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Martin Buhamizo
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Bureaucracies of National Digitisation and Citizen Certification in Uganda
REFNo: SS1551ES

1.To find out the bureaucratic policies, practices and procedures resulting from the introduction of a digitised national identification and citizen certification system in Uganda
2.To examine the experiences and interpretations by bureaucrats of their work and roles in implementing digitised national ID and registration systems at national and local levels.
3.To examine how citizens experience and interpret their encounters with identification registration bureaucracies at different levels.

Uganda 2023-01-11 12:51:34 2026-01-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Abishag Namutebi Matovu
ID:
Individual Characteristics, Social and Academic Integration as Predictors of Program Completion of PhD Students in Makerere University.
REFNo: SS1550ES

i. To examine individual characteristics of PhD students as predictors of program completion in Makerere university.
ii. To examine social integration as a predictor of program completion of PhD students in Makerere University.
iii. To examine academic integration as a predictor of program completion of PhD students in Makerere University.

Uganda 2023-01-11 12:49:08 2026-01-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Winnie  Muyindike R
ID: UNCST-2021-R013558
IeDEA East Africa Tuberculosis Sentinel Research Network (IeDEA-EA TB-SRN)
REFNo: HS2619ES

3. To describe post-TB lung disease (PTLD) and associations with HIV infection, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and tobacco and alcohol use, including measuring physiologic, structural, and functional impairment, health-related quality of life, and survival,2. To assess the individual-level effects of HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on TB symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment response, and survival. ,1. To collect and analyze clinical and treatment data among people treated for pulmonary TB with or without HIV-co-infection, in order to improve understanding of the prognosis of TB disease and its health-related outcomes, including quality of life and survival.,The overarching objective/aim of the study is to assess pulmonary TB treatment and longer-term outcomes among people with and without HIV in TB-SRN sites in order to inform policy and practice around TB treatment and create a platform for additional TB research within IeDEA. ,
Uganda 2023-01-11 12:47:27 2026-01-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HARRIET NAMBUYA NIL
ID: UNCST-2021-R013414
Burden, electrolyte derangement and nutritional recovery among children with pneumonia hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition Ref No: Mak-SOMREC-2021-123
REFNo: HS2597ES

1. To determine the burden and associated factors of pneumonia in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition.,5. To describe the clinical outcomes of children with pneumonia and electrolyte derangements hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition.,4. To assess the effect of pneumonia on nutritional recovery among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition.,3. To assess the effect of pneumonia on electrolyte derangements and normalization in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition. ,2. To determine the prevalence, associated factors and clinical outcomes of CMV- associated pneumonia in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition. ,
Uganda 2023-01-11 10:57:57 2026-01-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Richard Echodu
ID:
ASSESSING THE GENOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EMERGING ARTEMISININ COMBINATION THERAPY RESISTANCE IN DISTRICTS WITHIN THE ACHOLI SUBREGION, UGANDA
REFNo: NS393ES

To assess the prevalence of kelch13 mutations in the Palabek refugee settlement in the Lamwo district. ,To evaluate samples from patients presenting to the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital for in vitro drug resistance assays,To assess the community-wide prevalence of kelch13 and partner drug resistance-associated mutations,Assessing the genomic epidemiology of emerging artemisinin resistance in Acholi district,
Uganda 2023-01-11 10:55:42 2026-01-11 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
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