Christina Hand
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Case Study of Makerere University in Uganda through the Lens of U.S. Land-Grant Higher Education
REFNo: SS788ES
Makerere University, similar to U.S. land-grant universities, faces a shortage of resources and is moving toward privatization and neoliberalism. Both (Makerere and U.S. land-grants) face pressures to open access and also be world-class in research (have local and global relevance). Also both must come to terms with the impact of history (i.e. colonialism). The purpose of this research is to discover ways in which Makerere University confrms to and differs from U.S. land-grant higher education, and through analysis, to better understand both Makerere and U.S. land grant universities. The study will take an in-depth look at Makerere University – including the mission, structures, policies, activities, barriers, and facilitators – using the land-grant model as an organizational and analytical framework. As a result, the researcher hopes to offer recommendations toward the solution of problems facing Makerere University and U.S. land-grant universities, namely tensions between increased access and competitive research, local and global relevance, resource shortages, and coming to terms with colonialism.
The objectives are to address the following research questions: 1) How do the mission, structures, and activities at Makerere University align or diverge across different domains of the land-grant framework? 2) What are the facilitators, barriers, and tensions that affect Makerere University engagement across different domains of the land-grant framework?
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USA |
2021-12-22 |
2024-12-22 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Leah Mwangi Wangari
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Examining Participation and Quality of Experiences of Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics: Postgraduate Training Programs and Careers in East Africa
REFNo: SS867ES
General objective
To examine the participation and experiences of women in STEM postgraduate training programs and careers in Kenya.
Specific Objectives
1. To determine current status quo of gender equality in STEM-related post-graduate training and careers in Kenya.
2. To explore factors that contribute to participation of women in STEM related postgraduate training and careers in Kenya.
3. To develop a comprehensive framework for optimal engagement of women in STEM related post-graduate training and careers in Kenya.
4. To determine the effect of the covid19 pandemic on women’s progression in STEM postgraduate training and careers.
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Kenya |
2021-12-22 |
2024-12-22 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Birungi Edwin Mutahunga Rwamatware
ID: UNCST-2021-R004880
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Epicenter for Emerging Infectious Diseases Intelligence (EEIDI)
REFNo: HS1772ES
The Epicenter for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence will establish research hubs in the Amazon and Congo Basin forest for emerging infectious disease (EID) research.
The Amazonian and Congo basin forest regions are highly susceptible to new and emerging infectious diseases resulting from spillover of zoonotic RNA viruses from wildlife into human communities that are increasingly connected to the rest of the world.
Our proposed research will enhance surveillance of EIDs in humans with acute febrile illness, invertebrate vectors, and vertebrate hosts that are facilitating pathogen transmission in forest and urban systems. This work will advance an understanding of cross-species transmission dynamics for emerging viral threats, as well as optimize innovative and deployable surveillance and testing strategies to strengthen infectious disease surveillance to enable rapid response to outbreaks as part of the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) Network.
This research aims to:
1.Detect and characterize new and known viruses of epidemic and pandemic potential in high-risk communities and patients admitted to hospitals.
2.Identify biological, behavioral, and ecological factors influencing the risk of viral spillover, amplification, and spread.
3.Determine potential targets for intervention based on high-risk human behaviors and practices that amplify disease transmission in hotspots for viral evolution, spillover, amplification, and spread.
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Uganda |
2021-12-22 |
2024-12-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Joan Magoba Nyangoma
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The Self Representation of Community Foundations in Uganda as Community Leaders
REFNo: SS1113ES
The study seeks to identify Community Foundations in Kampala City and Wakiso District to understand among others; how they define themselves, how they operate, and their role in the communities they serve. Specifically, the study seeks to answer the following questions:
i. Which CFs exists in Kampala and Wakiso?
ii. How do CFs in Kampala and Wakiso operate?
a. How do they define themselves?
b. Who are their benefactors/members?
c. Are they active (have a base/focal point for their operations, implementing activities including meetings, fundraising, disbursing grants?
 Do they keep clear records of members contributions, membership records, expenditures, receipts, etc.?
 Do they have a clear leadership structure and how do they choose their leaders, implementing activities?
d. How do they support their projects/Work or raise their funds?
e. What is the level of awareness of CFs in the communities they serve (are they known, are they online, are they registered with local authorities)?
iii. What are the roles of CFs in Kampala and Wakiso?
a. What are the visions, missions, goals and objects of the CFs?
b. What activities do they implement in pursuance of their objectives?
c. Who are the beneficiaries?
iv. What is the impact of these CFs?
a. What are their successes?
b. What challenges are they faced with?
c. How can these challenges be overcome or alleviated?
d. Are these based on their transactional/transformative identity?
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Uganda |
2021-12-22 |
2024-12-22 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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NICHOLAS KULABA
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Blood Pressure Variability and Early Clinical Outcomes Amongst Stroke Patients Admitted to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS1973ES
2. To determine the association between blood pressure variability and poor clinical outcome measured by modified Rankin score at fourteen days after a stroke onset.,1. To determine variability in systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure that occurs over seven days in both hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients after hospitalization,To determine blood pressure variability and its association with early clinical outcome amongst acute and subacute stroke patients admitted within 7 days onset at MRRH.,
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Uganda |
2021-12-21 |
2024-12-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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David Musoke
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A Health Systems Approach to Strengthening Community Health in Wakiso District, Uganda
REFNo: HS1965ES
The project is aimed at strengthening community health using a health systems approach with a focus on: (a) enhancing the capacity of CHWs (locally known as village health teams (VHTs)), their coordinators and supervisors; (b) supporting the completeness and timely submission of data from VHTs; (c) enhancing timely delivery of drugs and other commodities to CHWs; (e) improving performance of CHWs in relation to quality of care, respective care, and timely referral of patients; and (f) supporting the supervision and coordination of community health.
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Uganda |
2021-12-21 |
2024-12-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
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Effectiveness of mobile money payments to vaccination campaign health care workers on polio vaccination campaign coverage and quality: a cluster randomized controlled trial
REFNo: HS1932ES
Primary Objectives:
1) To compare vaccination coverage in areas where campaign health care workers are paid using mobile money versus in cash.
2) To compare the motivation, satisfaction and performance of vaccination health care workers in areas where they are paid using mobile money versus in cash
Secondary objectives:
1) To compare vaccination campaign quality in areas where health care workers are paid using mobile money versus in cash
2) To estimate the incremental cost of the intervention.
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Uganda |
2021-12-20 |
2024-12-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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SSEMBATYA RENNY
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COVID/COPE Study: An Interdisciplinary Empirical Approach to Understanding Unequal Economic and Health Consequences of COVID-19 Measures among Pregnant Women in Uganda
REFNo: SS936ES
Objective 1: To analyze the effects of Covid-19 measures among pregnant women in Uganda of varying size, socio-economic, health and poverty indexes.
Objective 2: To assess the proportion of pregnant women with symptoms, rates of social interactions; financial and non-financial costs; how pregnant women have recently responded to the Covid-19 measures, especially in relation to their personal circumstances and expectations.
Objective 3: To provide recommendations how to improve access to care for these vulnerable populations and prevent unnecessary, delayed care while safeguarding public health concerns.
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Uganda |
2021-12-17 |
2024-12-17 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Obondo Sande James
ID: UNCST-2019-R000241
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Capacity Building towards Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Research, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management in Uganda
REFNo: HS1867ES
3. To strengthen local laboratory screening and research capacity in the management of PIDs. ,2. To increase knowledge on PIDs among clinicians, pediatricians, laboratory technologists, immunologists through training focused on detection of potential PIDs cases. ,1. To map and create profiles of the current PIDs knowledge and diagnostic capacity in Uganda,To evaluate clinical and laboratory diagnostic knowledge about PIDs, and undertake PIDs-focused training in Uganda,
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Uganda |
2021-12-17 |
2024-12-17 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Claudia Ringler
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Endline Evaluation for Reaching Smallholder Women with Information Services and Resilience Strategies to Respond to Climate Change
REFNo: SS1127ES
3) At the endline (The subject of this application, to be undertaken in January of 2022), the study will establish the impact of the strategies used to disseminate the climate-smart technologies and approaches and whether these translate into closing gendered yield gaps, enhanced equity and inclusion.
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Germany |
2021-12-17 |
2024-12-17 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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