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David Kyaddondo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014906
 UNDERSTANDING HOW MOBILITY AFFECTS FORCIBLY DISPLACED PERSONS’ (DIS)CONTINUITY OF CHRONIC DISEASE CARE: A CASE OF SETTLED SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES WITH HYPERTENSION AND/OR TYPE 2 DIABETES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1843ES

General objective

The study seeks to examine how forced displacement and seasonal or occasional mobility of settled South Sudanese refugees in Uganda affect their continuity of chronic disease care, with a particular focus on hypertension and type 2 diabetes.

Specific objectives
1.To examine how the context of health care delivery and access for refugees affects continuity of care for hypertension and type 2 diabetes among South Sudanese refugees living in settlements and urban areas of Uganda.
2.To analyse how patterns of community life affect care for hypertension and type 2 diabetes among South Sudanese refugees living in settlements and urban areas of Uganda.
3.To examine how occasional/seasonal mobility of South Sudanese refugees living in settlements and urban areas of Uganda affects their continuity of care for hypertension and type 2 diabetes.

Uganda 2023-07-24 14:02:48 2026-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Kyaddondo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014906
 UNDERSTANDING HOW MOBILITY AFFECTS FORCIBLY DISPLACED PERSONS’ (DIS) CONTINUITY OF CHRONIC DISEASE CARE: A CASE OF SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES WITH HYPERTENSION AND/OR TYPES 2 DIABETES ON THE MOVE
REFNo: SS1838ES

Main objective

This study seeks to examine how forced displacement and mobility shapes (dis)continuity of NCD care among forcibly displaced South Sudanese suffering from hypertension & or type2 diabetes at Nyumanzi Reception Centre.


Specific Objectives

1. To establish the NCD (hypertension and diabetes) care package for South Sudanese refugees at reception centres.

2. To investigate the meaning of continuity of care to South Sudanese refugees at the reception centre.

3. To assess how mobility affects continuity of care for FDPs at the reception centre.

4. To examine FDPs’ efforts to adhere to the strict medical regimen to control disease during mobility.

 Uganda 2023-07-24 13:59:29 2026-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
alfred andama andama
ID: UNCST-2022-R011051
 EVALUATING PATIENT PREFERENCES FOR TB DIAGNOSTICS IN UGANDA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
REFNo: HS2735ES

Aim 1: To identify relevant values, preferences, and outcomes of the diagnostic process for presumptive TB patients in high TB burden countries and explore their relationship to TB diagnostic test preferences.

Aim 2: To characterize preferences related to key characteristics of TB diagnostic tests among presumptive TB patients living in high TB burden countries overall and according to key sub-groups.

 Uganda 2023-07-24 13:54:30 2026-07-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Phillip Opio
ID:
Validation of the 350km Effective Height of the Ionosphere for the Low Latitude Region of East Africa
REFNo: SIR204ES

To establish the appropriate effective height of the Ionosphere for the equatorial and low latitude region of East Africa.,
 Uganda 2023-07-24 13:47:53 2026-07-24 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sanday Adong
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Ritual Pottery among the Acholi of Nothern Uganda and its Relevance to Contemporary Social Space Design
REFNo: SS1639ES

To analyse the family rituals that use pottery among the Acholi people of
northern Uganda.
2. To explore the use of pots in rituals of the Acholi community in Nothern
Uganda.
3. To determine Acholi people’s imagination of repurposing indigenous ritual
pots for aesthetic designs in contemporary social space in Uganda.
 Uganda 2023-07-24 13:45:36 2026-07-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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