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Kemirembe Goretti Maria
ID:
MICROFINANCE SERVICES AND WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN KYAMUHUNGA PEOPLES’ SACCO.
REFNo: SS361ES

i. To determine the effect of access to microcredit services and selected indicators of women’s economic empowerment.
ii. To determine the relationship between access to financial advisory services and indicators of women’s economic empowerment.
iii. To examine the effect of microfinance savings and selected indicators of women’s economic empowerment.

 Uganda 2019-10-07 2022-10-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
NIGHT MUHINDO PRIMER
ID:
cash management and financial performance of tea processing firms in Bushenyi district. a case of Igara Growers Tea factory.
REFNo: SS364ES

1.To establish the relationship between liquidity management and financial performance of igara growers tea factory
2. To examine the relationship between working capital management and financial performance of igara growers tea factory
3. To show the relationship between financial information management and financial performance of igara growers tea factory.
 Uganda 2019-10-07 2022-10-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Martin Amanya
ID:
IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF ARTAVOL®IN MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS USING A MOUSE MODEL
REFNo: HS465ES

1. To assess the cellular immune response to malaria parasites after treatment with ARTAVOL®
2. To determine the humoral immune response to malaria parasites after treatment with ARTAVOL®
3. To study the effect of crude flavonoids from ARTAVOL® on cytokine production.

 Uganda 2019-10-07 2022-10-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Lwanga  Jonathan
ID:
Prediction modelling for Infectious Diseases and Outbreak prevention
REFNo: HS473ES

To determine patterns of flow of outbreaks
 Uganda 2019-09-26 2022-09-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Serawit Chorito Deyno
ID:
ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT AND SAFETY OF ESSENTIAL OIL FROM ECHINOPS KEBERICHO
REFNo: HS398ES

1.3. Objective of the study
Major objective
• To evaluate the antibacterial effect and safety of EO from E. Kebericho
Specific objectives
1. To identify and isolate main components of the EO from E. kebericho
2. To determine antibacterial activity of EO and its combined effect with existing antibiotics against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa
3. To determine antibacterial activity of main constituent of EO and its combined effect with existing antibiotics against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa
4. To examine acute and sub-acute toxicity of the EO from E. kebericho

 Ethiopia 2019-09-19 2022-09-19 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Heather Brown
ID:
Evaluating the Impact of a Layperson EMS System on Morbidity and Mortality of Injured Patients in Masindi, Uganda
REFNo: HS414ES

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot layperson EMS system for commercial boda drivers and the feasibility of using a pre-existing trauma registry to evaluate the outcomes of these patients.

Primary Objective:

Evaluate the impact of a boda driver EMS system on time to presentation for ill and injured patients.

Secondary Objectives:

1. Evaluate the purpose and rate of utilization for a lay person EMS system in Masindi, Uganda.

2. Evaluate the impact of a lay person EMS system on patient morbidity and mortality at MKMC.

USA 2019-09-19 2022-09-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Sona Shah
ID:
Validation of the safety and performance of a clinical vital signs monitor on infants and neonates: A pilot study
REFNo: HS420ES

1. To assess the safety of the Neopenda wearable vital signs monitor (neoGuard) in healthy infants (aged 8 to 16 weeks) and stable neonates (aged 0-28 days)
2. To determine the performance accuracy of neoGuard device in comparison to a gold standard monitor comparable to the Edan M3A Vital Signs Monitor

USA 2019-09-19 2022-09-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mary Namubiru
ID:
Meet Your Future Job Search Effort and Aspirations of Young Jobseekers
REFNo: SS338ES

Jobseekers in developing contexts face a number of search barriers to quality employment. The most recurring ones in the literature range from liquidity constraints for travel costs (Abebe et al. 2017a) to high opportunity cost of search-time due to job availability in the informal sector (Franklin, 2017). In addition to these, young jobseekers often do not know how or where to search for jobs, might not understand their skills in relation to what employers want and are likely to have distorted expectations of wage levels and working conditions (Babcock et al. 2012). Importantly, these barriers are magnified right in the most vulnerable phase of a career: the transition into the labor market (Becker 1994, Pissarides 1994). This study seeks to investigate (i) how barriers in access to information affect search efforts, labor outcomes and aspirations of young jobseekers taking their first step in the job market, (ii) how can career-coaching and job search assistance from “the future you” help influencing their expectations and labor market trajectories and (iii) how does the trainees’ degree of identification with “the future you” affect the way in which they interpret somebody else’s experience with respect to their own future. The experimental setting is that of Vocational Training Institutes (VTIs) in Uganda and “the future you” is an alumnus of the VTI, who successfully entered the labor market after receiving the training.
 Uganda 2019-09-19 2022-09-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Wyatt Brooks James
ID:
Community Lending and Outside Capital (CLOC)
REFNo: SS339ES

To measure the impact of community lending and outside capital on SILC members’ returns and default rate behavior, levels of liquid savings, and change in livelihood.
USA 2019-09-19 2022-09-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Fabien Schultz
ID: UNCST-2023-R008622
 Self-medication in wild chimpanzees and mountain gorillas
REFNo: NS104ES

Observation of novel medicinal plants used for self-medication by wild chimpanzees and mountain gorillas:
The fieldwork at the field stations in Bulindi, Kibale Forest National Park, Budongo Forest Reserve, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park will result in the documentation of potentially novel medicinal plant species used by great apes in Uganda, which will be reported in our publications.

Comparison between self-medication behavior in chimpanzees at different locations:
The study will generate a comparison between plants and self-medication techniques used by Bulindi chimpanzees (a highly disturbed habitat shared with humans) and Kibale/Budongo chimpanzees (less disturbed habitats).

Impact on modern medicine:
Through this study, we seek to integrate behavioral data with novel pharmacological screenings of plants. Without doubt, the evolution of self-medicative habits from the great apes to early hominids and modern humans has important implications for modern medicine. This project would significantly advance previous research on zoopharmacognosy (or “ape-pharmacognosy”).

Discovery of new plant and insect species and first-time pharmacological investigation of medicinal natural remedies:
I estimate that around 60% of all plant and insect species in the dense rainforests of Western Uganda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remain undiscovered. As such, this project could result in the discovery of novel species, but most likely in the documentation and evaluation of novel medicinal uses in known plants. The majority of plant species used in self-medication by wild chimpanzees and mountain gorillas in the tropical rainforests of Uganda have never been screened for pharmacological activity in a lab or investigated with regard to their chemical composition.

Conservation of biodiversity:
Wild mountain gorillas are classified as Critically Endangered and chimpanzees as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Both great apes are highly threatened by human encroachment, forest degradation, regional political instability and disease. Through our workshop within local communities, we aim to raise awareness of the importance of protecting these creatures as well as local medicinal plants.


Germany 2019-09-19 2022-09-19 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Christine  Wiltshire Sekaggya
ID: UNCST-2019-R000578
 The utility of urine Lipoarabinomannan as a Tuberculosis treatment monitoring tool.
REFNo: HS432ES

To describe the temporal changes of urine LAM during the first 2 months TB treatment of TB-HIV co-infected patients.
To determine the correlation between urine LAM and microbiological response measured by sputum culture among TB-HIV co-infected patients receiving anti-TB treatment.

 Uganda 2019-09-10 2022-09-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Richard Muwanika
ID:
DEFINING DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE, ANALYTICAL AND OPERATIONAL SUITABILITY FOR POINT OF CARE DEVICES FOR HEMOGLOBIN ESTIMATION DEVICES IN ROUTINE HIV AND MATERNITY CARE IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS437ES

1) To evaluate the analytical performance (accuracy and precision/repeatability) of the available non-investigational Hb POC devices in use in Uganda
2) To evaluate the diagnostic performance (sensitivity, specificity, Positive and Negative Predictive values) of the available Hb POC devices in Uganda
3) To evaluate the operational suitability of the available Hb POC devices in Uganda using a standardized scorecard
4) To determine the operational cost and cost-effectiveness of the available Hb POC devices in Uganda

 Uganda 2019-09-10 2022-09-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Dunstan Kalanzi
ID:
EXPLORING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
REFNo: HS438ES

To determine the periodontal health status of a community-based cohort of elderly persons and factors associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in Uganda
 Uganda 2019-09-10 2022-09-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
EDITH  NAKKU-JOLOBA NAKKU
ID: UNCST-2021-R013931
 Performance of a novel, rapid Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypic and phenotypic test and estimation of prevalence of 4 STI in a gonococcal surveillance program in Uganda
REFNo: HS455ES

Primary:
• To determine the accuracy (correlation, sensitivity, specificity) of a new mobile, dual purpose gonorrhea point-of-care (POC) STI test device [the Mobile NAAT (MobiNAAT)] against reference laboratory methods for diagnosis (Gram stain and/or culture).

Secondary:
• To determine agreement between self-collected meatal swabs and urine samples for the diagnosis of STI using a gold standard NAATs in Ugandan men (a population with high NG positivity).
• To assess acceptability of self-collected tests in men with UDS in Uganda.
• To validate MobiNAAT for gonorrhoea ciprofloxacin AMR in symptomatic men compared with gold standard (culture & disk diffusion).
• To estimate the prevalence of the following 4 STIs in a population of men with UDS: Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG), Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) using NAATs.
• To compare sensitivity and specificity of GC NAAT with microscopy and culture in Ugandan samples.
• To assess the prevalence of HIV, syphilis and viral hepatitis, and compare HIV result to self-reported HIV status.
• To explore socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical factors associated with positive STI diagnosis (including NG NAAT-positive and NG culture-negative status).
• Determine the proportion of non-reportable results (unresolved, indeterminate and incomplete).
• Test other STI diagnostics in future on available samples.

Uganda 2019-09-10 2022-09-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
David Meya Bisagaya
ID: UNCST-2019-R000837
 High Dose Oral Rifampicin to Improve Survival from Adult Tuberculous Meningitis: A Double-blinded Randomised Controlled Phase III Trial. HARVEST trial
REFNo: HS428ES

Our primary objective is: To determine if high dose rifampicin, delivered orally at ~35 mg/kg/day for 8 weeks, is safe and improves 6-month survival compared to standard of care (rifampicin 10 mg/kg/day) for patients with TBM.
Secondary objectives are to compare the high dose rifampicin regimen to the standard of care regimen for:
1. 12-month survival
2. Neurological disability and functional outcomes from TBM
3. Safety and tolerability
4. Hospital outcomes related to TBM
5. Subsequent neurologic deterioration
6. Management of drug-induced liver injury
Tertiary objectives are to:
1. To describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of high dose rifampicin in plasma and CSF, assess predictors of exposure to rifampicin in plasma and CSF, assess PK-PD relationships also considering exposures to the other first-line TB drugs and ART in HIV-infected patients, and determine the minimally desired rifampicin exposure for optimal treatment of TBM.
2. To determine the cost-effectiveness of the intervention.
3. To determine appropriate TBM diagnostic algorithms

Uganda 2019-09-05 2022-09-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Kevin Hunt Dean
ID:
DRY HABITAT CHIMPANZEE ECOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN EVOLUTION
REFNo: NS101ES

Document feeding, social and locomotor behavior using 1-minute focal observations. Record food items, ranging behavior, canopy use, feeding rate and habitat use. Collect hairs for trace element analysis. Collect skeletal material from any deceased individuals. Analyze skeletal material for distinctive characteristics. Analyse hormone profiles to determine if lower levels of aggression are due to low T levels. Look for poisons in Muguri River to find source of sex organ abnormalities. Examine dental micro wear and trace elements in hair to determine diet. Look at genetic variations
 USA 2019-09-05 2022-09-05 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Sangjin Kang
ID:
Establishment of libraries of indigenous medicinal plants in Mount Elgon area
REFNo: NS86ES

To conserve knowledge and resources about indigenous medicinal plants in Mt. Elgon area through activities such as;

 Republic of Korea Reunion 2019-08-27 2022-08-27 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Mushagalusa Kasali Félicien Kasali
ID:
Phytochemical and Pharmacological Study of Chenopodium ambrosioides L. and Physalis peruviana L., herbs used to treat diabetes in Congolese Traditional Medicine
REFNo: HS440ES

1. To test the activity of the bioguided fractions of the extracts obtained in-vivo, on acute, sub-acute and chronic hyperglycemia in experimental rats.
2. To determine the zootechnical, biochemical and histopathological markers of the extracts obtained in experimental rats.
3. To isolate and elucidate the structure of the bioactive components of the extracts obtained.

 Democratic Republic of Congo 2019-08-27 2022-08-27 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Zubair Lukyamuzi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013107
 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN FACILITATING DISCLOSURE AMONG HIV AFFECTED COUPLES IN GREATER LUWEERO DISTRICT, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS443ES

1. To determine the predictors of non-disclosure among HIV affected couples
2. To document perceptions of HIV affected couples on using CHWs to facilitate their HIV status disclosure
3. To explore CHW’s general and attitudes about HIV status disclosure among HIV affected couples
4. To explore CHW’s experience in facilitating disclosure among HIV affected couples.
5. To determine the proportion of HIV status disclosure among HIV affected couples that can be achieved using CHWs

 Uganda 2019-08-26 2022-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Christa Kuntzelman Marie
ID:
Refugee Perceptions of their Rights in Uganda
REFNo: SS305ES

The purpose of this study is to learn (a) learn what rights refugees believe they have in Uganda; (b) learn how refugees understand the roles and responsibilities of the Ugandan Government, UNHCR, InterAid, and other NGOs (non-governmental organizations) to provide for refugees in the cities and in the settlements, (c) gain understanding of to whom refugees turn when they need assistance, and (d) understand the role of refugee-led organizations to support other refugees for learning rights or gaining assistance.
 USA 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Teddy  Kyomuhangi
ID:
Using Digital Stories for Knowledge Translation in Rural South Western Uganda
REFNo: SS318ES

The main objectives of the study are to document evidence-based digital storytelling methods and enhance local capacity to create and disseminate digital stories for knowledge translation in rural southwest Uganda by: 1.Documenting the DST training process so as to contribute towards establishing a model-site offering ongoing mentorship in DST research methodology. 2.Describing experiences of trainees in using DST as a means of disseminating research findings.
 Uganda 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 Understanding barriers and motivators to HIV self-testing uptake and clinic linkage among male partners of pregnant women in Uganda
REFNo: HS391ES

Aim 1: To qualitatively elucidate men and women’s personal narratives explaining beliefs, motivations, barriers and experiences influencing clinic HIV testing and linkage to HIV services.

Aim 2: To qualitatively identify attributes of a successful HIVST intervention to increase men’s HIVST uptake and clinic attendance after HIV self-testing. We will assess men and women’s knowledge/perceptions of HIVST and acceptability of strategies to optimize secondary distribution of HIVST from female partners.

Aim 3: To assess healthcare workers perspectives regarding the feasibility and acceptability of potential strategies of secondary distribution of HIVST from pregnant women to their male partners.
Uganda 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jorem Awadu Emmillian
ID:
Validation of autism screening assessments: Comparison of the Social Communication Questionnaire, Social Responsiveness Scale and 23-Q with DSM- 5 in assessing for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Uganda
REFNo: HS423ES

The study seeks to answer the questions below.
1) In the Ugandan context, do total scores for the three ASD measures (i.e., SCQ, SRS-2, and 23-Q) yield adequate internal consistency relative to values reported in the test manual or available studies for those with ASD?
2) In the Ugandan context, do total scores for the three ASD measures (i.e., SCQ, SRS-2, and 23-Q) yield adequate internal consistency relative to values reported in the test manual or available studies for non-ASD cases?
3) In the Ugandan context, do total scores from the three measures (i.e., SCQ, SRS-2, and 23-Q) yield substantial mean differences consistent with construct-related (i.e., ASD construct) differentiation between ASD and typically-developing groups?
4) In the Ugandan context, will use of the recommended screening cut scores for each of the three measures (i.e., SCQ, SRS-2, and 23-Q) result in adequate sensitivity and specificity using DSM-5 ASD diagnosis vs. typically developing cases as the outcome variable?
5) Beyond the recommended cut scores for screening reported in each test manual, are there more optimal cut scores for each of the three measures (i.e., SCQ, SRS-2, and 23-Q) in the Ugandan context?
6) Are there significant convergent relationships among the total scores of the three measures (i.e., SCQ, SRS-2, and 23-Q) in the Ugandan context?

 Uganda 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Andrew  Kalule Owen
ID:
Understanding the implementation process of infection prevention and control guidance at health facility level in Uganda
REFNo: HS424ES

1. To understand how healthcare workers make meaning of IPC guidelines.
2. To understand how healthcare workers make decisions regarding the use of IPC guidelines.
3. To identify factors that influence healthcare workers’ decisions regarding the use of IPC guidelines.
4. To generate a theory to explain the adoption and adaption process through healthcare workers’ ` experiences as IPC guideline users.

Uganda 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Teddy  Kyomuhangi
ID:
The adoption of SOPETAR innovations in MNCH service implementation for Bushenyi and Rubirizi Districts.
REFNo: HS427ES

The study seeks to assess the adoption of SOPETAR (scan-orient-plan-equip-train-assess-reflect) innovations so as to identify the high impact components and areas of MNCH services in the existing health structures at the community, health facility, and district levels in Bushenyi and Rubirizi Districts. Specifically, this study aims to: 1) establish the attributes of SOPETAR innovations that were adopted in the existing MNCH services at district health centers in Bushenyi and Rubirizi districts and 2) document how the SOPETAR innovations have been integrated in the MNCH services at district health centers in Bushenyi and Rubirizi districts.
 Uganda 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
WINNIE NAMBATYA
ID:
Risk factors for Neural Tube Defects among children attending Mulago and Kawempe Hospitals: A case control study
REFNo: HS430ES

1. To determine the types of NTDs in Mulago National Referral Hosptial among infants,
2. To determine the factors associate with the NTDs,
3. To compare the factors with the type of NTD

 Uganda 2019-08-20 2022-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Vishakha Vasuki
ID:
Identification of zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites and environmental factors influencing the parasite status of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS102ES

Aim 1: To determine the occurrence and pattern of distribution of parasitic pathogens in mountain gorillas in BINP by non-invasive collection of faecal samples from habituated and non-habituated mountain gorillas. Aim 2: Tracking daily travel patterns using Global Positioning System (GPS) and recording ecological data such as temperature, rainfall, humidity and altitude. Aim 3: Identification of Gastro-intestinal parasites in mountain gorillas using simple faecal floatation technique and agar plate coproculture.
India 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Clement Olusoji Ajayi Olusoji
ID:
DEVELOPING PHARMACOPOEIAL STANDARDS FOR AZADIRACHTA INDICA, CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS, MORINGA OLEIFERA, TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA AND VERNONIA AMYGDALINA ANTIMALARIAL PLANTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS359ES

General Objective is to develop pharmacopoeial standards for the selected Ugandan antimalarial plants.
Specific objectives
1. To determine pharmacognostic, chemical and biological characteristics of the selected antimalarial plants
2. To determine the toxic dose level of the selected antimalarial plants using both acute and sub-acute tests
3. To develop identification and quantification methods for the antimalarial compounds and chemical markers in the plants and
4. To determine and set pharmacopoeial limits for standardization of the antimalarial plant materials

Nigeria 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Hayley Roberts
ID:
The Babysitters club: Hormonal regulation of shared infant care in mantled guereza
REFNo: NS94ES

This project seeks to determine the role of key social hormones in the facilitation of non-parental infant care in Colobus guereza. It will determine how important hormones are for the expression of infant care and how oxytocin, vasopressin, cortisol and faecal androgens relate to genetic relationships, infant colouration and observed rates of infant care.
 Australia 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Adeline Boatin
ID: UNCST-2019-R001255
 Wireless Physiologic Monitoring in Postpartum Women
REFNo: HS417ES

1. To estimate the clinical effectiveness of wireless physiologic monitoring of women in the first 24 hours after emergency cesarean delivery at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH)
2. To evaluate the clinical adoption of wireless physiologic monitoring at MRRH using an implementation science approach.
3. To use qualitative methods to explore clinical adoption and acceptability of wireless physiologic monitoring among postpartum women at MRRH and understand facilitators and barriers to uptake of wireless physiologic monitoring.
4. To estimate the cost of providing wireless physiologic monitoring of women in the first 24 hours after emergency cesarean delivery at MRRH
5. To estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness, measured as cost per severe maternal outcome adverted using wireless physiologic monitoring compared to current standard of care monitoring.

Ghana 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Meital Kupfer Tvor
ID:
Representation and Responses: Refugee Voice in Uganda (Note: this has changed in regards to comments from the MAKSSREC)
REFNo: SS344ES

This research aims to change the narrative on humanitarian communications research by focussing on the feedback of beneficiaries – who are the primary subjects in campaigns and photos. This study will employ a qualitative approach, focusing on content analysis and ethnography through structured/semi-structured interviews, surveys, and content analysis, covering three levels: representation, production, and reception (Dogra, 2009). There will be a focus on semiotics (Barthes, 1977), including photo elicitation techniques (Pink, 2009) for individuals in focus group discussions to provide feedback on INGO campaigns.
Primary evidence will come from work with participants in the Refugee Law Project’s (RLP) Media for Social Change (M4SC) Programme, which works in 11 sites across Uganda, including Kampala and the No White Saviors (NWS) organisation, which is an activist Instagram account working to change narratives about the global South.

Data will be focusing on two parts: beneficiary reaction to how refugees are represented in aid campaigns and their utilisation of social media and technology to amplify their own storytelling.

Secondary evidence will buttress this analysis by supporting the narrow case study of Uganda. To ensure quality and feasibility, academic research selection is limited to peer-reviewed journals. Research on this subject encompasses grey literature, academic literature, artistic works, and social media that primarily covers humanitarian emergencies and development campaigns and their relation to the West. Secondary sources derive from relevant literature, as well as INGO campaigns, websites, and social media accounts. Other visual data will be derived from identified grassroots advocacy groups that work to challenge the INGO dominant narrative.

 Germany 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Catarina Inverso
ID:
From War to Peace as Conflict goes on: Reinventing the state or ignoring it? Assessing the activities of armed groups and informal cross border networks in the borderlands between DRC, Uganda and South Sudan (working title)
REFNo: SS345ES

The objective is to apply the concept of ‘mobility makes the state’ to the notion of state as a framework to answer a central question: How has displacement become a mechanism of South Sudan’s state-making process?
Germany 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
James Ditai
ID:
Maternal and Newborn Health Priority Setting Partnership in Uganda
REFNo: HS444ES

Purpose:
To identify the unanswered questions about maternal health and newborn care from mothers, carers and clinical perspectives in Uganda and then prioritize those that mothers, carers and health workers agree are the most important for the research to address.

Specific objectives:
• To work with mothers, caregivers and health workers to identify uncertainties about maternal health and newborn care in rural Uganda
• To agree by consensus on a prioritized list of those uncertainties, for research in Uganda
• To publicize the results of the Maternal and Newborn Health Priority Setting Partnership in Uganda and process
• To share the results with the ministry of health, academic researchers and funding bodies
 Uganda 2019-08-15 2022-08-15 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Mark  Purdon David
ID:
The Sustainability of International Investment Projects in the Forest and Bioenergy Sectors in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Uganda and Tanzania
REFNo: SS323ES

The objective of this research project is to update research into the sustainability and effectiveness of the foreign investment projects in the land-use sector through a comparative research design involving qualitative and quantitative approaches. Led by Mark Purdon, Assistant Professor at the École des sciences de la gestion at the Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM), the project will also involve academic researchers and graduate students at Makerere University in Uganda. In particular, the project will involve Dr. Patrick Byakagaba of Makerere University, School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences who has been undertaking similar research over recent years. The specific objective is to determine the extent to which foreign investment projects in the land-use sector in Uganda and Tanzania, which were first investigated in 2009, are contributing to sustainable low-carbon development, with special attention to payment issues, household land management and project performance.
Canada 2019-08-09 2022-08-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Rosemary Nakijoba
ID:
The Inter-relationship between Gender, Child Labour and Disability among War Affected Communities of Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS113ES

Objectives of the Study The study is guided by a general objective, subdivided into six specific objectives. General objective The study intends to explore the relationship between gender, child labour, disability and the well-being of children in war affected communities of Northern Uganda. Specific Objectives The study will be guided by the following objectives: 1.To explore participants’ perceptions on the concepts of gender, child labour and disability among war affected communities of Northern Uganda. 2.To document gender differences that exist in child labour in war affected communities of Northern Uganda 3.To document differences in child labour practices that exist between the war affected disabled and non disabled children in communities of Northern Uganda 4.To examine the cultural beliefs and practices on children with disability in war affected communities of Northern Uganda 5.To explore the existing interventions on disability for children in war affected communities of Northern Uganda. 6.To develop an explanatory theory that links gender, child labour, and disability for the well being of children in war affected communities guiding intervention processes
Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Japheth Kwiringira Nkiriyehe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000408
 A Livelihood-Sanitation Nexus: Implications for Sustainable Slum Sanitation in Urban Uganda
REFNo: SS273ES

Main Objective
To explore the role of livelihoods in sustainable slum sanitation in Uganda
Specific Objectives
1. To describe the livelihoods of shared latrine users across three (3) major urban areas in Uganda
2. To relate various slum livelihoods with sanitation demand and supply.
3. To identify which livelihoods play a positive function in maintaining shared slum sanitation

Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Daniel Shephard
ID:
Resilient Learners, Teachers, and Education Systems in Uganda: An Exploratory Study
REFNo: SS280ES

There are two overarching research questions in this exploratory study:
1. How do instructors participating in the AVSI-Oxfam program in Palabek, Uganda conceptualize well-being and resilience?

2. How do young people who are currently participating (or may eventually participate) in the AVSI-Oxfam program in Palebek, Uganda conceptualize well-being and resilience?

a) To begin exploratory research about how learners and teachers conceptualize well-being and resilience in contexts of displacement.
b) To learn more about project interventions, especially accelerated education (AE) and teacher education and professional development (TEPD) through key informant interviews and observations.
c) To gain insights about the larger context and operational space in Palabek settlement.

USA 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Robert Kairania
ID:
TESTING HIV SUSCEPTIBILITY IN FORESKIN TISSUE
REFNo: HS372ES

Study objective: To explore potential determinants of HIV infection in foreskin tissue.
Aim 1: Explore host immune factors that contribute in vitro HIV infection.
Aim 2: Explore microbial factors that contribute in vitro HIV infection.
Aim 3: Explore viral factors that contribute in vitro HIV infection

 Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Matthew Henderson George
ID:
Chimpanzee communication and its function in the regulation of fission-fusion social dynamics
REFNo: NS92ES

- Enhance overall understanding of gestural and vocal communication of East Africa Chimpanzees with a focus on the understudied female sex
- Understand how female chimpanzees use short-distance gestures with their infants and long-distance vocalizations to maintain fission-fusion dynamics
- Which gestural or postural markers are used by females and their infants specifically before joint travel
- What behavioural cues produced by infants and mothers differ prior to successful joint travel of all forms
-How behavioral context affects the pant-hoot structure in female chimpanzees
- How individual life-characteristics differences affect pant-hoot vocalizations
 USA 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Kananura  Muhumuza Rornald
ID: UNCST-2019-R000239
 Child health and survival in Central Eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS395ES

The objectives of the study are to: examine maternal and neonatal mortality social and institutional drivers in central eastern Uganda; and establish the role of public authority in shaping maternal and child health in central eastern Uganda.
Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
GERALD AHABWE ZIHEMBIRE
ID:
Local Innovation in African cities: A critical assessment of user experiences of prepaid technology for water services in Kampala
REFNo: SS315ES

1. To track the background of prepayment services in water services in Kampala
2. To assess NWSC capacity in managing prepayment in utility services in Kampala
3. To identify user experiences with prepayment in utility services in Kampala
4. To propose strategies for improving prepayment technology in water services in Kampala.

 Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Paula Rauschendorf Kristina
ID:
Perspectives of officials, health professionals and patients on surgical care in Eastern Uganda – a qualitative study in the districts surrounding Jinja, Uganda
REFNo: HS409ES

This study hopes to provide health care policy makers and providers with further information on how to better cater their surgical services towards the population’s needs and demands. This will hopefully help to allocate resources in a more effective manner and improve access to surgery and health care utilization in general as well as for certain rarer conditions. Specific Objectives: a) Investigating underlying beliefs that lead to decisions in offering and using surgical care in Uganda. b) Finding out about the function of surgical health service facilities and the referral system in the proximity of Jinja. c) Investigating how the integration of highly specialized short-term surgical services by external specialist into the local health systems can best be achieved, since it is an organisational challenge for information, medical test, appointments, preparation and post-surgical care. d) Describing the predominant surgical conditions in the perspectives of populations, providers and planners. e) Exploring the individual and communal views on reasons for seeking surgical care or refraining from it. f) Identifying possible necessary messages to the general population, e.g. about the urgency and treatability of certain surgical conditions. g) Examining social support with regard to possible ‘soft barriers’ to surgical care, while also keeping in mind other barriers (in financing and organization) like costs as well as transport and waiting time. h) Identifying obstacles to reaching optimum care in all areas of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on all sides. i) Describing the perceived need of surgical conditions, especially regarding perception of symptoms and consequences thereof. j) Comparing these perceived needs with the evaluated needs as described by providers, planners and reports. k) Examining interactions between patients and health care providers and the process of care delivery from patients’ and providers’ perspectives. l) Finding out about perceived health status and consumer satisfaction (outcomes) of patients before and after surgery and factors that influence these outcomes. m) Comparing these perceptions and satisfaction with the evaluated health status (outcomes) as summarized by providers, planners and reports.
 Germany 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Andrew Lukyamuzi
ID:
A DYNAMIC MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF FOOD INSECURITY
REFNo: IS17ES

1. To investigate techniques that will be used in the model selection and integration of existing models in relation to prediction of food insecurity.

2. To design a Dynamic Model that is capable of intelligently selecting suitable models to be used in prediction of food insecurity.

3. To test and validate the proposed model as means of demonstrating the mechanism
and viability of this model.
 Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
BARBARA NAGGAYI RITA
ID: UNCST-2019-R000062
 EVALUATION OF AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM IN RURAL SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA: EXPLORING GLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EAST AFRICA
REFNo: SS327ES

The main objective of this program is to provide hands-on rural volunteer community experience to Ugandan and international university students by providing an opportunity to engage communities to identify and work towards solutions to improve community well-being. The specific objectives of the program are:
1. To support communities in southwestern Uganda with health promotion, health messaging, and community strengthening by working with Village Health Teams, health facility staff, community leaders, and District Health Officers
2. To support students in developing skills with community engagement and other principles of MNCH
3. To provide HCU and MNCHI with opportunities to identify areas for future research in communities
4. To expose students to the strengths, innovations, and dynamics of rural southwestern Ugandan communities
5. To promote awareness about global health issues among national and international students
6. To encourage cross-cultural competency, bidirectional learning, and intercultural exchange of ideas
This study will use a mixed-methods approach to quantitatively measure changes in knowledge obtained by student participants as a result of their experiences, in addition to qualitative interviews to compile a narrative about student, health facility staff, facilitator, and community member perspectives. The results from this study will inform future quality improvement for the program and identify areas of strength and weakness to better serve students and the communities involved.

Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Agnes Kiragga
ID:
Reproductive Health Empowerment through Telehealth
REFNo: HS425ES

1-With input from a Community Advisory Board develop a user-centered mobile-based reproductive health content targeted for men through SMS, interactive voice response.
2-Assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Men’s Telehealth Information Package (mTIP) on uptake of family planning and reproductive health services.
3-Assess the men’s knowledge and attitudes towards family planning following receipt of the Men’s Telehealth Information Package (mTIP)
4-Assess uptake of and attitudes towards FP and couple communication among women whose spouses received the Men’s Telehealth Information Package (mTIP) intervention.

 Uganda 2019-08-06 2022-08-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Joseph Tamale
ID:
Investigating the role soils nutrients play in regulating soil greenhouse gas fluxes and nitrogen leaching from two contrasting ecosystems: a nutrient limited tropical forest and an intensively fertilized sugarcane plantation in Uganda.
REFNo: A46ES

This PhD study investigates how soil nutrients regulate soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes and N leaching in a nutrient limited tropical forest and an intensively fertilized sugarcane plantation in northwestern Uganda. More specifically, the study aims to: (1) investigate how nutrient limitations affect soil GHG fluxes in a tropical rainforest, and (2) quantify how the conversion from natural forest to fertilizer-based sugarcane systems alters soil GHG fluxes, N leaching losses and nutrient use efficiency along a fertilizer intensification gradient (low, standard, and high fertilizer application)
 Uganda 2019-08-05 2022-08-05 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Charles Mondo Kiiza
ID: UNCST-2019-R001281
 Registry to study the demographics, socioeconomic and clinical factors, etiologies, pathophysiology, management, barriers to care, and outcomes of heart failure patients at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya.
REFNo: HS287ES

1. Estimate the incident rate of outcomes in HF patients in Uganda; assess social and lifestyle factors (incl. demographics, socioeconomic variables, clinical risk factors, diet, and health-related quality of life), etiologies and variations in treatment patterns that might influence mortality and morbidity. 2. Describe determinants of different HF phenotypes (HFpEF, HFrEF, and HF due to valvular heart disease and ALVD), and their management and outcomes. 3. Assess non-cardiac co-morbidities at enrolment, their incidence during the study, and how they influence outcomes from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. 4. In a sub-study of approximately 50-60 patients, perform measures of frailty, cognitive and lung function, mental health, adherence to medication, and dietary assessment, with collection of blood and urine samples for central analysis, to further understand the pathophysiologic changes in HF and their relation to outcomes. 5. Describe patient and system barriers to HF care.
Uganda 2019-07-30 2022-07-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in HIV infection in Uganda.
REFNo: HS373ES

• Primary objective 1: To investigate the point-prevalence of AF by screening the outpatient clinic population at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Kampala (Uganda) using the iECG
• Primary objective 2: To study the incidence of AF by annual review of iECG within a long-term cohort of HIV patients that are being followed-up for ART outcomes at IDI (ALT-cohort).
• Secondary objective 1: Evaluate the performance of iECG against routine ECG measurements
• Secondary objective 2: To determine the risk factors associated with incident AF

 Nigeria 2019-07-30 2022-07-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Nicolette Manglos-Weber D
ID:
Religion and Community Caregivers in Uganda
REFNo: SS290ES

This research project investigates the overlapping fields of religion and social welfare provision in Uganda, with a focus on local community leaders who are caring for social welfare needs related to poverty and economic insecurity. It seeks to understand the role of religious beliefs, practices, and structures in the formation and success of such local community caregivers. It also seeks to evaluate the impact of local community caregivers relative to other types of social welfare providers within the religious and political fields. The aim is to produce several academic articles as well as an original book. This book would use portraits of Ugandan community caregivers to describe what makes such a person successful and how to emulate their efforts toward social transformation. It would also use these portraits as a means of instructing readers on the dynamics of religion and politics in post-colonial Africa.
USA 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Wakiko Ohira
ID:
Possible Roles of Traditional Roles in Resource-Rich Countries: Case of the Bunyoro Kingdom in Western Uganda
REFNo: SS291ES

Main Objectives of the Study
The main objective of the study is to explore and assess the roles of traditional authorities, the Bunyoro Kingdom, as part of the local politics as well as in winder political arena.

Specific Objectives of the Study
1. To understand perceptions of local residents living in Bunyoro towards the Bunyoro Kingdom in order to understand where the legitimacy of the traditional authority lies.
2. To understand the overlapping roles, if any, among traditional authority including chiefs and local government bodies. As Uganda is known for its decentralization policy as well as its recognition of traditional authority in the constitution, understanding the relations between traditional authority and local “government is crucial in this study.
3. To understand the region in the whole picture by examining the relations between the Bunyoro Kingdom and local residents living in Bunyoro as well as local government.
 Japan 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jonathan Kuttainen Joel
ID:
From rural to digital: the rise of e-money in developing economies
REFNo: SS293ES

This research project looks at the uptake of mobile money services in a rural setting of west Uganda. The project seeks to understand, as per the key research question, how mobile money has a positive effect on poverty alleviation within the context of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the G20’s commitments to financial inclusion for the unbanked? It further aims to understand whether mobile money is a transformational technology, offering value to its users, or a displacing technology that propagates social and economic disparity, privileging a few at the expense of the many? In response to these questions, the research will take a case study approach to explore and evaluate the user experience of mobile money services in the context of a poor, rural region where a high proportion of the community is unbanked.
 Australia 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Rachel Nanteza
ID:
Water user perceptions of the pre-paid meter system in the slums of Kampala: A Spatial and Institutional Analysi
REFNo: SS312ES

In Kampala-Uganda, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is using pre-paid meter technology to provide water services to people living in slums. Shared PPM standpoints have been installed on both public and private land and can be used by anyone who has a token to access the system and can afford to pay for the water.
This study will investigate water users’ perceptions of the shared PPM system seeking to specifically uncover user insights on the processes of water access and withdrawal. To do that we will utilize GIS tools to map the shared PPMs within the slum and identify with users the different characteristics of the PPM system. In addition, we will investigate the different arrangements users have created to access tokens that could be used in the shared PPMs. At the end of the research, we may be able to identify some barriers to accessing and withdrawing water in the slums.
Uganda 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jane Namugga
ID:
TELEHEALTH FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS400ES

1. To describe health workers and patients’ experiences and opinions of the Mobile colposcopy program for cervical cancer screening and management in Uganda. 2. To compare cervical cancer screening findings or impressions made using VIA alone vs VIA done with a mobile colposcopy. 3. To demonstrate the role of mobile colposcopy in training of health workers in cervical cancer screening.
Uganda 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Nathan Tumwesigye
ID:
Evaluation of Health Outcomes and Satisfaction with Care in HIV-infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Differentiated Service Delivery Models (DSDM) of HIV care in EC region, Uganda
REFNo: HS401ES

STUDY OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study is to determine satisfaction with care, retention, and viral suppression in HIV-infected patients receiving ART in DSD models at fourteen facilities in the EC region.
Specific Objectives:
1. To determine the level of and factors associated with client satisfaction with quality of HIV care services in the different differentiated service delivery models at fourteen health facilities in East Central Uganda
2. To determine viral load suppression rates in clients enrolled in the different HIV differentiated care service models at fourteen health facilities in East Central Uganda.
3. To determine 6 and 12 months retention-in-care rates in patients enrolled in the different HIV differentiated service delivery models at fourteen health facilities in East-Central Uganda.
 Uganda 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Leah Mbabazi
ID: UNCST-2019-R000099
 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH UPTAKE OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG HIV POSITIVE WOMEN ON DOLUTEGRAVIR BASED ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT AT HEALTH CENTRES OF KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY-UGANDA.
REFNo: HS406ES

1. To determine the level of uptake of contraceptives among HIV positive women of reproductive age who are on dolutegravir (DTG) based Antiretroviral treatment (ART)at IDI-KCCA Health centres.
2. To assess the different contraceptives utilized by HIV positive women of reproductive age who are on DTG based ART at IDI-KCCA Health centres.
3. To explore the knowledge on contraceptives among HIV positive women of reproductive age who are on DTG based ART at IDI-KCCA Health centres.
4. To determine the individual, social and health system factors that influence uptake of contraceptives HIV positive women of reproductive age who are on DTG based ART at IDI-KCCA Health centres.

 Uganda 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
MARIAM BASAJJA
ID:
DESIGNING A FAIR DATA POINT FOR DIGITAL HEALTH IN UGANDA
REFNo: IS18ES

The main reason for this study is to help answer the following research questions;
• What are the digital health solutions piloted in Uganda and how sustainable are these?
• What are the reasons for lack of sustainability of pilot digital health solutions in Uganda?
• To what extent and in what way is lack of policy on data-management, data-sharing and data- analytics a contributing factor to the lack of sustainability of digital health solutions in Uganda?
• Can the introduction of the systematic use of FAIR data protocol through a FAIR Data point help overcome structural challenges to the development and maintenance of sustainable digital health solutions in Uganda?
• How can introduction of FAIR data support and strengthen accessibility of personal health data as well as depersonalized health data analytics.
• How can data-analytics of health data be propagated, integrated and maintained though a FAIR data point. 



 Uganda 2019-07-23 2022-07-23 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
JOEL MASAGAZI YAWE YAWE
ID:
Developing a model to manage burnout among teaching staff at private universities in Uganda.
REFNo: SS256ES

a) To explore ways how prolonged stressors can lead to burnout among teaching. b) To examine the major causes of burnout among teaching staff. c) To investigate ways how burnout can impact the performance of teaching staff. d) To develop management model to address burnout among teaching staff.
 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Anthony Mugisha
ID:
Hearing their voices: Action research to support women’s agency and empowerment in livestock vaccine distribution, delivery and use in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya
REFNo: A42ES

Objective #1: Gender analysis and baseline assessment- Identify and analyze the barriers, opportunities and strategies for improving women’s entry and participation in livestock ownership and vaccine value chain (VVC) in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.
• What gender, social, cultural, political, economic, technical barriers and perceptions impede women’s effective participation, define livestock ownership and decision making and prevent women from being beneficiaries of livestock vaccines as users, service providers and entrepreneurs?
• What factors and opportunities are needed or exist to enhance their participation in the VVC to increase livestock productivity and improve household food security?

Objective #2:VVC analysis- Conduct a VVC analysis focusing on PPR in Uganda, RVF in Rwanda and NCD in Kenya to determine if the VVC supports women empowerment and gender equality.
• What economic, socio-cultural, familial, legal, political and psychological networks shape the current VVC at the micro, meso and macro levels and how do these impact women small holder farmers? Who are VVC key players and how do they impact women empowerment and gender equality? What are the gender capacities (skills, knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, behavior) of the actors along the VVC?

Objective #3: Entry points- Test models that support women’s entry into the VVC and their impact on empowerment and livelihoods.
• What entry points exist along the VVC and how can they enhance women’s participation? What women’s agency and empowerment models address entrepreneurship, self-reliance, and cooperation?
• How can these models support women’s participation in and benefit from the VVC?
• What test models can support women’s entry and participation in the LOVVC?
• What is the impact of the models and what components have the potential to be scaled out and adapted to other community settings?

 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Agricultural Sciences Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 HIV Self-testing, STI Self-sampling and PrEP for Transgender Women in Uganda
REFNo: HS390ES

Aim 1: Conduct formative research to inform implementation of peer-delivered combination HIV prevention for African transgender women.
Aim 2: Evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of pee-delivered combination HIV prevention (HIVST, STISS and PrEP) for African transgender women by implementing a pilot cluster randomized trial.
Aim 3: Explore how peer-delivery of HIVST, STISS and PrEP influences prevention choices among TGW and sexual partners.
 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Nathan Tumwesigye
ID:
Quality Improvement Approaches to Enhance Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation in Antenatal Care Clinics in Iganga and Buyende Districts, Uganda
REFNo: HS396ES

Goal: To develop QI-enhanced process and assess its effects on the IFAS program, including the delivery of services, the availability of supplies and the adherence of pregnant women attending ANC to IFAS.
Aim 1 (QI implementation): The first aim is to examine the state of the health education about IFAS during ANC visits and the supply system, and to investigate the implementation of a QI-enhanced process for IFAS intervention to address the bottlenecks identified regarding a) health education; b) essential drugs quantification.
Aim 2 (QI effectiveness): The second aim is to assess the effectiveness of the QI-enhanced process for IFAS intervention on a) the quality of health education; b) women’ knowledge and motivation to use IFA tablets; c) the tracking procedures and availability of IFA tablets at health facilities providing ANC
 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Adelline Twimukye
ID: UNCST-2019-R000117
 FACTORS INFLUENCING PATIENT’S DECISION MAKING PROCESS ON SUBSTITUTING FROM EFAVIRENZ (EFV) TO DOLUTEGRAVIR (DTG) AT INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE (IDI), KAMPALA- UGANDA.
REFNo: SS314ES

The overall objective of this study is to understand the factors influencing Patient’s decision-making Process on substituting from Efavirenz (EFV) to Dolutegravir (DTG) at Infectious Diseases (IDI), Kampala- Uganda.
Specific objectives
Qualitative
AIM 1. To evaluate the mechanism of the decision-making process and support required among HIV positive patients substituting from EFV to DTG at IDI in Uganda
AIM 2. To explore decision-making process of women in reproductive age (18-55 years) and explore how decisions about substitution from EFV to DTG substitution evolve over time.
AIM 5. Describe experiences around adherence among key populations taking DTG
AIM 9. To evaluate the DTG therapy implementation process among health care providers involved in the substitution from EFV to DTG.
Quantitative
AIM 3. To determine the proportion of stable Patient’s on their previous ART regimens switched to DTG.
AIM 4. To asses factors associated toxicities or adverse effects on patients switched from EFV or DTG.
AIM 6. To determine the proportion and characteristics of patients who have substituted from Efavirenz to DTG.
AIM 7. To determine factors associated with substituting from EFV to DTG
AIM 8. To describe quality of life of patients who have substituted from EFV to DTG.

 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Sabine Haller
ID:
Amikacin Exposure and Toxicity - Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Analysis in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Uganda: A Pilot Study
REFNo: HS402ES

To describe the pharmacokinetics of amikacin in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
To explore the relationship between exposure to amikacin and the toxicity of this drug using pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling.

 Switzerland 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
STEPHEN LUTOTI
ID:
Anti-Proliferative Activity screening of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants traditionally used by Breast Cancer patients in Central Uganda
REFNo: HS405ES

The general objective of this study is to discover novel, potent anti-breast cancer compounds from plants used in traditional treatment of breast cancer by in Central Uganda.

Specific Objectives
This study is designed to address four specific objectives, namely:
i. To describe the beliefs and practices of breast cancer patients in Central Uganda towards use of herbal medicines.
ii. To document the medicinal plants used in traditional treatment of breast tumours in Central Uganda.
iii. To establish the anti-proliferative activity of extracts of selected medicinal plants identified from the ethnobotanical survey.

iv. To elucidate the bioactive compounds in the two most efficacious extracts against breast cancer.

Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Elliot Howard-Spink Charles
ID:
Do cultural evolutionary processes shape the long-distance vocalisations of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)?
REFNo: NS97ES

Overall Objective: To determine the extent to which populations of chimpanzees show differences in their long-distance communication behaviours, and what factors may drive differences in these behaviours between populations. I will do this by completing the following four sub-objectives. Objective 1 – Create an ethnography for behavioural features of chimpanzee pant-hoot displays. I intend to collect video and audio footage of the pant-hoot displays of chimpanzees in the Bugoma rainforest, which I can then compare to pre-existing video and audio footage of pant-hoots by chimpanzees in other populations across Africa. I will use collected data, and pre-existing data, to create an ethnography of pant-hoot displays in different chimpanzee populations (Whiten et al., 1999). Once a working ethnography of the behavioural features of these displays has been established, I will investigate the biological forces that may be driving inter-population variation in pant-hoot displays. Objective 2 – Determine the extent to which genetics determines the behavioural features of pant-hoot displays. I will do this by following a method outlined by Lycett et al, 2007, who investigated the genetic influences of chimpanzee tool use behaviours. The ethnography generated in objective 1 will be used to create a maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree based on the traits of pant-hoot displays. This will then be compared with well-established genetic phylogenies of chimpanzee populations. Increasing similarities between these evolutionary trees would suggest that genetics is increasingly more likely in explaining behavioural differences in pant-hoot calls between chimpanzee populations. Objective 3 - Determine the extent to which environmental variables determine the behavioural features of pant-hoot displays. This will be done by creating mathematical models which try to explain variation in pant-hoot displays using physical and social environmental variables of the caller’s environment. Physical variables include weather patterns and vegetation density. Social variables include the immediate social party, caller identity, and caller status at the time of vocalization. These models will assess the variation in pant-hooting which can be explained by the caller’s environment, as well as the variation which remains unexplained. Objective 4 – Assess the likelihood of cultural evolutionary forces driving pant-hoot variation between chimpanzee populations. This will be done by method of exclusion. This would involve taking variation in pant-hooting behaviour which cannot be explained by genetics or the environment and discussing the likelihood of its formation due to vocal learning behaviours in chimpanzees. The existence of these behaviours in chimpanzee populations remains inconclusive, and this project aims to begin to elucidate the extent to which chimpanzees show cultural differences in their communicative behaviours. Lycett, S. J., Collard, M. and McGrew, W. C. (2007) ‘Phylogenetic analyses of behavior support existence of culture among wild chimpanzees’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(45), pp. 17588–17592. Whiten, A. et al. (1999) ‘Cultures in chimpanzees’, Nature, 399(6737), pp. 682–685. doi: 10.1038/21415.
UK 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Johnblack Kabukye Kabaalu
ID: UNCST-2019-R001109
 Requirements for an Interactive Voice Response system for provision of cancer information to patients and general public in Uganda
REFNo: HS418ES

To co-create a program theory for development, implementation and evaluation of IVR system for provision of cancer information to patients and general public in Uganda
 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Stephen Asiimwe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000059
 Quality of Life and Aging with HIV in Rural Uganda
REFNo: HS419ES

Aim 1: Use qualitative methods to develop a conceptual framework explaining how HIV influences quality of life among older-aged people in Uganda.

We will conduct semi-structured interviews among 60 study participants stratified by sex and HIV serostatus to explore conceptualizations of and domains that meaningfully impact quality of life. We will use an inductive analytic approach to identify locally relevant domains that determine health and quality of life for older people in our study population. The over-arching goal of Aim 1 is to develop a conceptual framework and optimize selection of measures related to quality of life to be used in study Aims 2 and 3.

Aim 2: Compare trajectories of social, cognitive, and physical functioning, and global quality of life by HIV serostatus in Uganda.

We will use the Aim 1 findings to inform appropriate selection of measures. We will observe 600 participants annually for four years to collect outcome measures of physical, cognitive, and social functioning, and quality of life. We hypothesize that PLWH will exhibit steeper declines in physical, cognitive, and social functioning, and quality of life compared to HIV-negative individuals.

Aim 3: Identify intervention targets, and assess the acceptability and feasibility of promising interventions, to improve functioning and quality of life among older PLWH in Uganda.

We will fit mixed effects regression models with data from the Aim 2 cohort to identify determinants of quality of life among PLWH, including social (e.g. stigma, depression, familial deaths), biomedical (e.g. comorbidities, opportunistic infections), and HIV-specific factors (e.g. viral load, nadir CD4, sCD14). We hypothesize that HIV-associated stigma and familial deaths due to HIV will predict faster decline in functional domains and quality of life among older PLWH. We will supplement these analyses with participant and stakeholder workshops to assess the preliminary acceptability and feasibility of potential interventions to improve quality of life in this population.

Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Samuel Kyobe
ID: UNCST-2019-R000108
 Role of Class I HLA Alleles in HIV Disease Progression in Botswana and Uganda
REFNo: HS421ES

1) To describe the baseline characteristics of the pediatric HIV cohort in Uganda and Botswana.
2) To describe the distribution of class I HLA alleles in pediatric HIV in Botswana and Uganda.
3) To determine the HLA Class I alleles that are associated with HIV disease progression in Botswana and Ugandan African paediatric populations.
4) To determine the structural and functional (binding) characteristics of those class I HLA alleles associated with HIV disease progression.
 Uganda 2019-07-10 2022-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Roy Carr-Hill Ngugi
ID:
Impact Evaluation of interventions to prevent Violence Against Children in Schools (VACiS) in Uganda
REFNo: SS322ES

1. Assess the extent to which the objectives of the teacher training and life skills education through school clubs are consistent with beneficiaries’ needs as far as creating a safe learning environment
2. Determine the impact (positive, negative, intended and unintended) of teacher training and learners’ life skills education through school clubs on reducing violence against children in schools.
3. Assess the likelihood of continuation of benefits from the VACiS interventions after UNICEF assistance to supported schools has ceased
4. Provide recommendations on how to strengthen teacher
UK 2019-07-04 2022-07-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Hailey Tiarks Jo
ID:
Testing the role of turbidity on the visual sensitivity of an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS90ES

The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of turbidity and other environmental stressors on behavior and development of visual and behavioural traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae). Environmental degradation can introduce persistent environmental stressors that impair many behaviors in fishes that could influence their ability see their environment, which can obscure reproduction, predation, and other inter/intra species visual cues. It is important to understand how species continue to persist in degraded tropical aquatic habitats to help conserve essential biodiversity for the health of aquatic ecosystems. We will investigate how important stressors, such as turbidity, influence the behavior and development of visual traits in a widespread African cichlid in the lakes, rivers, and swamps near Lake Nabugabo, western Uganda.
 USA 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Caitlin Monroe Cooke
ID:
Defining History: Education, expertise, and women's knowledge in Western Uganda, 1800-1980
REFNo: SS269ES

This project has four objectives: 1.) Identify early systems of indigenous education in Western Uganda 2.) Explore the role of women and women's knowledge in those indigenous education initiatives 3.) Explore how education initiatives – from indigenous ones to colonial schools – separated the discipline of "history" from other kinds of knowledge about the past 4.) Ask how this neglected women's knowledge changes our contemporary understandings of intellectual history
 USA 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Eva  Wanyenze Wodeya wodeya
ID:
CONTINUOUS LABOR SUPPORT: EXPLORATION OF PRACTICES, EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF TRAINING A BIRTH COMPANION ON BIRTH OUTCOMES AND WOMEN’S EXPERENCES IN THE BUGISU SUB-REGION
REFNo: HS377ES

1. To explore support practices provided by birth companions in relation to women’s needs during labour and birth
2. To assess the effectiveness of continuous labour support by a trained companion of choice on anxiety and coping during active labour.
3. To determine the effect of continuous labour support provided by a trained companion of choice on labour outcomes and maternal satisfaction.
4. To describe birthing experiences of women continuously supported during labour by a trained companion.

Uganda 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Herbert Muyinda
ID: UNCST-2019-R000373
 Cango Lyec Study: Developing and Testing Interventions to Reduce HIV risk, increase access to treatment and promote resilience in war affected populations in Northern Uganda – Baseline Study
REFNo: HS328ES

1) Estimate prevalence and incidence of HIV / syphilis/Hepatis B, and identify risk factors among conflict-affected populations in Northern Uganda

2) Investigate associations between posttraumatic stress, resilience, and depression, with HIV/Hep. B incidence among conflict-affected populations in Northern Uganda

 Uganda 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
HILLARY AHEISIBWE
ID:
PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN POSITIVITY AMONG WOMEN RECEIVING ANTENATAL CARE AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL.
REFNo: HS342ES

General objective
To determine the prevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B surface antigen positivity among women attending Antenatal care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
b) Specific Objectives
1. To determine the Prevalence of hepatitis B infection among mothers attending Antenatal Care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2. To determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the pregnant women with a positive hepatitis B surface antigen attending ANC clinic at MRRH.
3. To describe the factors associated with Hepatitis B surface antigen positivity among pregnant women attending antenatal care.

 Uganda 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Agathe Verhulst Julie
ID:
Prevalence of Oesophagostomum spp. in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) and livestock at Bwindi Impenetrable National Parc, Uganda.
REFNo: HS369ES

To gain a better understanding of the parasite’s prevalence in order to prevent future infection at the gorilla/livestock/human interface and following a one health approach: improve the health of the gorillas and the livelihood of
the human population neighbouring the BINP.
 France 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Current and prior viral zoonotic infections among adults admitted with acute febrile illness in North and Central Uganda
REFNo: HS371ES

Primary objective:
To determine the prevalence of 1) current and 2) prior viral zoonotic infections among hospitalized adults with acute febrile illness in Northern and Central Uganda

Secondary objectives:
1.To determine epidemiologic or historical risk factors associated with a) viral zoonotic infections and b) resistant bacterial infections.
2.To determine the prevalence of bacteremia and antibacterial resistance among hospitalized adults with acute febrile illness.To characterize clinical factors associated with antibiotic prescription and discontinuation among patients hospitalized with acute febrile illness.

 Nigeria 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Irene Ayakaka
ID:
PATIENT AND HEALTH WORKER EXPERIENCES WITH COMMUNICATION ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS (TB) AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE (CLD) IN HOSPITALS AROUND KAMPALA, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS407ES

Overall objective

The overall aim of this project is to improve understanding of the practice context for patient-centred communication and to explore effective, feasible and sustainable ways to improve its frequency and effectiveness for CLD management in the routine public health system in Uganda.
Specific objectives

Specifically, the study will seek to elicit patient and health worker perspectives of communication during CLD diagnosis and treatment and to understand the impact of this on patient choices for disease management and for disease coping strategies.
Objective 1: To explore patients’ perceptions of their illness and how this affects their quality of life and coping strategies.
Objective 2: To characterize the practice context for communication about CLD at public health care facilities in Uganda.
Objective 3: To describe how health workers, perceive and prioritize communication.
Objective 4: To explore patient priorities and preferences for improved communication around CLD.

 Uganda 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Fenella Hayes Marion
ID:
A qualitative research project to explore healthcare providers and program managers’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the role of international medical volunteers
REFNo: HS389ES

Overall Study Aim: To assess the relationship between the non-government organisation (NGO) volunteers from VSO Uganda and their in-country partners (healthcare providers and program managers) to improve the development and sustainability of the programs in Uganda. Objectives: 1) To explore the attitudes and perceptions of International Medical Volunteers by healthcare providers and program managers in-country. 2) To identify the challenges and opportunities facing healthcare providers and programme managers when working with International Medical Volunteers. 3) To investigate what recommendations could be made to improve the Volunteer Partner Relationships between International Medical Volunteers and their in-country partners (healthcare providers and programme managers) to improve the development and sustainability of VSO Uganda and therefore other NGO projects
 UK 2019-07-01 2022-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Silvia Awor
ID: UNCST-2019-R000591
 Using ultrasonography and maternal characteristics to predict preeclampsia and adverse pregnancy outcomes at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor
REFNo: HS258ES

General Objective To determine Doppler ultrasonography indices and maternal characteristics that predict preeclampsia and adverse pregnancy outcomes at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor Specific objectives 1. To determine the cut-off second trimester uterine artery Doppler Sonography PI and RI with potential to predict PE by the time of delivery at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor 2. To determine the maternal characteristics taken during the second trimester of pregnancy with potential to predict PE by the time of delivery at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor 3. To determine if selected Laboratory findings taken during the second trimester of pregnancy predict PE by the time of delivery at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor.
 Uganda 2019-06-24 2022-06-24 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Mackenzie Carlson
ID:
Investigating the prevalence and practices of herbal medicine use in antenatal care in Mukono District, Uganda
REFNo: HS386ES

Specific Aim 1: Collect qualitative data using a standardized questionnaire to evaluate the prevalence of herbal medicine use in pregnancy, including which herbs are taken for what purposes.
Specific Aim 2: Identify ways in which herbal medicines are obtained and prepared for use in pregnancy.
Specific Aim 3: Identify the concordance between what recommendations and medications are given to pregnant women to prepare for labor and delivery by traditional birth attendants versus government midwives.
Hypotheses: We hypothesize that most pregnant women in the Mukono District use herbal medicine during pregnancy and that the exact preparations of herbal medications vary by traditional birth attendant preparing them and by village.
 USA 2019-06-24 2022-06-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jennifer Davis
ID: UNCST-2019-R000218
 Reliable handpumps at scale? Evaluating costs and benefits of, and demand for, professionalized preventative maintenance services in rural Uganda
REFNo: SS309ES

(1) Characterize common models of infrastructure maintenance for rural boreholes with handpumps in Uganda.
(2) Assess rural communities’ willingness and ability to pay for professionalized preventative maintenance service designed to enhance handpump reliability.
(3) Estimate the costs and benefits of providing handpump maintenance services to communities in Apac and Kwania districts
 USA 2019-06-24 2022-06-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Norbert  Kaggwa
ID:
Factors influencing the utilization of postabortion contraception at the Gynecology ward Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS379ES

1. To determine the proportion of women seeking PAC services at the Gynecology ward MRRH, that accept a postabortion family planning method.
2. To establish the factors influencing post abortion family planning uptake at Gynecology ward MRRH


 Uganda 2019-06-11 2022-06-11 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Moses Tetui
ID:
Prevalence of modern contraceptive use among the urban poor, and stakeholder perceptions on family planning services in slums. The case of Kira municipality, Wakiso district, Uganda
REFNo: HS382ES

1. To conduct a landscape analysis of the existing family planning services in Kira municipality, Wakiso district, Uganda
2. To determine the prevalence of modern contraceptive use and the unmet need among the urban poor in Kira municipality, Wakiso district
3. To explore the provider and urban poor perceptions towards existing family planning services in Kira municipality, Wakiso district
4. To make recommendations of strategies for improving the uptake of family planning services among the urban poor in Kira municipality

 Uganda 2019-06-11 2022-06-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
 Experiences and Perspectives of Patients with Hypertension in Mbarara, Uganda
REFNo: HS343ES

To understand the patient experience of hypertension, including diagnosis, understanding of disease, medical adherence, and treatment regimens.

 Uganda 2019-06-06 2022-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Moses Ssebuliba Kiwanuka
ID:
NECK CIRCUMFERENCE AS A SCREENING TEST FOR RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS UNDER INFECTIOUS DISEASE INSTITUTE CARE, UGANDA
REFNo: HS353ES

General objective.
1.To determine the accuracy of neck circumference as a screening tool for cardiovascular disease among HIV patients.
Specific objectives.
1.To determine the accuracy of using neck circumferences compared to Framingham cardiovascular risk scores as a screening tool for increased risk of cardiovascular disease among HIV patients presenting at urban clinic.
2.To determine the cutoff point of neck circumference diameter that indicates increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
3.To determine the factors (socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory) associated with a large neck circumference or a high Framingham CVD risk score in HIV patients attending care in an urban clinic.

 Uganda 2019-06-06 2022-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Robert Kairania
ID:
Reassessing the HIV and STI syndemic in Rakai, Uganda after scale-up of combination HIV prevention interventions: a population-based study
REFNo: HS364ES

Aim 1: To measure population-level prevalence of syphilis, Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) among ~2000 RCCS participants aged 18-49.

Aim 2: To assess the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant mutations among individuals with PCR-confirmed gonococcal infection

Aim 3: To assess the association between individual-level and partner use of CHIs and STI prevalence.

 Uganda 2019-06-06 2022-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Joseph Baluku B
ID: UNCST-2019-R000612
 Evaluating Narrative As An Intervention For Upscalling Screening Of Cancer Of The Cervix Among Countryside Residents In Kenya And Uganda
REFNo: HS378ES

1. To find out the level of awareness and knowledge on cervical cancer screening among women aged 30 years and above
2. To determine the use of cervical cancer screening services among women aged 30 years and above
3. To examine the effect of narration on use of cervical cancer screening services among women aged 30 years and above

 Uganda 2019-06-06 2022-06-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Marie Vollbrecht Luise
ID:
The effect of hypoxia on brain cell proliferation, neurogenesis and cognitive performance of weakly electric fish
REFNo: NS91ES

To understand how weakly electric fish from a low oxygen habitat vary in their cognitive performance.

To show how low oxygen influences sensory performance, behavior and anatomy in the wild.
 Germany 2019-06-06 2022-06-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
James Ditai
ID:
The BabySaver Kit: development and evaluation of a novel device for affordable neonatal resuscitation in a low-income region in Africa
REFNo: HS349ES

• To evaluate the usability of the BabySaver kit for providing neonatal resuscitation by describing the range of resuscitation procedures performed on a group of babies,
• To assess whether the Kit allows resuscitation with intact umbilical cord based on the proportion of babies successfully resuscitated on the kit with an intact cord.
• To assess the safety of the BabySaver kit from post-resuscitation temperature measurements and serious adverse event reports
• To assess its acceptability to health workers compared with the routine resuscitation equipment, based on a questionnaire,
Uganda 2019-05-30 2022-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sam Ononge
ID: UNCST-2020-R000328
 Tranexamic acid for the prevention of postpartum bleeding in women with anaemia: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial.
REFNo: HS346ES

To determine the effects of Tranexamic acid on postpartum bleeding and other health outcomes in women with moderate or severe anaemia.


 Uganda 2019-05-28 2022-05-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ahmed Ddungu
ID: UNCST-2019-R000944
 THE ROLE OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1 AS A PREDICTOR OF COPD IN A COHORT OF POST-TB HIV INFECTED PATIENTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS350ES

Primary objective:
• To assess for long term respiratory outcomes of TB in HIV infected adults by determining the burden of COPD and associated factors among members in the Study on Outcomes related to Tuberculosis and HIV drug concentrations’ (SOUTH) TB-HIV cohort at IDI at 0 and 24 months after enrolment in the TGFbeta study.
Secondary objectives
• To assess the association between serum TGFβ1 levels and burden of COPD amongst post-TB patients in the IDI ‘(SOUTH) TB-HIV cohort.
• To assess for an association between chest X-ray abnormalities at the end of TB treatment and COPD in post-TB HIV infected adults in the SOUTH study TB-HIV cohort at IDI.

 Uganda 2019-05-28 2022-05-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jackline Kampire
ID:
PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF LOCAL PIG POPULATIONS IN SOUTH WESTERN AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONE (SWAEZ): THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND PORK QUALITY
REFNo: A44ES

1.To map the abundance and distribution of the local pig populations in SWAEZ.
2.To determine the phenotypic features of local pig breeds in SWAEZ.
3.To determine the genetic relationship between local pig populations and exotic breeds in SWAEZ.
4.To determine the pork quality of the local pig populations in SWAEZ.

 Uganda 2019-05-28 2022-05-28 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
joseph  mwizerwa
ID:
Strengthening academic advancement for enrolled nurses: Developing a new program framework for enrolled nurses in Uganda.
REFNo: HS375ES

1.Explore experiences, aspirations and needs of ENs in Uganda with respect to advancing their nursing careers.
2.Identify the barriers and facilitators for academic advancement of ENs within Uganda.
3.Examine the suitability of Ugandan EN advancement programs in meeting EN education needs.
4.Critically examine international educational programs developed for ENs (or similar level nurses) career progression, to assess their applicability to the Ugandan context.
5.Develop a new academic advancement framework for ENs in Uganda and generate consensus for it.

 Uganda 2019-05-28 2022-05-28 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Annabel  Morales-Smith
ID:
Assessing local attitudes towards tourism and conservation at Bwindi Impenetrable national park, Uganda
REFNo: SS302ES

This master’s research aims to investigate if park tourism can improve attitudes of residents involved in small-scale tourism enterprises towards protected area conservation, by delivering economic development; using Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) in Uganda as a case study.
The research objectives are:
• Measure expectations of residents involved in small-scale tourism enterprises based on their experiences of park tourism.
• Evaluating if recent interventions to enhance small-scale tourism enterprises have increased economic benefits from park tourism and if this has improved attitudes towards PA conservation.
• Assess the sustainability of these interventions.
The research hypothesis is: ‘Local attitudes towards protected area conservation improve when residents involved in small-scale tourism enterprises receive benefits from park tourism’.
And the research questions I will ask to test this hypothesis & achieve the aim of this project are:
• What expectations do residents involved in small-scale tourism enterprises have of park tourism?
• Do local attitudes towards protected area conservation improve when residents involved in small-scale tourism enterprises receive benefits from tourism?
• Do people feel they are sufficiently trained to continue without further interventions?

 UK 2019-05-21 2022-05-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Henry Kajumbula Mawerere
ID: UNCST-2019-R001531
 IDENTIFICATION OF VIRULENCE FACTORS, TRANSMISSION PATTERNS AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MECHANISMS OF EAST AFRICAN Vibrio cholerae ISOLATES BY WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING
REFNo: HS338ES

Aim: To obtain whole genome sequences (WGS) of Vibrio cholera O1 isolated in various parts of Uganda from 2014 to 2018 and use the data to determine the evolution, spread, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and pathogenesis of the isolates

Specific objectives:
1. Determine patterns of spread of V.cholerae O1 in Uganda and within the East African region using WGS
2.Infer relatedness and evolution of strains of V.cholerae O1 isolated in Uganda and the East African region from WGS data
3.Identify any uniqueness in virulence genes or their expression among strains of V.cholerae isolated in Uganda and the East African region from WGS data
4.Identify genes of antimicrobial resistance and infer prevailing mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance among V. cholerae O1 isolated in Uganda

 Uganda 2019-05-14 2022-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Catriona  Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
 INVESTIGATION OF THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF ATAZANAVIR IN PREGNANT WOMEN, INDIVIDUALS AT EXTREMES OF BMI, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY NESTED WITHIN THE VIRTUAL CONSORTIUM
REFNo: HS351ES

Primary Objectives
1. To describe the pharmacokinetic parameters of ATV currently used in the clinical care of HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women, children and adolescents, and individuals with obesity or malnutrition.
2. To compare these parameters to those observed in non-pregnant HIV-infected adults on second-line ART who enter a dose escalation study of ATV/r + RIF as WP2 of the VirTUAL programme
Secondary Objectives
1. To use nonlinear mixed-effects modelling to describe sources of variability on the pharmacokinetics of ATV

 UK 2019-05-14 2022-05-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
PALLAVI PRABHAKAR
ID:
Reproductive and maternal health care provision for refugees and host populations in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS296ES

This study aims to undertake: 1.A policy analysis to examine access and health financing arrangements for Sexual , Reproductive and Maternal Healthcare (SRMH) and the delivery of these services for refugees and host populations in Uganda, in the context of transition from an acute emergency to a development response model. 2.An impact , process and economic evaluation of the BRAC ELA programme which aims to train the adolescent girls on issues related to health, nutrition, financial literacy, and life skills.
India 2019-05-14 2022-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Daniel  Atwine Warren
ID:
Community Intervention for Tuberculosis Active Contact Tracing and Preventive Therapy - A Cluster Randomized Study (CONTACT)
REFNo: HS329ES

To compare the proportion of household child TB contacts eligible for PT (<5 years and HIV-infected children 5-14 years without active TB) who initiate and complete PT using facility-based and decentralized community-based models of care for contact screening and management.
 Uganda 2019-05-07 2022-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Shallon  Atuhaire
ID:
Self-fulfilling Prophecies and Self-efficacy: Association with Community Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Obstetric Fistula Patients in Kitovu Hospital, Uganda
REFNo: HS361ES


i. To identify self-fulfilling prophecies among repaired and unrepaired obstetric fistula patients in Kitovu Mission Hospital.
ii. To assess the highest level of self-efficacy among repaired and unrepaired obstetric fistula patients in Kitovu Mission Hospital.
iii. To determine the role played by self-fulfilling prophecies in community reintegration and rehabilitation of obstetric fistula in Kitovu Mission Hospital.
iv. To measure the association between obstetric fistula patients’ levels of self-efficacy and their rehabilitation in Kitovu Mission Hospital.
v. To explore the extent to which obstetric fistula patients of different fistula repair statuses are involved in rehabilitation in Kitovu Mission Hospital.

 Uganda 2019-05-07 2022-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Musa Kayondo
ID:
PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE IN SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA: PATTERNS, IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE, SURGICAL OUTCOMES AND THE PREDICTING FACTORS, OF PATIENTS ATTENDING MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS368ES

1. To determine the patterns of POP in the Gynecology department of MRRH.
2. To establish the quality of life (physical, social, emotional and sexual function) before and after surgery among women with POP at MRRH.
3. To determine the outcomes of surgical treatment and related prognostic factors of POP at MRRH.

 Uganda 2019-05-07 2022-05-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Katia  Peterson
ID:
A quasi-experimental study of Interpersonal Group Therapy (IPT) treatment attribution on decreasing depression severity among depressed women in Iganga District, Makuutu Sub County and Mukono District, Kimenyedde Sub Counties
REFNo: SS297ES

General objective

To establish a baseline prevalence of depression and determine the period and treatment effects of depression severity between depressed women in Iganga (Makuutu Sub County) and Mukono District (Kimenyedde Sub Counties).

Specific objectives
1. Determine the prevalence of depression in Makuutu Sub County (Iganga) and Kimenyedde Sub Counties (Mukono).
2. Determine the change in depression severity, as measured by the PHQ-9, within control subjects at six months and one year follow up.
3. Determine the change in depression severity, as measured by the PHQ-9, between control and treatment subjects at six months and one-year follow up.
4. Determine the change in well-being as measured by the “Well-being Indicator Survey” within control subjects and between control and treatment subjects at six months and one year follow up.

 USA 2019-05-07 2022-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
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