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Japheth Kwiringira Nkiriyehe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000408
GEO-SOCIO, CAPACITY INTERSECTIONS ON HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES IN KALANGALA ISLANDS, UGANDA
REFNo: SS506ES

Main Objective
To explore how intersections of social, geographical and health provider capacity influence access to health care and outcomes.
Specific Objectives
1. Investigate the relationship between geo-social factors, health care providers’ capacity and health care access (supply and demand factors) produce health outcomes.

2. Investigate the relationship between geo-social factors, health care providers’ capacity and utilisation of health care services.

Uganda 2020-08-20 2023-08-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Hawa  Nalwoga
ID:
Improving access to prompt and adequate cancer care: Liquid biopsy biobank to promote early cancer diagnosis, screening and monitoring (Makerere University Liquid Biopsy Biobank Project (MakLBBP)
REFNo: HS808ES

1. To create a liquid biopsy biobank of blood samples obtained from Ugandan patients with any of the five cancers: cervical cancer, breast cancers, prostate, colorectal and oesophageal cancers and from normal control participants
2. To assess awareness, knowledge and opinion of cancer patients and health volunteers regarding causes of cancer, cancer diagnosis and management of cancer
Secondary specific objectives
3. To explore likely acceptability and perceptions of cancer patients and caregivers towards biospecimen donation for biobanking to use in cancer research at Hoima, and Jinja Regional Referral hospitals and Uganda Cancer Institute

Uganda 2020-08-20 2023-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Matt Baillie Smith
ID:
Skills acquisition and employability through volunteering by displaced youth in Uganda
REFNo: SS447ES

Research Objectives 1.To conceptualize the relationship between different forms of volunteering and the acquisition of skills by Ugandan refugee youth. 2. To map and explain where and how young refugees in Uganda are engaged in volunteering. 3. To identify and understand the factors that shape participation in volunteering by refugee youth in Uganda. 4. To assess the impact of volunteering by refugee youth in Uganda on employability and achieving meaningful work. Research Questions 1. How is volunteering understood by young refugees in Uganda and how does this vary between settings (e.g. urban or rural settlement), and by factors such as gender, age, sexuality, nationality and ethnicity? 2. Where and how do young refugees in Uganda engage in volunteering? 3. What factors shape young refugees’ participation in volunteering in Uganda? 4. How have volunteering experiences shaped the employment trajectories of refugees who have found meaningful work in Uganda and how does the impact of volunteering on employability vary by setting, and by factors such as gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity and nationality?
UK 2020-08-19 2023-08-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Terence Odoch Amoki
ID:
Understanding Campylobacteriosis transmission dynamics using "One Health", computational and systems dynamics modeling approaches
REFNo: HS663ES

The specific objectives are:
i. Determine fecal occurrence of Campylobacter in children poultry and pigs
ii. Characterize Campylobacter from children pigs and poultry
iii. Describe relatedness of the Campylobacter isolates
iv. Develop transmission models for Campylobacter
v. Characterize phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter organisms isolated from human’s poultry and pigs in Uganda

Uganda 2020-08-19 2023-08-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Alex Paul Wacoo
ID:
Probiotic approach for prevention of aflatoxins induced liver cancer
REFNo: HS707ES

To determine aflatoxin levels in blood and urine samples and the gut microbial profiles in faecal matter of patients with and without liver cancer as well as determine the binding and degradation potential of the isolated gut bacteria.
Uganda 2020-08-19 2023-08-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Phillis Babirye
ID:
Perception of Biobanking among sample collectors, sample transporters, laboratory staff and biobank staff at Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit
REFNo: SS469ES

1. To explore the level of knowledge of biobanking among sample collectors, sample transporters, laboratory staff and biobank staff at MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit 2. To explore the perceptions towards biobanking among sample collectors, sample transporters, laboratory staff and biobank staff at MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Uganda 2020-08-18 2023-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Verena Wiedemann Christina
ID:
Tracking price dynamics during a pandemic
REFNo: SS495ES

Publication of academic study in peer-reviewed journal,Information of policy makers Please note that the districts listed below do not reflect the sample at large. This is because we struggled to add details on a national sample. We strive to include volunteers from all across Uganda.
Germany 2020-08-18 2023-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Dorothy Nakiyaga
ID:
STAKEHOLDERS’ PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TO ENHANCE LEARNERS’ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS483ES

(i) Examine stakeholder participation in school improvement planning to enhance the learners’ academic achievement of government-aided secondary schools in Kampala district.
(ii) Evaluate stakeholder participation in the budgeting process to enhance the learners’ academic achievement of government-aided secondary schools in Kampala district.
(iii) Analyze the relationship between stakeholder participation in coordinating the academic activities and the enhancement of learners’ academic achievement of selected secondary schools in Kampala district.
(iv) Explore the stakeholder’s perceptions about their participation in school management to enhance the learners’ academic activities in government-aided secondary schools in Kampala district.
(v) Develop a theoretical model that will explain the role of stakeholders’ participation in the enhancement of learners’ academic achievement in government-aided secondary schools.

Uganda 2020-08-18 2023-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi Parkes-Ratanshi
ID:
Use of unmanned air vehicles (medical drones) to overcome geographical barriers to delivery Antiretroviral therapy: The Bufumira pilot.
REFNo: HS725ES

In this study, we shall evaluate the use unmanned air vehicles (Medical Drones) to deliver ART to adult patients eligible/enrolled in community DSD models in Bufumira Islands, Kalangala district. The geography of the islands is ideal for this project because of the flat landscape and water coverage. We hypothesize that the use of drones would be acceptable to patients and stakeholders, reduce facility drug stock outs, increase retention in care by 10% in intervention (at 12 months) as compared to the control health centres and be cost neutral (to the patients and health sector perspectives)


UK 2020-08-18 2023-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
DANIEL OKELLO AYEN
ID:
Measuring PLHIV Perceptions of Quality of Care to Identify Barriers to Accessing and Utilizing HIV Services in 15 Fast-Track Cities
REFNo: HS756ES

The primary objective of the study is to explore clinical, structural, and social factors influencing perceptions on quality of care of PLHIV in urban healthcare settings. The secondary objectives include:
1) to evaluate differences in QoC perspectives and burden between PLHIV subpopulations, defined by socio-demographic characteristics; and
2) to evaluate differences in QoC perspectives and burden between various PLHIV subpopulations, according to their biomedical / clinical status.
Uganda 2020-08-18 2023-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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