Anna Eisenstein
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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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Elaine Hsiao
ID:
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Protecting Place, People and Peace: A Critical Socio-Legal Review of Transboundary Parks
REFNo: SS35ES
The purpose of this research is to assess the peace outcomes of transboundary conservation areas and ways that peace is captured in legal frameworks. This includes field research in three transboundary conservation areas of Uganda to provide qualititative and socio-political context for findings identified in the legal assessment. The three field sites are: (1) Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration, (2) Landscapes for Peace and (3) Mount Elgon.
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USA |
2016-11-29 |
2019-11-29 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Twaha Rwegyema
ID:
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Assessment of Dietary Patterns for People Living with HIV seeking health services from Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda
REFNo: HS13ES
1. To identify the foods commonly consumed by PLHIV attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n2. To compare dietary patterns of malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n3. To explore demographic, socio-economic and hospital care factors associated with dietary patterns among HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n4. To identify and compare coping mechanisms during food scarcity between the malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.
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Uganda |
2016-11-23 |
2019-11-23 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Peter Schüle
ID:
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World-wide phylogeny and biodiversity of beetle associated nematodes and faunistic data of different groups of insects: Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabaeidae and Odonata
REFNo: NS5ES
ï€ Increasing the knowledge of the inventory of the Cicindelidae species of Uganda\r\nï€ Obtaining better knowledge about biogeographic patterns about Carabidae and other beetle groups in Uganda\r\nï€ include the data of Central African Nematodes into the world-wide research project on the biogeography of Nematodes\r\n
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Germany |
2016-11-07 |
2019-11-07 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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