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David Okimait
ID: UNCST-2019-R000095
Amref Uganda 2023 - 2030 Strategic Plan Baseline Survey
REFNo: HS3697ES

To set a benchmark for Amref Uganda’s country strategy indicators for the strategic platforms and eight strategic objectives. To carry out a stakeholder analysis of access, utilization, and provision of healthcare services as well as assessing the preparedness of health facilities for public health emergencies in Uganda. To recommend actions to improve the chances of achieving Amref Uganda's 2023-2030 strategy.
Uganda 2024-04-26 9:26:30 2027-04-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christopher Turyatunga Bernard
ID: UNCST-2023-R006842
Drivers, profiling and drugs resistance effects, outcomes and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic and Syndromic interventions among urogenital discharging patients in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS3796ES

Establish the aetiology and sensitivity profile of urogenital discharges among patients in south western Uganda. ,5. Evaluate the Comparative cost effectiveness of diagnostic and Syndromic approaches in the management of patients with urogenital discharges in south western Uganda.,4. Compare the treatment outcomes between syndromic and diagnostic approaches in the management of patients with urogenital discharges in south western Uganda.,3. Determine the drivers of drugs resistance among patients with urogenital discharges in south western Uganda. ,2. Determine the effect of drugs’ resistance on the management of patients with urogenital discharges in south western Uganda.,This study is aimed at establishing the drivers, profiling and effect of drugs resistance, comparative treatment outcomes and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic and Syndromic interventions on patients with urogenital discharges in southwestern Uganda, and it is a parallel randomized intervention at STI clinics of Kabale and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospitals and Kisiizi Mission Hospital.,
Uganda 2024-04-26 9:21:22 2027-04-26 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
David Kabugo
ID: UNCST-2023-R005971
An Evaluation of the Caring for Caregiver (CFC) Intervention on caregiver emotional wellbeing, social support, and parenting stress in two rural districts of Uganda
REFNo: SS2385ES

1. To determine whether exposure to Caring for Caregiver (CFC) standardized training and supervision results in improvements in FLW counselling capacities and leads to fidelity in the application of CFC skills, tools, activities.
2. To determine whether exposure to CFC skills, tools, activities result in positive changes to emotional-wellbeing, social support and parenting stress in an intervention group relative to a comparison group.
3. To assess whether FLW emotional wellbeing, social support, and perceived stress, before, during and after training, implementation and supervision, influences caregiver and/or FLW outcomes.

Uganda 2024-04-26 9:17:45 2027-04-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Louis Kamulegeya Henry
ID:
Assessing the role of micro-nutrient deficiency and Immune system dysfunction among HIV-positive adults with pulmonary Tuberculosis at a public health facility in Uganda.
REFNo: HS3933ES

To determine the relationship between micro and macro nutrient status with pulmonary tuberculosis treatment response (symptom improvement).,To determine the association between micro and macro nutrient status and TB specific Immune responses among HIV infected TB patients,To assess the association between macro and micro nutrient status with severity of pulmonary tuberculosis among HIV/TB infected patients,To determine the levels of macro and micro nutrients among HIV-infected pulmonary tuberculosis patients at a public health facility,To assess how nutritional status (macro and micro) among HIV-positive patients co-infected with pulmonary tuberculosis correlates with the severity of symptoms, immune response and treatment outcome at a public health facility in Uganda,
Uganda 2024-04-26 9:15:09 2027-04-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sarah Zalwango Karen
ID: UNCST-2021-R005660
Qualitative assessment of Facilitators and barriers to using wearable GPS watches as a device for collecting research data.
REFNo: SIR326ES

The objective is to assess the facilitators and barriers to wearing a GPS watch among individuals with no previous infection of M. tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda. ,
Uganda 2024-04-26 9:12:25 2027-04-26 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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