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Kristen Reid
ID:
COVID-19 in Uganda: Epidemiology and Treatment Outcomes of the First 75 Cases
REFNo: HS677ES

3. To describe both immediate and intermediate outcomes of the first 75 Covid-19 patients in Uganda up to 6 months post discharge.,2. To describe the course of illness and treatment of the first 75 cases of COVID-19.,1. To describe the characteristics and clinical manifestations of the first 75 consecutive cases of COVID-19 infection in Uganda.,
 USA 2020-07-15 2023-07-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Christine Nalwadda Kayemba
ID: UNCST-2020-R014220
 ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH FACILITIES FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMMODITIES AND SERVICES IN UGANDA, 2020
REFNo: HS714ES

The overall objective of this survey is to document progress in the attainment of reproductive health commodities security and delivery of quality services, in Uganda in line with FP 2015-2020 CIP and supplies program.

The specific objectives are:

1.To ascertain availability and stock out of Reproductive Health commodities including the availability of generic contraceptives in the Service Delivery Points
2.To evaluate the supply chain (including cold chain) process of Reproductive Health commodities
3.To establish the staff training and supervision in the Service Delivery Points
4.To assess availability and usability of guidelines and protocols
5.To generate information on Communication Technology in the Service Delivery Points.
6.To generate information on methods of waste disposal in the Service Delivery Points.
7.To establish the user fees charged for consultation, medication and services provided by a qualified health care provider in the Service Delivery Points.
8.To establish clients’ perception about availability of FP services and costs borne to access the services


Uganda 2020-07-15 2023-07-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Andrew Ssemata
ID: UNCST-2023-R008259
 HIV Self-testing among young people: Assessing the knowledge, acceptability and social implications of a peer-to-peer HIVST distribution model among adolescents aged 15 to 24 in Zambia and Uganda (HISTAZU).
REFNo: SS446ES

Primary objective
The primary objective of this study is to assess the knowledge, acceptability and social implications of a peer-to-peer distribution model of HIV self-testing kits on uptake of HIV testing services and linkage to ART among adolescents aged 15 to 24 in Zambia and Uganda.

Secondary Objectives
The secondary objectives of the study are to:
• To elucidate the perceptions and contextual factors likely to influence the implementation and acceptability of a P2P/SN distribution models of HIVST amongst AYP in Lusaka and Entebbe.
• To document experiences of AYP with P2P/SN model in supporting linkage to confirmatory testing and clinic-based ART in one urban community in Lusaka.
• To explore perception and experiences of young couples with secondary distribution of HIVST and the implication of this on household social relations and social harms.
• To investigate the perceptions, facilitators and barriers of self-testing among AYP in Entebbe.

 Uganda 2020-07-14 2023-07-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Simon Kasasa
ID:
Understanding the Quality of Birth and Death Registration and Vital Statistics System in Uganda
REFNo: HS629ES

1. To establish the current quality (coverage, completeness, timeliness and accuracy) of birth and death registration in Uganda.
2. To assess the status of the national vital statistics systems; indicators regularly generated and the extent of data use by government agencies and partners.
3. To document factors (enablers and barriers) that impact the quality of birth and death registration system in Uganda
4. To document lessons learnt in implementing birth and death registration system in Uganda based on 2015 NIRA act and others
5. To establish existing opportunities and capacities in terms of linkages and technologies that are currently utilized in birth and death registration in the country

 Uganda 2020-07-13 2023-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Denis Byarugaba Karuhize
ID: UNCST-2023-R006496
 Unravelling the Burden and Transmission dynamics of AntiMicrobial Resistance between humans, animal and environment (BT-AMR)”
REFNo: HS649ES

The overall objective is to understand the transmission dynamics and AMR burden using whole genome sequencing and high throughput qPCR methods to inform intervention strategies to contain AMR.
5.1 Specific Objectives:
i. Establish the resistance profiles and identify the genetic resistance and virulence determinants associated with the isolates
ii. Establish the transmission dynamics of resistant bacteria in health care facilities and between humans, animals and the environment
iii. Evaluate the use of and compare culture and sensitivity methods and HT-qPCR for detection and estimation of the burden of nosocomial (ESKAPE) pathogens
iv. Establish the AMR burden associated with ESKAPE pathogens

 Uganda 2020-07-13 2023-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Julian Bagyendera Kobutungi
ID:
The Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities (ERP) Baseline Survey
REFNo: SS458ES

The objectives are:
1. To assess the current situation of children in refugees and host communities in primary 3 and primary 6 that can achieve at least a minimum proficiency level in:
• Reading
• Mathematics
• Completion rates (all levels)
• Continuous Access
2. To assess the current situation of children accesses to learning opportunities
• Total number of children in / out of learning opportunities
• Current situation of children with disabilities access to education
• Current situation of children with access to life skills, vocational
• Current situation of children with access to Accelerated Education Programme (AEP)
3. To assess the current situation of teacher delivery and quality of education (supply and capacity)
• Total number of teachers required in total, based on current enrolment (by settlement and district schools)
• Total number of teachers required in total, based on population figures
• Total number of teachers hired by the government
• Total number of teachers hired by partners
• Gap analysis
4. To assess the current situation of management and coordination at District level
• School inspection
• Coordination structures
• Frequency of meetings
• Monitoring systems
• Information sharing
• Division of roles / responsibility to avoid duplication

 Uganda 2020-07-13 2023-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Kasimu Sendawula
ID:
Environmental sustainability practices in Small and medium enterprises in Uganda
REFNo: SS472ES

i. To examine the relationship between environmental knowledge and environmental sustainability practices of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda. ii. To establish the relationship between environmental commitment and environmental sustainability practices of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda. iii. To examine the relationship between regulatory compliance and environmental sustainability practices of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda. iv. To determine the relationship between environmental knowledge and regulatory compliance of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda. v. To establish the relationship between environmental commitment and regulatory compliance of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda. vi. To investigate the mediation effect of regulatory compliance in the relationship between environmental knowledge and environmental sustainability practices of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda. vii. To investigate the mediation effect of regulatory compliance in the relationship between environmental commitment and environmental sustainability practices of the manufacturing SMEs in Uganda.
 Uganda 2020-07-13 2023-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
 Research for Scalable Solutions (R4S)-Country Consultations for Developing a Family Planning Research Agenda in Uganda
REFNo: HS708ES

1) To jointly develop the country FP research agenda to help meet the national FP program goals and identify research questions that R4S can answer, as well as programmatic, financing, stewardship and policy areas for which R4S can help produce, synthesize, or apply evidence to improve outcomes;
2) To understand and articulate opportunities to strengthen and evaluate self-care programs and policies for FP/reproductive health (RH).
3) Understand and articulate country-level questions related to equity of family planning uptake among women 15-49years and their partners

 Uganda 2020-07-13 2023-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jackson Amone
ID:
An implementation study of an oxygen systems strengthening program in Uganda
REFNo: HS631ES

The research consists of two studies. The aim of the first study is to evaluate health care worker capacity building approaches for improving adoption of pulse oximetry & oxygen use in HCIVs and hospitals. The aim of the second study is to understand the feasibility of introducing oxygen systems in Health Center IIIs.

For both studies a hybrid effectiveness-implementation research study design will be used to evaluate the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of pulse oximetry and oxygen use among healthcare workers and the effectiveness of capacity building interventions to improve adoption of these technologies and reduction in mortality within the select facilities.

 Uganda 2020-07-10 2023-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
ANYASE AMAZA RONALD
ID: UNCST-2022-R009325
 Pharmacognostical Evaluation, Safety and Efficacy of Citropsis articulata and Kigelia africana, Traditionally Used for Management of Erectile Dysfunction
REFNo: HS683ES

i. To evaluate and describe the pharmacognostical parameters of Citropsis articulata leaves and root bark and Kigelia africana fruits and stem bark.
ii. To determine the acute toxicity effects of extracts of Citropsis articulata leaves and root bark and Kigelia africana fruits and stem bark in male wistar rats.
iii. To determine the subacute toxicity effects of extracts of Citropsis articulata leaves and root bark and Kigelia africana fruits and stem bark in male wistar rats.
iv. To determine the aphrodisiac efficacy of extracts of Citropsis articulata leaves and root bark and Kigelia africana fruits and stem bark on sexual function in male wistar rats.

 Uganda 2020-07-09 2023-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Munshi Sulaiman
ID:
Applying Behavioural Activation (BA) as a psychological intervention for adolescents in Uganda.
REFNo: HS724ES

The primary objective of the study is to develop a smartphone app to deliver BA and assess whether it is acceptable and feasible for use with 30 adolescents.
As a secondary objective, we aim to validate measures of mental health and wellbeing, cognition, risky behaviours, and socioeconomic indicators for use in this population, and to examine the association between these variables.
If successful, results from this study will be used to inform the developments of a larger pilot RCT in Uganda.

Bangladesh 2020-07-08 2023-07-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Hiled Mugabe
ID:
Girls Take Lead (GTL) Pilot Project
REFNo: SS492ES

1.Test procedures for recruiting adolescent girls and young women who participate in transactional sex relationships and are at risk of acquiring HIV into the Girls Take Lead intervention.
2.Test whether following the intervention, participants are more aware of the risks associated with transactional sex such as gender based violence, multiple sexual partners, age-disparate sex, non-use of condoms and alcohol use as compared to baseline.
3.Test whether following the intervention, participants are more aware of structural factors in their community that may affect their vulnerability to HIV through transactional sex as compared to baseline.
4.To explore participants’ perceptions of the individual components of the intervention.

 Uganda 2020-07-08 2023-07-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Eugene Kinyanda
ID: UNCST-2023-R008028
 Integrating the management of depression into routine HIV care in Uganda (the HIV+D trial) –A cluster Randomised Trial
REFNo: HS645ES

To undertake a cluster randomised HIV+D intervention trial to evaluate its effectiveness on depressive disorders, functional outcomes and its cost-effectiveness in routine HIV care in Uganda.
Uganda 2020-07-07 2023-07-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Esther Nkolo Karungi Karamagi
ID:
Leadership, quality improvement, team functionality, and HIV viral load suppression in Uganda
REFNo: HS686ES

Goal: To understand how to improve viral load suppression for people with HIV
Primary study objective: To understand the relationship between quality improvement team characteristics and viral load suppression for people with HIV
Secondary objective 1: To describe the association between HIV clinic leader’s involvement in the QI team, QI team functionality, and HIV viral load suppression in HIV clinics in Uganda, controlling for patient age and sex.
Secondary objective 2: To understand the association between QI team diversity, QI team functionality, and HIV viral load suppression in HIV clinics in Uganda, controlling for patient age and sex.
Secondary objective 3: To understand the association between QI team skill, QI team functionality, and HIV viral load suppression in HIV clinics in Uganda, controlling for patient age and sex.

 Uganda 2020-07-07 2023-07-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Ana  Santos
ID:
Applying a Human-Centred Approach to design technology supported Sexual Reproductive Health Interventions in Uganda
REFNo: SS467ES

The purpose of this study is to generate qualitative and quantitative findings and uncover insights regarding familiarity and perceptions of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), including the barriers and drivers of uptake of contraceptive methods among adolescent girls aged 15-19 years from urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala and Arua. Regarding the ITH platform, the study will generate information about adolescent girls’ familiarity with and access to selected technological platforms. The study will also generate information on the landscape of actors involved in the Sexual Reproductive Health arena in Arua and Kampala. These insights will inform subsequent stages of the Human-Centered Design (HCD) of tailored interventions for the selected target populations.
 Portugal 2020-07-07 2023-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Hellen Nansumba
ID: UNCST-2019-R001368
 Health care users’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of broad consent for storage of biological materials and associated data in Uganda
REFNo: HS652ES

Main Objective
To evaluate the HCUs’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of broad consent for storage of biological materials and associated data in a clinical setting in Uganda

Specific objectives
1. To assess HCUs’ understanding of essential elements of the informed consent form
2. To determine HCUs’ attitudes towards informed consent form
3. To determine the acceptability rate for storage of biological materials and associated data
4. To understand the of motivation of HCUs who accept for storage of biological materials and data
5. To assess HCUs’ perception of broad consent for biological materials and data

 Uganda 2020-07-01 2023-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
John Bosco Ddamulira Mayanja
ID: UNCST-2022-R010819
 Burden of Snakebites and Snakebite Envenoming in Uganda: A community survey and Health facility Audit
REFNo: HS566ES

I. Determine the incidence of snakebite envenoming in Uganda
II. Characterize the snakebites and snakebite envenoming in Uganda
III. Describe the snakebite envenoming outcomes
IV. To describe snakes commonly responsible for snake bites in Uganda.
V. Establish the spatial distribution of the common snake species in Uganda
VI. Identify the community practices following snakebite envenoming in Uganda
VII. Assess health facility capacity (human, equipment & supplies) to manage snakebite envenoming

 Uganda 2020-06-30 2023-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
VICTORIA WALUSANSA ABALIWANO
ID: UNCST-2021-R012155
 Exploring the Molecular Spectrum of Colorectal Cancer in Uganda
REFNo: HS667ES

Primary Objective: Estimate the prevalence of BRAF and KRAS mutations, CIMP, and MSI in colorectal tumors in the KCR.
Secondary Objectives:
(1) Describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of colorectal cancer cases in the KCR.
(2) Evaluate associations of demographic and clinical characteristics with the prevalence of BRAF and KRAS mutation, CIMP, and MSI in colorectal cancer cases in the KCR.
(3) Evaluate associations of survival time with tumor molecular phenotypes (BRAF, KRAS, CIMP, MSI) and other participant information.

 Uganda 2020-06-30 2023-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Sachin Gathani Gathani
ID:
Effect of Covid-19 lockdown measures on coffee farmers in Central and Western Uganda
REFNo: SS486ES

This study aims to understand the effect of COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown
measures on coffee farming households in the JDE Farm College a program being
implemented by TechnoServe (a non-profit organization). JDE is working in partnership with Technoserve to train coffee farmers on coffee agronomy best practices, helping them improve
the quality and yields of their coffee trees, which in turn will increase their income in the long term. Farmers are enrolled in the training program every 2 years in what is referred to as a
“cohort”. Enrolled farmers come together and form a focal farmer group and a farmer trainer is appointed to run the training sessions. Coffee demo plots are implemented in order to train farmers in real-life conditions. The trainings are conducted every month and attendance is tracked. Laterite is a research, data and advisory firm with offices in Kampala who is partnered with TechnoServe to provide research support for the monitoring and evaluation activities of the TechnoServe Farm College Program.
The main objective of the study is to generate timely data and insights for TechnoServe and coffee industry stakeholders on how coffee farming households that are part of their agronomy training program are affected by COVID-19 crisis and the consequent lockdown measures to address Covid-19. This will be useful for TechnoServe, to inform their programming including targeting interventions to areas that need them most and considering options for redirecting
resources from coffee agronomy to other types of training.
The results from this study will result in monthly briefs (not an academic study) that
demonstrate farmer’ knowledge of COVID-19 and how the lockdown measure may have
affected their farming activities including access to input, farms and markets.
 Kenya 2020-06-30 2023-06-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Arthur Kwizera
ID: UNCST-2021-R012928
 A multicenter, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, open label, stepped wedge clinical trial of respiratory support with continuous positive airway pressure or high-flow oxygen therapy in adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory distress in Uganda.
REFNo: HS523ES

Primary objective
To assess the efficacy of CPAP and HFNC in improving 28-day survival in patients with AHRF.

Secondary objectives
Secondary objectives are to:
- Determine the feasibility, safety, tolerance and comfort of CPAP and HFNC;
- Evaluate the impact of CPAP and HFNC on morbidity, including the need for intubation, ventilator free days, organ dysfunction, and hospital length of stay.


 Uganda 2020-06-29 2023-06-29 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Musa Sekikubo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014404
 Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Outcomes at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS623ES

COMPONENT1: Will describe baseline maternal and neonatal outcomes using anonymised data collected using the routine Kawempe electronic medical records (EMR) system. For this, we seek approval to perform a secondary analysis of anonymised data from Kawempe National Referral Hospital and request for a waiver of individual informed consent since the data will be de-identified.
COMPONENT 2: Will collect comprehensive data on pregnancy, neonatal and infant outcomes in a prospective cohort of approximately 4,000 pregnant women enrolled in the first and second trimesters while attending antenatal care at Kawempe Hospital with follow-up of the mother-infant pairs up until around 9 months of age. Written informed consent will be obtained from all mothers, and from the fathers of the babies if they are available.

 Uganda 2020-06-27 2023-06-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Betty Akurut Enyipu
ID:
A phenomenological Study of the Role of Christian Values and Culture in Conflict Resolution among couples of St. Andrew and Phillip’s Cathedral in Mukono, Uganda.
REFNo: SS460ES

1.To examine Christian values that promote conflict resolution among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 2. To assess Christian values that hinder conflict resolution among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 3. To examine cultural factors that promote conflict among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral in Mukono. 4. To assess the cultural factors that perpetuate conflict among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 5. To examine strategies for resolving conflict among couples of St. Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono. 6. To examine strategies for preventing future occurrence of conflict among couples of St.Phillip’s and Andrew’s Cathedral of Mukono.
Uganda 2020-06-27 2023-06-27 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Richard Kajura Kajjura
ID:
Determinants of childhood stunting reduction: A case of Uganda
REFNo: HS698ES

Overall objective
To understand trends and determinants of stunting prevalence reduction in Uganda in the period between1995 and 2016
Specific objective
•To understand trends that may be linked to stunting prevalence in the period between 1995 and 2016.
•To determine the determinants of stunting reduction among children born in the period 1995 and 2016.
•To determine the drivers and facilitators of stunting among mothers with children born between the years of 1995-2016; or experts implementing policies.

 Uganda 2020-06-26 2023-06-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Claudia Ringler
ID:
Reaching Smallholder Women with Information Services and Resilience Strategies to Respond to Climate Change
REFNo: SS464ES

The project goal is to reduce poverty, improve food security, and reduce natural resource degradation for more than 30,000 women in smallholder farm households through piloting climate-smart agricultural approaches using innovative information services in parts of India, Kenya and Uganda. The purpose of the project is that more than 30,000 women farmers and farm families will use information on climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices, and principles for increased resilience to the potentially adverse impacts of climate change, contributing to closing gendered yield gaps, enhanced equity and inclusion and, further, to the CGIAR system-level objectives.
 Germany 2020-06-23 2023-06-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Nicolette Nabukeera Barungi
ID: UNCST-2022-R008960
 Situation of Adolescent-Friendly Health Services and Strategies for Enhancing their Reach and Coverage Focusing on RMNCAH in Uganda
REFNo: HS582ES

1. To describe the coverage, models of delivery and utilization of adolescent friendly health services from the perspective of RMNCAH in Uganda.
2. To explore the factors that enable (strengths or facilitators) and hinder (weaknesses or barriers) the delivery of AFHS in health facilities from the perspective of RMNCAH in Uganda.
3. To identify barriers and facilitators of expansion of AFHS to reach more health facilities in Uganda.

 Uganda 2020-06-22 2023-06-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
eve Nakabembe
ID:
The safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns: a randomized clinical trial
REFNo: HS626ES

To determine the safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine-Tdap for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns
 Uganda 2020-06-22 2023-06-22 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Janet SEELEY
ID:
The impact of COVID-19 and related public health response on vulnerable populations in Uganda
REFNo: SS455ES

This study aims to understand how the current COVID-19 impact as well as information and response affects the daily lives of these vulnerable groups and inform responses to the emerging needs.
In this qualitative study we will assess:
- Participants’ knowledge of COVID-19, and related public health response
- The impact of COVID-19, and related public health response on participants and their children’s, and community members day to day life (health, education, economic, social, psychological)
- Participants’ concerns about COVID-19, and related public health response
- Actions participants have taken in response to the information about and public health response to reduce the spread of COVID-19
- Recommendations for measures to reduce spread and help support/respond to participants concerns

 UK 2020-06-17 2023-06-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Tom  Kakaire
ID:
Coping strategies of individuals from low income country organizations in collaborations with individuals from high income country organizations
REFNo: SS429ES

1) To identify individuals’ behavioral responses that result from specific conditions of structural inequality at various stages of workplace collaborations in which they participate
2) To identify generalisable patterns in the behavioural coping strategies of Low income Country (LIC) researchers, which are triggered by their experiences of structural inequality at specific stages of their collaborations with High Income Country (HIC) researchers
3) To develop a model that predicts behavioural patterns arising from a sequential order of conditions in unequal research collaborations by adapting an existing model from the acculturation literature
Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mpimbaza Arthur Kagoya
ID:
Evaluating malaria case management at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region, Uganda
REFNo: HS618ES

1.To evaluate the availability and readiness of public health facilities in providing malaria case management services to patients in the Busoga sub-region.
2.To evaluate the quality of malaria case management practices received by patients seeking care at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region.
3.To assess health worker competencies in malaria case management standards at public health facilities in the Busoga sub-region
To explore provider and user perspectives of the state of quality of services and opportunities for improving service delivery
 Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Semitala Fred
ID: UNCST-2020-R014202
 TB Screening Improves Preventive Therapy Uptake (TB SCRIPT study)
REFNo: HS628ES

The overall objective of this application is to evaluate the impact of a potentially more effective and cost-effective TB screening strategy, which is the next step required for successful uptake of TBPT.

 Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Esther Buregyeya
ID: UNCST-2020-R014116
 A Mobile Health Intervention with Transfer of Social Bundle Incentives to Increase Treatment Adherence in Tuberculosis Patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS656ES

1a: To identify perceptions, acceptability, perceived barriers and facilitators for the use of VDOT among TB patients, health providers and community DOT volunteer workers in Uganda.
1b: To adapt the VDOT platform to the local context using the information from the qualitative interviews and create the DOT Selfie intervention with automated social bundle incentives to reward adherence
2: To conduct a pilot randomized trial to compare treatment adherence between patients using DOT Selfie and in-person DOT

Uganda 2020-06-16 2023-06-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jennifer Palmer
ID:
The lives & livelihoods of displaced health workers in Uganda
REFNo: HS495ES

By studying the relationships between these global health trends, humanitarian HRH governance in Uganda, and the experiences of displaced HCWs, we aim to provide an in-depth case study of the political dynamics, contradictions and lived realities affecting HRH development in a contemporary refugee response. We do so to prompt debate in domestic and international policy circles which might lead to better inclusion of displaced HCWs in this and other humanitarian responses and, ultimately, explore avenues to improve the lives, livelihoods and future health systems of crises-affected populations.
Specific objectives of this work include:
Map HRH governance initiatives affecting displaced HCWs in Uganda alongside contemporary trends in the health and protection fields which influence HRH decision-making for displaced HCWs by policy actors.
Document the migration and livelihood trajectories of displaced HCWs in relation to their motivations and aspirations for health system building and self-reliance during their experiences of different phases of conflict and displacement.
Identify formal and informal bureaucratic practices which regulate HRH development for displaced HCWs as well as the networks, resources and solutions displaced HCWs draw on to secure access to health livelihoods.
Explore displaced HCW perceptions of the quality of public health responses for refugees in Uganda, including links between continuity of care for patients and continuity of practice for healthcare providers.
Through RECAP collaborators and other interested policy actors, contribute evidence and analyses that could improve employment of displaced HCWs to HRH governance initiatives and processes identified during the research process.

 Canada 2020-06-12 2023-06-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anders Jensen
ID:
Digitizing Revenue Collection in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS456ES

This project studies the introduction of a digital tax assessment and collection system into local tax administration in Northern Uganda. We will partner with the UNCDF and Ministry of Local Government to measure the impacts of the digitized system on the process of tax assessment and revenue collections relative to a status quo manual registration and collection system. To study how the digital system affects the accuracy of tax assessment, the research team will conduct independent, objective assessments of
taxpayers and match them to official records. This exercise will provide an opportunity to shed light on how gaps in assessment accuracy correlate with tax compliance to investigate how accuracy and perceived fairness in the
assessment step of taxation impact payment and revenues.
 Denmark 2020-06-11 2023-06-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
 Assessment of the feasibility of collection of COVID 19 Immune/convalescent Plasma in Uganda
REFNo: HS684ES

General objective
The overall objective of this project is to assess the feasibility collecting and storing of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) in Uganda.

Specific objectives
1. To determine the proportion of Ugandan COVID-19 survivors who consent for CP donation
2. To determine the levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies among Ugandan COVID 19 recoveries
3. To establish a biobank of well annotated and well characterized plasma aliquots from COVID 19 recovered patients for future biomedical studies
 Uganda 2020-06-11 2023-06-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Martin  Muhereza
ID:
Policy and Structural reforms of Electricity in Uganda in the context of social economic welfare
REFNo: SS424ES

1.To examine the alignment of electricity reforms in Uganda with theoretical benefits of power sector reforms
2. To analyze the relationship of electricity reforms with the levels of electricity accessibility,reliability,and affordability in informal settlements.
3.To generate knowledge beneficial to policy makers and planners interested in the contribution of electricity to the development trajectory
 Uganda 2020-06-04 2023-06-04 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
FREDRICK MAKUMBI
ID:
Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Uganda
REFNo: HS625ES

General objective
To monitor change in contraceptive availability and use in Uganda and increase understanding of the factors contributing to that change through panel surveys in order to support FP program monitoring and improve performance.

Specific objectives
Specifically, the project aims to conduct cross-sectional and panel surveys at the female, household, and service delivery levels, with a focus on actionable programmatic data on contraceptive availability and use dynamics in targeted geographic areas in order:
1. To measure and monitor key family planning indicators of programmatic relevance cross-sectionally on an annual basis including contraceptive prevalence rate and stocks of contraceptive commodities in Service Delivery Points serving the Enumeration Areas
2. To assess the determinants and consequences of contraceptive availability and use dynamics in Uganda.
3. To evaluate factors associated with a change in contraceptive use states including: Contraceptive acceptor (non-user to user), Contraceptive discontinuer (user to non-user), and Contraceptive switcher (user of one method to a different method)

 Uganda 2020-06-04 2023-06-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
ANNET NAGUUDI
ID: UNCST-2022-R009395
 CLIENT EXIT INTERVIEWS (CEIs) UNDER THE WOMEN INTEGRATED SEXUAL HEALTH (WISH) PROGRAMME IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS591ES

The specific objectives are to:
1. Characterize users of family planning (FP) services
2. Estimate the percentage of users of FP services by WISH (Women Integrated Sexual Health) service delivery points who are under-age 20
3. Estimate the percentage of clients of FP services provided by WISH service delivery points who are living in poverty
4. Provide information needed to estimate the number of additional users of modern methods of contraception contributed by WISH
5. Estimate the percentage of WISH FP clients counselled on a range of methods and potential side effects as defined by the method information index
6. Estimate the percentage of FP clients who would recommend the WISH services as evidenced by the net promoter score (NPS)
7. Estimate the percentage of WISH clients who demonstrated positive attitudes, practices and community support in relation to FP and SRHR
8. Estimate the percentage of FP clients at WISH service delivery points reporting exposure to WISH social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) activities
9. Estimate the percentage of users of FP services by WISH service delivery points who have a disability.
10. Understand why FP users changed methods
11. Explore the predictors of FP adopters
12. Explore the predictors of being likely to promote FP services
13. Determine effect of Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) campaign on outcomes of interest

 Uganda 2020-06-01 2023-06-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Pontiano Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013577
 Uganda Virus Research Institute Performance Evaluation for COVID-19 Diagnostic tests
REFNo: HS637ES

Overall objectives
The overall objectives of this performance evaluation are:
- To verify the performance characteristics of new on-the-market NAATs,
- To evaluate the performance characteristics of new, on-the-market, EIAs and RDTS (IgA, IgG and IgM),
- To train laboratory and POC staff in the country in biosecurity and the required technical skills to perform COVID-19 diagnostic testing,
- To establish serum/plasma panels of well-characterized COVID-19 sera/plasma to support evaluation efforts.

Specific Objectives:
- To confirm whether or not a new NAAT complies with the manufacturer’s specifications,
- To determine the performance equivalence of new on-the-market NAATs using the Berlin protocol NAAT as the gold standard,
- To determine the sensitivity and specificity of new on-the-market diagnostic EIAs and RDTs against a gold-standard method,
- To evaluate the operational characteristics of new on-the-market immunoassays. Operational utility characteristics that may be considered include;
o ease of performance
o specimen type utility
o inter-reader variability
o reaction endpoint stability
o suitability for use in facilities with limited infrastructure (no/limited electricity, no/limited clean water, inadequate means of biosafety disposal)
- To document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and train laboratory staff in the country in performing COVID-19 diagnostic testing using recommended EIAs and RDTs,
- To establish serum panels of well characterized COVID-19 sera/plasma to support future validation and evaluation of immunoassays.


 Uganda 2020-05-20 2023-05-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Badru Bukenya
ID:
Displaced communities, environmental degradation and sustainable livelihoods in Uganda

REFNo: SS310ES

(i) understand the various ways in which refugees and nationals living in or around new and long-term refugee settlements interact with the environment and ecosystem services.
(ii) explore the variety of knowledges (indigenous; cultural, social and economic) and needs (shelter, food, water, sanitation) of refugee and local households for understanding how the environment is used.
(iii) examine the nature and extent of environmental degradation (loss of forests/fragmentation and soil degradation) in different camp settlements. And,
(iv) offer recommendations for the management of increasing pressure on land resources within sustainable livelihood practices for development and policy programming.

 Uganda 2020-05-08 2023-05-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Hussein Kafeero Mukasa
ID:
HEPATITIS B GENOTYPES AND IL-2, 4, 10, INF-γ, TNF-α, PROMOTER GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN A HIGH AND LOW ENDEMIC REGION OF UGANDA
REFNo: HS575ES

1. To determine the circulating hepatitis B virus genotypes in regions of high and low endemicity in Uganda.
2. To characterize Th1/Th2 cytokine gene promoter polymorphisms among HBV unexposed and exposed individuals in low and high endemicity regions.
3. To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus genotype and the observed Th1/Th2 cytokine gene promoter polymorphisms
4. To determine the expression levels of the cytokines and correlate them with the infecting genotypes and the single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Th1/Th2 cytokine gene promoter.


 Uganda 2020-04-30 2023-04-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
ERIC WOBUDEYA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001047
 A randomised trial of 6 months intensified anti-tuberculosis and 2 months anti-inflammatory treatment for HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected African and Asian children with tuberculous meningitis
REFNo: HS593ES

Main objectives of the SURE trial

a) To determine whether the standard 12 month ATT regimen for treating paediatric TBM can be reduced to 6 months with similar efficacy and safety, with an intensified regimen of anti-TB drugs in children aged under 15 years with TBM AND b) To determine whether adjunctive aspirin for the first 60 days of treatment reduces TBM-related neuro-disability with minimal or no toxicity in children with TBM.

Other objectives

(a) To determine whether the doses of anti-TB drugs, prescribed according to weight bands, result in appropriate drug exposures when compared with historical paediatric and adult PK data.

(b) To further understand the pathophysiology of TBM in children and the effects of intensified antibacterial and anti-inflammatory treatment on intra-cerebral inflammation and the macroscopic complications of TBM (infarcts, tuberculomas, hydrocephalus).
Uganda 2020-04-30 2023-04-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Annette Schuh Hildegard
ID: UNCST-2024-R003745
 Evaluation and Transfer of mobile whole slide tissue scanners and liquid biopsies to deliver fast and precise diagnosis for improved outcomes of children and young adults with EBV-driven lymphoma: a joint Tanzanian and Ugandan Paediatric Oncology Network Initiative
REFNo: HS529ES

We have four objectives: to 1. Assess the diagnostic accuracy of liquid biopsy testing 2. Asses the diagnostic accuracy of digital pathology 3. Development of a digital pathology machine learning algorithm 4. Transfer of above novel tests and associated expertise to local laboratories
 UK 2020-04-24 2023-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Peter Nkurunziza Munya
ID:
'Evaluation of The Bio-Rad Geenius HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as Part of Confirmatory and Differentiation of HIV infection at Uganda Virus Research Institute-HIV Reference Laboratory'
REFNo: HS612ES

Primary objective
• To conduct an in-country evaluation of the performance of Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay for confirmation of HIV infection using DBS and Plasma specimens, as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo.
Specific objectives
• To determine the sensitivity of Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo
• To determine the specificity of the Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo
• To determine the positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Geenius™ HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay as compared to Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination and/or Genscreen Ultra HIV Ag/Ab Combo.

 Uganda 2020-04-24 2023-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
PROSPER BEHUMBIIZE
ID:
Implementation Research on Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) Data Use Innovations in Uganda
REFNo: SIR33ES

1. To assess the existing management information systems for the Education Sector
2. To understand how innovations including DHIS2 can be used to improve EMIS data quality, management and use at all levels of the education sector
3. To ascertain the best practices that will inform scale up of Dhis2-for Education within and across countries

 Uganda 2020-04-17 2023-04-17 Engineering and Technology Non-degree Award
Peter Olupot-Olupot
ID:
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Open Cohort (COC) Study
REFNo: HS611ES

The specific objectives:
1. Through a cross sectional survey describe risk factors and enlist study participants for the cohort study.
2. To characterize the clinical spectrum of COVID-19.
3. To refine case definitions of COVID-19 using data from different population groups.
4. To explore in detail, the epidemiology of COVID-19.
5. To document outcomes associated with COVID-19 in various age groups, populations and concomitant conditions.
6. To generate data to inform clinical research on COVID-19.
7. To generate population specific data for evidence based public health education as a control measure.
8. Provide a decision tree that has automated feedback that has standard of care including quarantine, call help-line, seek medical attention and avoid spread of the disease.

 Uganda 2020-04-03 2023-04-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
AGNES NAGGIRINYA BWANIKA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001126
 Acceptability, effect and cost of mobile-health on art adherence among youths: a mixed methods sequential study in Kiryandongo
REFNo: HS576ES

General objective: To assess the acceptability, effect and cost of the Call For Life Uganda mHealth tool on ART adherence among youth initiating ART at Kiryandongo Hospital.

Specific objectives:
Objective 1a: To assess barriers, enablers of ART adherence among youth living with HIV in Kiryandongo Hospital at baseline & study end.
Objective 1b: To assess acceptability of mHealth for HIV adherence among youth living with HIV in Kiryandongo Hospital at baseline & study end.
Objective 2: To assess effect of the CFLU mHealth tool on ART adherence among youths initiating ART at 6 and 12 months.
Objective 3: To evaluate the cost of the CFLU mHealth adherence tool in comparison to Standard of Care.

 Uganda 2020-03-28 2023-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Anthony Matovu
ID:
G - Therapy: Classical Mechanical Resonance Tool For HIV Cure
REFNo: SIR26ES

Main Objective
To design and implement an effective, safe, “isolate – and – kill” Classical Mechanical resonance tool for HIV – riddance from HIV – positive patients.

Specific Objectives
a) To outline a velocity, frequency and wavelength generating system based on scalable vibratory/circulatory dynamics pertinent with the vibratory characteristics of the HIV particles (H – 1 atom system is earmarked).
b) To identify the HIV virus by morphology (physical structure) differentiation using light optical nanoscopy – observation procedures (use flue virus for comparison).
c) To characterize the projected mechanical resonance – based fight between HIV and human defense system cells (realizable by articulating and relating factors implicated).
d) To design and implement a counter resonance tool against HIV’s own mechanical resonance combat weapon against human defense cells (achievable through determining rupture-prone resonant frequency-amplitude factors leading to an effective, safe body- penetrative capacity; as well as the functional body/specimen exposure period).

Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Engineering and Technology Degree Award
Doreen Nakku
ID:
Assessment of knowledge and attitudes towards hearing loss and community utilisation of hearing screening services at a Health Centre IV in Mbarara District
REFNo: HS549ES

1. To assess knowledge on hearing loss and attitudes towards hearing loss of communities served by Bwizibwera HC IVs in Mbarara District
2. To assess the utilisation of hearing screening services at Bwizibwera HC IVs in Mbarara District.
 Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
KAHUNZIRE EVANGELIST
ID:
Evaluation of parental involvement on primary pupils educational academic performance in public day primary schools of Ndorwa County,Kabale District-Uganda.
REFNo: SS426ES

To establish the relationship between parental involvement on primary pupils educational academic performance in selected public day primary schools of Ndorwa County,Kabale District-Uganda.
To examine the utilization of educational domains on primary pupils'educational academic performance in selected public day primary schools of Ndorwa County ,Kabale District-Uganda.
To formulate a parenting involvement model that enhances primary pupils'educational academic performance in selected public day primary schools of Ndorwa Ounty,Kabale District-Uganda.
 Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Paddy Tukamuhebwa Mutungi
ID: UNCST-2020-R014201
 Barriers and facilitators of investigation coverage among index tuberculosis case contacts in rural Mbarara district, Uganda.
REFNo: HS569ES

1. To identify the barriers of TB contact investigation coverage among contacts of TB index clients in three rural primary health facilities in Mbarara district in Uganda. 2. To identify the facilitators of TB contact investigation coverage among contacts of TB index clients in three rural primary health facilities in Mbarara district, Uganda.
 Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Charles Batte
ID: UNCST-2021-R013587
 Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases comorbidities among people living with HIV: A health outcomes and cost study.
REFNo: HS581ES

• To determine and compare Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of People living with HIV (PLWH) with or without hypertension and/or CVD comorbidities that have been on ART for more than 10 years in Uganda using both generic and disease specific HRQoL tools.
• To determine and compare health care utilization costs of patients with HIV & HTN/CVD and those with HIV alone.

Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Peter MUSINGUZI
ID:
Social Enterprises and sustainable rural development: performance and impacts on beneficiaries’ livelihood
REFNo: SS434ES

General objective To guide the design and operation of Social Enterprises in rural development Specific objectives 1.To analyse what CSFs determine the performance of SEs 2.To understand how the presence and influence of CSFs in SEs varies across contexts. 3.To determine and describe how SE management and performance influence impact on stakeholders.
 Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Obbo Aggrey
ID:
Algorithms for detection and management people crowds using wireless sensor networks
REFNo: SIR31ES

Design develop and analyze algorithms for people crowds detection and management using wireless sensor networks.
 Uganda 2020-03-20 2023-03-20 Engineering and Technology Degree Award
Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
 Influencing Sepsis policy in Uganda
REFNo: HS517ES

The main objective of this study is to generate evidence on how researchers’ stakeholder engagement influences Uganda’s health policy agenda. The study will be guided by the following specific objectives.
1. Assess changes in Uganda’s health policy agenda around sepsis as a result of ARCS policy stakeholder engagement activities.
2. Reflectively review the process stakeholder engagement strategies (Informing and translating, Linking, Matchmaking, and Capacity strengthening) designed to influence key stakeholders to recognise sepsis as a priority health issue and put it on Uganda’s policy agenda.

Uganda 2020-03-18 2023-03-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Catherine Carlson
ID: UNCST-2023-R007222
 Promoting Resilience for Survivors of Trafficking: Evaluating a Yoga-Based Approach in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS420ES

Healing and Resilience through Yoga (Hart Yoga) is a trauma-informed yoga program to support survivors of human trafficking in Uganda with psycho-social recovery. The
proposed study will evaluate Hart Yoga’s feasibility, acceptability and impact with women and adolescent girls residing in Willow International’s (https://www.willowinternational.org/) shelters for survivors of human trafficking in Kampala, Uganda. This study will advance the limited field of health and mental health research with survivors of human trafficking and provide pilot data for publication and the development of a subsequent effectiveness trial. The methodology will address two primary objectives:

• Objective 1: To determine Hart Yoga’s feasibility and acceptability among participants and successful delivery within a residential shelter setting.
• Objective 2: To assess physical, psychological and social outcomes among program participants using qualitative and quantitative methods.

 USA 2020-03-18 2023-03-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Alex  Muganzi Muganga
ID: UNCST-2019-R000710
 Project Evaluation Protocol for West-West Nile Region mechanism.
REFNo: HS554ES

Evaluation Objective 1: To evaluate the targeted HTS models to improve earlier identification of HIV positive and negative individuals, and Linkage of PLHIV in community and facility sites in scale up districts and linkage and promotion of HIV prevention among HIV negative individuals.

Evaluation Objective 2: To evaluate innovative approaches that increase adherence, ART retention and viral load suppression among adult and pediatric HIV clients.

Evaluation objective 3: To determine if there is improved identification of TB infected individuals., effective scale up of comprehensive TB/HIV services at individual sites site, and progress towards reduction of TB burden among HIV/TB co-infected clients within the CDC supported regions and districts.

Evaluation objective 4. To evaluate innovative PMTCT & HEI approaches that increase identification of HIV positive and syphilis infected pregnant & breastfeeding women (PBFW), enhance immediate ART uptake, adherence and retention, viral load suppression and syphilis treatment among PBFW, reduce MTCT rates of HIV & Syphilis and ensure documentation of 18 month final outcome status for all HIV Exposed infants.

Evaluation objective 5: To evaluate innovative interventions that are designed to improve data quality and data utilization for program evidence-based decision making at facility and district level.

Evaluation objective 6 : To determine if there was increase access of comprehensive OVC services .

Evaluation objective 7: To determine if the strengthening of the existing laboratory network and its quality management systems increased the ART initiation and ART monitoring at facility and district level.

Evaluation Objective 8: To determine if the relationship between district level performance reviews and HR performance had an effect on district performance including access, coverage, retention and loss to follow up.
Evaluation objective 9: To determine if Kampala region mechanism approaches resulted in increased coverage with voluntary medical male circumcision.



 Uganda 2020-03-18 2023-03-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Noah Sendawula
ID:
Youth Livelihood Programme & Empowerment in Wakiso District
REFNo: SS430ES

Main Objective: To assess the effectiveness of Youth Livelihood Programme on Youth Empowerment in Wakiso District.
Specific:
i-To investigate the extent to which YLP has been able to provide vocational skills for youth self-employment in Wakiso District
ii- To analyse the extent to which YLP financial support has enabled youth establish income generation activities in Wakiso district
iii- To examine the extent to which YLP has been able to increase levels of entrepreneurship among youth in Wakiso District.
iv- To extablish the extent to which knowledge & information has been provided for positive mindset change among youth in Wakiso district
 Uganda 2020-03-18 2023-03-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Peter Byansi Kayiira
ID:
Leadership and Management Practices that Support Accountability for Results in Health Support Organizations in Uganda
REFNo: HS585ES

Inquire into the management and leadership practices that health leaders in Uganda’s public and nonprofit health support organizations use and have found effective in nurturing accountability for the achievement of results that matter most to employees, the organization, customers, and donors, hereinafter referred to as key stakeholders
 Uganda 2020-03-18 2023-03-18 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Robert Kairania
ID:
Performance of the Asanteâ„¢ HIV-1 Rapid Recencyâ„¢ Assay in recent HIV infections detection and incidence estimation in a Ugandan setting using the Rakai Community Cohort Study
REFNo: HS534ES

Main aim: To determine the performance of the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay in identification of HIV-1 recent infections and incidence estimation in a Ugandan setting with A and D predominant subtypes.

Specific aims
I. To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay in identification of recent infections in a setting with A and D predominant subtypes.
II. To establish the false recency rate (FRR) of the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay.
III. To determine factors associated with being misclassified as recent by the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay.
IV. To compare HIV incidence estimated using the Asanté™ HIV-1 Rapid Recency™ assay from a cross-sectional survey with that observed longitudinally in an observational cohort in Rakai.

 Uganda 2020-03-16 2023-03-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Gerry McGivern
ID:
Strengthening health professional regulation in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: SS336ES

The research aims to develop evidence about how health professional regulation is enacted and experienced by doctors and nurses in Ugandan and Kenyan and ways it might be improved.
UK 2020-03-12 2023-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Aala Abdelgadir
ID:
Mosque Mapping Survey
REFNo: SS385ES

Religious institutions play an important role in the daily lives of Ugandans, as in other African countries. Yet, we understand little about the influence of religious institutions on social and political outcomes. This project focuses on the sway of Muslim religious institutions in shaping the opinions and behaviors of congregants. Specifically, we will study how mosques communicate with congregants, what types of messages they deliver, and how messages shape the attitudes and behaviors of congregants.

The research objectives of this project are to:
• Examine variation in sermons, including topics, religious citations, and tone.
• Assess how mosque and imam characteristics influence the nature of sermons.
• Explore how sermons shape congregant religious, social, and political attitudes and behaviors.

USA 2020-03-12 2023-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Scholastic Ashaba
ID: UNCST-2023-R007613
 Transition readiness among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda
REFNo: HS512ES

Aim 1: Use qualitative research to elaborate a conceptual model of transition readiness for perinatally-infected ALHIV in Mbarara, Uganda (n=up to 50 in-depth interviews).
Aim 2:Develop and validate a transition readiness scale for perinatally-infected ALHIV (n=340)
 Uganda 2020-03-12 2023-03-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Catherine Abbo
ID:
The Ugandan Early Childhood Phenoscreening Project
REFNo: HS544ES

1. To evaluate the psychometric properties of selected parent-report questionnaires among a community sample of infants and toddlers in Uganda.
2. To identify homogenous subgroups or behavioural risk profiles in a community sample of infants and toddlers
3. To determine the average age of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in children attending mental health clinics in Mulago and Butabika hospitals
 Uganda 2020-03-12 2023-03-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Stephen  Ojiambo Wandera
ID: UNCST-2021-R012147
 Alcohol use, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) & HIV Risk among Young People in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda
REFNo: SS421ES

Aim of the study
The aim of the study is to determine the factors associated with HIV risk among young people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, in eastern Uganda.
Objectives of the study
1. To estimate the association between alcohol use and HIV risk among young people in in the fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda
2. To determine the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization (females) and perpetration (males) and HIV risk among young people in the fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Uganda 2020-03-12 2023-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Alex  Muganzi Muganga
ID: UNCST-2019-R000710
 Project Evaluation Protocols for Kampala Region mechanism
REFNo: HS553ES

Evaluation Objective 1: To evaluate the targeted HTS models to improve earlier identification of HIV positive and negative individuals, and Linkage of PLHIV in community and facility sites in scale up districts and linkage and promotion of HIV prevention among HIV negative individuals.

Evaluation Objective 2: To evaluate innovative approaches that increase adherence, ART retention and viral load suppression among adult and pediatric HIV clients.

Evaluation objective 3: To determine if there is improved identification of TB infected individuals., effective scale up of comprehensive TB/HIV services at individual sites site, and progress towards reduction of TB burden among HIV/TB co-infected clients within the CDC supported regions and districts.

Evaluation objective 4. To evaluate innovative PMTCT & HEI approaches that increase identification of HIV positive and syphilis infected pregnant & breastfeeding women (PBFW), enhance immediate ART uptake, adherence and retention, viral load suppression and syphilis treatment among PBFW, reduce MTCT rates of HIV & Syphilis and ensure documentation of 18 month final outcome status for all HIV Exposed infants.

Evaluation objective 5: To evaluate innovative interventions that are designed to improve data quality and data utilization for program evidence-based decision making at facility and district level.

Evaluation objective 6 : To determine if there was increase access of comprehensive OVC services.

Evaluation objective 7: To determine if the strengthening of the existing laboratory network and its quality management systems increased the ART initiation and ART monitoring at facility and district level.

Evaluation Objective 8: To determine if the relationship between district level performance reviews and HR performance had an effect on district performance including access, coverage, retention and loss to follow up.

Evaluation objective 9: To determine if Kampala region mechanism approaches resulted in increased coverage with voluntary medical male circumcision.


 Uganda 2020-03-12 2023-03-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anthony Makhoba
ID:
MODELING A BCG BIRTH DOSE VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR IMPROVED HEPATITIS B CONTROL IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS415ES

1. To determine the rate of BCG birth dose vaccination among newborns at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2. To determine the time to BCG vaccination among newborns at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
3. To establish reasons for missed/delayed BCG vaccination among newborns at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and to propose means of improvement.
4. To document the human costs of birth dose vaccination i.e. the nurse time required to obtain maternal consent, to draw up and administer the vaccine and complete the immunization record.

 Uganda 2020-03-11 2023-03-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Sudi Mohamed Ali
ID:
Cervical Cancer: Late presentation and associated factors at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
REFNo: HS485ES

1. To determine the proportion of women with cervical cancer that presents late at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. 2. To determine the factors associated with late presentation among women with cervical cancer at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. 3. To explore the factors associated with health care seeking from onset of symptoms to diagnosis among women with cervical cancer at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
 Kenya 2020-03-11 2023-03-11 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Richard  Muhumuza
ID:
INTEGRATED PREVALENCE MAPPING OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS AMONG COMMUNITIES IN MAYUGE DISTRICT: IMPLICATIONS FOR NTD ELIMINATION PROJECT 2019-2021
REFNo: HS434ES

2. Study objectives
2.1 General objective/Goal
The establish the prevalence of Schistosomiasis and STH infections among school going children and surrounding communities in Mayuge district

Specific objectives
1. To build capacity of Laboratory assistants and technicians on sample (Stool) collection and microscopic analysis
2.To collect sample (Stool) collect from the selected schools
3. To conduct Microscopic analysis for collected samples


 Uganda 2020-03-09 2023-03-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Assessment of Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Treatment in Uganda
REFNo: HS531ES

1. Measure district-level estimates in six districts in Uganda of the public’s knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices related to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) risks due to the ongoing and widespread EVD outbreak in DRC; and
2. Identify socio-behavioral and health system barriers that may hinder the containment of an EVD outbreak in Uganda given the complex socio-political and security context of the protracted outbreak in neighboring DRC.

 Nigeria 2020-03-09 2023-03-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
 Improving neonatal outcomes through early detection and management of hypoxaemia: The role of routine pulse oximetry
REFNo: HS132ES

1.To evaluate the effect of routine pulse oximetry on neonatal outcomes in the first 24 hours of life. 2.To determine the utility of pulse oximetry compared to clinical signs in detection of hypoxaemia in neonates with possible serious bacterial infections at lower level facilities 3.To assess the feasibility and acceptability of routine pulse oximetry by healthcare workers and caretakers of newborn babies. 4.To determine the cost-effectiveness of routine pulse oximetry in identifying neonates with hypoxaemia. 5.To describe the maternal factors that predict hypoxaemia in the newborn babies
Uganda 2020-03-06 2023-03-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Moses Joloba Lutaakome
ID: UNCST-2022-R011558
 Advancing Tissue and Organ Biobanking in Uganda
REFNo: HS572ES

General objective: To establish a tissue and organ biobank at Makerere University to serve as a catalyst for research in organ collection, biobanking and transplantation in Uganda.
Specific Objective :
1. To train personnel and develop standard operating procedures for collection, processing and storage of human ova, sperm and umbilical cord blood.
2. To collect, process and store human ova, sperms and umbilical cord blood.
3. To develop a publicly accessible catalog of HLA typed viable human tissue and organs.
4. To explore the ethical, legal and societal issues (ELSI) in human tissue and organ biobanking

 Uganda 2020-03-03 2023-03-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
ROSE ATIM
ID:
Law, Culture and Reality: Women Navigating Post Conflict Marital Relations in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS423ES

1. Investigate the legal implication of the institution of marriage on women born in internally displaced peoples camps and victims of sexual violence of the LRA conflict;
2. Interrogate if cohabitation as an alternative to ‘legal’ marriage is becoming institutionalized among women born in internally displaced peoples camps and victims of sexual violence of the LRA Conflict;
3. Analyse the effectiveness of legal and informal marital protection mechanisms in a post conflict society;
4. Interrogate the future of the law in customary marital unions.

 Uganda 2020-03-03 2023-03-03 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jackson Mukonzo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013916
 SAFETY AND EFFICAY OF DOLUTEGRAVIR AND EFV 400 FOR PREGNANT AND BREAST FEEDING WOMEN; A RANDOMISED NON INFERIORITY CLINICAL TRIAL ACRONYM: PREGART
REFNo: HS515ES

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; to identify safer and more effective ART regimen for pregnant and breast feeding women by comparing three alternative first line ART regimens for their safety and efficacy using randomized clinical trial.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE; To provide evidence based recommendations for safe and effective first line ART regimens for prevention of mothers to child transmission and treatment of HIV infected pregnant and breast feeding women living in resource limited setting.

 Uganda 2020-02-25 2023-02-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Coleen Sabatini
ID: UNCST-2019-R001321
 Outcomes Following Surgical Release of Gluteal Fibrosis in Children of Eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS561ES

This study is a longitudinal case series to evaluate if surgical release of gluteal fibrosis in Ugandan children has a sustained benefit. We will examine the two-year outcomes after surgical release of gluteal fibrosis in children undergoing surgical intervention for gluteal fibrosis.

 USA 2020-02-25 2023-02-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
NAASSON TUYIRINGIRE
ID:
Metabolomics Approaches to Elucidate the Mechanisms of Action of Antimycobacterial Medicinal Plants
REFNo: HS422ES

The main objective is to elucidate the mechanisms of action of antimycobacterial medicinal plants using metabolomics. The specific objectives are:
1. To determine the metabolome of M.tb subjected to medicinal plant extracts with antimycobacterial activity as compared to control culture
2. To optimize an analytical metabolomics workflow to facilitate reproducible measurements of bacterial metabolome with extract treatment or without the treatment
3. To elucidate the metabolic pathways affected by plant extracts
4. To identify the macromolecule targets of plant extracts

 Rwanda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jean Damascene Niyonsenga
ID:
Exercise and well-being: NCD risks and constraints to Physical Activity and sports participation among Ugandan rural and urban secondary school students
REFNo: HS490ES

1. To examine the correlation between NCDs risk factors and level of physical activity/sports participation, type of eaten food, and lung function among both rural and urban secondary school students in Mbarara, uganda
2. To establish constraints to PA/sports participation of secondary school students in rural and urban schools in Mbarara, Uganda.
3. To examine the relationship between internal motivation and external support for PA/sports participation for secondary school students in rural and urban schools of Mbarara, Uganda.
4. To determine the commonest sustained injuries and to establish the proportion attributable to PA/sports among rural and urban secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda.
5. To compare constraints and injuries identified by secondary school students from rural and urban schools in Mbarara, Uganda.

 Rwanda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Robert Kairania
ID:
Exploration of psychological distress and cross-cultural adaptation of a mental health measure for people living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda
REFNo: SS408ES

Aim 1: To characterize local manifestations of psychological distress among people living with HIV in rural communities in Rakai, Uganda

Aim 2: To identify and cross-culturally adapt appropriate mental health measurement instruments based on findings from Aim 1.

Aim 3: To validate the adapted mental health measurement instrument within the rural Rakai population.

Uganda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Vincentina Achora
ID:
Postpartum haemorrhage in Northern Uganda: Community perspectives; burden and associated factors; Health Facilities preparedness for its management; and outcomes
REFNo: HS518ES

1. To explore the community perspectives of PPH in Lira district.
2. To assess the level of health facilities preparedness for management of labour, delivery and postnatal care in prevention of PPH in Lira district.
3. To describe the burden and factors associated with PPH among mothers delivering in Lira district and Lacor Referral hospital.
4. To describe the factors associated with outcomes of PPH among mothers delivering in Lira district and Lacor Referral hospital.

 Uganda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Maria Nakku Elizabeth Mirembe
ID:
Women in Higher Education: An Ethnographic Case Study of Women Lecturers and Administrator Experience in Selected Universities in Uganda
REFNo: SS410ES

1. To investigate how women lecturers and administrators advance the institutional mission of teaching, scholarship, and service in selected universities in Uganda
2. To explore how the culture of higher education shape and affect women leadership
3. To examine the obstacles and challenges do women experience as lecturers and administrators in higher education
4. To assess common attributes and strategies support women’s success in higher education teaching and administration in Uganda


 Uganda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Lawrence Mugisha
ID:
Developing Monitoring System for Quantifying and Mapping Antimicrobials used in Livestock Farming Systems in Uganda
REFNo: HS538ES

1. To determine the proportions of different types of antimicrobials imported into Uganda for use in livestock production systems.
2. To determine the volumes of antimicrobial medicines imported into Uganda for use in livestock production systems.
3. To map and create an inventory of manufacturers, importers, distributors and medicine stockists of antimicrobials used in livestock production systems in Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts.
4. To develop an information technology (IT) monitoring system for monitoring importation, distribution and consumption of antimicrobials used in livestock production systems

 Uganda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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