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MOSES ISANGA
ID: UNCST-2025-R018239
 MULTIFACETED INTERVENTIONS AND HIV RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF THE DREAMS PARTNERSHIP IN MUBENDE REGION, UGANDA
REFNo: HS6319ES

1. To determine the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors (RSB) among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). 2. To assess the reach of multifaceted interventions among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). 3.To investigate the influence of multifaceted interventions on risky sexual behaviours among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) 4. To identify and synthesize barriers and facilitators to multifaceted interventions for reducing risky sexual behaviors among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).
 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:36:40 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joeri Smits
ID: UNCST-2025-R018883
 Search frictions in credit markets
REFNo: SS4207ES

To assess the feasibility of evaluating whether a digital loan comparison tool—providing tailored information on loan cost and predicted approval likelihood—can help prospective borrowers make better-informed application decisions in Uganda’s credit market.
Netherlands 2025-08-18 13:30:49 2028-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
RACHEL LUWAGA
ID: UNCST-2024-R003040
 EFFECT OF A DISCHARGE EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON PREVENTION OF PUERPERAL SEPSIS AMONG MOTHERS WHO HAVE DELIVERED BY CESAREAN SECTION IN SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5504ES

. To determine the prevalence, factors, and outcomes associated with readmission of
mothers who had undergone cesarean section delivery due to sepsis in Mbarara Regional
Referral Hospital
2. To describe the experiences and practices of mothers in the prevention of puerperal sepsis
post cesarean section in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
3. To explore the barriers and facilitators to the provision of discharge instructions
regarding puerperal sepsis prevention for mothers who have delivered by cesarean
section in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
4. To determine the effect of a discharge education intervention in the prevention of puerperal of
sepsis in post-cesarean section mothers.

Uganda 2025-08-18 13:28:40 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
JOSELYN RWEBEMBERA
ID: UNCST-2021-R013915
 Determining the Risk of Rheumatic Heart Disease Following Prophylaxis Discontinuation (GOAL-Keep)
REFNo: HS6310ES

Aim 1: Determine the risk of developing moderate/severe rheumatic heart disease (RHD) up to 3 years after Secondary antibiotic propylaxis (SAP) discontinuation among children and adolescents with mild RHD, who have shown echocardiographic stability for at least 2 years on SAP.
Aim 2: Determine the risk of developing moderate/severe RHD up to 6 years after SAP discontinuation among children and adolescents originally with mild RHD, who have shown echocardiographic normalization.

Uganda 2025-08-18 13:25:57 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
 Cultural adaptation of the coordinated specialty care (NAVIGATE) in Uganda
REFNo: HS6280ES

Study objective: The study objectives will include

Objective 1. Culturally adapting and locally contextualizing NAVIGATE into a CSC manual (NAVIGATE-UG) for use in Uganda.

Objective 2: Documenting the feasibility and acceptability of using the adapted NAVIGATE-UG manual

Uganda 2025-08-18 13:24:11 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Moses Sainge Nsanyi
ID: UNCST-2025-R019399
 Cloud immersion and the future of tropical montane forests (CLOUDFOR)
REFNo: NS991ES

This project aims to quantify water input, tree growth and future species distribution models in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda with three main objectives:
1) To determine the importance of cloud immersion for maintaining annual water inputs and tree growth,
2) To quantify the consequences of future changes in cloud immersion for carbon stocks and fluxes,
3) To assess how different dominant tree species respond to changes in cloud immersion.

 Cameroon 2025-08-18 13:22:39 2028-08-18 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PATRICIA NAKASI
ID: UNCST-2022-R009767
 Prevalence, Symptoms and Baseline characteristics across Menopausal Stages in Women Living with HIV: A cross-sectional study in Uganda.
REFNo: HS6289ES

Objective 1: To describe the prevalence of premenopause, perimenopause and postmenopause among WLHIV aged 35-60years Objective 2: To describe the menopause symptoms experienced by WLHIV Objective 3: To compare the baseline characteristics across menopausal stages in WLHIV
 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:20:32 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Semitala Fred
ID: UNCST-2020-R014202
 3HP Self-Administered Therapy Strategy, Cluster Randomized Trial (Year 1):Formative Research Study
REFNo: HS6228ES

Aim 1: To collect data on site and patient characteristics to inform stratified randomization with restriction.
Aim 2: To collect patient-level, routinely collected demographic, clinical, and outcome data from clinic registers to establish baseline 3HP initiation and completion rates.

 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:19:26 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phionah  Ssemambo Kibalama
ID: UNCST-2025-R018119
 COMPASS: Community Perspectives and Behavior Change Strategies for Integrated Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Long-Acting Injectable PrEP Roll Out for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda
REFNo: HS6232ES

The overall objective of this study is to enhance the adoption and utilization of integrated LARC and LAI-PrEP services among AGYW in Uganda by understanding their preferences, willingness to use these services, and the influencing perceptions, practices, and norms of key stakeholders.

Primary objectives:
1. Determine preferences and willingness to use LARC and LAI-PrEP by AGYW in Uganda.
2. Characterize stakeholder perceptions, practices, and norms that may influence the adoption of integrated LARC and LAI-PrEP services for AGYW, using the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) model to identify facilitators and barriers, alongside the Behavior Change Wheel (BCW) to develop targeted behavior change strategies.

Uganda 2025-08-18 13:06:49 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kazibwe Herman
ID: UNCST-2025-R017099
 IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMAL DATA ELEMENTS FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL AND MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS6201ES

Research Question: What minimal data elements related to physiotherapy are acceptable and feasible for addition into a TBI database maintained at national & regional hospitals in Uganda? Objectives 1.To identify the minimal rehabilitation data elements, informed by international TBI databases, that are appropriate to propose for addition to the current TBI database at two Ugandan hospitals: Mulago National Referral Hospital(MNRH), and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). 2.To retrospectively assess data quality in medical documentation for each element at MNRH and MRRH. 3.To identify user perspectives of barriers and facilitators to consistent data collection of the identified and proposed data elements across both MNRH and MRRH.
Uganda 2025-08-18 13:05:10 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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