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Rahel Nkola
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Depression, Suicidality and associated factors among people with Diabetes and/or Hypertension at a Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda.
REFNo: HS1818ES

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with Depression and Suicidality among individuals with DM and/or HTN at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, southwestern Uganda.
Tanzania 2022-03-10 2025-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Cissy  Kityo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013663
Rapid Proof-of-Principle Study: Diversity in the Spike gene of Sars Cov-2 and duration of SARS-Co-2 infection in immunologically compromised People Living with HIV-1
REFNo: HS2006ES

1.To characterize the SARS-CoV-2 virus found in HIV positive patients
2.To assess the impact of HIV immunosuppression on SARS-CoV-2 diversity
3.Determining the duration of SARS-CoV-2 infection in HIV infection
Uganda 2022-03-10 2025-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Alison Kinengyere Annet
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Communication of research findings: a case study of medical researchers at the College of Health sciences, Makerere University
REFNo: HS2030ES

To assess the facilitators and barriers of medical research communication by researchers at MAKCHS.,To develop video documentaries, cartoons, podcasts, webinars and research briefs to communicate research findings of selected research studies at the college of health Sciences, Makerere University,To assess the factors associated with communication of medical research findings by researchers at the college of health sciences, Makerere University,To determine communication channels used by Makerere University College of Health sciences (MAKCHS) researchers in disseminating their research findings ,To investigate communication of medical research findings to different stakeholders by researchers at the college of health sciences, Makerere University,
Uganda 2022-03-10 2025-03-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ruth Nanyonga
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The Impact of Health Cooperative Membership on Health Agency and Economic Status of Women in Uganda’ Study
REFNo: SS1121ES

The main objective of the study is to quantify the impact of health cooperative membership on women’s health agency and economic status. The specific objectives include:

1. The health care access
• Safe delivery/pre-natal care
• Access to health trainings/education
• Access to regular primary care/check-ups

2. The health knowledge level
• Knowledge about health care resources (location of nearest clinic, where to get information regarding health)
• Knowledge about health itself (self-efficacy)
• Knowledge about insurance

3. The ability to set goals
• Preference to have a role in making the decisions about family planning?
• Preference to make the decision about when to seek health care for yourself?
• Preference to have a role in making the decisions about seeking health care for your family members/children?

4. Perceived ability and control
a. Ability to make decisions about family planning
b. Ability to make the decision to seek health care without delay
c. Ability to make decisions to seek health care for family members/children without delay

5. Action taken
a. Demonstrated decision-making power to seek health care without delay
b. Demonstrated decision-making power about family planning
c. Demonstrated decision-making power in seeking health care for family/children

Uganda 2022-03-09 2025-03-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dianah Aharimpisya
ID: UNCST-2021-R012528
Elder Abuse and Welfare Status: Interrogating the deterrent gerontological mechanisms. A case of selected districts in south-western Uganda.
REFNo: SS1015ES

1. To examine the effect of elder abuse on welfare status in 5 selected districts of south-western Uganda. 2. To examine the mediating role of quality relationships on the association between elder abuse and welfare status in 5 selected districts of south-western Uganda. 3. To analyse the mediating effect of gerontological services access on the relationship between elder abuse and welfare status in 5 selected districts of western Uganda.
Uganda 2022-03-07 2025-03-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Divya Rayamajhi
ID:
Child and Adolescent mental health services in Uganda
REFNo: HS1786ES

i. To explore the availability of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in health facilities of Mbale district. ii. To identify barriers that may prevent people from accessing child and adolescent mental health services in Mbale from the perspective of health care providers. iii. To identify possible solutions to those barriers which may encourage or improve people`s access to child and adolescent`s mental health services in Mbale from the perspective of health care providers.
Nepal 2022-03-07 2025-03-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Agnes Rwashana Semwanga
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A WEB-BASED HISTOPATHOLOGY REPOSITORY SYSTEM FOR BREAST CANCER MANAGEMENT
REFNo: HS2002ES

To validate the slides to establish the intra and inter observer agreement in morphological assessment of breast core cancer cases using glass slides and digital slides.,To establish the requirements and develop a web-based Histopathology Repository System (NHRS) for breast cancer case,To digitize core breast cancer glass slides for morphological assessment of core breast cancer cases.,To develop a national digital histopathology reporting system storing digitized slides for assessment of morphological characteristics of core breast cancer.,
Uganda 2022-03-07 2025-03-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phillip Wanduru
ID: UNCST-2019-R000381
Determining short and medium-term sequelae, their predicting factors, and experiences of caring for newborns with intrapartum hypoxic-ischemic insults: Studies in Eastern rural Uganda
REFNo: HS2057ES

To understand caregivers’ experiences of caring for newborns with encephalopathy.,To determine the risk, and predicting factors of NDD at 6 and 12 months of age among infants who survived hypoxic-ischemic insults at birth.,To understand the interaction between healthcare providers and caregivers in the Newborn Care Units (NCU) when caring for newborns with hypoxic-ischemic insults at two high-volume hospitals in Eastern Central Uganda,To determine the predicting factors of hypoxic-ischemic insults and encephalopathy among newborns at two high-volume hospitals in Eastern Central Uganda,
Uganda 2022-03-07 2025-03-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sarah Kiguli
ID: UNCST-2021-R013020
Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO) Uganda: Strengthening Capacity for Clinical Care, Research and Training in Sickle Cell Disease - SCRT Project.
REFNo: HS2012ES

The overall goal of the project is to join and become one of the sites of the Collaborative Consortium of the SCD in Sub-Saharan Africa Network (SPARCO) with a goal of strengthening capacity for clinical care research and training in sickle cell disease in Uganda through implementation of evidence-based interventions. We shall do this by: Aim 1: Developing a centralized, electronic, patient consented, sickle hemoglobinopathy registry for Uganda. AIM 2: To improve SCD patient outcomes in Uganda by establishing regional SCD standards of care. AIM 3. To advance SCD related research by conducting cohort studies and implementation science studies on patients enrolled in the SCD registry, and an additional study on transition from pediatric to adult care by SCD adolescents.
Uganda 2022-03-07 2025-03-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emma Riley-Green
ID:
Financial Diaries Uganda
REFNo: SS1178ES

Test if taking women through a report on their business highlighting areas of improvement and a comparison to similar businesses results in additional improvements in business outcomes,Test if the act of frequently asking the women about aspects of their businesses makes these dimensions more salient and results in improvements in business outcomes,Understand more about female-owned microenterprises using high-frequency data collected in the form of diaries.,To examine the impact of financial diaries for female entrepreneurs, with and without reports and comparisons to similar businesses, on a range of business outcomes.,
UK 2022-03-07 2025-03-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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