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HADIJAH NAMYALO-GANAFA
ID: UNCST-2022-R010694
The Identification Gap: Exploring Intersectional Exclusions and Disconnections in Digital Identification for Health in Uganda
REFNo: SS2863ES


Understanding the nexus between digital IDs and healthcare access

To find out the institutions and power relations that shape the identification ecosystem in postcolonial Uganda and who benefits from it.

Exploring the role of the law in defining the eligibility for acquisition of IDs and their use in accessing services in Uganda.

Uganda 2024-09-12 11:37:48 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Betty Adoch
ID: UNCST-2024-R003825
Role of Social Capital in Facilitating Access to Livelihoods among Refugees in Post-Conflict Gulu City, Uganda
REFNo: SS2820ES

3. To establish the barriers and opportunities for social capital formation and utilization among refugees in post-conflict Gulu city.,2. To assess the influence of social capital on refugees’ access to livelihoods in post-conflict Gulu city.,1. To examine the forms of social capital experienced by refugees in post-conflict Gulu city. ,To examine the forms of social capital among refugees and how these influences access to livelihoods. This will inform policies and interventions geared towards urban refugees’ livelihoods and integration in post-conflict Gulu city. ,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:27:24 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Winnie  Muyindike R
ID: UNCST-2021-R013558
The Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) Results Communication (PERC) Study
REFNo: HS4449ES

Main Objective: To develop and pilot strategies for using PEth results communication to boost alcohol brief interventions for PWH and explore their acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility for a future large-scale Randomized Controlled Trial. AIM 1: Develop approaches for adding PEth results communication to alcohol brief interventions. AIM 2. Explore the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of adding PEth results communication to an alcohol brief intervention in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:23:21 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige
ID: UNCST-2020-R014529
Digital Evidence Communication for Intelligent Decisions: how PHC managers support community health worker to screen chronic disease (DECIDE PHC) REF NO;SBS-2024-545
REFNo: SS2773ES

2. To describe the outputs and outcomes resulting from the use of performance information by health assistants in supporting VHTs’ decisions around screening of NCDs (diabetes and epilepsy) in Buikwe district. ,1. To characterize the contextual barriers and facilitators influencing the use of digital data by health assistants in providing performance feedback to VHTs in Buikwe district.,To explore how Primary Health Care (PHC) managers (particularly health assistants) use digital evidence to support Village Health Team (VHT) members to improve processes for screening non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the community in Buikwe district.,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:13:46 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Philippa Musoke
ID: UNCST-2021-R013523
Neo-EPIC: A Study to Explore Preferences for Informed Consent processes in Neonatal Sepsis Research, version 2.0 April 17, 2024
REFNo: SS2682ES

Primary Objectives
• To characterize parents, guardians, and clinical staff’s knowledge about informed consent
(IC) processes for involvement of neonates in trials.
• To determine parents, guardians, and clinical staff’s preferences for an optmal informed
consent model for enrolment of neonates in trials by utlizing example scenarios of
different Informed consent models.
• To explore parents, guardians’ and clinical staff concerns about enrolment and informed
consent processes for trials in neonates to facilitate involvement of neonates in future
trials.

Secondary Objectves
• To understand regulators’ perspectves of Informed Consent models preferred by parents,
guardians, and clinical staff for enrollment of children with neonatal sepsis in research
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:11:49 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Morgan Andama
ID:
Safeguarding Common Drinking Water Sources for Improved Health and Educational Performance in Selected Schools in Arua District
REFNo: NS781ES

1. To establish the common drinking water sources used by pupils in selected primary schools in Vurra subcounty, Arua District and the health and educational impacts they pose to them. 2. To determine the water sources, water use and its challenges in communities surrounding selected primary schools in Vurra sub county, Arua District. 3. To carry out sanitary risk assessment of selected commonly used water sources (boreholes, springs and shallow wells, tap water, harvested water) used by pupils in the selected primary schools in Vurra subcounty. 4. To determine the suitability of water from the selected commonly used water sources (boreholes, springs and shallow wells, tap water, harvested water) for human consumption.
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:05:59 2027-09-12 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Lawrence Osuwat Obado
ID: UNCST-2023-R008389
CHARACTERIZATION OF PHENOTYPES AND MOLECULAR GENOTYPES OF BREAST CANCER: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY AT HISTOPATHOLOGY CENTRES IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS4751ES

To establish the prevalence of mutations and the clinical significance of the identified variants ,To characterize gene variants from DNA of the sampled materials,To categorize the molecular subtypes of the tumors from retrieved tissues,To determine the demographics and histological phenotypes of BC from archived materials,Overall, this study seeks to use archived breast tissues and clinical notes for the investigation of underlying gene mutations and the relationship between demographics, pathological phenotypes, and intrinsic molecular sub-types of BC in Uganda, done through four sub-studies.,
Uganda 2024-09-12 11:02:37 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
SABASTIAN SEMPALA
ID:
STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TVET TRAINERS IN INSTRUCTOR TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3179ES

(i) Establish the current strategies to enhance CPD for TVET trainers in instructor training institutions.
(ii) Assess strategies that facilitate identifying the training needs of TVET trainers in Instructor Training Institutions in Uganda.
(iii) Determine the adoptable, innovative strategies that can be employed to enhance CPD programmes for TVET trainers.

Uganda 2024-09-12 11:01:03 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mary Gorreth Nabukenya Mudiope
ID: UNCST-2023-R008256
Analysis of routinely collected clinical data to evaluate patient and program outcomes at health facilities supported by the USAID LPHS TB Activity in Uganda.
REFNo: HS4604ES

To assess and quantify the uptake of standard guidelines for TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment and to determine the effect of variations in uptake on important program and patient outcomes in line with the End TB Targets.
Uganda 2024-09-12 10:54:51 2027-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frederick Bwire Ouma
ID: UNCST-2023-R006281
SELF-FINANCING AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NGOs IN EASTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS2940ES

General Objective of the Study
To examine the relationship between self-financing and financial sustainability in Non-Governmental Organizations, taking operations of selected NGOs engaging in self-financing activities in eastern Uganda as a case study.

Specific Objectives of the Study
To achieve the general objective, the research focuses on the following specific objectives:
1. To establish the relationship between programme revenues and financial sustainability
2. To determine the role of related spin-offs on financial sustainability
3. To establish the role of asset down time on financial sustainability
4. To examine the contribution of unrelated extension to financial sustainability
5. To establish whether financial management practices mediates the relationship between self-financing and financial sustainability.

Uganda 2024-09-12 10:43:06 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rose Nakasi
ID: UNCST-2022-R010805
Artificial Intelligence-Based Mobile Microscopy and Surveillance of Cervical Cancer in Uganda
REFNo: SIR374ES

Overall objective: To develop and evaluate a machine learning-aided platform for automated detection and diagnosis of cervical cancer in underserved populations. Specific objectives 1. Develop predictive Machine Learning models based on pap, biopsy, clinical and demographic data to diagnose cervical cancer and make appropriate and timely intervention recommendations. 2. To integrate the ML models in the image processing pipeline of a mobile smartphone and web-based system. 3. To evaluate the efficacy of the predictive and diagnostic models in cervical cancer detection.
Uganda 2024-09-12 10:41:31 2027-09-12 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sarah Kabay
ID:
Time allocation to childcare by caregivers participating in an integrated livelihood improvement program in the West Nile region of Uganda
REFNo: SS2960ES

2. To compare time allocation to childcare and quality of caregiver-child interactions among participating and non-participating households in the UPG programs.,1. To describe caregiver time allocation to all daily activities and childcare among households participating and non-participating households in the UPG programs.,
USA 2024-09-12 10:25:30 2027-09-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Miranda Lambert I
ID:
War, Abduction, and Bilateral Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS3085ES

The outcomes of this study will help us to under the enduring impact of childhood exposure to violence and bilateral intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood and how household violence moves beyond spouses and is (or is not) projected onto children
USA 2024-09-11 14:18:11 2027-09-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ANNET KYAKUNZIRE MITCHEL
ID:
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN UGANDA: A CASE OF AGRO-PROCESSING SMES IN ANKOLE SUB REGION REfNo: KABREC-2024-199
REFNo: SS3089ES

The main purpose of this study is to examine the influence of financial management practices on the business performance of agro-processing SMEs in Ankole sub-region of Uganda.,vi). To assess the overall impact of age, size, and location of the SME on the relationship between financial management practices and business performance of agro-processing SMEs in the Ankole sub-region.,v). To determine how the analysis and reporting of finances affect the agro-processing SMEs in the Ankole sub region\'s company performance. ,iv). To evaluate the effect of investment practices used on the business performance of agro-processing SMEs in Ankole sub region ;,iii). To analyze the effect of financing decisions on business performance of agro-processing SMEs in Ankole sub region ;,ii). To investigate how working capital management affects the Ankole sub region\'s agro-processing SMEs\' business performance;,i). To determine the financial management strategies used by the Ankole sub region\'s SMEs engaged in agro-processing;,
Uganda 2024-09-11 14:16:30 2027-09-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JAMES OJOM
ID: UNCST-2022-R009900
Prevalence and assocaited factors of anaemia in pregnancy among women receiving antenatal care at Kabale Regional Referal Hospital
REFNo: HS4619ES

Determine significant risk factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy among these pregnant women.,Determine the prevalence of pregnant women with anaemia (Hb <11.0g/dl) among mothers coming to attend ANC in Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. ,To determine the prevalence of anaemia and determine the more significant associated factors for anaemia among pregnant women who come to receive antenatal care in Kabale Regional Referral Hospital,
Uganda 2024-09-11 14:14:06 2027-09-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Cissy  Kityo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013663
ACTG NEW WORK CONCEPT SHEET (NWCS) 575: Evaluation of biomarkers to predict TB-IRI
REFNo: HS4876ES

1. Determine whether higher levels of a set of biomarkers in people with HIV and tuberculosis prior to ART initiation may predict the development of TB-IRIS, particularly severe IRIS requiring corticosteroid treatment
2. Assess whether these biomarkers decrease between study entry and ART initiation in the deferred arm (i.e. with more prolonged anti-tuberculous therapy duration)
3. Determine whether these biomarkers can be predictive of other severe outcomes especially deaths.

Uganda 2024-09-11 14:10:40 2027-09-11 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Clovice Kankya
ID: UNCST-2020-R010154
Climate Sensitive Disease in the Horn of Africa: Utility and design of decision support tools (ClimSeDis)
REFNo: HS4929ES

To conduct a needs assessment and gap analysis for the development of CLIMSEDIS tool for priority climate sensitive diseases in selected countries.,To identify key multidisciplinary stakeholders; these include key end-user stakeholders, including decision makers and disease control program personnel across the Horn of Africa region, and within Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-09-11 14:09:23 2027-09-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Mark Jordans
ID: UNCST-2020-R014861
DISCRIMINATION EXPERIENCED BY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND ITS PREDICTING FACTORS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SCHOOL-BASED SURVEY IN ORUCHINGA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, UGANDA; Ref No: TASO-2024-404
REFNo: SS3132ES

4. To inform stigma reduction intervention development ,3. To explore the impact of experienced discrimination,2. To examine predictors of experienced discrimination,1. To identify to what extent discrimination is experienced by primary school pupils, and by whom discrimination occurs,to examine the prevalence, associated factors and impact of discrimination, experienced by primary school pupils.,
Netherlands 2024-09-10 9:52:51 2027-09-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Scovia  Mbalinda Nalugo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014259
Impact of Unmet Needs on the Health Outcomes of Cancer Patients and their Family Caregivers in Uganda
REFNo: HS4842ES

1. What are the unmet needs of adult cancer patients (ACPs) with solid tumors in Uganda?
2. What are the unmet needs of family caregivers (FCs) of ACPs with solid tumors in Uganda?
3. What is the relationship between unmet needs and health outcomes (depressive symptoms, anxiety, and quality of life) of ACPs with solid tumors?
4. What is the relationship between unmet needs and health outcomes (depressive symptoms, anxiety, and quality of life) of FCs?

Uganda 2024-09-10 9:51:03 2027-09-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joaniter Nankabirwa Immaculate
ID: UNCST-2021-R012896
Dynamics of host immunity in the setting of malaria control interventions.
REFNo: HS4815ES

1. To quantify longitudinal changes in clinical phenotypes of
immunity by exploring relationships between key malaria metrics.
2. To comprehensively and longitudinally profile antibody immune
responses in individuals living in an area with or without sustained
IRS.
3. To profile the innate and adaptive cellular immune response
comprehensively and longitudinally in individuals living in an area
with or without sustained IRS.
Uganda 2024-09-10 18:00:40 2027-09-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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