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Eve  Namisango
ID: UNCST-2021-R014038
Palliative care needs of children and young people living with serious illnesses and their families in Uganda
REFNo: SS5166ES

How do the palliative care needs of children and young people living with serious illnesses change over time? ,What are the palliative care needs of children and young people living with serious illnesses in Uganda? ,
Uganda 2026-05-28 15:29:15 2029-05-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Lorna Atikoro
ID: UNCST-2024-R002527
REDUCING THE BURDEN OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) INFECTIONS IN UGANDAN PATIENTS RECEIVING HAEMODIALYSIS
REFNo: HS7485ES

1. To estimate the prevalence of MRSA carriage among patients receiving chronic haemodialysis at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital.
2. To determine the factors associated with MRSA carriage among patients receiving chronic haemodialysis at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital.
3. To determine the success rate of mupirocin ointment in eradicating nasal carriage of MRSA among patients receiving chronic haemodialysis at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital

Uganda 2026-05-28 15:23:03 2029-05-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frank Kaharuza Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2025-R022389
ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SAFE BIRTH AFRICA (SBA) PROJECT IN UGANDA: AN IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH STUDY ON HEAT-STABLE CARBETOCIN AND TRANEXAMIC ACID FOR POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
REFNo: HS7496ES

The General objective is to generate evidence on the implementation effectiveness and contribution of the Safe Birth Africa project in improving equitable access to and utilization of HSC and TXA for postpartum haemorrhage prevention and treatment in Busoga region and Kampala, Uganda. The specific objectives are 1. To assess the implementation fidelity of SBA interventions (HSC and TXA) across different health facility levels in Busoga region and Kampala. 2. To explore the facilitators and barriers to implementation of the SBA interventions across the pilot sites and regions. 3. To understand health worker experience in the use of HSC for prevention and TXA for treatment of PPH.
Uganda 2026-05-28 15:11:40 2029-05-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Russell Morton
ID: UNCST-2026-R024044
Born Safe or Made Safe? The Role of Market Organization in Uganda's Informal Transit Sector
REFNo: SS5155ES

Main Objective 1. To examines how market organization affects safety provision in Uganda\'s informal motorcycle taxi (boda boda) sector. 2. To evaluate the feasibility of experimental design and data collection procedures. 3. To measure stage selection of drivers by analyzing how stage managers\' rankings of potential entrants correlate with driver safety characteristics 4. To Estimate driver self-selection into organized boda stages by measuring the relationship between baseline driving behavior and drivers\' willingness to join stages 5. To Estimate the causal treatment effect of stage membership on driving behavior using randomized subsidies for stage entry fees Specific Objectives 1. Our specific objectives of this program include learning about the safety of boda drivers, how stages affect boda driver behaviors, how boda drivers of different safety sort into joining stages or working as lubyanza drivers, and how passengers think about boda safety and associated implications for incentives for drivers to behave safely. We also analyze how stage organization and behaviors are related to safety at the stage
United States of America 2026-05-28 15:05:57 2029-05-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Damari Atusasiire
ID: UNCST-2024-R002645
Evaluation of the Building Tomorrow NRD Program in Uganda
REFNo: SS5321ES

The primary objective of this study is to assess changes in learners’ numeracy scores and determine the extent to which these changes can be attributed to the BT NRD intervention. ,
Uganda 2026-05-28 15:03:18 2029-05-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Davies Otieno
ID: UNCST-2025-R021802
Development of a maternal sepsis model using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic approach
REFNo: HS7463ES


Kenya 2026-05-28 15:00:25 2029-05-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GASTONE HABARUGABA
ID: UNCST-2025-R017858
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND SMALLHOLDER FARMER LIVELIHOODS IN THE MOUNTAIN AGRO ECOLOGICAL ZONE OF RUBANDA DISTRICT, WESTERN UGANDA.INTEGRATING SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR MITIGATION
REFNo: NS1239ES

To analyse the trend of climate variability in Rubanda from 1993-2024 2-To examine smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate variability in Rubanda 3- To analyse the impact of climate variability on food security status of smallholder farmers in Rubanda 4- To assess the impact of climate variability on rural forest livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Rubanda 5- To ascertain sustainable socio-ecological climate variability adaptation approaches for agroecological balance in Rubanda
Uganda 2026-05-22 19:38:44 2029-05-22 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Henry Mugerwa
ID: UNCST-2019-R000420
A Phase I/II clinical study to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of ITU512 in healthy participants and patients with sickle cell disease
REFNo: HS6925ES

1.To assess the safety and tolerability
of ITU512 in healthy participants
2.To assess the safety and tolerability
of ITU512 in participants with SCD
3.To assess the effect of ITU512 on
fetal hemoglobin expression

Uganda 2026-05-22 16:52:18 2029-05-22 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Michael King
ID: UNCST-2026-R023619
Gender Focused Multi-Faceted Anti-Poverty Programs: Low-Cost Options for Scale-up
REFNo: SS5152ES

• To estimate the causal impact of adding a community-level gender empowerment intervention to the standard VE graduation programme on women’s agency, intra-household decision-making, and household economic outcomes. • To estimate the additional (marginal) impact of complementing community-level interventions with household-level couples training on the same outcomes. • To identify how gender-transformative interventions affect the process of intra-household decision-making by decomposing decisions into stages (initiation, discussion, agreement, implementation). • To assess whether observed changes in decision-making reflect improvements in women’s empowerment, household cooperation, or both. • To evaluate the effects of the interventions on household risk management, including both ex-ante preparation (e.g. savings, planning) and ex-post coping strategies (e.g. asset sales, borrowing). • To test a trauma-sensitive survey innovation in measuring intimate partner violence (IPV), specifically a “stop rule” approach, and assess its effects on respondent burden, survey fatigue, and data quality. • To assess the cost-effectiveness and scalability of gender-transformative additions to graduation-style programmes for policy and implementation contexts.
Ireland 2026-05-21 9:55:20 2029-05-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Vicent Rutagangibwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R010288
Exploring Variation in How Sustainability is Experienced in Ugandan Engineering Education: A Phenomenographic Study
REFNo: SIR636ES

The overall objective of this study is to examine how sustainability is conceived, formally represented, and experienced across institutional, curricular, and pedagogical dimensions within Ugandan engineering education, focusing on the views of both faculty and students. Specifically, the study seeks: (1) to determine the extent and ways sustainability is reflected in the institutional and curricular documents of MUST’s engineering programmes; (2) to explore the varied ways engineering students at MUST conceive and experience sustainability in their education; and (3) to explore the varied ways engineering faculty at MUST conceive sustainability and integrate it into their teaching and learning activities.
Uganda 2026-05-21 9:41:21 2029-05-21 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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