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Paddy Asiimwe Junior
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ADVANCED LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES ON SMART DEVICES FOR INCLUSIVE LOCATION-BASED SERVICES: A FOCUS ON HEALTHY AGING FOR THE ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
REFNo: SIR169ES

The main objective is to develop a remote-based comprehensive monitoring and positioning system for people with dementia in rural communities.
Specific objectives
1. To conduct a site survey in Apac district to identify homes and explore the challenges people living with dementia face.
2. To analyze data collected.
3. To design a comprehensive energy efficiency monitoring and positioning system for people with dementia in rural communities.
4. To develop and test the system in Apac District.

Uganda 2022-12-01 10:53:14 2025-12-01 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jackson Orem
ID: UNCST-2021-R012016
Impact of Cachexia on Physical Activity, Performance and Functional measures in Advanced Cervical Cancer Patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute
REFNo: HS2467ES

iii) To explore the impact of cachexia on HRQOL among advanced cervical cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at the Uganda Cancer Institute,ii) To examine the impact of cachexia on inability to receive treatment among patients with advanced cervical cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute,i) To estimate the impact of cachexia on activity of daily living among patients with advanced Cervical cancer receiving chemotherapy at the Uganda Cancer Institute,To examine the impact of CC on physical activity, performance and functional measures among patients with advanced CxCa receiving chemotherapy at the Uganda Cancer Institute,
Uganda 2022-12-01 10:50:14 2025-12-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Benard Ssebide Jasper
ID: UNCST-2022-R009850
Gastrointestinal symbiont communities of great apes and other non-human primates: bioindicators for tropical ecosystem health and their impact on apes’ health
REFNo: HS2416ES

The overall goal is to study gastrointestinal symbiotic communities of African great apes and other non-human primates across Albertine Rift. We will explore relationships between the endosymbionts and the host organism as well as the relationships within the ecosystem. For the helminths, the impact on the host as well as epidemiology will be studied at the wildlife - domestic animals - human interface. Specifically:

Identification of parasite spectrum and infection burden in BINP great apes across the park and detection of possible reservoirs of zoonotic parasites at the BINP wildlife – domestic animal – human interface by screening selected animal hosts.

Evaluation of the role of strongylid nematodes in clinically ill great apes and investigation of the forces driving the zoonotic parasite infections by analyzing the environmental, host, and anthropogenic factors.

Characterizing the relationships within the endosymbiont communities, between the endosymbiont communities and the habitat, the relationships between the anthropogenic disturbance of ape habitats and endosymbiont communities and evaluation of the endosymbiont interspecies transmission.

Analysing the gut metabolite composition in non-human primates to detect molecular phenotypic difference between clinically ill animals and healthy individuals.

To increase the capacity of disease surveillance system in the area and to decrease the risk of parasite transmission between humans, domestic animals and wildlife, increasing the awareness of pathogen transmission in the local community.

Uganda 2022-11-30 14:14:47 2025-11-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
SAFETY, PHARMACOKINETICS AND PRELIMINARY EFFICACY OF HERBAL PRODUCTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS INCLUDING SARS-COV2 IN UGANDA; PHASE 2A OPEN LABEL CLINICAL TRIAL
REFNo: HS2548ES

The general objective is to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy of TazCoV and Vidicine for the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections (SARS-CoV2, RSV and Influenza A/B) in Uganda.
Specific objectives
1. To determine the safety and pharmacokinetics of TAZCOV and Vidicine herbal products among adult patients with acute respiratory infections due to laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV2, RSV and Influenza A/B

2. To determine the extent of SARS-CoV2, RSV and Influenza A/B viral clearance among adult patients with acute viral respiratory infection treated using TAZCOV and Vidicine

3. To establish time-to-remission of symptoms among patients with acute respiratory infections due to laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV2, RSV and Influenza treated with TAZCOV or Vidicine

4. To evaluate disease progression among patients with acute respiratory infections due to laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV2, RSV and Influenza treated with TAZCOV or Vidicine
Uganda 2022-11-29 12:38:24 2025-11-29 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Buwule Stalone
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Use of COVID-19 surveillance applications in Uganda
REFNo: SS1477ES

To design a health-based ICT COVID-19 surveillance framework for community health,To establish the drivers and barriers of adopting health-based ICT surveillance applications in Uganda,To examine the adoption and integration of the surveillance applications in the community health practices in Uganda,To assess the efficacy of the existing health-based ICT surveillance applications in the communities in Uganda,To identify health-based ICT surveillance applications developed to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda,To establish the level of application of Covid-19 Surveillance applications ICT innovations in community health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda with a view of suggesting a health-based ICT framework for community health,
Uganda 2022-11-29 12:33:19 2025-11-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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