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ALEX NDYABAKIRA
ID:
Assessing use of SolarSack for treatment of safe drinking water in Uganda
REFNo: HS1680ES

1. To determine the willingness to buy and acceptability of SolarSack water treatment device
2. To determine the most appropriate cost per unit for SolarSack for rural, peri-urban and urban settings
3. To explore user preferences for the SolarSack device
4. To determine the effect of SolarSack use on prevalence of waterborne diseases

Uganda 2021-10-11 2024-10-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phyllis Kisa
ID: UNCST-2023-R007952
SURGICAL NEONATES IN A LOW-RESOURCE SETTING: AN AUDIT OF NUTRITION AND OUTCOME
REFNo: HS1736ES

To audit our current the nutritional regime among newborns with gastro-intestinal anomalies admitted to the Paediatric Surgical Unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital(MNRH).
Uganda 2021-10-11 2024-10-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tukwasiibwe Moses
ID:
Impact of forced displacement on labour markets in Uganda
REFNo: SS1039ES

Objective 1) Provide strong empirical evidence of the direct and indirect impacts. Against the backcloth of a comprehensive literature survey, and investigating non-camp urban refugee populations in Kampala and as well as camp based refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda.

Objective 2) Identify the mechanism(s?) through which impacts occur. Analyzing the empirical evidence we will: i) explore direct and indirect (partial equilibrium) impacts and outcomes on the dynamics of labor market and business behavior, assessing impact-attribution and correlating variables such as labor supply and wages, capital investment/ labor trade-offs and demand side factors, productivity and skills, national and international investment patterns; ii) assess the role of political economy, regulatory and policy frameworks; iii) generate qualitative analysis of household and individual livelihood/life course experiences in relation to labor market outcomes, iv) generate local, national and comparative findings.

Objective 3) Support the development of evidence-based, effective, and context-specific jobs policy advice. The analytical outputs will provide a robust evidence base for jobs policy advice envisaged at different levels (local, national, and international), and for different stakeholders (e.g. municipal and national governments, donors, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, private sector investors, entrepreneurs and SME sector, and displaced and host populations). Policy advice will include, inter alia: finance and investment strategies, regulatory framework e.g. rights to work/rights at work and employer conditions for decent work), spatial planning, training and skills, role of investment incentives, socio-economic policies for displaced and host populations vis à vis labor markets.

Objective 4) Generate new data that will be in the public domain for use in further research. The proposed study will generate new statistical (survey) data sets for three of the four case countries: Colombia, Ethiopia and Uganda. In Jordan, the study team is already in possession of sufficient data through previous surveys conducted by Fafo and partners. When designing the new surveys, special attention will be given to establish robust baselines that can be applied in future impact analyses. Responding to this objective and the general TOR requirements, we shall place all the data generated in the proposed project in the public domain.

Uganda 2021-10-11 2024-10-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PETER OMASWA
ID:
Relevance and Factors Affecting Exchange of Plant Material and Data to Conservation
REFNo: NS156ES

General Objective
To assess the importance of plant material and data exchange between African and European Institutions for conservation.

Specific Objectives
1. To review the extent to which plant material and data are exchanged between African and European institutions.

2. To evaluate the opportunities and constraints to plant material and plant data exchange between African and European Botanical Institutions.

3. To evaluate the proportion of exchanged plant material and data translated into conservation applications.


Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Carolyn Nakisige
ID:
Preventing cervical cancer in HIV-infected Kenyan and Ugandan women
REFNo: HS1372ES

1. To evaluate HR-HPV DNA testing of self-collected vaginal swabs combined with VIA in screening for cervical cancer in HIV-infected women.
2. Determine if aflatoxin is a risk factor for cervical cancer among HIV-infected Kenyan and Ugandan women.
Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Alice  Emasu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013920
EXPERIENCES OF LIVING WITH OBSTETRIC FISTULA AMIDST COVID -19 PANDEMIC IN EAST AND CENTRAL UGANDA: Qualitative study.
REFNo: HS1464ES

General Objective
To document the experiences of living with fistula amidst the COVID-19 pandemic among women who developed OF during corona virus pandemic, those who had fistula and had started seeking for care, those who were repaired and were at the stage of reintegration and those declared as incurable between 15-49 years of age from Eastern and Central Uganda

Specific objectives

1) To document participant’s awareness about COVID 19 Pandemic

2) To explore the perceptions of women living with OF amidst COVID 19 Pandemic

3) To explore the effect of COVID -19 on the livelihood of women with OF.

4) To explore experience in accessing fistula services among women reintegrating and screened for surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Scovia  Mbalinda Nalugo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014259
Aging with HIV: Experiences and challenges of older adults 50 years and above living with HIV
REFNo: HS1759ES

3. To explore determine the challenges faced by older adults 50 years and above aging with HIV.,2. To describe the experiences of older adults 50 years and above aging with HIV.,The goal of this study is to explore the experiences, perceptions, and challenges of older adults 50 years and above aging with HIV.,
Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Juma Kalyegira
ID:
The Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction for the Psychological Wellbeing and Social-Cultural integration of Refugees in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda
REFNo: SS905ES

• To estimate the relationship between the three psychological basic needs satisfaction (Autonomy, relatedness and competence) to the psychological wellbeing of refugees.
• To determine whether the basic psychological needs satisfaction influences refugee integration.
• To find out what factors influence the need satisfaction/frustration for refugees and how?
• To estimate whether physical and psychological need satisfaction interact in an “unprepared to benefit” or “buffering against adversity” direction?

Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
John Byabagambi Bekiita
ID:
Ability and willingness to pay for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda: A mixed-methods study
REFNo: HS1523ES

1. To identify the factors that determine the ability to pay for VMMC in Uganda.
2. To determine the factors associated with willingness to pay for VMMC services in Uganda.
3. To find out the reasons that inform the choice of either the willingness to pay or not to pay for VMMC services in Uganda.

Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Julian Adong
ID: UNCST-2021-R013487
Pandmic-related disruptions in HIV care among adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYAWHIV) and the potential for mHealth interventions.
REFNo: HS1686ES

To examine the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on HIV treatment of AYALWHIV and assess the potential of mHealth intervention in bridging these disruptions.
Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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