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Urs KALBITZER
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Aerial Imagery Data for the Construction of Primate Nutritional Landscapes
REFNo: NS303ES

To develop a methodological framework and create high-resolution models of the temporal and spatial distribution of nutrients for primates and other animals, so called ‘nutritional landscapes’
 Germany 2021-10-26 2024-10-26 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kenia Martinez Raquel
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRIMARY POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE AMONG WOMEN WITH PRE-ECLAMPSIA/ ECLAMPSIA DELIVERING AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS1564ES

General Objective
To determine the prevalence and factors associated with primary postpartum hemorrhage among women with pre-eclampsia/eclampsia delivering at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Specific Objectives
1. To determine the prevalence of primary postpartum hemorrhage in women with pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

2. To determine the factors associated with primary postpartum hemorrhage in women with pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

 Eswatini 2021-10-25 2024-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Julian Adong
ID: UNCST-2021-R013487
 A social media intervention to promote antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Uganda
REFNo: HS1824ES

Determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the U-SMART intervention among AYAWH in Uganda.,Adapt the social media to improve ART outcomes (SMART) Connections platform to create Uganda-SMART (U-SMART), a novel WhatsApp-based social media intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYAWH) in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2021-10-25 2024-10-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frank Mwiine Norbert
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Epidemiological investigation of brucellosis in livestock in selected agro-pastoralist districts of Eastern Uganda
REFNo: A153ES

1. To determine the sero-prevalence of brucellosis in various livestock raised under the agro-pastoralist system in Eastern Uganda.
2. To establish the status and the factors behind the dynamics and perpetuation of livestock brucellosis in selected districts of Eastern Uganda.
3. To determine knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) vital for brucellosis control among livestock farmers in the agro-pastoralist system in Eastern Uganda.
4. To isolate and molecularly characterize causative bacterial agents of brucellosis infecting livestock in Eastern Uganda.
5. To determine and raise awareness, biosecurity and biosafety on brucellosis and work with stakeholders to participatorily develop sustainable disease reduction protocols.

 Uganda 2021-10-25 2024-10-25 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Brenda Nakimuli Luswata
ID: UNCST-2021-R013228
 Refining the programme theory for realist inquiry on adolescent SRH accountability in disadvantaged urban areas: macro and meso-contextual drivers and social mechanisms. Case studies Uganda and Benin
REFNo: SS1032ES

(4) To develop guidance on accountability for adolescent girls living in urban slums and methodological guidance for realist evaluation of complex problems. (Work package 4),To develop an overarching programme theory (Work package 3),To test and refine the initial programme theory grounded in case studies conducted in two urban poor neighborhoods in Delhi and Mumbai, India ; Kampala, Uganda and Cotonou, Benin (Work package 2),To develop the initial programme theory on accountability towards adolescent girls living in urban slum, based on the MRT and existing imperical literature on accountability in sexual and reproductive health in an urban and rural health system (Van Belle, 2014, Van Belle & Mayhew, 2016; Van Belle et al. 2018),To contribute to a better understanding of the causal chain underlying accountability in sexual and reproductive health towards adolescents living in urban slums in LMIC. The,
 Uganda 2021-10-25 2024-10-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Erume
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Antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic pathogens – a challenge for urban small holder livestock production system
REFNo: A156ES

1. To determine the burden of campylobacter infections in small holder, commercial broiler farms and food markets in and around Kampala, Uganda.
2. To determine management and risk factors which underlie the dynamics and perpetuation of in small holder, commercial broiler farms and food markets in and around Kampala, Uganda.
3. To establish the poultry farmers and traders’ knowledge, attitudes and practices related to AMR campylobacter strains and antibiotic usage at poultry farms.
4. To establish the AMR of campylobacters strains from the poultry phenotypically and molecularly including whole genome sequencing (WGS).

 Uganda 2021-10-25 2024-10-25 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Steven Odongo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013336
 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF MULTIPLEXED LATERAL FLOW ASSAY FOR DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF SARS COV-2 FROM OTHER HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES
REFNo: HS1706ES

(1) Track levels of conservation of SARS CoV-2 structural proteins based on nucleotide sequences published in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database by sequencing laboratories in Uganda, (2) Identification and production of specific but conserved SARS-CoV-2 marker protein (s) capable of distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 from other hCoVs, (3) Develop a Nanobody (Nb) based multiplex LFA device targeting the marker proteins, and (4) Validate the performance characteristics of the LFA in a laboratory setting on archived sera.
 Uganda 2021-10-22 2024-10-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mark Jordans
ID: UNCST-2020-R014861
 Evaluating the effectiveness of Can’t Wait to Learn in formal education in Uganda
REFNo: SS1024ES

1)To assess the feasibility of the intervention and study (cRCT) methods, 2)To evaluate the effectiveness of CWTL in improving reading and numeracy outcomes of children in Primary 3 (P3), 3)To assess the value for money of CWTL and other factors for EdTech programme scale-up.
Netherlands 2021-10-22 2024-10-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Juliet Nattabi Kigongo
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Vanishing Glaciers of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)
REFNo: NS291ES

Vanishing Glaciers project aims for the first
time to explore the streams of mountain
biogeochemistry, and the living
microorganisms of these remote
ecosystems, now strongly impacted by
climate change.
The project’s main goals are:
• To establish the census of microbial
life of the world’s glacier-fed
streams.
• To predict the future changes of the
glacier-fed streams biogeochemistry
as the world’s glaciers recede

1. Study the microbial life from glacier-fed streams
2.Study the biogeochemistry of glacier-fed streams
3.Study the environment of glacier-fed streams, including glaciological parameters
 Uganda 2021-10-22 2024-10-22 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Katumba
ID:
Performance of a novel, rapid AI-driven screening tool for improved COVID-19 patient care and management in Uganda
REFNo: SIR74ES

General Objective
To develop and deploy AI-driven screening tools for improved care and management of COVID-19 patients. This will be achieved through the following specific objectives:
Specific Objectives
1. To collect, curate and label Lung Ultrasound (LUS) images from COVID-19 patients and patients with related pulmonary pathologies such as non-COVID-19 derived pneumonia, yielding a generalizable and representative image/video dataset.
2. To develop robust image-driven machine learning (ML) models for detection and screening of COVID-19 using the data from objective 1.
3. To build mobile and web-based applications that integrate the ML models, for online (real-time) and offline COVID-19 screening.
4. To pilot the developed applications and evaluate their clinical efficacy in COVID-19 screening.

Uganda 2021-10-22 2024-10-22 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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