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Soumya Mishra
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Examining PRC-associated Economic Development Zones in Africa: local impacts and the implications for host states
REFNo: SS2384ES

(1) What narratives and Sino-African interactions accompany the establishment of PRC-associated EDZs in Sub-Saharan Africa?(2) To what extent do PRC-associated EDZs meet their stated aims in terms of industrialisation, employment creation and other economic impacts? (3) What are the broader social, economic, political and environmental impacts of PRC-associated EDZs?
India 2024-05-07 13:52:47 2027-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Josephine Najjuma Nambi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013717
Developing and testing a simulation-based intervention to improve stroke nursing care in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS3535ES

6. Pilot test the simulation-based nursing intervention for feasibility, acceptability, functionality, quality of life, and preliminary health outcomes among stroke patients at MRRH. ,5. Develop a simulation-based stroke training packet/intervention for nurses to improve stroke care and management at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital,4. Explore the barriers and facilitators for stroke management, and training among health care professionals at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital ,The general objective of the study is to develop and pilot a simulation-based stroke intervention to improve stroke management at MRRH ,
Uganda 2024-05-07 13:49:58 2027-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
David Guwatudde
ID: UNCST-2021-R008522
Research network for design and evaluation of adolescent health interventions and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (DASH)
REFNo: HS4116ES

The overarching and long-term goal for the DASH research activities is to boost adolescent health in SAA through rigorous population-based surveillance, intervention and policy research in seven SSA countries including Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda (henceforth referred to as the ‘African DASH partner countries’). The key functions to address these objectives are to combine the efficient collection and use of important adolescent health data, and the employment of robust quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and evaluation with local domain-specific expert and stakeholder knowledge on the health domains nutrition & physical activity, sexual & reproductive health, and mental health & violence (henceforth referred to as the ‘DASH health domains’).,To examine and assess transportability of DASH interventions and population-level policies (Transportability), in order to context relate to adolescent and young adult health, with the aim to understand how this context moderates the impact of interventions and policies; subsequently we will aim to transport the evidence on impact, generated within DASH, to other contexts in SSA,To evaluate population-level policies (Policy evaluation) with the aim to prioritize and select multiple population-level policies, related to the DASH health domains, which likely affect the health of adolescents and young adults, and to subsequently evaluate and understand the impact and mechanisms of these policies in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania,To evaluate the impact of the DASH interventions (Intervention evaluation), their impact and performance,To co-design DASH interventions (Co-Design) with the aim to gain an understanding of local intervention needs and will co-design and pilot test interventions to improve nutrition & physical activity in South Africa, sexual & reproductive health in Uganda, and mental health & violence in Tanzania; these designed interventions will then be locally adapted in each African DASH partner country,To implement and test multiple light-touch interventions, which are relatively non-invasive, resource non-intensive interventions that aim to influence intentions, motivations and behaviors related to the three DASH health domains,To conduct surveillance of health and health-related risks (Surveillance) in order to determine trends and changes in adolescent and youth health, well-being and behaviors, particularly related to the three DASH health domains.,
Uganda 2024-05-07 12:44:23 2027-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
Improving access to Asthma Care among Children and Adolescents in Uganda
REFNo: HS4136ES

To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of routine screening for asthma symptoms, healthcare worker needs-directed training and mentorship and asthma education in improving diagnosis and management of children and adolescents with asthma in Uganda. Specific objectives The study is divided into 4 sub-studies, and each of them has specific objectives as outlined below. Sub-study 1: Routine screening for asthma symptoms Objectives 1. To evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of routine screening for asthma symptoms among children and adolescents with respiratory illnesses in identification of patients with undiagnosed asthma 2. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of routine screening for asthma symptoms among children and adolescents with respiratory illnesses. Sub-study 2: Healthcare workers’ needs-directed training and mentorship Objectives 1. To evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of needs-directed healthcare workers’ training and mentorship in improving asthma outcomes in children and adolescents. 2. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a needs-directed healthcare workers’ training and mentorship intervention for improving asthma outcomes in children and adolescents. Sub-study 3: Community Health Worker-led asthma education Objectives 1. To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of community health worker-led asthma education in improving asthma outcomes among children and adolescents. 2. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of community health worker-led asthma education among children and adolescents, and their caregivers. Sub-study 4: Psychosocial challenges of asthma Objective 1. To explore the psychosocial challenges faced by children and adolescents with asthma, and their caregivers.
Uganda 2024-05-07 12:43:04 2027-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ounyesiga Living
ID: UNCST-2024-R005177
MODELING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF SOLAR POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION IN UGANDA
REFNo: SIR322ES

Objectives of the Study
General Objective. The main objective of the study is to model, simulate and optimize solar power generation and transmission in Uganda.
Specific Objectives
The specific objectives are as follows:
(i) To modify the traditional power loss objective function in order to minimize electric power losses on Ugandan electricity transmission lines
(ii) To develop a mathematical models for coupled and uncoupled transmission lines, which can simulate lossy and lossless transmission parameters of current, voltage and temperature.
(iii) To formulate a differential equation for solar power generation and multiple empirical models for improving Photo Voltaic (PV) system design and operations.

Uganda 2024-05-07 12:37:34 2027-05-07 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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