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Mercy Wanyana Wendy
ID: UNCST-2025-R016999
 Barriers and facilitators to implementing one health approach for visceral leishmaniasis control in the Karamoja Region.
REFNo: HS6125ES

To examine barriers and facilitators to implementing one health approach for visceral leishmaniasis control in the Karamoja,2025.
 Uganda 2025-09-17 13:05:50 2028-09-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Lillian Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2025-R018187
 Impact of a Co-designed School-Based Intervention on 24-Hour Movement Behaviour and Selected Health Indicators Amongst Female Adolescents in Wakiso District, Uganda
REFNo: SS3966ES

1. Determine the level of adherence to 24-HMB guidelines among adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in mixed-boarding secondary schools in Wakiso district, Uganda.
2. Explore the determinants of adherence to 24-HMB guidelines among adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in mixed-boarding secondary schools in Wakiso district, Uganda.
3. Co-design a SBMB intervention with adolescent girls and teachers, targeted to enhance 24-HMB among adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in secondary schools in Wakiso District, Uganda.
4. Determine the association between accelerometer-measured 24-HMB and selected health indicators (CRF, BMI, WHtR, and BP) among adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in secondary schools in Wakiso District, Uganda.
5. Determine the impact of a co-designed SBMB intervention program on 24-HMB, and selected health indicators (CRF, BMI, WHtR and BP) among adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in mixed-boarding secondary schools in Wakiso district, Uganda

 Uganda 2025-09-17 13:03:31 2028-09-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mugumya  Kabaja Lawrence Kabaja
ID: UNCST-2024-R002956
 Evaluating the effect of Caregiver DOTs on viral re-suppression among children in Kigezi region
REFNo: HS6505ES

1. To establish the viral re-suppression rates among children on the CAGDOTS strategy in Kigezi Region. 2. To find out the factors associated with viral load re-suppression among the CALHIV) in Kigezi region.
Uganda 2025-09-17 12:36:18 2028-09-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Timothy Makumbi Kabanda
ID: UNCST-2021-R011760
 MICRO RNAS PROFILING: BIOPATHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION AND SURVIVAL OF EARLY ONSET BREAST CANCER AMONG UGANDAN Ref No. Mak-SOMREC-2021-272
REFNo: HS3699ES

iii) To correlate aberrantly expressed miRNAs profiles with associated survival among women with EOBC.,ii) To determine the association between MicroRNAs dysregulation and the clinical pathological characteristics among women with EOBC. ,i) To determine the prevalence of dysregulated MicroRNAs expression profiles among women with EOBC.,To determine the prevalent profiles of aberrantly expressed(dysregulated) miRNAs and how they influence the specific pathological characteristics, and survival after mastectomy breast surgery for early onset breast cancer (EOBC),
 Uganda 2025-09-17 12:32:26 2028-09-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 Integrating HIV prevention with TB household contact evaluation in Uganda (TB PrEP)
REFNo: HS6341ES

Aim 1: Assess the implementation and effectiveness of home- based HIV self-testing and PrEP initiation versus clinic referral on PrEP initiation and continuation during household TB contact investigation.

Aim 2: Examine processes of implementing HIV self-testing and PrEP initiation during household TB contact evaluation using qualitative methods.

Aim 3: Estimate the cost-effectiveness of implementing home- based HIV testing and PrEP initiation for household members of people with TB in Uganda compared to clinic referral.

 Uganda 2025-09-17 12:30:43 2028-09-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
NUWAGIRA KENETH
ID: UNCST-2025-R016664
 FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND GROWTH OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (MSMES) IN KAMPALA CITY, UGANDA.
REFNo: SS3991ES

Main Objectives
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of financial inclusion on growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Kampala City, Uganda.

1.4 Specific objectives
i) To determine the effect of credit accessibility on the growth of MSMEs in Kampala City, Uganda.
ii) To establish the effect of mobile money services on the growth of MSMEs in Kampala City, Uganda.
iii) To explore the effect of financial literacy on the growth of MSMEs in Kampala City, Uganda.

Uganda 2025-09-17 12:28:56 2028-09-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Twinamasiko Specioza
ID: UNCST-2022-R008954
 Empowering Ugandan Refugee–Host Communities in Becoming Climate Resilient: The Case Studies of Nakivale and Rhino Camp Refugee Settlements
REFNo: NS983ES

1. To assess the resilience of refugees and their host communities to water access and land tenure in Nakivale and Rhino Camp
2. To monitor water quality within the refugee settlements and host communities of Nakivale and Rhino Camp.
3. To analyze hazards and farming practices within the refugee settlements and host-communities of Nakivale and Rhino Camp refugee-host communities
4. To document the different traditional practices and indigenous knowledge on agriculture, water source preservation and forest conservation prevalent among the refugee and host communities of Nakivale and Rhino Camp Refugee settlements.
5. To identify ways in which traditional environmental practices and indigenous knowledge can complement the contemporary modern scientific policies of environmental conservation and protection in refugee-host communities

 Uganda 2025-09-17 12:27:48 2028-09-17 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sadia Mohamed Mahad
ID: UNCST-2024-R004826
 Prevalence and Factors Associated with Substance Use Among Refugees In Nakivale Settlement South-Western Uganda
REFNo: HS6217ES

i. To determine the prevalence of substance, use among refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. ii. To identify and describe the modifiable and non-modifiable factors associated with substance use among refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement.,
 Somalia 2025-09-17 12:08:46 2028-09-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jazira Tumusiime
ID: UNCST-2024-R003664
 EXPLORING CAREGIVERS AND HEALTH WORKERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS HPV VACCINATION AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ADOLESCENT CLININC AND BWIZIBWERA HEALTH CENTRE IV, UGANDA
REFNo: HS6193ES

To identify the barriers and facilitators influencing the uptake of HPV vaccination among adolescents at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and Bwizibwera Health Centre IV in southwestern Uganda.,To assess caregivers\' and healthcare workers\' knowledge and perceptions about HPV vaccination at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and Bwizibwera Health Centre IV in southwestern Uganda.,To explore caregivers’ and healthcare workers’ perceptions of HPV vaccination and identify the barriers and facilitators affecting the uptake of the HPV vaccine among adolescents at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and Bwizibwera Health Centre IV in southwestern Uganda.,
 Uganda 2025-09-17 11:22:16 2028-09-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Miria Nandera
ID: UNCST-2021-R012140
 SCHOOL CLIMATE AND WORK ENGAGEMENT MEDIATED AND MODERATED BY WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND JOB EMBEDDEDNESS OF PRE-PRIMARY TEACHERS IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: SS4033ES

1. To examine the influence of school climate on teacher work engagement of pre-primary teachers in Central Uganda.
2. To assess the influence of school climate on work-life balance of pre-primary teachers in Central Uganda.
3. To analyse the influence of work-life balance on teacher work engagement of pre-primary teachers in Central Uganda.
4. To test the mediating role of work-life balance on the influence of school climate on teacher work engagement of pre-primary teachers in Central Uganda.
5. To find out the moderating effect of job embeddedness on the influence school climate on teacher work engagement of pre-primary teachers in Central Uganda.
 Uganda 2025-09-17 11:19:34 2028-09-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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