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Jonathan Mayito
ID: UNCST-2019-R000490
Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in blood of tuberculosis patients and their contacts in Uganda
REFNo: HS4553ES

To determine whether Mtb strains isolated from the sputum/blood of index cases with pulmonary TB are genetically identical to those detected in the blood of their contacts,To establish whether detection of Mtb in blood using the methods above associates with either of the following biomarkers of host immune response: - QFT-Plus - Blood RNA signatures for incipient tuberculosis,To determine whether Mtb can be detected in the blood of TB patients and their contacts, recruited in Kampala, Uganda, using any of the following methods: - GeneXpert® MTB/RIF Ultra (Cepheid) - Fluorescence microscopy - Blood culture - Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing,The primary objective of this study is to determine whether Mtb DNA can be detected in the blood of TB patients and their contacts, recruited in Kampala, Uganda, using digital PCR,
Uganda 2024-08-05 13:49:07 2027-08-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
OKELLO DAMOI JOSEPH
ID: UNCST-2022-R011560
Construction and Validation of a Poverty Assessment Survey Tool to Inform Ambulatory Care and Surgery Cost Waiver or Subsidization in a Developing Country
REFNo: HS4463ES

To determine the weights of each attribute per item, in the constructed and validated tool that can be used to inform ambulatory care and surgery cost waiver or subsidization in a developing country,To construct a validated ambulatory care and surgery-context poverty assessment survey tool that can be used to inform ambulatory care and surgery cost waiver or subsidization in a developing country,To analyze the data earlier collected using the ambulatory care and surgery-context poverty assessment survey tool at KSC, for principal components,To conduct content validity and reliability testing of the ambulatory care and surgery- context poverty assessment survey tool, previously developed with adaption of some items from the simple poverty score tool for Uganda,To construct and validation of a poverty assessment survey tool that can be used to inform ambulatory care and surgery cost waiver or subsidization in a developing country,
Uganda 2024-08-05 13:12:56 2027-08-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Vesall Nourani
ID: UNCST-2022-R009221
Impact of on-demand irrigation service : Evidence from Uganda
REFNo: SS2112ES

Do certain intermediaries (providers of agricultural inputs) facilitate efficient information aggregation and dissemination of farming knowledge between farmers?,
USA 2024-08-05 13:11:25 2027-08-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Lawrence Okidi
ID:
NUTRITIONAL QUALITY AND MICROBIAL SAFETY OF SELECTED INDIGENOUS FOODS FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE: A CASE STUDY OF KARAMOJA SUB-REGION OF UGANDA
REFNo: A51ES

1.3 Objectives
1.3.1 General objective
To contribute to food security by investigating the nutritive quality and safety of indigenous foods for children under five in Karamoja sub-region.
1.3.2 Specific objectives
i. To assess household handling practices of selected indigenous foods for children under five in Karamoja sub-region
ii. To determine the nutritional quality of selected indigenous foods for children under five in Karamoja sub-region
iii. To determine the microbial load and diversity of selected indigenous foods for children under five in Karamoja sub-region
iv. To determine the dietary exposure risk of children under five to pathogenic microorganisms from selected indigenous foods in Karamoja sub-region

Uganda 2024-08-02 17:46:01 2027-08-02 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Charles Masembe Kikubo
ID: UNCST-2019-R001092
Investigating the dynamics and clinical outcome of African swine fever infection at pig farms in an endemic livestock wildlife setting in Uganda
REFNo: A355ES

1) Assess the spatial distribution of pig farmers in the study areas and recruit them
2) Determine the ASF virus molecular characteristics in apparently healthy domestic pigs
3) Determine the genetic characteristics and relationships of ASFV isolated from domestic pigs
4) Determine the full genome characteristics of the unique lineages obtained from domestic pigs
5) To establish an ASF biobank of clinical materials that are curated with clinical outcomes
6) Establish Ugandan Genotype IX repository at PIADC - for genomics and vaccine research
7) Build rapid ASF whole genome sequencing capacity in endemic settings

Uganda 2024-08-01 16:54:11 2027-08-01 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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