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Peter Waitt
ID: UNCST-2023-R007926
Developing Educational Resources Using a Participatory Model for Refugee Mothers Using Maternity Services in West Nile District: CLEAR � Clear Language and Engaging Resources
REFNo: HS8007ES

To support refugee communities in Northern Uganda to develop resources to communicate effectively, in languages which their communities understand to reduce the risk of post operative sepsis. We aim to co-create materials including simple written material, infographics, flip-charts and short videos.
UK 2026-07-16 19:55:13 2029-07-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Baker Ssekitto
ID: UNCST-2026-R025418
REGENERATIVE BUSINESS MODELS AS PREDICTORS OF INCLUSIVE DIGITAL SERVICE DELIVERY OUTCOMES IN RURAL WEST NILE, UGANDA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
REFNo: SS5272ES

i. To explore the contextual requirements of a Regenerative Business Model in rural West Nile.
ii. To design a Regenerative Business Model artifact that integrates the identified dimensional requirements through stakeholder-validated Design Science Research workshops.
iii. To evaluate the effect of Regenerative Business Model dimensions on inclusive digital service delivery outcomes in rural West Nile, Uganda.
iv. To examine the moderating role of Community Engagement and Ownership on the dimensional relationships between RBM aligned practices and inclusive digital service delivery in rural West Nile, Uganda

Uganda 2026-07-16 19:54:05 2029-07-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ONESMUS BYAMUKAMA
ID: UNCST-2021-R013826
Association Between Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia and Chronic Kidney Disease at 6 Months Postpartum Among Women in Southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS7902ES

General Objective: To determine the incidence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease among women at 6 six months postpartum in southwestern Uganda, and to explore knowledge and perceptions of long-term renal health risks among women and healthcare providers Specific Objectives Primary Objectives 1.To determine the incidence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease among women at six months postpartum in southwestern Uganda. 2.To explore the knowledge and perceptions of postpartum women and healthcare providers regarding long-term renal health risks associated with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. Secondary Objectives 1.To determine the proportion and factors associated with multi-organ dysfunction among pregnant women in southwestern Uganda. 2.To explore genetic polymorphisms potentially associated with distinct clinical phenotypes of pre-eclampsia among women in southwestern Uganda
Uganda 2026-07-16 19:52:20 2029-07-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fred Nalugoda
ID: UNCST-2021-R013343
Adapting a Transitional HIV Treatment Support Model for Persons Leaving Incarceration in Uganda
REFNo: SS5343ES

To identify key features of an evidence-based transitional HIV treatment support model requiring adaptation for implementation success in rural Uganda.
Uganda 2026-07-16 19:50:10 2029-07-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Felix Okello
ID: UNCST-2025-R021079
COMMUNITY-LED WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT SCHISTOSOMIASIS: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF LAKE COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS5342ES

The study aims to apply an anthropological lens to analyze how community-led water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are conceived, negotiated, implemented, and experienced in schistosomiasis-endemic lake communities in western Uganda, and how these processes shape water-contact behaviours, WASH practices, and patterns of vulnerability to schistosomiasis.

The specific objectives
The following objectives shall guide the study:
1. To analyze how socio-cultural beliefs, local knowledge systems, and structural inequalities in lake communities of Kagadi District, western Uganda, shape everyday water contact behaviors, sanitation practices, and participation in community-led WASH interventions for schistosomiasis prevention.
2. To critically examine the processes, power dynamics, and outcomes of engaging citizen scientists and local communities in co-designing WASH interventions, and how these co-created interventions reflect and negotiate local values, norms, and lived realities.
3. To interrogate the cultural logics, symbolic meanings, and gendered social relations that influence the acceptance, rejection, and everyday use of endod-based soap as a community-led strategy for schistosomiasis prevention.
4. To conduct a qualitative evaluation of how community-led WASH approaches reconfigure local power relations, social organization, and collective action, and how these transformations affect WASH coverage, utilization, and sustainability in schistosomiasis-endemic lake communities, Kagadi District, western Uganda.

Uganda 2026-07-16 19:47:07 2029-07-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Margaret Lubwama
ID: UNCST-2019-R000636
Comparison of bacteria isolated from the blood and gastrointestinal tract of patients with cancer and from their immediate hospital environment at the Uganda Cancer Institute (CompBac Study)
REFNo: HS7834ES

1. To determine the microbiological characteristics of the bacteria causing bacteremia, and colonizing the gastrointestinal tract of patients with at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). 2. To determine the microbiological characteristics of the bacteria isolated from the immediate hospital environment of patients with cancer at the UCI. 3. To determine the phylogenetic characteristics of the bacteria causing bacteremia, colonizing the gastrointestinal tract and the immediate hospital environment of cancer patients at the UCI. 4. To determine the similarities or differences between the bacteria isolated above to previously isolated bacteria from cancer patients with bacteremia and from their immediate hospital environment at the UCI.
Uganda 2026-07-16 19:43:56 2029-07-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nakayiki Lilian Nyanzi
ID: UNCST-2025-R019152
Validation of a region-specific Food Frequency Questionnaire for assessing habitual Dietary Intake and Indigenous Fruit and Vegetable consumption among Ugandan adults
REFNo: HS7771ES

To validate a region-specific Indigenous Fruit and Vegetable-Food Frequency Questionnaire (IFV-FFQ) as a tool for assessing habitual dietary intake, with a focus on Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables consumption, among Ugandan adults (>18 years).

Uganda 2026-07-16 19:41:34 2029-07-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ivan Segawa
ID: UNCST-2021-R012795
InstaGirls: On-Demand HIV Self?Testing, PrEP, and PEP Delivery for Online Sex Workers in Uganda
REFNo: HS7891ES

1. Assess the feasibility and acceptability of the InstaGirls on-demand, mobile-enabled courier delivery model for HIV prevention among online sex workers in Uganda. 2. Explore online sex workers’ perceptions, experiences, and perceived barriers and facilitators to using the InstaGirls model. 3. Estimate the cost of implementing the InstaGirls delivery model for HIV prevention in Uganda.
Uganda 2026-07-16 19:39:16 2029-07-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mary Nabacwa Ssonko
ID: UNCST-2023-R007407
ASSESMENT OF MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS, AND AGENCIES (MDAs) PERFORMANCE ON CARE-RELATED ACTIONS IN UGANDA USING THE NATIONAL CARE POLICY SCORE CARD
REFNo: SS5483ES

Interrogate drivers of change or stagnation,Identify care policy influencing opportunities,Analyse Ministries, Departments and Agencies performance using the national care policy scorecard,Assess the performance of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in Uganda in implementing care-related policies, investments, and interventions using the National Care Policy Scorecard,
Uganda 2026-07-16 19:36:40 2029-07-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Milly Kwagala
ID: UNCST-2025-R020368
INNOVATIVE FINANCING MODELS AND BUSINESS FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AMONG WOMEN-LED ENTERPRISES: A CASE STUDY OF MUKONO DISTRICT
REFNo: SS5426ES

4.3. General Objective To examine how innovative financing models and related support mechanisms influence the business financial sustainability of women-led enterprises in Mukono District, and to generate evidence-based recommendations for enhancing their long-term growth and resilience. 4.4 Specific Objectives 1) To determine how access to different financing models (traditional microfinance, blended finance, digital savings platforms, and Personality?Based Credit Screening) is associated with key indicators of business financial sustainability (profit retention, employment creation, and asset accumulation) of women-led enterprises in Mukono District. 2) To assess the extent to which participation in training and capacity-building programmes, levels of financial and digital literacy, and involvement in SACCOs/community savings groups predict business financial sustainability among women-led enterprises in Mukono District. 3) To evaluate how engagement with policy support systems (government, NGO, and donor programmes) and the roles of key stakeholders (microfinance institutions, community organizations, and business associations) contribute to business financial sustainability among women-led enterprises in Mukono District.
Uganda 2026-07-16 19:34:53 2029-07-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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