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David Guwatudde
ID: UNCST-2021-R008522
Nutrition-related Non-communicable Diseases in Adolescence and Youth: Interventions and Policies to Boost Nutrition Fluency and Diet Quality in Africa (ARISE-NUTRINT)
REFNo: HS3481ES

iii) implement the AFNI in four countries and evaluate its associated impact, performance and cost-effectiveness,ii) co-design and paper prototype a context-appropriate adolescent nutrition fluency intervention (ANFI) for four countries in SSA,i) improve adolescent health surveillance by better understanding diets, nutrition and physical activity-related risks of non-communicable diseases, as well as other important aspects of health and health behaviors among adolescents in seven countries in SSA,This project aims to deliver a better understanding of diets and nutrition and physical activity-related risks of NCDs among adolescents in seven countries in SSA, how to optimize implementation of evidence-based interventions that promote healthy behaviors among adolescents and youth, long-term costs-and effects and impact of these interventions, and the factors that lead to the adoption, scale up, sustainment, and knowledge translation of these interventions.,
Uganda 2023-12-01 14:43:40 2026-12-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peter Kisaakye
ID:
Addressing Unintended Pregnancy in Refugee Settings in Uganda
REFNo: SS2085ES

1) To determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy in refugee settings in Uganda; and
2) To identify strategies for expanding access to SRH services that can mitigate unintended pregnancy using existing low-cost approaches; and
3) To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the strategies identified in refugee settings.

Uganda 2023-11-30 17:07:57 2026-11-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Godfrey Sseremba
ID: UNCST-2023-R008267
Breeding for coffee and cocoa root resilience in low input farming systems based on improved rootstocks (BOLERO)
REFNo: A343ES

Decode the root microbiome taxonomic and functional composition of coffee and cocoa
genotypes grown at different geographic locations and under different cultivation
conditions.
Ascertain whether anthropization of farming systems reduce the diversity of root
microbiomes.
Examine the extent is recruitment of a specific microbiome dependent on the plant
genotype.
Identify beneficial interactions existing between soil biota and coffee genotype.
Uganda 2023-11-29 13:41:47 2026-11-29 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Laura MacLatchy
ID:
The Ngogo chimpanzees: skeletal correlates of behaviour and life history across the life course
REFNo: NS677ES

To characterize the skeletal structures of chimpanzee bones as they relate to development, locomotion, and aging, in order to understand the evolution, development and health of human and primate skeletons.
Canada 2023-11-29 11:19:46 2026-11-29 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bonniface Oryokot
ID:
Evaluating Long term treatment outcomes and associated factors of Test and Treat policy among Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in Acholi sub-region using RE-AIM framework: a multi-site retrospective cohort study
REFNo: HS3170ES

To assess the long-term treatment outcomes among CALHIV who enrolled in care through T&T period in Acholi region.
Uganda 2023-11-23 7:05:13 2026-11-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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