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Musa Sekikubo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014404
Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Outcomes at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS623ES

COMPONENT1: Will describe baseline maternal and neonatal outcomes using anonymised data collected using the routine Kawempe electronic medical records (EMR) system. For this, we seek approval to perform a secondary analysis of anonymised data from Kawempe National Referral Hospital and request for a waiver of individual informed consent since the data will be de-identified.
COMPONENT 2: Will collect comprehensive data on pregnancy, neonatal and infant outcomes in a prospective cohort of approximately 4,000 pregnant women enrolled in the first and second trimesters while attending antenatal care at Kawempe Hospital with follow-up of the mother-infant pairs up until around 9 months of age. Written informed consent will be obtained from all mothers, and from the fathers of the babies if they are available.

Uganda 2020-06-27 2023-06-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Betty Akurut Enyipu
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A phenomenological Study of the Role of Christian Values and Culture in Conflict Resolution among couples of St. Andrew and Phillip’s Cathedral in Mukono, Uganda.
REFNo: SS460ES

1.To examine Christian values that promote conflict resolution among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 2. To assess Christian values that hinder conflict resolution among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 3. To examine cultural factors that promote conflict among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral in Mukono. 4. To assess the cultural factors that perpetuate conflict among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 5. To examine strategies for resolving conflict among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 6. To examine strategies for preventing future occurrence of conflict among couples of St.Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono.
Uganda 2020-06-27 2023-06-27 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Richard Kajura Kajjura
ID:
Determinants of childhood stunting reduction: A case of Uganda
REFNo: HS698ES

Overall objective
To understand trends and determinants of stunting prevalence reduction in Uganda in the period between1995 and 2016
Specific objective
•To understand trends that may be linked to stunting prevalence in the period between 1995 and 2016.
•To determine the determinants of stunting reduction among children born in the period 1995 and 2016.
•To determine the drivers and facilitators of stunting among mothers with children born between the years of 1995-2016; or experts implementing policies.

Uganda 2020-06-26 2023-06-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Claudia Ringler
ID:
Reaching Smallholder Women with Information Services and Resilience Strategies to Respond to Climate Change
REFNo: SS464ES

The project goal is to reduce poverty, improve food security, and reduce natural resource degradation for more than 30,000 women in smallholder farm households through piloting climate-smart agricultural approaches using innovative information services in parts of India, Kenya and Uganda. The purpose of the project is that more than 30,000 women farmers and farm families will use information on climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices, and principles for increased resilience to the potentially adverse impacts of climate change, contributing to closing gendered yield gaps, enhanced equity and inclusion and, further, to the CGIAR system-level objectives.
Germany 2020-06-23 2023-06-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Nicolette Nabukeera Barungi
ID: UNCST-2022-R008960
Situation of Adolescent-Friendly Health Services and Strategies for Enhancing their Reach and Coverage Focusing on RMNCAH in Uganda
REFNo: HS582ES

1. To describe the coverage, models of delivery and utilization of adolescent friendly health services from the perspective of RMNCAH in Uganda.
2. To explore the factors that enable (strengths or facilitators) and hinder (weaknesses or barriers) the delivery of AFHS in health facilities from the perspective of RMNCAH in Uganda.
3. To identify barriers and facilitators of expansion of AFHS to reach more health facilities in Uganda.

Uganda 2020-06-22 2023-06-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
eve Nakabembe
ID:
The safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns: a randomized clinical trial
REFNo: HS626ES

To determine the safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine-Tdap for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns
Uganda 2020-06-22 2023-06-22 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Janet SEELEY
ID:
The impact of COVID-19 and related public health response on vulnerable populations in Uganda
REFNo: SS455ES

This study aims to understand how the current COVID-19 impact as well as information and response affects the daily lives of these vulnerable groups and inform responses to the emerging needs.
In this qualitative study we will assess:
- Participants’ knowledge of COVID-19, and related public health response
- The impact of COVID-19, and related public health response on participants and their children’s, and community members day to day life (health, education, economic, social, psychological)
- Participants’ concerns about COVID-19, and related public health response
- Actions participants have taken in response to the information about and public health response to reduce the spread of COVID-19
- Recommendations for measures to reduce spread and help support/respond to participants concerns

UK 2020-06-17 2023-06-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Tom  Kakaire
ID:
Coping strategies of individuals from low income country organizations in collaborations with individuals from high income country organizations
REFNo: SS429ES

1) To identify individuals’ behavioral responses that result from specific conditions of structural inequality at various stages of workplace collaborations in which they participate
2) To identify generalisable patterns in the behavioural coping strategies of Low income Country (LIC) researchers, which are triggered by their experiences of structural inequality at specific stages of their collaborations with High Income Country (HIC) researchers
3) To develop a model that predicts behavioural patterns arising from a sequential order of conditions in unequal research collaborations by adapting an existing model from the acculturation literature
Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mpimbaza Arthur Kagoya
ID:
Evaluating malaria case management at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region, Uganda
REFNo: HS618ES

1.To evaluate the availability and readiness of public health facilities in providing malaria case management services to patients in the Busoga sub-region.
2.To evaluate the quality of malaria case management practices received by patients seeking care at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region.
3.To assess health worker competencies in malaria case management standards at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region
To explore provider and user perspectives of the state of quality of services and opportunities for improving service delivery
Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Semitala Fred
ID: UNCST-2020-R014202
TB Screening Improves Preventive Therapy Uptake (TB SCRIPT study)
REFNo: HS628ES

The overall objective of this application is to evaluate the impact of a potentially more effective and cost-effective TB screening strategy, which is the next step required for successful uptake of TBPT.

Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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