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Gertrude Nanyonjo Gawaya
ID: UNCST-2022-R005857
CELEBRATE: Acceptability and Feasibility of bnAbs for Infant HIV Prevention in South Africa and Uganda
REFNo: HS3466ES

1. Understand acceptability and preferences for product attributes and identify factors that influence the adoption of bnAb prevention products for post-natal prophylaxis among healthcare providers, mothers, family members, and community stakeholders.
2. Identify special considerations for administering bnAbs to infants in the post-natal period, including challenges, perceived benefits, and feasibility considerations.
3. Understand key health system and programmatic perspectives including challenges and feasibility of introducing bnAb for post-natal prophylaxis among health service providers and policy makers.

Uganda 2023-12-19 11:29:43 2026-12-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Adrian Muwonge
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Piloting a Digital One Health platform for AMR surveillance
REFNo: HS3391ES

1.Testing the utility of our mobile phone application prototype for harmonizing metadata capture 2. Piloting the use of long-read sequencing of routinely cultured pathogens (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.) 3. Developing a portable and integrated data workflow to feed into our prototype data sharing and analysis web portal 4.Supporting local capacity building through training seminars on long read sequencing and data analysis. The output of this project will allow us to demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility and challenges of integrating One Health as a shared resource
Uganda 2023-12-19 11:27:37 2026-12-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dennis Ssesanga Ernest
ID: UNCST-2023-R008022
EFFECT OF MHEALTH COMMUNICATION ON STIGMA AND RETENTION IN CARE AMONG YOUTH LIVING WITH HIV AND LINKED TO CARE IN UGANDA.
REFNo: SS2215ES

1. To explore the effect of mhealth communication on stigma among youth living with HIV and linked to care in Uganda.
2. To systematically develop and evaluate an mHealth intervention on stigma and retention in care among youth living with HIV and linked to care in Uganda.
3. To investigate the determinants of stigma and retention in care among youth living with HIV and linked to care in Uganda.
4. To determine the effect of mhealth communication on retention in care among youth living with HIV and linked to care in Uganda.
Uganda 2023-12-19 11:26:33 2026-12-19 Social Science and Humanities Clinical Trial Degree Award
Beatrice Francis Robinah Nassanga
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Factors associated with immunogenicity of tuberculosis vaccines in Ugandan adolescents
REFNo: HS3343ES

1. To determine the impact of baseline infectious exposures and sociodemographic factors on the immunogenicity of BCG revaccination and of candidate TB vaccine “ChAdOx1-85A prime – MVA85A boost” in Ugandan adolescents 2. To characterise the baseline innate immune microenvironment and its impact on the immunogenicity of BCG revaccination and of candidate TB vaccine “ChAdOx1-85A prime – MVA85A boost” in Ugandan adolescents 3. To characterise the baseline T and B cell immune microenvironment and its impact on the immunogenicity of BCG revaccination and of candidate TB vaccine “ChAdOx1-85A prime – MVA85A boost” in Ugandan adolescents
Uganda 2023-12-19 11:23:12 2026-12-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Achilles Katamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000540
Attitudes and Beliefs Around Smoking Behaviors and Smoking Cessation Among People Living with HIV and Healthcare Providers in Uganda
REFNo: HS3301ES

to understand smoking behaviors and attitudes and beliefs around smoking cessation among PLWH, to mitigate risk factors for cancer in this population. We also seek to explore underlying factors, and perceived facilitators and barriers of smoking cessation among patients and healthcare providers to promote the development of effective smoking cessation interventions for PLWH.
Uganda 2023-12-19 11:21:20 2026-12-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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