Yona Mbalibulha
ID:
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Maternal Rh-Alloimmunization and Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn in South Western Uganda: alloantibodies profile and associated risk factors
REFNo: HS508ES
1. To establish the Rh antigen profile (i.e. C, c, D, E, and e antigens) among pregnant women in South Western Uganda.
2. To determine the prevalence of anti-Rh alloimmunization and the alloantibody identity among alloimmunized pregnant women in South Western Uganda.
3. To determine the anti-Rh antibody titers and the association to incidence of Hemolytic Disease Newborn in alloimmunized pregnant women
4. To identify risk factors for the presence of alloantibodies in pregnant women in south western Uganda
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Uganda |
2020-02-11 |
2023-02-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Kim van Dijk
ID:
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Jackfruit sharing between wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) living in a human-dominated landscape in Bulindi, Uganda.
REFNo: NS114ES
To determine how chimpanzees share jackfruit (e.g. patterns of active versus passive sharing, begging, harassment, and theft).
To determine which factors influence jackfruit sharing (e.g. female sexual swelling, harassment, social bonding, kin relations).
To map where chimpanzees forage for jackfruits.
To determine to what extent jackfruit sharing is similar to meat sharing in other chimpanzee populations.
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Netherlands |
2020-02-11 |
2023-02-11 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Joseph Baluku B
ID: UNCST-2019-R000612
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Treatment Outcomes of Difficult-to-Treat Drug resistant TB Patients: A retrospective evaluation of cases reviewed by the national TB consilium in Uganda
REFNo: HS452ES
Primary Objective 1: To determine the treatment outcomes of difficult-to-treat DR-TB patients reviewed by the DR-TB consilium in Uganda
Primary Objective 2: To compare the treatment outcomes of difficult-to-treat DR-TB patients reviewed by the DR-TB consilium in Uganda with those that have not been reviewed by the DR-TB consilium in Uganda
Secondary Objective: To establish predictors of treatment outcomes of difficult-to-treat DR-TB patients reviewed by the DR-TB consolium in Uganda
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Uganda |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Judith Mutyabule NA
ID:
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Exploring the influence of organisational culture: nurses' perspective on clinical leadership in a public hospital in Uganda
REFNo: HS480ES
To describe staff nurse clinical leadership
To explore the organisational culture influence on the structural environment of the staff nurses
To explain the barriers and facilitators of staff nurse clinical leadership
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Uganda |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
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Cardiovascular risk factor profiles and outcomes in rural Uganda: The Bugoye Hypertension Improvement Project (B-HIP)
REFNo: HS487ES
1. To assess the baseline (at time of enrollment to BHIP) prevalence of various cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus) in adults visiting the Bugoye Hypertension Improvement Project.
2. To determine incidence of sustained blood pressure control among persons with hypertension enrolled in BHIP.
3. To assess the costs of hypertension care in a Level III healthcare center in rural Uganda.
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Uganda |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Paul Kutyabami
ID: UNCST-2020-R015029
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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: The emerging pollutant for surface water and food stuffs grown in Kampala City, Uganda
REFNo: HS530ES
General Objective
To assess existence of the PiE phenomenon, explore factors that may be contributing to it and propose short term and long term mechanisms to mitigate it in the KCCA
Specific Aims
•To establish magnitude of PiE in the KCCA
•To establish the factors that may be contributing to the PiE in KCCA
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Uganda |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Abner Tagoola
ID: UNCST-2021-R013446
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Saving young lives: Triage and management of sepsis in children using the point-of care Paediatric Rapid Sepsis Trigger (PRST) tool
REFNo: HS528ES
The purpose of this study is to develop and implement a digital trigger tool and electronic dashboard to guide frontline health workers in triaging children at facilities in LMICs with severe infection/suspected sepsis. This is with the goal of reducing time to diagnosis and treatment of critically ill children and ultimately reducing preventable child deaths from sepsis secondary to infectious disease.
Specifically, the research seeks to develop a prediction model and to perform clinical validation of a digital trigger tool to guide triage and treatment of children at health facilities in LMICs with severe infections/suspected sepsis.
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Uganda |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Menno Veen Niels Eduard
ID:
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VULNERABILITY-RESILIENCE OF POTATO AND RICE FARMERS IN UGANDA TO SHOCKS: AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTERS (IFDC) REACH-UGANDA
Project
REFNo: SS413ES
The objective of this study is threefold. First, to understand what are the shocks that rice and potato growing households in South-West and East Uganda are facing and what coping mechanisms households they use prior to and in response to shocks. Second, to quantify the vulnerability of households. Third, to measure the impact of the REACH-UGANDA project on households’ effectiveness of currently used coping mechanisms on well-being and the likelihood to fall into poverty.
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Netherlands |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Johanna Meinecke
ID:
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Consumer acceptance of novel healthy fruit and vegetable products in East Africa
REFNo: SS418ES
Factors influencing consumers’ perception of processed fruits and vegetables
(1) Examine sensory characteristics of jackfruit juice and cowpea leaf porridge by rural and urban consumers
(2) Elicit consumers’ willingness to pay for jackfruit juice and cowpea leaf porridge
(3) Relate consumers’ dietary and purchasing behaviour to acceptance of processed fruits and vegetables
(4) Analyse if information on products nutritional value, convenience and seasonality can enhance consumers acceptance
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Germany |
2020-02-07 |
2023-02-07 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Mercy Muwema
ID:
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ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF PERINATAL CARE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF PERINATAL CARE MODEL TO REDUCE PERINATAL DEATHS IN BUNYORO REGION
REFNo: HS483ES
Primary Objectives
1.To describe the health facility and health worker structures in place to support perinatal care at district hospitals in Bunyoro region.
2.To assess the prevalence and factors associated with poor quality of perinatal care at district hospitals in Bunyoro region
3.To assess the association between quality of perinatal care and birth outcomes at district hospitals in Bunyoro region
4.To explore care providers and client’s experiences on quality of perinatal care at district hospitals in Bunyoro region
5.To develop a context-specific quality of perinatal care model for Bunyoro region
Secondary objective
6.To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the context-specific quality of perinatal care model
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Uganda |
2020-02-06 |
2023-02-06 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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