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Brenda  Boonabaana
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Developing and displacing the 21st century city: mapping the spatial strategies and impacts of global retail investment
REFNo: SS916ES

1.To understand the geographic contexts of global retail capital investment; 2. To trace and understand its geographic transformations; 3. To understand and create grounded and sustainable responses.
Uganda 2021-07-26 2024-07-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel Kabwigu
ID: UNCST-2020-R014735
ENHANCING UNDERSTANDING OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY IN UGANDA: TOWARDS FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION
REFNo: HS859ES

1. Examine how familial relationships influence adolescent pregnancy in Luuka district.
2. Explore factors in the community, (such as ICTS, policies and regulation, or health services) that influence adolescent pregnancies in Luuka District.
3. Assess ways of enhancing familial relationships as a meditative approach that will reduce rates of adolescent pregnancies in Luuka district.

Uganda 2021-07-23 2024-07-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rottenberg Esther Sophia
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Making evidence on antimicrobial resistance: a historical and ethnographic study across the UK and Uganda
REFNo: SS622ES

To show how evidence on antimicrobial resistance is produced with the help of a model.
2) To understand how the context of Hoima shapes the production of knowledge on antimicrobial resistance.
3) To investigate the negotiations taking place within the context of a transnational, interdisciplinary research collaboration.
Germany 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jonathan Kajjimu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013696
MATERNITY CARE FOR WOMEN REFUGEES FROM NAKIVALE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT
REFNo: SS874ES

1. To determine the socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant refugee women and recently delivered refugee mothers from Nakivale refugee settlement. 2. To describe the experiences of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal periods, and maternity services available to refugee pregnant women and newly delivered refugee mothers from Nakivale. 3. To identify gaps in maternity care delivered to refugee pregnant women and newly delivered refugee mothers from Nakivale refugee settlement. 4. To acquire opinions of maternity services providers, and refugee pregnant women, and newly delivered refugee mothers from Nakivale refugee settlement on how to improve the refugee pregnancy outcomes.
Uganda 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Katherine Fiorillo Fiorillo
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Measuring Women's Empowerment in Agroforestry Activities in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS799ES

Research Questions:

● What is the baseline level of women’s empowerment in agroforestry in the project target area?
● How can project activities better address issues of women’s empowerment in agroforestry in the target area?
The main objectives of this research study, listed above, are to understand the baseline level of women’s empowerment and how the project can better respond to these issues. The baseline will be used to both inform and to monitor the project progress towards women’s empowerment. A strong evidence base will allow Kijani to adapt programming to better meet the needs of the community. Qualitative protocols will ensure that the community’s needs and values are being expressed fully in the research process.

USA 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex Bakenga
ID: UNCST-2021-R014039
Outcomes of treatment with ADT and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic prostate cancer at the Uganda cancer institute
REFNo: HS1542ES

Objective 1: To describe the biochemical response (TPSA) of patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated with ADT and chemotherapy at the Uganda cancer institute. Objective 2: To determine the 1, 3 and 5-year survival among patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated with ADT and chemotherapy at the Uganda cancer institute. Objective 3: To determine predictors of 1, 3 and 5-year survival among patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated with ADT and chemotherapy at the Uganda cancer institute.
Uganda 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SARAH NAWOOVA
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COACHING AND LECTURERS' SUPERVISION SKILLS IN NATIONAL TEACHERS' COLLEGES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS891ES

1. TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COACHING AND LECTURERS' REFLECTIVE QUESTIONING SKILLS.
1.TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COACHING AND LECTURERS' OBSERVATION SKILLS.
3.TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COACHING AND LECTURERS' FEED BACKING SKILLS.

Uganda 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Benon Asiimwe Byamugisha
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COVID-19 and Antimicrobial Resistance in East Africa: impact and response (CARE)
REFNo: HS1519ES

To establish how community members have received and responded to health messages on COVID-19,To examine how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting patient treatment seeking, drug use, and understanding of illness, and how this is affecting the wider landscape of AMR,To the establish antibiotic provision landscape from the perspective of drug sellers, pharmacists, traditional medicine providers, and formal healthcare workers,To investigate how COVID-19 may be modifying patients’ treatment seeking behaviour, their usage of medicines/ABs and affecting access to and provision of ABs in the therapy landscape in Uganda,
Uganda 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mauro Giacomazzi
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Effectiveness of the Whole School System Approach in Fostering Critical Thinking among Learners in Ugandan Secondary Schools
REFNo: SS931ES

Main objective To investigate how the whole school system approach to critical thinking contributes to the development of leaners’ cognitive abilities in Ugandan secondary schools. Specific objectives (i) To establish the meaning of critical thinking in the Ugandan context. (ii) To explore how teachers can improve their teaching and learning through the critical thinking activation approach. (iii) To explore how critical thinking can be appropriately assessed in the Ugandan secondary school context. (iv) To establish the extent to which the whole school system approach contributes to the development of critical thinking abilities of Ugandan secondary school learners. (v) To establish individual, school and home related factors that influence critical thinking abilities of Ugandan secondary school learners. (vi) To explore the strategies that Ugandan secondary school teachers use in preparing and delivering critical thinking augmented lessons.
Italy 2021-07-22 2024-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Opika Opoka
ID: UNCST-2021-R014036
The role of prolonged exposure to parasitemia in the high morbidity in children with Sickle cell anaemia in Uganda
REFNo: HS1496ES

Primary Aims
1. To determine the rate of parasite clearance during artesunate therapy in children with sickle cell anaemia compared to children without SCA.
We hypothesize that children with SCA will experience parasite clearance half-life times exceeding the WHO-defined standard of 5 hours when treated with artemisinins for P. falciparum malaria, whereas children without SCA will not experience this delayed parasite clearance.

2. To determine the association between parasite clearance rate and risk of vaso-occlusive crisis, severe anaemia, and any hospitalisation in children with SCA.
We hypothesize that prolonged parasite clearance will correlate with increased risk of SCA-related sequelae.

3. To determine the association between kidney and splenic function and parasite clearance half-life during artesunate treatment for malaria.
We hypothesize that impaired renal function (estimated creatinine clearance) and splenic function (presence of Howell-Jolly bodies) will correlate with increased parasite clearance half-life.

Secondary Aims
1. To determine the incidence of treatment failure (new clinical malaria within a 28-day follow-up period after microscopy-confirmed parasite clearance) after artemisinin combination therapy for malaria
2. To detect and measure the prevalence of parasite genetic markers of artemisinin resistance in Jinja

Uganda 2021-07-21 2024-07-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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