Leonard Omadang
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PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN LIVESTOCK HERDS AMONG THE PASTORAL AND AGRO-PASTORAL COMMUNITIES IN UGANDA
REFNo: A87ES
i. To determine the prevalence of Echinococcosis in livestock slaughtered in selected abattoirs in Uganda.
ii. To determine risk factors associated with cystic echinococcosis in livestock in selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda.
iii. To determine the economic losses of CE in livestock kept by the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda.
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Uganda |
2021-02-12 |
2024-02-12 |
Agricultural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
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Implementation of a Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Discharge Practices for Children recovering from Severe Infection Using a District model in Gulu and Rukungiri Districts
REFNo: HS926ES
The main objective in implementing this program is to improve patient outcomes for children recovering from Severe Infection though implementation of a multi-faceted quality improvement intervention targeting health workers, care givers and the community health workers.
Specifically we intend to :
1. Evaluate how a targeted behavior change intervention can affect health worker behaviors and facility readiness to assess and manage children during the discharge process.
2. To evaluate the effectiveness of a facility-based linkage to a community based follow-up system to improve post-discharge care for children recovering from severe infections
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Uganda |
2021-02-12 |
2024-02-12 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Fred Bulamba
ID: UNCST-2020-R014888
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The three delays model and Postpartum haemorrhage: a mixed-methods study at a teaching hospital in eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS932ES
Overall aim
The overall aims of this study are to understand how delays impact development of primary PPH (using the three-delays model) and how available preventive and therapeutic interventions are administered.
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Uganda |
2021-02-12 |
2024-02-12 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Janet Lewis I
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Reducing Prejudice Against Refugees Pilot
REFNo: SS662ES
The vast majority (85%) of the world’s political refugees live in developing countries, according to UNHCR. As of early 2019, Uganda was home to over one million refugees from South Sudan, and had the largest refugee/asylum-seeker population in Africa (ACCORD 2019). Uganda has a strong national commitment to hosting refugees that is reflected in its immigration policies, leading some to call it a “melting pot†of regional nationalities. Still, its population faces challenges absorbing these refugees that are common to host countries. Relations are often strained between the refugee population and Ugandans, some of who perceive refugees as unwelcome competition for local resources and services (World Vision 2018; UNHCR 2018; ACCORD 2019).
This study will allow us to better understand the perceptions of Ugandans towards South Sudanese refugees, and measure both the extent of anti-refugee prejudice there and whether a perspective-taking intervention is effective at reducing prejudice. This knowledge will be crucial for understanding how best to design a later, larger study, which could substantially advance knowledge about prejudice reduction towards refugees in Uganda.
Furthermore, this study will provide a useful indication about whether our full version of this study will be able to measure spillover of the treatment through social networks; we will ask respondents in our endline survey about whether and with whom respondents discussed the intervention. Prejudicial attitudes are socially reinforced; changing one person’s mind may be difficult if that person’s peers still hold prejudicial beliefs. Likewise, if many of one’s peers have begun to reconsider their own prejudices, one may be encouraged to do so as well. Our prior work leads us to expect the information to spread widely, and some change in attitudes and behavior, but only for those connected to a treatment recipient via certain kinds of social ties (Larson and Lewis 2017, 2018). Practitioners often assume that interventions spread from a subset of individuals to their broader community through felicitous spillovers. If this pilot is successful, our full study will be among the first to measure whether and how this occurs for prejudice reduction through networks. This knowledge could, among other things, lead to more efficient designs of community prejudice-reduction projects. Moreover, even if spillover effects are not present, the full study will be able to detect how news of the intervention spreads through local networks. Doing so will provide rare, direct evidence of information dissemination through word-of-mouth networks, which is useful for the design of programs aimed at seeding any type of public service message – from news intended to diffuse conflicts, to information about a new technology that promises to better hold politicians accountable or improve public health.
Our pilot study therefore addresses four questions:
(1) What is the extent of anti-refugee prejudice among Ugandans living in villages in West Nile?
(2) Do positions towards refugees correlate with their positions in village social networks?
(3) Can a brief conversation oriented towards taking the perspective of South Sudanese refugees reduce Ugandans’ prejudice toward them? If so, does the effect persist after 2-3 weeks?
(4) To what extent does news spread about this perspective-taking exercise, and through which types of contacts?
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USA |
2021-02-12 |
2024-02-12 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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AGGREY DHABANGI
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Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn in Uganda: Burden and Clinical Characteristics
(Short title: HDN in Uganda)
REFNo: HS1089ES
To determine the prevalence of HDN due to RhD among newborn infants with jaundice admitted to Kawempe National Referral hospital in Uganda.
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Uganda |
2021-02-12 |
2024-02-12 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Peter Elyanu James
ID: UNCST-2021-R013210
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PREVALENCE AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS LIVING WITH HIV IN UGANDA. A PILOT STUDY
REFNo: HS1128ES
i To determine the prevalence of MetS among children and adolescents living with HIV in Uganda.
ii To identify risks factors for the development of MetS in children and adolescents living with HIV.
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Uganda |
2021-02-12 |
2024-02-12 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Abner Tagoola
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A phase 2b study to Evaluate the safety and efficacy of IMR-687 in subjects with sickle cell disease.
REFNo: HS1092ES
1. To evaluate the fetal Hb (Hbf) response to IMR-687 versus placable.
2. To evaluate of IMR-687 versus placable
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Uganda |
2021-02-11 |
2024-02-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Afiz Kibuuka Kibuuka
ID: UNCST-2021-R012755
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A Phase 2b Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of IMR-687 in Subjects with Sickle Cell Disease
REFNo: HS1150ES
Objectives:
Primary Objectives
• To evaluate the fetal hemoglobin (HbF) response to IMR-687 versus placebo
• To evaluate the safety of IMR-687 versus placebo Seconduy Efficacy Objectives
• To evaluate the effect of IMR-687 versus placebo on HbF-associated biomarkers
• To evaluate the effect ofIMR-687 versus placebo on indices of red cell hemolysis
• To evaluate the effect ofIMR-687 versus placebo on indices of white blood cell (WBC) adhesion
To evaluate the effect of IMR-687 versus placebo on the incidence of vaso-occlusive crises (vocs)
• To evaluate the effect of IMR-687 versus placebo on quality of life measures Pharmacokinetic•Óbjectives
• To evaluate the PK ofIMR-687 and any major circulating metabolites
Exploratory Efficacy Objectives
To evaluate the effect of IMR-687 versus placebo on changes in red blood cell (RBC) characteristics and total Hb e To evaluate the effect of IMR-687 versus placebo on renal function
• To evaluate the effect of IMR-687 versus placebo on indices associated with cardiovascular pathophysiology and ischemic stroke risk
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Uganda |
2021-02-11 |
2024-02-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Casim Tolo Umba
ID: UNCST-2021-R012658
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Action Towards Reducing Aquatic snail-borne Parasitic diseases (ATRAP)
REFNo: NS128ES
The main objective of the project is to improve Health through the prevention and mitigation of risks that originate at the interface between humans, animals and the environment. In this project we want to increase the capacity to prevent infections by snail-borne diseases in western Uganda. The strategic objectives are as follows:
1. To strengthen scientific research capacity.
2. To strengthen physical and virtual diffusion of scientific research
results to the larger scientific community
3. To raise awareness about snail borne diseases to the general public.
4. To support good governance, based on the scientific results.
5. To develop synergies and complementary activities among partners through multi-partner governance and coordination
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Uganda |
2021-02-10 |
2024-02-10 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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MIRIAM NAKALEMBE
ID: UNCST-2019-R000824
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Designing and Piloting of a Mobile-based Transport Technology linking Mothers to Health Facilities to Reduce Maternal and New-born Deaths in Uganda during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
REFNo: HS1148ES
1. To identify the existing automated maternal services apps and assess the extent to which they provide near real-time information and communication between mothers and the transporters at community level.
2. To develop a mobile-based transport technology that improves two-way communication between mothers and the transporters at community levels
3. To pilot the mobile-based transport technology for its usability and acceptability
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Uganda |
2021-02-10 |
2024-02-10 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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