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Tonny Ssekamatte
ID: UNCST-2022-R010961
 Understanding the barriers and facilitators to access and utilisation Sexual and Reproductive Health services among vulnerable/marginalized adolescents and young people in Uganda
REFNo: SS1673ES

To investigate the barriers and facilitators to access and utilisation Sexual and Reproductive Health services among vulnerable/marginalized adolescents and young people in Uganda ,Examine the role of social media/other sources in the spread of information and/or disinformation and how it potentially influences access to and use of SRH services.,Examine the role of social norms in influencing the use/non-use of SRH services among the populations of interest:,Explore the barriers and facilitators to accessing SRH services among vulnerable/marginalized 15–24-year-old adolescents and young people.,
 Uganda 2023-03-21 3:16:17 2026-03-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Annet Nanungi Kabuye
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An mhealth framework for cancer surveillance in Uganda
REFNo: HS2695ES

To develop an mhealth data framework for cancer surveillance in Uganda.,
 Uganda 2023-03-21 3:06:26 2026-03-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elizabeth (Betsy) Ness-Edelstein Ann
ID:
Cooperative Development Program Evaluation
REFNo: SS1664ES

Assess how the specific work of Health Partners in Uganda is contributing to the overall program objectives,● Contribute to the evidence base on effective cooperative development approaches.,● Identify the assumptions or gaps in the project’s design or management approach to help inform a new project design,● Illuminate ways in which the entire project is making progress toward the stated Project Purpose or not,
 USA 2023-03-21 3:04:41 2026-03-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Edward Mokooza Kibikyo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014923
 Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Establishing Palliative Care Units at Hospitals in Uganda.
REFNo: SS1510ES

4. To identify the facilitators of establishing palliative care units in hospitals in Uganda. ,3. To describe barriers to the establishment of palliative care units in hospitals in Uganda.,2. To document the functionality of existing PC units in hospitals in Uganda. ,1. To determine the proportion of public and private hospitals with PC units.,
 Uganda 2023-03-16 13:06:27 2026-03-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Zhubin Chen
ID:
The Impact of Social Health Insurance on the Incentives of Health Care Providers in East Africa: A Mixed-methods Approach
REFNo: SS1574ES

1.1 Describe how social health insurance functions and how health care providers respond to the economic incentives of social health insurance in Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda 1.2 Pose hypotheses based on 1.1 and test them empirically using nationally representative data 2. Follow different institutional actors (ministry of health, health facilities, NGOs, and community organizations) and describe how they perceive the function of social health insurance in Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda 3. Compare the impact mechanism of social health insurance in Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda and document how the impact evolves on different paths and at different stages towards UHC
China 2023-03-16 13:04:14 2026-03-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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