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Barnabas Atwiine
ID: UNCST-2022-R010629
Assessing Implementation and Effectiveness of a Cash Incentive Family Support Intervention to Reduce Treatment Abandonment and Increase Survival among Children with Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS3897ES

1. To assess the effectiveness of the intervention on end-of-treatment survival without evidence of disease.
2. To assess the proportion of eligible caregivers that access all planned mobile money instalments throughout the course of treatment.
3. To assess the cost-effectiveness of the intervention within the health system of participating
countries by WHO-CHOICE standards; defined as a cost less than three times the annual per
capita income per disability adjusted life year (DALY) averted.
4. To describe the views of stakeholders (policy makers, health providers and clients) on the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention.
Uganda 2024-05-07 11:43:52 2027-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Simran Prasad
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Male reproductive skew, female codominance and mate choice, and inbreeding avoidance in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).
REFNo: NS801ES

The purpose of this project is to investigate the relationship between male dominance rank and mating and paternity success, degree of reproductive skew, female codominance and mate choice, and the direction of inbreeding avoidance in a population of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda.
Canada 2024-05-07 11:24:53 2027-05-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MUWANGUZI MOSES
ID: UNCST-2021-R013695
Depression among pregnant teenagers receiving antenatal care from health facilities in Mbarara city, Southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS3913ES

To determine the factors associated with depression among pregnant teenagers in Mbarara city, southwestern Uganda.,To determine the prevalence of depression among pregnant teenagers in Mbarara city, southwestern Uganda. ,To determine the prevalence and factors associated with depression among pregnant teenagers in Mbarara city, southwestern Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-05-07 11:07:54 2027-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel  Obakiro Baker
ID: UNCST-2019-R000065
FORMULATION AND PRECLINICAL EVALUATION OF HERBAL PRODUCTS FOR MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS COMORBIDITIES IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS4127ES

To analyze the phytochemical and pharmaceutical properties of the formulated herbal products,To assess the antidiabetic activity and toxicity of the formulated herbal products for the management of DM using in vitro and in vivo models,2. To formulate herbal products for management of DM ,1. To prioritize medicinal plants for formulation of herbal products for management of diabetes mellitus (DM),To develop standard herbal products for management of DM with proven preclinical evidence of efficacy and safety ,
Uganda 2024-05-07 11:04:09 2027-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pamela Mbabazi Byakwaga
ID:
KIZINO DANCE-MUSICKING: NEGOTIATING ETHNIC IDENTITY AMONG BAKIGA IMMIGRANTS IN RUBIRIZI DISTRICT, WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS2261ES

To examine how kizino dance-musicking is used to negotiate kikiga ethnic identity in Rubirizi District ,To explore the continuity and change in the nature and context of kizino dance-musicking among the Bakiga in Kabale and Rubirizi Districts,To examine the nature of the ethnic identity of the Bakiga in Kabale and Rubirizi Districts,To examine how Bakiga immigrants negotiate their ethnic identity in Rubirizi District,
Uganda 2024-05-07 10:45:55 2027-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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