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Joseph Kirabira
ID: UNCST-2019-R001427
ADAPTATION, FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CAREGIVER PEER-SUPPORTER FACILITATED HIV STATUS DISCLOSURE INTEVERNTION FOR CHILDREN IN EASTERN UGANDA – A TASK SHIFTING MODEL
REFNo: HS3547ES

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the CPS facilitated disclosure intervention ,1. To culturally adapt a clinic-based pediatric HIV status disclosure intervention into CPS facilitated HIV status disclosure intervention among CLHIV and their caregivers in Uganda,To culturally adapt and assess the feasibility and acceptability of a CPS-facilitated HIV status disclosure intervention among caregivers of CLHIV at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital in Eastern Uganda. ,
Uganda 2024-01-08 13:07:36 2027-01-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Timothy  Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
Achieving HIV viral suppression in refugee settlements in Uganda with Head StART: a cluster randomized trial evaluating the effectiveness of community ART delivery for people newly diagnosed with HIV
REFNo: HS2935ES

To estimate the programmatic cost and budget impact of implementing the Head StART intervention in refugee settlements in Uganda. ,To assess Head StART implementation across refugee settlement sites to understand the impact of contextual factors on study outcomes. ,To evaluate the effectiveness of “Head StART,” the expansion of community ART delivery to people newly diagnosed with HIV, in achieving HIV viral suppression in refugee settlements in Uganda. ,The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of expanding community ART delivery to clients newly diagnosed with HIV.,
Uganda 2024-01-05 9:11:58 2027-01-05 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kiggundu Nicholas
ID: UNCST-2023-R006508
Hyperlocal Elicitation and Understanding of Risks to Stability in Complex Systems
REFNo: A369ES

Develop more effective models to predict agro-pastoralist and pastoralist livelihood behaviors,- Expanded use of machine learning and internet-based texts to make predictions and using those in conjunction with field data from surveys and interviews.,Understand the impact of mining on food security and local food systems in Karamoja Sub region.,
Uganda 2024-01-05 9:09:35 2027-01-05 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bob Denis Odongo
ID:
Access to livelihood assets, adaptive strategies and livelihood outcomes among refugees in Bidibidi settlement-Uganda.
REFNo: SS2114ES

Objectives of the study The main object of this study is to investigate factors that influence refugees’ access to sustainable livelihoods in Bidibidi settlement in Uganda. Specific Objective Stemming from the aim of the study as outlined above, this study sought to achieve the following specific and subsidiary objectives. 1) To explore factors that influence access and utilisation of livelihood assets among refugees in Uganda 2) To assess livelihood barriers and enablers for refugees in achieving sustainable livelihoods outcomes. 3) To examine the key adaptation and coping strategies that facilitates refugees’ achievement of livelihood outcomes. 4) To develop a modal on sustainable livelihood by the end of the study that will guide refugee programming.
Uganda 2024-01-05 9:07:36 2027-01-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Michael OCAIDO
ID:
Optimisation of integrated control of ticks and tsetse flies in mixed game and livestock interfaces in Uganda
REFNo: A365ES

The aim of the project is to introduce and demonstrate the profitability of community participation in strategic control of tsetse flies and ticks by restrictive spraying of vector predilection sites on cattle using dual purpose deltamethrin products in Mixed Game Livestock Interfaces
Uganda 2024-01-05 9:04:52 2027-01-05 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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