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JOSELYN RWEBEMBERA
ID: UNCST-2021-R013915
 Building the Foundation for Effective Sore Throat Treatment in Uganda.
REFNo: HS3473ES

Objective 1: Co-design a sore throat treatment program model using a community based participatory research approach to ensure a culturally and contextually appropriate and effective strategy for primary prevention of RHD.

Objective 2: Describe the current health seeking behavior of children who have a sore throat, including barriers and facilitators to seeking care within the formal healthcare system.

Objective 3: Describe the current approach by health care workers to a child presenting with sore throat, including barriers and facilitators to guideline-based care for children with sore throats.
 Uganda 2024-01-08 13:11:15 2027-01-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daudi Jjingo
ID:
AI for Health Equity: Transforming Pandemic Preparedness in Uganda (HEAL)
REFNo: HS3524ES

Primary objective: To leverage advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 to convert the Uganda Ministry of Health pandemic preparedness guidelines and the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) into an interactive, conversation-based tool, accessible in a native African language. Secondary objective: To validate the effectiveness of the dynamic AI platform encompassing language adaptation, user satisfaction and perception, seamless implementation in clinical settings, and tangible impact on clinical decision-making by conducting focused field testing involving a group of 60 healthcare professionals.
Uganda 2024-01-08 13:08:26 2027-01-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Kirabira
ID: UNCST-2019-R001427
 ADAPTATION, FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CAREGIVER PEER-SUPPORTER FACILITATED HIV STATUS DISCLOSURE INTEVERNTION FOR CHILDREN IN EASTERN UGANDA – A TASK SHIFTING MODEL
REFNo: HS3547ES

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the CPS facilitated disclosure intervention ,1. To culturally adapt a clinic-based pediatric HIV status disclosure intervention into CPS facilitated HIV status disclosure intervention among CLHIV and their caregivers in Uganda,To culturally adapt and assess the feasibility and acceptability of a CPS-facilitated HIV status disclosure intervention among caregivers of CLHIV at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital in Eastern Uganda. ,
 Uganda 2024-01-08 13:07:36 2027-01-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Timothy  Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
 Achieving HIV viral suppression in refugee settlements in Uganda with Head StART: a cluster randomized trial evaluating the effectiveness of community ART delivery for people newly diagnosed with HIV
REFNo: HS2935ES

To estimate the programmatic cost and budget impact of implementing the Head StART intervention in refugee settlements in Uganda. ,To assess Head StART implementation across refugee settlement sites to understand the impact of contextual factors on study outcomes. ,To evaluate the effectiveness of “Head StART,” the expansion of community ART delivery to people newly diagnosed with HIV, in achieving HIV viral suppression in refugee settlements in Uganda. ,The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of expanding community ART delivery to clients newly diagnosed with HIV.,
 Uganda 2024-01-05 9:11:58 2027-01-05 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kiggundu Nicholas
ID: UNCST-2023-R006508
 Hyperlocal Elicitation and Understanding of Risks to Stability in Complex Systems
REFNo: A369ES

Develop more effective models to predict agro-pastoralist and pastoralist livelihood behaviors,- Expanded use of machine learning and internet-based texts to make predictions and using those in conjunction with field data from surveys and interviews.,Understand the impact of mining on food security and local food systems in Karamoja Sub region.,
 Uganda 2024-01-05 9:09:35 2027-01-05 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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