Rieko Shibata
ID:
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Understanding dynamics and diversity of smallholder farmers' innovation characteristics and processes in Agricultural Innovation System in Uganda
REFNo: SS43ES
The objectives of the research are 1. to understand local agricultural innovation types and processes of smallholder farmers with different socioeconomic characteristics, in relation to the changing socio-economic and environmental conditions in Uganda, 2. to understand implications of innovations on the livelihoods of farmers with different socioeconomic characteristics, and 3. to critically analyse its relevance and effectiveness of current AIS and its practices in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda, in relaiton to local innovation processes, and identify practical solutions.
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Japan |
2016-12-21 |
2019-12-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Simon Sensalire
ID:
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Increasing TB Case Notification and Documenting Improvement and Cost Effective Strategies in Northern Uganda: A Facility Based Intervention Case-Control Study
REFNo: HS22ES
• To quantify changes in levels of TB case detection and notification in intervention and control facilities following specific intervention.\r\n• To quantify changes in the evaluation of TB presumptive case and enrollment of confirmed TB cases on treatment at both case and control facilities following specific interventions \r\n• To document successful improvement strategies for TB notification at intervention facilities\r\n• To provide in-depth knowledge of barriers and enablers to TB case notification\r\n• To measure cost of implementing improvement strategies for in the intervention facilities \r\n
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Uganda |
2016-12-21 |
2019-12-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Marit Blaak
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Learning for Change: Promoting Organisational Learning in education Non-Governmental Organisations in Uganda
REFNo: SS25ES
This research seeks to open up the space for adaptive programme delivery to educationally excluded groups involving community actors. The aim of this study is to facilitate a community of inquiry to understand and promote collective learning between Ugandan education NGOs and external actors. The research will result in the development and testing of solutions as well as a contextualised theory of organisational learning for education NGOs offering non-formal education programmes in Uganda.\r\nSpecific objectives of this study are:\r\n• Analyse internal and external factors and actors shaping organisational learning in Ugandan education NGOs.\r\n• Develop a theory on space and double loop learning in Ugandan education NGOs. \r\n• Identify and test possible solutions to promote organisational learning in Ugandan education NGOs. \r\n• Facilitate a community of inquiry through a Participatory Action Research approach.
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Netherlands |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Anna Eisenstein
ID:
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Health Interactions in South Western Uganda
REFNo: SS46ES
The objectives of this research are: 1. To identify the interactional cues that patients interpret as “care"; 2. To document the relevance of linguistic phenomena to how patients and practitioners negotiate authority in medical settings; and 3. To identify interactional variables that impact patient engagement in medical care/treatment.
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USA |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Sarah O'Sullivan
ID:
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Undisclosed Stigma: the Politics of the Ordinary, ARV Adherence, and Development in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS47ES
(1) to understand how the history of war and aid-dependency in northern Uganda, along with the recent introduction of accessible anti-retroviral medication for people living with HIV contributions to ongoing stigma towards with living with HIV. (2) To provide a close qualitative analysis of how stigma associated with HIV post-ARV rollout affects HIV-positive people and their families. (3) to understand how severe aid-dependency and the proliferation of development initiatives in northern Uganda influences the expectations towards how people living with HIV on ARVs should behave as productive citizens contributing to northern Uganda’s post-conflict restructuring.
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Canada |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Robert Lukande
ID:
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Post-Mortem Assessment of Pathogen and Anti-infective Distribution and Responses i HIV-Positive Patients
REFNo: HS24ES
• Use histopathology to determine pathogen (viral, fungal) distribution within and across tissue compartments\r\n• Improve diagnostic methods for HIV and AIDS-related infections\r\n• Determine distribution of anti-infective agents within and across tissue compartments\r\n
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Uganda |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
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An Evaluation of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland Uganda Fellowship Programme.
REFNo: HS27ES
The research objectives are:\r\n\r\n1. To quantify the number of trained physician anaesthetists now working in Uganda, including their roles and responsibilities.\r\n\r\n2. To explore what impact the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme has had on the standards of training in anaesthesia and patient care in Uganda.\r\n\r\n3. To explore how perceptions of the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda have changed over the duration of the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme.\r\n\r\n4. To understand the impact that different partnerships have had on the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda over the last 10 years.\r\n
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UK |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
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New approaches for the diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma
REFNo: HS28ES
To evaluate two novel diagnostic approaches for KS that may be eventually deployed with portable, point-of-care techniques. One approach features confocal microscopy and the other approach uses nucleic acid amplification. We shall compare these new approaches with the gold standard of histology from a traditional skin punch biopsy to determine the sensitivity and specificity of each new approach.
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Uganda |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Grace Ryan Kathryn
ID:
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MIND ME Uganda: using Mental health INformation anD Monitoring and Evaluation systems to evaluate recovery-oriented mental health services in Kampala and Entebbe, Uganda
REFNo: HS12ES
The aim of this research is to carry out a mixed-methods evaluation of the Brain Gain II project and its mental health information and monitoring and evaluation (MIND ME) system, in order to inform policy regarding the continuation and scale-up of recovery-oriented mental health interventions in Uganda.\r\n\r\nObjectives include:\r\n\r\n1.To evaluate Brain Gain II’s MIND ME system, using mixed-methods to assess eight key implementation outcomes, including: acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, cost, coverage, feasibility, fidelity, sustainability\r\n\r\n2.To generate evidence on the effectiveness of Brain Gain II interventions using MIND ME\r\n\r\n3.To evaluate the general process and impact of implementing the Brain Gain II programme, by triangulating evidence generated through MIND ME with evidence generated through original research\r\n
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USA |
2016-12-06 |
2019-12-06 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Sara Cavallo
ID:
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Linking Banana Xanthomonas wilt and agro-ecological intensification to food practices in Kabarole District, Uganda
REFNo: SS37ES
This research seeks to understand the knowledge networks that have formed in light of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt and how knowledge is translated from scientists to extension to farmers and how knowledge flows influence landscapes.
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USA |
2016-12-06 |
2019-12-06 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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