along the poultry value chains and associated health risk factors among value chain workers in Wakiso and Soroti districts Specific Objectives Describe antimicrobial use patterns under intensive and free-range poultry production systems in Wakiso and Soroti respectively • Explain AMR for selected antibiotics at various points along the poultry production chain in Wakiso and Soroti districts • Develop a risk pathway for poultry associated AMR in Wakiso and Soroti • Quantify residues of (sulphurdiazine, tetracycline, neomycin) in poultry meat
Uganda 2022-04-28 2025-04-28 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Simon Peter Kibira Peter Sebina
ID: UNCST-2019-R000492
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among school teachers: a qualitative exploration of the driving factors
REFNo: SS1242ES

1.To explore the contextual, vaccine-specific, individual and group-specific drivers of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among school teachers in Uganda.
2.To explore facilitators of vaccine uptake for Covid-19 among school teachers in Uganda.
3.To describe the product attributes of the ideal Covid-19 vaccine from the perspective of school teachers.
Uganda 2022-04-27 2025-04-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dennis Muhanguzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001101
Evaluation of the Safety , Efficacy and Stability of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250: A Randomised Single-Blinded Positive Controlled Multi-Site Acaricides Field Trial
REFNo: A186ES

General objectives To determine the efficacy, safety and stability of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250(Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd, Kampala Industrial Park, Namanve ) when applied onto cattle by hand spraying and plunge dipping for tick control. Specific objectives The specific objectives of this acaricide field trial will to to determine; i.efficacy of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250 when applied onto cattle by hand spraying and plunge dipping for tick control. ii.safety of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250 when applied onto cattle by hand spraying and plunge dipping for tick control. iii.Stability of Sangatraz®-125 & Sangatraz®-250 when applied onto cattle by plunge dipping for tick control.
Uganda 2022-04-25 2025-04-25 Agricultural Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Marie Sabacka
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Microbial diversity of disappearing tropical glaciers in Uganda
REFNo: NS348ES

Study microbial diversity of disappearing glaciers in Uganda
Czech Republic 2022-04-25 2025-04-25 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gladys Ayot Florence
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Exploring Experiences of Domestic Violence for Female Teachers in Secondary Schools in Uganda
REFNo: SS1273ES

4. Explore the support mechanism available to female teachers affected by domestic violence.,3. Provide a description of female teachers’ reports on how staff affected by domestic violence negotiates through the challenges of domestic violence in performing their duties.,2. Assess the female teachers’ perspectives about the impact of domestic violence on the administrative roles of teachers.,1. Assess from the female teachers’ perspective how domestic violence affects teachers’ teaching function/roles.,The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of female teachers affected by domestic violence, describe how domestic violence affects the professional roles of a teacher of secondary schools and to establish how administrators manage the situation for affected staff in schools in northern Uganda.,
Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
LINKAGES BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN UGANDA - A FOCUS ON HEALTH
REFNo: HS2015ES

To understand how stakeholders in Uganda perceive and assess linkages between health and non-health determinants and their impact.,To determine the strength, position, and nature of linkages between health and other SDGs in Uganda using the SDG synergies approach. ,The overall aim of this project is to identify, describe, and classify linkages between SDGs focusing on health at the country level in Uganda.,
Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stavia Turyahabwe Stavia
ID: UNCST-2022-R011373
EXPLORING THE PATHWAYS OF LEPROSY FROM COMMUNITIES TO DIAGNOSIS TO FINE-TUNE INTERVENTIONS IN THE DISTRICTS OF MAYUGE, YUMBE AND KASESE, UGANDA
REFNo: SS1182ES

1. To describe the reasons for delay in seeking health care for leprosy patients diagnosed in three districts of Mayuge, Yumbe and Kasese
2. To describe the knowledge, attitude and practice among members of communities and health care providers in reference to leprosy

Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Kakooza
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Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among males with urethritis in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS2191ES

Main Objective
To elucidate the genomic epidemiology and AMR determinants associated with NG strains circulating in Kampala Uganda
Specific Objectives
• To describe the NG AMR Surveillance Programme in Kampala, Uganda and the emerging phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility data generated using E-test method
• To determine the genomic epidemiology of NG strains circulating in Kampala, Uganda using WGS and compare findings with behavioural, demographic and clinical metadata
• To identify the molecular AMR determinants associated with decreased susceptibility and/or resistance to NG using WGS and correlate with phenotypic AMR data

Uganda 2022-04-22 2025-04-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Shana Warren
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Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) Post Event Coverage Survey (PECS) in Uganda
REFNo: SS1261ES

To conduct a PEC survey for the October-November 2021 round of the ICHD in Uganda,
USA 2022-04-21 2025-04-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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