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wabomba kadili
ID: UNCST-2025-R017841
PUBLIC DEBT AND INVESTMENTS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES
REFNo: SS4146ES

The main objective of the study will be to investigate public debt and investments in the East African countries from 1990-2023
Specific Objectives of the Study
1. To examine the effect of External Debt on Investment in the East African Countries
2. To determine the impact of Public Debt servicing obligations on Investment in the East African Countries
3. To assess the control effects of inflation, exchange, and interest rates on the relationship between public debt and investment in East African countries
4. To Analyze the Overall Relationship Between External Debt and Investment in the East African Countries

Uganda 2025-08-08 13:55:54 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nuluyati Nalwadda
ID: UNCST-2025-R017243
Learning for Social Inclusion of Refugee Women in Host Communities: Perspectives from Uganda.
REFNo: SS4071ES

1.Explore the learning experiences of refugee women in host communities.
2.Examine how refugee women’s participation in learning facilitates their social inclusion in host communities.
3.To investigate the barriers refugee women face in accessing and participating in learning and their impact on social inclusion
4.To contribute to the existing literature on the strategies for improving the learning and social inclusion experiences of refugee women in host communities.

Uganda 2025-08-08 13:54:38 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
ID: UNCST-2020-R014244
Exploring the Role and Feasibility of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Improve Mental Health Services in Uganda and Tanzania
REFNo: SIR540ES

4. To evaluate the developed ASR/NLP models in a real-life, prospective pilot in the call center in Uganda (Butabika Hospital) on different aspects of call center communication and operation. Examples include voice-based IVR tree navigation, call issue escalation, and real-time summaries (dashboards) of call data based on model outputs. The exact applications will be decided upon with users during project execution, based on clinical relevance and technical feasibility (performance of the models from objective 3).,3. To develop Automatic Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing models for transcription, translation, sentiment and emotional analysis, topic modeling (keyword spotting), and automatic communication quality assessment of call conversations. These trained models will be used in the pipeline to extract mental health indicators and markers from mental health recordings, as well as text transcripts of the call center recordings, to develop an overall scoring of patient mental health.,2. To curate and annotate mental health recordings and text datasets in English, Luganda, and Swahili. This will result in AI-ready datasets that will be used to train models to extract insights about mental health automatically. This process will also result in clear guidelines for data annotation and quality assurance, and inter- and intra-rater agreement measures when labelling data for mental health conditions.,1. To explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of stakeholders in regard to the use of ASR, NLP, AI, and other digital health tools in mental healthcare. From this, we shall also elicit the requirements for the design and operationalization of a mental health telephone service (call center) in Tanzania and the improvement of the existing mental health telephone service in Uganda (e.g. incorporation of ASR and NLP tools).,To explore the role and feasibility of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques in improving mental health services in Uganda and Tanzania. Our initial focus is on using these techniques to address the extant mental health data scarcity and studying the quality of conversations between patients and providers of mental health care services.,
Uganda 2025-08-08 13:50:08 2028-08-08 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Claire Nimusiima
ID: UNCST-2025-R017994
Assessing the association Between Disability and Mental Health among older adults: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Health and Wellbeing of Older People - Wave 5 study in Uganda.
REFNo: HS6244ES

Primary Objective
To assess the association between disability and mental health outcomes among older adults in Uganda.

Secondary Objectives
- To determine the prevalence of mental health disorders among older adults with and without disabilities.
- To explore whether any socio-demographic factors modify the association between disability and mental health outcomes.
- To assess whether HIV status confounds the association between disability and mental health outcomes.

Uganda 2025-08-08 13:49:11 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
AGABA DAVID
ID: UNCST-2025-R018138
Determinants of private investment and economic growth in Uganda 1990-2023
REFNo: SS4145ES

i. To establish the short and long term effect of interest rate on economic growth ii. To establish the short and long term effect of foreign exchange on economic growth iii. To establish the short and long term effect of inflation on economic growth
Uganda 2025-08-08 13:47:55 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Peter Waitt
ID: UNCST-2023-R007926
EXPLORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH AND LOW FIDELITY MODELS TO TEACH INTIMATE PROCEDURES SIMULATION SKILLS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS USING VAGINAL PREPARATION AS AN EXEMPLAR IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS6143ES

Exploring the effectiveness of high and low fidelity models to teach intimate procedures simulation skills to healthcare workers using vaginal preparation as an exemplar in Uganda,To explore knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards simulation to aid skill acquisition. To examine how simulation model fidelity affects healthcare provider learning during intimate procedures. To determine whether the level of fidelity affect the retention of skills over a 10-12 week period.,
UK 2025-08-07 21:03:13 2028-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
SKILLING IN AGRIPRENEURSHIP FOR INCREASED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT (SAY) PROJECT
REFNo: SS3959ES

Main objective
To execute the learning agenda to generate evidence that answers strategic questions and informs operational decisions and programming in regard to job creation and agri-skilling practices in Uganda

Research questions
1. To what extent does DIT (Directorate of Industrial Training) certification contribute to youth employability in the agriculture sector?

2. How effective and efficient is the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model utilised by the SAY Project on youth employment?

Uganda 2025-08-07 20:58:03 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Thereza Piloya Were
ID: UNCST-2019-R000491
Type 1 Diabetes Chronic Complication Prevalence and Relation to Continuous glucose monitoring Measurements in Ugandan Children and Youth
REFNo: HS5723ES

1. To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria, retinopathy, neuropathy, hypertension and hyperlipidemia among children and youth (age 4-26 yrs) with Type 1 diabetes at Mulago and Nsambya T1D clinics
2. To assess the relationship between chronic diabetes complications and HbA1c and CGM measures (glucose time in the standard CGM ranges, AG, CV) among children and youth (age 4-26 yrs) with Type 1 diabetes at Mulago and Nsambya T1D clinics.

Uganda 2025-08-07 20:54:15 2028-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gladyce Kachope
ID: UNCST-2024-R002905
TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UGANDA’S SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPETENCE-BASED CURRICULUM (CBC) IN RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT
REFNo: SS3363ES

iv. To investigate stakeholders’ motivating factors to implementation of Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,iii. To examine teachers\' attitudes towards Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,ii. To assess teachers’ perceptions towards their preparedness to implement Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,i. To examine the teacher preparedness initiatives in the implementation phase of Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,The overall objective of the study is to determine the effect of teacher preparedness on the implementation of Uganda’s 2020 competence-based secondary school curriculum in Rukungiri district.,
Uganda 2025-08-07 20:52:08 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jackson Efitre
ID: UNCST-2019-R000473
Scaling up fish processing technologies, marketing and women empowerment for improved incomes and livelihoods of fishing communities in Uganda (NutriFishPLUS)
REFNo: SS4106ES

Objectives of the study are:

The general objective is to enhance the incomes and livelihoods of fishing communities in Uganda.
Specific objectives are:

1.Improved quantity and quality of dried small fish and fish products for local, regional and international markets through adoption of solar tent driers and raised drying racks.

2.Improved market access for small fish and fish products through innovative marketing strategies and enhanced supply chain linkages.

3.Increased involvement of women, youth and other marginalized groups in SPF value chain.

4.Strengthened resilience of fishing communities through diversified income streams


Uganda 2025-08-07 20:48:24 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PETER KADDU
ID: UNCST-2025-R018764
Human Resource Planning Practices and Perceived Health Service Delivery in Uganda; a case study of selected District in Central Uganda.
REFNo: SS4063ES

To examine the influence of workforce alignment on perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To analyze the relationship between human resource forecasting and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To assess the association between succession planning and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To evaluate the moderating effect of customer factors on human resource planning practices and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.

Uganda 2025-08-07 20:42:21 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GRACE SSEBANAKITTA NANTAGYA
ID: UNCST-2024-R003766
An Analysis Of Academic Staff Experiences With E-Learning Uptake In Universal Secondary Education Schools In Central Uganda
REFNo: SS4059ES

4. To investigate the strategies employed by teachers in USE schools to address challenges encountered during the implementation of e-learning,3. To examine teachers’ perceptions of the key challenges affecting the uptake of e-learning in USE schools in central Uganda.,2. To assess the levels of satisfaction among teachers in USE schools regarding their experiences with e-learning uptake.,1. To determine the extent of teacher engagement with different types of e-learning platforms in Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools in central Uganda,The overall objective of the study is to analyse the experiences of the academic staff in USE schools in Central Uganda with e-learning uptake,
Uganda 2025-08-07 20:40:30 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex  Muganzi Muganga
ID: UNCST-2019-R000710
Project Assessment Protocol for IDI Key Populations Civil Society Organizations Mechanism in Uganda
REFNo: SS4017ES

(2) Ensuring scale-up of effective, efficient and quality comprehensive HIV service delivery through key population Drop-in Centers (DICs). ,(1) Strengthening KP CSOs’ coordination capacity and improve governance including accountability, legitimacy, constituency and membership to support provision of layered comprehensive HIV/AIDS services,
Uganda 2025-07-22 17:00:53 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ponsiano Ocama
ID: UNCST-2019-R000440
Leveraging HIV care infrastructure for implementation of context-adapted liver cancer comprehensive control strategies in Uganda: The LC3 Study
REFNo: HS6141ES

1) To adapt and plan integration of the Liver Cancer Comprehensive Control (LC3) package into the existing HIV infrastructure and care model. Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we will evaluate the local context for liver cancer control among PLWH. Guided by Dynamic Adaptation Process (DAP), we will work with key stakeholders to identify and adapt implementation strategies for LC3 package delivery. 2) To evaluate the integration of the LC3 package into the existing HIV infrastructure and care model using a phased implementation strategy. We will conduct a Type II hybrid observational implementation-effectiveness trial with phased implementation in six clinics in urban and rural Uganda. Using the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework, the primary outcome will be increased reach of package services, with secondary outcomes including effectiveness of LC3 package in linking HBsAg-positive participants to referral care, measures of adoption, implementation (fidelity), and maintenance. 3) To identify contextual factors mediating successful integration of LC3 services into routine HIV care and maintenance/sustainability. We will use mixed-methods to identify and compare contextual elements at patient, provider, and clinic levels across high and low performing sites to inform iteration, transferability, and scale-up. We will also assess maintenance post-implementation at all six sites.
Uganda 2025-07-22 16:59:30 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Maegan Hoffman Jennie
ID: UNCST-2025-R018963
Behavioral impact of variable terrain across wild chimpanzee populations
REFNo: SS3973ES

Determine whether difference in terrain, primarily elevation and slope, are significant predictors of the observable differences in social behavior seen
between the Kanyawara and Budongo chimpanzees.

USA 2025-07-22 16:56:59 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dan Muramuzi
ID: UNCST-2023-R008225
Examining the implementation process of the Ugandan National Medical Oxygen Scale Up Plan of 2018-2022 within selected health facilities
REFNo: HS6032ES

To evaluate the extent of integrating oxygen indicators into the health management information system in Uganda.,To determine the extent to which the Uganda national oxygen scale-up plan 2018-2022 (and related policies) has been put into action.,To explore the stakeholder perspectives, power, influence and relationship towards the implementation of the national oxygen scale-up plan.,
Uganda 2025-07-22 16:55:42 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lilian Nagawa
ID: UNCST-2025-R017226
Effect of Strategic Management Practices on Sustainable Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Oil and Gas Sector in Uganda
REFNo: SS3672ES

The overall objective of this research is to examine the influence of strategic management practices on the sustainable growth of small and medium-sized enterprises providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda
Specific Objectives
The study will seek to specifically achieve the following objectives:
i. To establish the effect of environmental scanning on the sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda
ii. To determine the relationship between strategy formulation and sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda.
iii. To establish the influence of strategy implementation on the sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda
iv. To establish the relationship between strategy evaluation and control and the sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda

Uganda 2025-07-22 16:54:02 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ELIZABETH ONAYEMI OCHIENG
ID: UNCST-2023-R006823
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CORE SCIENCE TEACHERS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ORDINARY LEVEL SECONDARY STUDENTS IN CORE SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: SS3607ES

i) To examine the effects of formal teacher professional development on the academic performance of O-Level students in core O Level science subjects in selected secondary schools in Central Uganda.

ii) To examine the effects of informal teacher professional development on the academic performance of O-Level students in core O Level science subjects in selected secondary schools in Central Uganda.

iii) To analyse the effectiveness of the different models of teacher professional development available to O-Level teachers of core science subjects in selected secondary schools in Central Uganda.

Kenya 2025-07-22 16:52:32 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Namara Grace
ID: UNCST-2023-R005711
RE: READING BANYAKORE POTS: NARRATIVES OF MARRIAGE POTS BY WOMEN AND POTTERS OF BIHARWE, MBARARA CITY WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3475ES

1. To establish the historical evolution that grounds the Banyakore marriage pots in the context of design and the associated traditions, norms and practices
2. To examine factors that influence meaning making of the Banyakore marriage pots among the people of Mbarara City, southwestern Uganda from its inception to the present day
3. To document the role and cultural relevance of the Banyakore marriage pots based on the narratives of Women and Potters of Mbarara City, Western Uganda

Uganda 2025-07-22 16:49:00 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rita Nassanga
ID: UNCST-2020-R014686
USE OF BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS4777ES

1. To document information about the use of brain MRI for dementia in low- and middleincome countries based on a systematic review and meta-analysis from published literature. 2. To explore the perceptions and practices of imaging personnel and physicians in using brain MRI as a diagnostic approach for dementia in Uganda. 3. To describe the volume and structural changes in brain MRI of patients with a clinical diagnosis of Dementia. 4. To determine the agreement between brain MRI and the Mini Mental State Exam in the diagnosis of dementia. 5. To determine the effect of training of Radiology Senior House Officers and Radiologists on the brain MRI interpretation for patients with a clinical diagnosis of dementia.
Uganda 2025-07-22 16:39:18 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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