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Aloysius Ssennyonjo Ssennyonjo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013504
Evaluating the Impact of the Health Sub-District Strategy on Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes in Uganda (2000-2020)
REFNo: HS2169ES

4.To examine lessons learnt, opportunities and recommendations for optimizing the impact of HSD strategy on and health system performance (MNH) in Uganda,3.To explore the mechanisms through which the HSD strategy (and its adaptions) impacted maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes,2.To determine the impact of the HSD strategy on MNH outcomes in Uganda over time and across geographical settings. a)To describe the trends in key health system performance indicators (focusing on MNH) over the same time frame. b) To determine the associations between the HSD strategy and health system performance (MNH outcomes) ,1. To explore how the HSD strategy evolved from 2000 to 2020 and why? a) To describe the critical timelines of the evolution of the HSD strategy. b)To analyze the processes, mechanisms and dynamics that explain the evolutionary process of the HSD strategy,To analyse the impact and underlying mechanisms of the health sub-district strategy on maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes in Uganda from 2000 to 2020. ,
Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Musa Sekikubo
ID: UNCST-2021-R014010
REDUCTION OF MATERNAL AND PERINATAL MORTALITY DUE TO PRE-ECLAMPSIA & ECLAMPSIA
REFNo: HS1473ES

OBJECTIVES

1. To conduct a needs assessment on the management of mothers with pre-eclampsia in select Health centre IIIs, IVs, District Hospitals, Regional Referral Hospitals and National Referral Hospitals in greater Kampala and other regions of the country in the calendar year 2020.
2. To analyse data generated in objective 1with a purpose of getting scalable interventional framework on reduction of maternal and perinatal motility and severe morbidity due to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
3. To address preventable maternal and perinatal mortality and severe morbidity due to pre-eclampsia and other HDP through implementing the pre-eclampsia interventional framework for a period of one year.
4. Propose key recommendations to the Ministry of Health on identified system challenges that are hindering the accelerated reduction of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality due to pre-eclampsia

Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jessica Kakesa
ID:
Barriers and opportunities to safe abortion in humanitarian settings in Bidibidi Settlement, Uganda
REFNo: HS2130ES

The aim of this study is to describe the abortion experiences of women and girls living in humanitarian contexts, and to generate a representative estimate of the abortion incidence, rate, and ratio.
Democratic Republic of Congo 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Herbert  Ainamani ELVIS
ID:
Exploring parenting styles and children’s task accomplishments during mother-child interactions in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS2060ES

1. To assess different parenting styles employed by mothers living in both rural and urban settings of Southwestern Uganda.
2. To examine the association between multivariate factors and parenting styles among the mothers living in Southwestern Uganda.
3. To examine the association between parenting styles and accomplishment of different tasks by the children in Southwestern Uganda.

2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Ngonzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001579
Smart Discharges for Mom & Baby: A cohort study to develop prognostic algorithms for post-discharge readmission and mortality among mother-infant dyads..
REFNo: HS2174ES

To identify gaps and opportunities during in-hospital, discharge, and post-discharge care to inform the future development of an evidence-and risk-based bundle of interventions to improve postnatal care (PNC) for dyads.,To inform the development of an integrated maternal and newborn risk-based post-discharge care program.,To develop and internally validate clinical risk prediction models for identifying dyads at high-risk of death or hospital readmission in the 6 week post-delivery post-discharge period.,
Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Annet Nakaganda
ID:
Vaginal stenosis in patients treated with Radiotherapy for cancer of the cervix in Uganda
REFNo: HS2150ES

To assess the incidence, risk factors and clinical manifestation(s), of radiation-induced vaginal stenosis in patients with cancer of the cervix at Uganda Cancer Institute.
Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ronald Arineitwe Kibonire Arineitwe Kibonire
ID:
Strategies to enhance indigenous men’s support for utilisation of long-acting reversible contraceptives amongst rural women in Uganda
REFNo: HS2152ES

The objective of this study is to:

•Explore and describe the perceptions of rural indigenous Ugandan men regarding the use of LARCs.

•Understand the belief systems that rural indigenous Ugandan men have regarding the use of LARCs

•Develop strategies to enhance indigenous Ugandan men’s support for utilisation of LARCs amongst rural women in Uganda

Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Susan  Nabadda
ID: UNCST-2020-R014331
A Study to Improve Understanding of Viral Load Suppression in Children Living with HIV in Uganda.
REFNo: HS2188ES

To establish factors associated with viral load suppression in children 0-14 years using the LIMS.,To determine the extent to which viral load suppression rates differ by demographic characteristics (age group, ART regimen, duration on ART, and region) using Laboratory Management Information System (LIMS) data.,To determine the trends in paediatric (0-14years) viral load suppression rates from 2016 to 2020.,To determine the proportion of children aged 0-14 years living with HIV that underwent a viral load test in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and are virally suppressed.,
Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Hellen Nabayiga
ID: UNCST-2022-R011299
modelling the antibiotic supply chain. A case of Uganda
REFNo: SS1240ES

To develop an understanding of appropriate antibiotic availability in Uganda public health facilities
Uganda 2022-04-07 2025-04-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmy Okello
ID: UNCST-2020-R009792
Investigating the Relationship of Low-HDL as a Risk Factor for Development of Rheumatic Heart Disease
REFNo: HS2085ES

General Objective;
The objective of this project is to explore the relationship between Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) levels in a high risk pediatric population in Uganda.

Specific Objectives;
1)To evaluate whether or not low HDL-c is associated with the diagnosis of RHD.

2)To evaluate whether a lower HDL-c level is associated with more severe RHD.

Uganda 2022-04-04 2025-04-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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