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BEATRICE KATUSIIME
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UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY’S AND RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS’ PERCEPTIONS AND KNOWLEDGE OF VULNERABILITY IN RESEARCH: A QUALITATIVE STUDY IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1495ES

3. To examine the determinants of vulnerability in health research conducted in Mbarara city,2. To explore the perception of research participants regarding vulnerability in health research in Mbarara city,1. To assess the community’s understanding of vulnerability in health research in Mbarara city,To describe community and research participants’ perceptions and knowledge of vulnerability in health research in Mbarara city,
Uganda 2022-12-12 15:32:51 2025-12-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
YUKO NAKANO
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How Effective is Formalization of Land Rental Agreement for Dispute Prevention? Evidence from Randomized Control Trial in Uganda’s Refugee Camp
REFNo: SS1540ES

To investigate if formal land rental agreement increase refugees’ income,To investigate if the access to the land rental market increased by the formalization of land rental transactions,To investigate if formal land rental agreement reduce conflicts between refugees and local Ugandans,
Japan 2022-12-12 15:26:49 2025-12-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isaac Ssewanyana
ID: UNCST-2020-R014336
Performance Evaluation of the Alinity m HIV-1 Assay using DBS for Detection of HIV-1 in Infants.
REFNo: HS2586ES

To verify the performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the Alinity m HIV-1 Qualitative Test against routine Cobas Ampliprep/Taqman HIV-1 Qualitative Test Version 2.0 (DBS)- for early diagnosis of HIV-1 in exposed infants. ,
Uganda 2022-12-12 15:23:01 2025-12-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Brian Kiira Alex
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Emerging Ethics and Human Rights Issues in the Digitization of Population Register Systems
REFNo: SS1383ES

1. To nurture a new generation of scholars and practitioners via direct mentoring from senior scholars and experienced practitioners in the field, immersion into academic, policy and practitioner networks, debates and institutions, exposure and visibility through publications and communications based in the global South. 2. To support active collaboration between fellows as well as between IUSSP, WiSER, ISER and IIGH-USC. 3. To nurture a generation of scholars who will challenge experienced practitioners, senior scholars and established systems to consider new perspectives, rethink established assumptions and question dominant paradigms for population register systems. 4. To facilitate stronger engagement by population scientists on contemporary issues and support interdisciplinary collaboration with established scholars from other disciplines and early career researchers and practitioners around ethics and human rights in the digitization of population register systems.
Uganda 2022-12-09 12:35:52 2025-12-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
FRED SEMITALA COLLINS
ID: UNCST-2020-R014096
Differentiated Services Delivery Outcomes in Uganda: Facilitators, barriers, and qualitative systems mapping.
REFNo: HS2497ES

To evaluate the performance and quality of DSD models in the delivery of HIV/TB services in Uganda.
Specific Objectives:
1. To assess the performance and Quality of intensive and less intensive DSD models of care for HIV/TB TB services in Uganda.
2. To elicit stakeholders’ perspectives on facilitators of and barriers to improved DSD performance in Uganda.

3. To identify system elements (systems mapping) and determine how their relationships in health care affect both positively and negatively the performance of DSD service delivery in Uganda.

Uganda 2022-12-08 15:05:56 2025-12-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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