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Jeninah Atwebembeire
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BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROFILE OF SURFACE WATERS DRAINING INTO RIVER RWIZI BASIN, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: NS8ES

General objective To determine the biological and physicochemical status of surface waters draining into River Rwizi. Specific objectives i. To determine the sources associated with contamination of the river. ii. To determine the presence of indicator bacteria in streams, channels and sewage effluents draining into river Rwizi along seasonal gradient. iii. To determine the physical-chemical parameters in streams and channels, sewage effluents draining into river Rwizi along seasonal gradient. iv. To determine the impact of pollution on the water quality using macrozoobenthos indicators in the river and its streams, in the upstream, midstream and downstream, during seasonal variations in river Rwizi
Uganda 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Raquel Pereira Costa Filomena
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How infants perceive the world: assessing the current impact of mountain gorilla ecotourism in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda), through the eyes of the youngsters
REFNo: NS29ES

This project aims to understand the social development of immature individuals within a group and how they react to human presence. Specifically, this study aims to: 1) analyse immature`s behaviour during tourist visits, 2) analyse adult`s role in these interactions and 3) changes in the groups social dynamics. This research will follow that of Muyambi, 2005, who assessed the general tourism impact on the gorillas` behaviour. Hence, the current project may have important and practical applications in gorilla conservation, via for example, guidelines for ecotourism. Such guidelines should focus on minimizing disturbance levels for the animals and, simultaneously, refining tourist education regarding behaviour in front of gorillas, promoting the animal`s typical calm behaviour. This aims to decrease potential risks of conflicts as well as building visitors` sense of responsibility. Such work may also help local communities to develop ecotourism in a more sustainable way.
 Portugal 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David Mafigiri Kaawa
ID: UNCST-2019-R001276
 Assessing the effectiveness of the 'Reaching Every Community using Quality Improvement methods' (REC-QI) approach in strengthening the Routine Immunization system in six districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS109ES

• To develop quantitative and qualitative measures to assess dimensions of the RI system that have been strengthened and where problems persist, identify the reasons for them. • Describe adaptations to the implementation of REC-QI that enable districts to move along the continuum of “Orient” to “Establish and Strengthen” to “Sustain.”
Uganda 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ronald Mayanja
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Primary High Risk HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in a Community Health Fair Setting
REFNo: HS102ES

To pilot the implementation of high-risk self-testing in a community health fair setting with a mobile phone-based results notification to facilitate follow up treatment at a local health facility. Aim 1: Determine the feasibility of implementing cervical cancer screening at community health fairs in rural Uganda using self-sampled hrHPV testing Aim 2: Understand rural Ugandan women’s acceptability, barriers and facilitators of self-collected sampling for cervical cancer screening Aim 3: Assess the ability of Web SMS to improve workforce efficiency and follow up of cervical cancer testing results in community settings.
Uganda 2017-08-21 2020-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Hayley Dieckmann
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Stress responses of African lions (Panthera leo) in relation to proximity of ongoing fires and fire scars in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS26ES

To understand stress factors of lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park in order to reduce stressful events and promote coexistence of humans and lions within the park. To determine a correlation between African lions’ stress level and their proximity to ongoing fires and fire scars within Queen Elizabeth National park.
 USA 2017-08-16 2020-08-16 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Corrie Decker
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Debating Childhood and Maturating in Colonial East Africa
REFNo: SS91ES

Between 1900 and 1960, missionaries, colonial officials, anthropologists, chiefs, elders, educated elites, and cultural nationalists in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (at the time British colonial territories) came into conflict over whether or not to eradicate certain African customs governing a child’s maturation into adulthood. Demands to ban African customs are still heard in the international media today. Why were these debates so controversial at the time and why do they continue to invoke intense discord? I argue that these issues sparked such conflict because they dealt with differing opinions about how to manage a child’s maturation into adulthood. I investigate debates about rites of passage, puberty, adolescence, marriage, and definitions of the child culturally and legally in colonial East Africa. Many different viewpoints and approaches informed these debates, but they became polarized around two positions: the protection of the presumed innocent child in the name of universal rights, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the preservation of cultural practices that fostered the child’s maturation toward normative adulthood. Scholars have pointed out that this struggle between universal human rights and culture was one that played out within the politics of colonialism and neocolonialism (Babatunde 1998; Hodgson 2011). These discourses portrayed the child as either a helpless creature in need of saving or a future productive and reproductive member of society. These debates shifted toward the end of the colonial era (1960s) as African teenagers’ greater independence became a source of anxiety as daunting as African nationalists’ demand for the end of colonialism (Burton and Charton-Bigot 2010; Ivaska 2011). This project spans the former British colonies of Uganda (1894-1962), Kenya (1895-1963), Zanzibar (1890-1963), and Tanganyika (1916-1961). I focus on the colonial era in order to show how East African customs became part of an international intellectual debate about child development and maturation.
USA 2017-08-16 2020-08-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
James Nsereko Roger
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The prevalence and risk factors of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS81ES

•To examine the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the co-morbidity of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of depression among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of anxiety among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Racheal Mugabi Ddungu
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Skills Development, Early School Leaving and Employment in Uganda
REFNo: SS85ES

The following questions will serve as research objectives 1. what proportion of candidate enrolled in skills development programmes found employment? 2. what is the difference betweeen those who and those who did not find employent? 3. Does the tendency to find employment vary by sector? 4. To what extent does the skills development meet the needs of the economy and the labour market? 5. What are te lived realities and experiences of participants in respec to the dynamic relationship between schooling, skills development and employment? 6. What are the stregth, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of skills development programmes in addressing employment?
 Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Alvin Helden Jonathan
ID: UNCST-2019-R001408
 Auchenorrhycha (leafhoppers and relatives) of Kibale: initial species list, host plant associations and mouthpart morphology.
REFNo: NS21ES

To provide biodiversity inventory and species' ecology data for the Auchenorrhyncha fauna of Kibale National Park and thus to contribute to the biodiversity inventory priorities of UWA. Creation of an initial species list of Auchenorrhyncha of Kibale, together with photographs of specimens, making their identification more accessible to students and researchers at MUBFS. Also to collect some ecological data related to host plants and mouthpart structure.
 UK 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Doreen Nabukalu
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ASSESSMENT OF VILLAGE HEALTH TEAMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS80ES

• To assess the performance of VHTs in the conduct of verbal autopsy and collection of vital statistics in a rural setting. • To ascertain the leading causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months • To ascertain the magnitude of various causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months. • To examine the validity of adult mortality statistics gathered by VHTs by comparing health facility data and verbal autopsy data.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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