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EDITH  NAKKU-JOLOBA NAKKU
ID: UNCST-2021-R013931
Point of Care (POC) based Interventions to Improve sexual partner testing and tracking for Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria Gonorrhoea (NG) in Kampala metropolitan STD clinics (POC-PIKAM STUDY)
REFNo: HS1448ES

To estimate the prevalence of commonly occurring causal organisms for genital discharge in men and women (N. gonorrhea and C. trachomatis T. Vaginalis and Gardnerella) infections in men and women attending outpatient clinics in Kampala using molecular diagnostic tests (Xpert) and other point of care tests,To assess the feasibility and reliability of participant self-collection for POC CT/NG tests (Xpert and Binx io CT/NG tests) and evaluate accuracy of the Binx io CT/NG Test against clinician provider and the Laboratory gold standard among persons presenting with genital discharge attending outpatient clinics in Kampala metropolitan .,To describe the perceptions and practices of persons regarding self-collection and self-testing for STD, and STD partner notification among persons with genital discharge attending outpatient STD clinics in Kampala, Uganda.,To evaluate the use of self-collection and self-testing of swabs in increasing the proportion of individuals and partners that get tested and treated for STI among persons presenting with genital discharge attending outpatient clinics in Kampala, Uganda. ,Our overall goal is to evaluate the effect of an intervention that includes; self-collection and partner notification on the proportion of partners of persons with vaginal and urethral discharge who return to the clinic for partner follow up and treatment at outpatient clinics in Kampala district and on management of NG and CT in this population.,
Uganda 2024-01-25 18:21:26 2027-01-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HARRIET NABIRYE
ID: UNCST-2023-R006463
Adoption, Compliance and Effectiveness of MOH-Recommended Biosafety Practices and Guidelines at Public Health Laboratories in Central Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
REFNo: HS3437ES

1. To evaluate the adoption and compliance of MoH recommended biosafety practices and guidelines at PHLs in Central Uganda

2. To evaluate the effectiveness of MoH recommended biosafety practices and guidelines at Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) in Central Uganda

Uganda 2024-01-25 18:19:01 2027-01-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Catherine Atuhaire
ID: UNCST-2021-R013090
Perceived Maternal Social Support and Perinatal Depression among women in Public health facilities, Mbarara district, south western Uganda (PEMPED)
REFNo: HS3525ES

Aim 1: To determine the prevalence of antepartum depression and its associated factors among pregnant women in latent labor in Mbarara district, south western Uganda

Aim 2: To determine the prevalence of maternity blues at six hours and six days postpartum and its associated factors among mothers in Mbarara district, south western Uganda

Aim 3: To examine the association between perceived maternal social support and postpartum depression among mothers in Mbarara district, south western Uganda

Aim 4: To explore perceived psychosocial support practices, types and preferences by postpartum mothers in Mbarara district, south western Uganda

Uganda 2024-01-25 18:14:54 2027-01-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fanny Fauli Laessoee
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Agrarian Change – How traditional agricultural knowledge and narratives of the future influence agricultural adaptation to climate change amongst smallholders in Acholiland, Northern Uganda
REFNo: A383ES

3. To explore how narratives of the future influence changing agricultural practices, 2. To examine the role of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge in agrarian change, 1. To identify how small-scale farming practices have changed over time Overall research objective: How are traditional agricultural knowledge and Narratives of the future influencing agricultural adaptation to climate change amongst smallholders in Acholiland, Northern Uganda? ,
Denmark 2024-01-25 18:13:00 2027-01-25 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Kamada Lwere
ID: UNCST-2022-R009359
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DIVERSITY GENETIC COHORTS IN THE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE SEQUENCING PROJECT(READD-ADSP)
REFNo: HS3097ES

Perform genomic analyses,Management of all phenotype, genomic and biomarker data. ,Process, store, and assay biomaterials for the genomics resource including DNA isolation, plasma, and RNA for future gene expression studies,Adjudication and Harmonization of clinical and neurocognitive data,Develop a large genomics resource for the study of AD in individuals with AF and HL ancestry,The overall goal of this proposal is to build a resource that greatly expands the presentation of currently underrepresented African ancestry (African American (AA) and Africans (AF)) and Hispanic/Latinx (HL) individuals in AD genetic studies.,
Uganda 2024-01-25 18:00:36 2027-01-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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