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VINCENT MUBANGIZI
ID: UNCST-2024-R004232
 ANTENATAL COUPLES� COUNSELLING IN UGANDA (ACCU) -2
REFNo: HS8325ES

(3) To evaluate the acceptability of the health education films for the target audience in the refugee settlements,(2) To adapt and translate health education films on family planning for the refugee population in Rwamwanja and Nakivale refugee settlements,(1) To measure the impact of ACCU training for health workers, combined with screening health education films on family planning,To scale up ACCU training for health workers and health education films for patients, to all 20 government primary health care facilities in Mbarara city and Mbarara district and in Rwamwanja and Nakivale refugee settlements.,
 Uganda 2026-08-11 20:45:28 2029-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ezra Kalule
ID: UNCST-2026-R026874
 ROLE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN ENHANCING REARING OF LOCAL CHICKENS IN TESO SUB-REGION, UGANDA
REFNo: SS5709ES

1.To identify and document the indigenous knowledge and practices used in the rearing of local chickens in the Teso sub-region of Uganda.
2.To examine the perceived effectiveness of indigenous knowledge in the management and productivity of local chickens among smallholder farmers in the Teso sub-region.
3.To analyse the challenges affecting the application of indigenous knowledge in local chicken production among smallholder farmers in the Teso sub-region.
4.To propose strategies for strengthening and integrating indigenous knowledge with scientific approaches to improve sustainable local chicken production in the Teso sub-region.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:43:14 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Michael Ojok Obwona
ID: UNCST-2026-R025254
 Interrogating Museums as Neo-Colonial Spaces: Implications for the Preservation of Acholi History and Cultural Heritage in Uganda; 1894 to 2025.94-2025
REFNo: SS5688ES

To unpack the concept of museum among the Acholi People in Northern Uganda from 1894-2025. 2. To explore the historical foundations of the development of Museums in Uganda from 1894-2025. 3. To investigate the nature of museums as space of identity, power, and voices in Acholi Sub-Region from 1894-2025. 4. To interrogate the implication of Museum as neo-colonial spaces for the preservation of Acholi History and cultural heritage in Uganda from 1894-2025.
 Uganda 2026-08-11 20:41:45 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
KIMANI MUTURI
ID: UNCST-2026-R024517
 POPULAR CULTURE AND TREND ADOPTION IN CONTEMPORARY UGANDAN TEXTILES: A CASE OF SELECTED TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN KAMPALA AND MUKONO DISTRICTS, ca. 2000-2020
REFNo: SS5355ES

i. To examine the trends in popular culture that shaped contemporary Ugandan textiles in selected textile organisations in Kampala and Mukono Districts, ca. 2000-2020 ii. To evaluate the key aspects of popular culture that influenced preference to imported textiles in Kampala and Mukono districts of Uganda. iii. To establish if popular culture was an agency for the domestication of imported contemporary Ugandan textiles in Kampala and Mukono districts ca. 2000-2020
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:39:06 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Carolyne Maholo
ID: UNCST-2025-R022340
 A Critical Study Exploring the Participation of Youth with Disabilities in Livelihood Development Opportunities in Rural Uganda
REFNo: SS5659ES

1.To conduct a scoping review that maps and synthesizes evidence on community-based interventions in low-income countries that empower youth with disabilities through livelihood development and social inclusion. 2.To explore how youth with disabilities access livelihood opportunities and the factors influencing their participation in these opportunities. 3.To identify the livelihood opportunities in which youth with disabilities engage and how these address the challenges they encounter. 4.To examine how participation in livelihood opportunities shapes the agency, identity, and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. 5.To analyse the roles of key stakeholders in promoting the livelihood development of youth with disabilities. 6.To develop a contextually grounded framework for designing livelihood development programmes that foster social inclusion for youth with disabilities.
Uganda 2026-08-11 20:37:27 2029-08-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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