Charles Batte
ID: UNCST-2021-R013587
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Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases comorbidities among people living with HIV: A health outcomes and cost study.
REFNo: HS581ES
• To determine and compare Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of People living with HIV (PLWH) with or without hypertension and/or CVD comorbidities that have been on ART for more than 10 years in Uganda using both generic and disease specific HRQoL tools.
• To determine and compare health care utilization costs of patients with HIV & HTN/CVD and those with HIV alone.
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Uganda |
2020-03-20 |
2023-03-20 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Peter MUSINGUZI
ID:
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Social Enterprises and sustainable rural development: performance and impacts on beneficiaries’ livelihood
REFNo: SS434ES
General objective
To guide the design and operation of Social Enterprises in rural development
Specific objectives
1.To analyse what CSFs determine the performance of SEs
2.To understand how the presence and influence of CSFs in SEs varies across contexts.
3.To determine and describe how SE management and performance influence impact on stakeholders.
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Uganda |
2020-03-20 |
2023-03-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Obbo Aggrey
ID:
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Algorithms for detection and management people crowds using wireless sensor networks
REFNo: SIR31ES
Design develop and analyze algorithms for people crowds detection and management using wireless sensor networks.
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Uganda |
2020-03-20 |
2023-03-20 |
Engineering and Technology |
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Degree Award |
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Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
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Influencing Sepsis policy in Uganda
REFNo: HS517ES
The main objective of this study is to generate evidence on how researchers’ stakeholder engagement influences Uganda’s health policy agenda. The study will be guided by the following specific objectives.
1. Assess changes in Uganda’s health policy agenda around sepsis as a result of ARCS policy stakeholder engagement activities.
2. Reflectively review the process stakeholder engagement strategies (Informing and translating, Linking, Matchmaking, and Capacity strengthening) designed to influence key stakeholders to recognise sepsis as a priority health issue and put it on Uganda’s policy agenda.
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Uganda |
2020-03-18 |
2023-03-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Catherine Carlson
ID: UNCST-2023-R007222
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Promoting Resilience for Survivors of Trafficking: Evaluating a Yoga-Based Approach in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS420ES
Healing and Resilience through Yoga (Hart Yoga) is a trauma-informed yoga program to support survivors of human trafficking in Uganda with psycho-social recovery. The
proposed study will evaluate Hart Yoga’s feasibility, acceptability and impact with women and adolescent girls residing in Willow International’s (https://www.willowinternational.org/) shelters for survivors of human trafficking in Kampala, Uganda. This study will advance the limited field of health and mental health research with survivors of human trafficking and provide pilot data for publication and the development of a subsequent effectiveness trial. The methodology will address two primary objectives:
• Objective 1: To determine Hart Yoga’s feasibility and acceptability among participants and successful delivery within a residential shelter setting.
• Objective 2: To assess physical, psychological and social outcomes among program participants using qualitative and quantitative methods.
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USA |
2020-03-18 |
2023-03-18 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Alex Muganzi Muganga
ID: UNCST-2019-R000710
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Project Evaluation Protocol for West-West Nile Region mechanism.
REFNo: HS554ES
Evaluation Objective 1: To evaluate the targeted HTS models to improve earlier identification of HIV positive and negative individuals, and Linkage of PLHIV in community and facility sites in scale up districts and linkage and promotion of HIV prevention among HIV negative individuals.
Evaluation Objective 2: To evaluate innovative approaches that increase adherence, ART retention and viral load suppression among adult and pediatric HIV clients.
Evaluation objective 3: To determine if there is improved identification of TB infected individuals., effective scale up of comprehensive TB/HIV services at individual sites site, and progress towards reduction of TB burden among HIV/TB co-infected clients within the CDC supported regions and districts.
Evaluation objective 4. To evaluate innovative PMTCT & HEI approaches that increase identification of HIV positive and syphilis infected pregnant & breastfeeding women (PBFW), enhance immediate ART uptake, adherence and retention, viral load suppression and syphilis treatment among PBFW, reduce MTCT rates of HIV & Syphilis and ensure documentation of 18 month final outcome status for all HIV Exposed infants.
Evaluation objective 5: To evaluate innovative interventions that are designed to improve data quality and data utilization for program evidence-based decision making at facility and district level.
Evaluation objective 6 : To determine if there was increase access of comprehensive OVC services .
Evaluation objective 7: To determine if the strengthening of the existing laboratory network and its quality management systems increased the ART initiation and ART monitoring at facility and district level.
Evaluation Objective 8: To determine if the relationship between district level performance reviews and HR performance had an effect on district performance including access, coverage, retention and loss to follow up.
Evaluation objective 9: To determine if Kampala region mechanism approaches resulted in increased coverage with voluntary medical male circumcision.
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Uganda |
2020-03-18 |
2023-03-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Noah Sendawula
ID:
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Youth Livelihood Programme & Empowerment in Wakiso District
REFNo: SS430ES
Main Objective: To assess the effectiveness of Youth Livelihood Programme on Youth Empowerment in Wakiso District.
Specific:
i-To investigate the extent to which YLP has been able to provide vocational skills for youth self-employment in Wakiso District
ii- To analyse the extent to which YLP financial support has enabled youth establish income generation activities in Wakiso district
iii- To examine the extent to which YLP has been able to increase levels of entrepreneurship among youth in Wakiso District.
iv- To extablish the extent to which knowledge & information has been provided for positive mindset change among youth in Wakiso district
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Uganda |
2020-03-18 |
2023-03-18 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Peter Byansi Kayiira
ID:
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Leadership and Management Practices that Support Accountability for Results in Health Support Organizations in Uganda
REFNo: HS585ES
Inquire into the management and leadership practices that health leaders in Uganda’s public and nonprofit health support organizations use and have found effective in nurturing accountability for the achievement of results that matter most to employees, the organization, customers, and donors, hereinafter referred to as key stakeholders
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Uganda |
2020-03-18 |
2023-03-18 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Robert Kairania
ID:
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Performance of the Asanteâ„¢ HIV-1 Rapid Recencyâ„¢ Assay in recent HIV infections detection and incidence estimation in a Ugandan setting using the Rakai Community Cohort Study
REFNo: HS534ES
Main aim: To determine the performance of the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay in identification of HIV-1 recent infections and incidence estimation in a Ugandan setting with A and D predominant subtypes.
Specific aims
I. To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay in identification of recent infections in a setting with A and D predominant subtypes.
II. To establish the false recency rate (FRR) of the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay.
III. To determine factors associated with being misclassified as recent by the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay.
IV. To compare HIV incidence estimated using the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay from a cross-sectional survey with that observed longitudinally in an observational cohort in Rakai.
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Uganda |
2020-03-16 |
2023-03-16 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Gerry McGivern
ID:
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Strengthening health professional regulation in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: SS336ES
The research aims to develop evidence about how health professional regulation is enacted and experienced by doctors and nurses in Ugandan and Kenyan and ways it might be improved.
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UK |
2020-03-12 |
2023-03-12 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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