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GRACE ANKUNDA
ID: UNCST-2025-R017443
 TEACHER COMPETENCE, MOTIVATION AND ACTIVE LEARNING OF PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN UGANDA: A CASE OF KABALE DISTRICT
REFNo: SS3854ES

1) To examine the influence of teacher competence on active learning among pre-primary school children in Kabale district. 2) To analyse the effects of teacher motivation on active learning among pre-primary school children in Kabale district. 3) To assess the influence of teacher competence on teacher motivation in pre-primary schools in Kabale District. 4) To investigate the mediating role of teacher motivation in the relationship between teacher competence and active learning among pre-primary school children in Kabale district.
Uganda 2025-09-09 13:42:02 2028-09-09 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MARGARET AANYU
ID: UNCST-2023-R003677
 Adopting multidisciplinary approaches in genetic improvements, nutritional enhancements and climate change adaptation for improved production of Nile tilapia in Uganda
REFNo: A637ES

The main objective of the project is to breed Nile tilapia for improved growth and temperature resilience, and formulation of commercially competitive and environmentally safe fish feeds for sustainable production of Nile tilapia in Uganda. The specific objectives include to: 1. Study effects of elevated water temperature on the growth, survival and physiology of Nile tilapia strains from Ugandan lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Albert, and Edward 2. Select and breed Nile tilapia strains from Ugandan lakes Victoria, Albert, Edward for both improved growth and tolerance to elevated temperature. 3. Develop cost-effective and environmentally safe feeds for fast growing temperature-resilient Nile tilapia strains. 4. Popularising the fast growing Nile tilapia strain resilient to elevated water temperature and the allied feeding regimes.
 Uganda 2025-09-09 13:39:52 2028-09-09 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Lutaakome
ID: UNCST-2020-R008323
 STRIVE 002: An International Observational Study of Adults with Acute Infection
REFNo: HS6420ES

The general aim of this observational study is to is to understand more about what happens when adults are hospitalised with acute infectious diseases.
• Characterise and compare the clinical course and natural history of acute infections of interest
• Determine the percentage who die or develop other adverse outcomes during or following hospitalisation
• Identify host and pathogen risk factors for poor outcomes.
 Uganda 2025-09-09 13:38:25 2028-09-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
AYESIGYE JUSTUS
ID: UNCST-2025-R020078
 SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURE INTEGRITY: A PROPOSED GUIDANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4214ES

To assess the scope, quality, comparability, and regulatory alignment of sustainability disclosure practices among sampled Ugandan manufacturing firms in order to identify strengths, gaps, and priority improvement areas To explore the existing sustainability disclosure frameworks in the context of manufacturing sector in Uganda To examine the association between disclosure regime (mandatory vs. voluntary elements) and stakeholder-perceived trustworthiness of sustainability informationTo assess and evaluate existing research methodologies and propose the adoption of an appropriate methodology that addresses the research problem To ascertain the perceptions of sustainability disclosure integrity from professionals and regulators in the context of manufacturing organisations–fieldwork To recommend a proposed guidance framework for enhancing sustainability disclosure integrity in the Ugandan manufacturing sector To conclude the study by offering recommendations and identifying areas for future research
Uganda 2025-09-04 13:17:34 2028-09-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Samuel  Obakiro Baker
ID: UNCST-2019-R000065
 ASSESSMENT OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY TO MANUFACTURE, PROCURE AND DISTRIBUTE ESSENTIAL MEDICINES IN UGANDA (MaPDeM)
REFNo: HS5670ES

To explore the experiences and perceptions of communities on the utilization of pharmaceutical information systems regarding essential medicines,To evaluate the distribution networks and mechanisms for effective delivery of essential medicines to health facilities in Uganda. ,To assess the enablers and barriers for local pharmaceutical manufacturing of essential medicines in Uganda. ,To assess the pharmaceutical system capabilities and capacity to manufacture, procure and distribute essential medicines in Uganda. ,
 Uganda 2025-09-04 12:54:38 2028-09-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tayebwa Bamwenda James
ID: UNCST-2021-R012825
 SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION EFFECTIVENESS FOR HYDRO-POWER PROJECTS IN THE NILE BASIN: A CASE OF UGANDA.
REFNo: SS4172ES

1. To analyze the performance indicators of social safeguards for international frameworks on hydro-power projects, identifying implementation gaps at the national level.
2. To assess the implementation process of social safeguards of hydro-power projects in protecting communities, focusing on livelihood restoration, land use, and displacement.
3. To analyze the enabling and hindering factors affecting the implementation of social safeguards in hydro-power projects across the Nile Basin
4. To assess the community coping mechanisms with social safeguards and hydro-power projects in the Nile Basin

Uganda 2025-09-04 12:05:39 2028-09-04 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ben Broomfield Stuart
ID: UNCST-2025-R017589
 Understanding the evolutionary divergence and adaptation of Afrotropic Aedes (Stegomyia) zoonotic disease vectors using de-novo genome assemblies and comparative genomics
REFNo: NS1002ES

Objective 1- Generate de novo genomes for target Aedes (Stegomyia) species using freshly collected material

Objective 2- Reconstruct demographic history of Aedes mosquitos in African forests

Objective 3- Identify genomic introgression, if any, between closely related Aedes species

Objective 4- Identify genomic regions involved in adaptive divergence between closely related Aedes species

 UK 2025-09-04 12:03:37 2028-09-04 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Kyasanku
ID: UNCST-2022-R009112
 Seroepidemiology of dengue and other arboviruses and socio-demographic factors associated with seropositvity in Wakiso and Hoima Districts, Uganda.
REFNo: HS6326ES

1. To establish dengue and other arbovirus sero prevalence rates, by antibody detection assays and virus neutralization testing among residents of rural and urban communities, in a retrospective, longitudinal cohort study in Wakiso and Hoima Districts, Uganda, from 2018 through 2024. 2. To establish socio-demographic factors associated with seropositivity, among residents of rural and urban communities in Wakiso and Hoima Districts from 2018 through 2024. 3. To estimate anti-dengue and anti-arbovirus antibodies seroconversion rates among residents of rural and urban communities in Wakiso and Hoima Districts from 2018 through 2024.
 Uganda 2025-09-04 11:45:58 2028-09-04 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joanitah  Nalunjogi
ID: UNCST-2023-R008356
 Epidemiology of Household Energy use Burns in Selected Health Facilities in Uganda
REFNo: HS5879ES

1. To estimate the prevalence of household energy use burns in Jinja district, Uganda and factors associated.
2. To determine the relationship between the severity of burns and household energy sources used among patients managed at selected health facilities in Uganda.
3. To determine the factors associated with the eight-month physical, functional and mental outcomes of patients managed for household energy use burns in selected health facilities in Uganda.
4. To explore the experiences and perceptions of patients or caregivers on the causes, prevention and management of household energy use burns in Uganda

 Uganda 2025-09-03 5:14:06 2028-09-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Chris  Opesen C
ID: UNCST-2023-R006913
 Experiences of National Social Scientists in Outbreak Preparedness and Response in Uganda: Challenges and Opportunities for Participation"
REFNo: SS4003ES

1.3.1 General objective
The primary aim of this study is to understand the experiences of national social scientists in SSA and the challenges they have faced with integration during outbreak PPRR activities, with an aim to better integrating their expertise into future PPRR efforts and maximise the use of local human resources.
1.3.2 Specific Objectives
The study’s specific objectives are:
To identify and map the challenges and opportunities for national social scientists’ participation in PPRR, with a particular focus on their experiences in the recent Ebola, COVID-19, Anthrax, Marburg, Cholera, Malaria and Mpox responses.
To collaborate with national social scientists in co-creating evidence, including success stories, that advocates for their increased involvement in outbreak PPRR efforts.
To identify opportunities for providing actionable recommendations that enhance the integration of national social scientists into future outbreak PPRR activities, both within their country’s emergency response framework and internationally within the GOARN.
To contribute to the ongoing decolonisation of global health by amplifying national social scientists’ voices and co-developing strategies that empower social scientists in LMICs.
 Uganda 2025-09-03 5:11:57 2028-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ezekiel Mupere
ID: UNCST-2021-R012739
 Reducing short and long-term consequences of early stunted growth (MAGNUS-2).
REFNo: HS6274ES

To assess the associations between stunting and gut microbiota and function among 6-10-year-old previously stunted Ugandan children.,To assess the associations between stunting and growth, body composition, child development, haemoglobin, micronutrient status and organ size (liver, kidney, spleen) among 6-10-year-old previously stunted Ugandan children,To assess predictors of cardiometabolic risk markers among 6-10-year-old previously stunted Ugandan children,To assess the long-term effects of 3-months supplementation with large-quantity LNS among 1-5-year-old Ugandan stunted children on gut microbiota and function at age 6-10 years. ,To assess the long-term effects of 3-months supplementation with large-quantity LNS among 1-5-year-old Ugandan stunted children on growth, body composition, child development, haemoglobin, micronutrient status and organ size (liver, kidney, spleen) at age 6-10 years,To assess the association between stunting and cardiometabolic risk among 6-10-year-old Ugandan children,To assess the long term effects of 3-months supplementation with large-quantity LNS among 1-5-year old Ugandan stunted children on cardiometabolic risk markers at age 6-10 years.,To assess long-term effects of supplementation with large quantity LNS on child health,
 Uganda 2025-09-03 5:10:27 2028-09-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Scovia  Mbalinda Nalugo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014259
 Implementation of the International Guidelines for Skin-to-Skin in the First Hour After Birth: Expansion and Sustainability for a Ugandan Hospital in Masaka
REFNo: HS6282ES

To assess the impact of training and support regarding breastfeeding latch and infant feeding practices at around 6 weeks postpartum.,To assess the impact of a rapid change intervention with the staff on the the perineal tears and episiotomies during vaginal birth,To explore and understand the experience of the mothers who experience skin-to-skin contact after birth and their experience of breastfeeding in the postpartum period,To explore and understand the experience of the staff regarding the barriers and enablers to implementing breastfeeding assessment before discharge,To assess the breastfeeding latch and response to breast milk odour of the newborn before discharge with routine care in the first hour and after implementation of immediate, continuous SSC in the hospital,To explore and understand the experience of the staff regarding the barriers and enablers to implementing and sustaining the international guideline for skin-to-skin care in the first hour after birth, and the new recommendation of 90 minutes, and to identify and implement solutions,To understand the newborn\'s experience after birth, the practice change using video ethnography will be increased to 90 minutes and compared with current care practices following the initial introduction of immediate skin-to-skin contact.,To assess the long-term sustainability of uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact (SSC) in the first hour after birth and within 90 minutes after both vaginal and cesarean section. ,To evaluate the implementation, sustainability, and impact of uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact (SSC) in the first hour after birth and increase it for at least 90 minutes at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda, focusing on newborn outcomes, maternal experiences, perineal outcomes, healthcare staff perspectives, and its influence on breastfeeding practices,
 Uganda 2025-09-03 5:08:35 2028-09-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jamon Van Den Hoek
ID: UNCST-2023-R006549
 Gauging Agricultural Land-Use Decisions and Boundaries in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
REFNo: SS4159ES

This project seeks to 1) collect information on factors that influence agricultural land use decisions in refugee settlements in Uganda, and 2) estimate the boundary (the outermost extent) of agricultural lands accessed or managed by refugees. The first objective provides information on factors associated with cropland dynamics in refugee settlement. The second objective allows us to associate satellite-mapped cropland dynamics to specific refugee settlements.

This project follows the UNCST-approved research project, "Multi-sensor Mapping of Refugee Agricultural Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Hotspots in Uganda" (RefNo: A414ES), which sought to collect information on crop type and condition at refugee settlements for further satellite image analysis.
 USA 2025-09-03 5:07:37 2028-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
George Kasule
ID: UNCST-2025-R020040
 HOUSEHOLD DEBT MANAGEMENT IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4141ES

1. To investigate the relationship between number of the loan and household debt management in Uganda.
2. To examine the moderating effect of purpose of the loan in the relationship between number of loans and household debt management in Uganda.
3. To assess the relationship between financial knowledge and household debt management in Uganda.
4. To investigate the relationship between institutional innovative financial technologies and household debt management in Uganda.
5. To assess the relationship between social networks and household debt management in Uganda
6. To examine the relationship between remittances and household debt management in Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-09-03 5:06:34 2028-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Betty Mwesigwa
ID: UNCST-2020-R014667
 CASCADE C-3001-A: Comparison of Clinic-based versus Clinic- plus Community Outreach-based Strategy to Increase Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening via HPV Self-Collection among Women Living with HIV: a Cluster Randomized Trial.
REFNo: HS6333ES

To compare cervical cancer monthly screening rates in screen-eligible women living with HIV (WLWH) between the two screening models: standard-of-care for cervical cancer screening through static clinics only (Model 1) versus HPV self-collection through both static clinics and a community-based screening strategy by facility link facilitators (FLFs) (Model 2). Standard-of-care for Model 1 is defined as HPV self-collection when available or Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) when HPV-based screening is not available
 Uganda 2025-09-03 5:05:44 2028-09-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daniel  Emoru Reagan
ID: UNCST-2025-R020048
 Safeguarding Public Health in the Face of Climate Change: Evaluating Uganda's National Policies and Catalyzing Stakeholder Action
REFNo: HS6332ES

1. To conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of Uganda’s national climate change policies, with a particular emphasis on understanding what policies are available and identifying and assessing the inclusion of health-related impacts, risks, and adaptation/mitigation measures.
2. To evaluate the mechanisms and efforts undertaken by the government and development partners to disseminate and raise awareness about these national climate change policies among relevant stakeholders.
3. To identify gaps and provide recommendations for strengthening the integration of health considerations in national climate change policies, as well as improving the dissemination and awareness-raising efforts among key stakeholders.

Uganda 2025-09-03 5:03:32 2028-09-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edgar Mulogo Mugema
ID: UNCST-2023-R008170
 Cardiovascular risk factor profiles and outcomes in rural Uganda: The Bugoye Hypertension Improvement Project (B-HIP)
REFNo: HS6350ES

To evaluate the dietary intake and nutritional habits of adult patients visiting the BHIP clinic. To determine incidence of sustained blood pressure control among persons with hypertension enrolled in BHIP. To assess the costs of hypertension care in a Level III healthcare center in rural Uganda. ,1. To assess the baseline (at time of enrollment to BHIP) prevalence of various cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus) in adults visiting the Bugoye Hypertension Improvement Project.,
 Uganda 2025-09-03 4:49:54 2028-09-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Slyvia  Aarakit Manjeri
ID: UNCST-2025-R016896
 GREEN ENERGY FOR WOMEN AND YOUTH RESILIENCE IN UGANDA: BRIDGING THE SKILLS GAP THROUGH TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING-TVET
REFNo: SS4196ES

Objectives
Theme 1: Mapping and Readiness
(i) To map Uganda’s clean energy sub-sector to identify knowledge, technical, and business skill gaps among women and youth entrepreneurs.
(ii) To assess the institutional readiness and capacity of TVETs to deliver inclusive, industry-relevant green energy and clean cooking training.
Theme 2: Curriculum and training
(iii) To co-create a green energy and clean cooking training curriculum for TVET institutions, and strengthen their technical capacity to deliver hands-on, industry-relevant training.
(iv) To enhance the technical and entrepreneurial skills of women and youth to produce/innovate and distribute green and clean cooking solutions in their communities.
Theme 3: Scale-up and Policy Influence
(v) To assess the contribution of TVET-based green energy and clean cooking training programs to green skills development, inclusive participation and resilience of women and youth entrepreneurs.
(vi) To promote public awareness and policy advocacy through transdisciplinarity in knowledge co-creation and dissemination among academia, TVET institutions, communities, policymakers, and private sector actors.

 Uganda 2025-09-03 4:47:32 2028-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Stephen  Ojiambo Wandera
ID: UNCST-2021-R012147
 Wellness4Students Program to Mitigate Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Makerere University Students in Uganda (Wellness4Students Project)
REFNo: SS4200ES

1.3 Aim and objectives of the study
This study aims to co-create, implement, and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a Wellness4Students supportive email/WhatsApp messaging program to mitigate symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression and to promote well-being among university students in Uganda.

Specific Aims
Aim 1: To co-create and adapt the Wellness4Students intervention for SAD and mental well-being for university students in Uganda. We will co-create the Wellness4Students (W4S) program and then adapt it for students at Makerere University [27, 28, 36].
Aim 2: To determine the prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression among university students in Uganda. We will use a self-administered online baseline survey to measure these outcomes. The primary outcomes will be Stress, Anxiety, and Depression (SAD) and well-being. This will be measured using the Psychological Stress Scale (PSS-10), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and the WHO Wellbeing Scale [14, 37-40]. We will estimate the prevalence of each of these outcomes separately. to assess the impact of the program on stress, anxiety and depression?
Aim 3:. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Wellness4Students intervention for addressing stress, anxiety, and depression among university students in Uganda, as well as to evaluate its impact.
We will assess the daily consistency in program participation (i.e. ability to read daily messages), completion rates (Lost to follow-up), the improvement in mean scores of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression at 3 months, and 6 months [14, 27, 37-40]. End-line survey perceptions and feedback about the program at 6 months will be evaluated. At the end of the intervention and follow up survey, we will conduct a satisfaction survey, as indicated in the last section of the survey questionnaire.

Aim 4: To investigate the association between demographic factors and Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among University students in Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-09-03 4:46:07 2028-09-03 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Hellen Opolot
ID: UNCST-2019-R001724
 An Evaluation of Compliance to Uganda National Research Regulations
REFNo: SS4169ES

Overall objective:

To investigate extent and the drivers of compliance with national research regulations/guidelines among regulators, institutional committees and researchers in Uganda.

Specific objectives

1. To establish the extent of compliance to the national research ethics guidelines/regulations by research regulators, ethics committees and researchers in Uganda
2. To assess the factors associated with Compliance to national research ethics guidelines/regulations by researchers, Institutional Committees and research regulators in Uganda
3. To explore barriers and facilitators of regulatory inspections, audits and enforcement of national research ethics regulations/guidelines by regulators and ethics committees in Uganda
4. To explore barriers and facilitators of compliance to the national research ethics regulations /guidelines by researchers in Uganda

 Uganda 2025-09-02 12:03:37 2028-09-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert MPIIRA
ID: UNCST-2022-R005391
 Dual Generation Interventions and Poverty Alleviation in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
REFNo: SS4265ES

The primary research objective for the proposed study is to determine if households participating in both the ultra-poor graduation program (UPG) and Humanitarian Play Lab (HPL) will have better outcomes for households, caregivers and children than households participating in the humanitarian play lab alone.
Specifically, the study seeks to:
(i) Examine if households which participate in both the Ultra-poor graduation and Humanitarian Play Lab programs have more income and are more food secure than households which only participate in the Humanitarian Play Lab program
(ii) Ascertain if Caregivers of households which participate in both the Humanitarian Play Lab program and the Humanitarian Play Lab program and those which only participate in HPL are different regarding time use, mindset and aspirations, knowledge and practices related to child development, gender attitudes and dynamics, mental health, well-being, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
(iii) Analyse if children in households which participate in both the Humanitarian Play Lab program and the Humanitarian Play Lab program program have higher development outcomes than children of households that only participate in the Humanitarian Play Lab program

Uganda 2025-09-02 10:11:25 2028-09-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Fred  Bulamba
ID: UNCST-2020-R014888
 PErioperative respiratory care and outcomes for patieNts Undergoing hIgh risk abdomiNal surgery
REFNo: HS2178ES

To explore the cost-effectiveness of the different treatment combinations in reducing pneumonia and SSI at pre-selected centres.,To assess the impact of both interventions on postoperative mortality at 30-days, and the effect of 80-100% FiO2 only on the re-operation rate at 30 days after surgery.,To assess whether (1) preoperative 0.2% chlorhexidine mouthwash reduces the rate of postoperative pneumonia at 30-days compared to no mouthwash, and (2) 80-100% FiO2 used during surgery reduces the rate of postoperative SSI at 30-days compared to 21-35% FiO2, amongst patients aged 10 years or over undergoing elective or emergency midline laparotomy, with an anticipated abdominal incision of ≥5cm, for any indication except caesarean section.,
 Uganda 2025-08-28 10:15:49 2028-08-28 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
 Neuropsychiatric Genetics of African Populations - Psychosis, II NeuroGAP-Psychosis II
REFNo: HS6452ES

i). Expand knowledge of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the African continent
through large-scale sample collection and analysis in Uganda
ii) Increase understanding of the genetics of African populations, through various methods for biospecimen
collection
iii) Enhance neuropsychiatric genetic research capacity in Africa through the training of scientists and supporting
the development of locally-led research programs
 Uganda 2025-08-27 14:38:09 2028-08-27 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Mfitundinda
ID: UNCST-2024-R015971
 Surveillance for recurrence and residual cervical intraepithelial neoplasia using high-risk human papillomavirus testing at Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Uganda, 2025
REFNo: HS5795ES

To improve surveillance for residual and recurrent CIN during follow up of women attending Kawempe National Referral Hospital (KNRH) in Uganda Specific objectives (i) To determine the prevalence of hr-HPV among women with CIN and those without CIN at Kawempe NRH, January-November, 2025 (ii) Determine the diagnostic/prediction accuracy of hr-HPV compared to the standard cytology for residual or recurrent CIN of any grade. (iii) Determine factors associated with progression of any CIN to a higher grade CIN or invasive cervical carcinoma (iv) Assess the level of acceptance of hr-HPV screening in women treated for CIN among health workers in the women's clinic at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
Uganda 2025-08-26 16:02:41 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pamella Abwoyo
ID: UNCST-2024-R015875
 Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli In Wet Markets In Lira District, Uganda: A One-Health Cross Sectional Study
REFNo: SS3917ES

1. To determine the prevalence and associated factors of ESBL-E.coli in chicken sold in wet markets in Lira District 2. To determine the prevalence and associated factors of ESBL-E.coli in wastewater sources in wet markets in Lira District 3. To determine the prevalence and associated factors of ESBL-E.coli in humans (chicken traders) in wet markets in Lira District
 Uganda 2025-08-26 16:01:07 2028-08-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Oguttu Were
ID: UNCST-2024-R005275
 Onchocerciasis infection status in patients with Nodding Syndrome and epilepsy in Madi-Mid North focus, Uganda
REFNo: HS6224ES

To determine the prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus infection in people with a history of Nodding Syndrome in Madi-Mid North, Uganda
 Uganda 2025-08-26 15:55:47 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jonathan Kitonsa
ID: UNCST-2025-R018208
 Investigating metabolic outcomes in African adults living with HIV after switching to injectable antiretroviral therapy
REFNo: HS6320ES

1. a) To compare changes in weight, body mass index, lipid profiles, and blood pressure, over one and two years among patients receiving 2-monthly long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine and compare this with those remaining on oral ART. b) To determine factors associated with changes in weight, BMI, lipid profiles, and blood pressure over the one- and two-year periods. 2. To describe the baseline glycaemic status of an African population with a history of suboptimal HIV control, and the change in HbA1c whilst on long acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine compared with patients remaining on oral dolutegravir - based ART through one and two years of follow-up. 3. To compare change in 10-year cardiovascular risk among patients on long acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine with those remaining on oral dolutegravir - based ART after one and two years of follow-up. 4. To quantify the impact of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate cessation on estimated glomerular filtration rate across one and two years of follow-up among patients receiving 2-monthly long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine compared with those remaining on oral ART. 5. To compare serum leptin and fasting insulin levels during follow-up in a subset of participants with significant weight gain and sample of similar participants without weight gain at 12 months.
Uganda 2025-08-26 15:48:19 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
VIVIAN ARINAITWE
ID: UNCST-2024-R016282
 Developing a Feasibility Framework for MedTech in Low-Resource Settings: A Case Study of the NeoNest Device in Mbarara District, Uganda
REFNo: SIR537ES

1.4.1. Main Objective
To evaluate the feasibility of implementing the NeoNest neonatal transport incubator in selected health facilities in Mbarara District, Uganda, and to develop a structured, context-specific feasibility assessment framework for introducing medical technologies in low-resource settings.
1.4.2. Specific Objectives
To assess current neonatal transport and thermal care practices in health facilities in Mbarara District.
To evaluate the simulated performance, usability, and acceptability of the NeoNest device in a controlled setting.
To identify barriers and enablers for the adoption and scale-up of the NeoNest device.
To develop and validate a feasibility assessment framework for medical technology deployment in low-resource settings, using expert consensus (e.g., Delphi ≥ 80% agreement).

 Uganda 2025-08-26 15:46:45 2028-08-26 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
HELEN KEZIE-NWOHA EKENE
ID: UNCST-2024-R016104
 Loalising National Gender and Climate Policy in Uganda
REFNo: SS4066ES

• To examine the extent to which global and national climate policies are leading to change at the local level, improving the lives of women and gender relations, including the distribution of resources.
• To co- produce knowledge with women, women’s organisations, community organisations and local government officials, about the effects of climate change on the lives of women and their communities; identify obstacles; and propose solutions and pathways to climate resilience.
• To use research evidence from the research to influence national level policy making

 Nigeria 2025-08-26 15:44:37 2028-08-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Wilson Ngonzi
ID: UNCST-2024-R016516
 SMALL HOLDER FARMERS ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN KIBAALE, KAGADI AND KAKUMIRO DISTRICTS
REFNo: SS4100ES

To examine the temperatures, drought and precipitation climate change patterns that impacts small holder farmers adaptation strategies in Kibaale, Kagadi and Kakumiro Districts To examine the small holder farmers adaptation strategies to climate change impacts in Kibaale, Kagadi and Kakumiro Districts. To examine the small holder farmers adaptation strategies on accessing climate information and early warning systems in Kibaale, Kagadi and Kakumiro Districts
Uganda 2025-08-26 15:42:18 2028-08-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MUGULUSI GIDEON
ID: UNCST-2025-R018401
 SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIALISATION ON JOB CREATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4147ES

Purpose of the Study
The general objective of the study is to examine the effects of sustainable Industrialization on job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda
1.3. 1 Specific Objectives
The following specific objectives will guide the study
(i) To examine the effects of Industrial Policy (IP) on job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda
(ii) To investigate the effects of Technological Innovation (TI) on job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda
(iii) To analyze the effects of Infrastructure Development (ID) on job creation and Poverty Reduction in Uganda.
(iv) To determine the effect of Human Capital Development (HCD) on job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda.
(v) To analyze the effect of environmental sustainability on job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda.
(vi) To evaluate the effect of social inclusion on job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda.
(vii) To examine the moderating effect of government support on Job creation and poverty reduction in Uganda

 Uganda 2025-08-26 15:38:58 2028-08-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Micheal Segawa Collins
ID: UNCST-2025-R017185
 EXPLORING HPV VACCINE UPTAKE AND ITS BARRIERS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN URBAN SLUMS OF KAMPALA.
REFNo: HS6259ES

To determine the uptake of both doses of the HPV vaccine among adolescent girls and young women in the urban slums of Kampala.

To identify the barriers to the uptake of the HPV vaccine among adolescent girls and young women in the urban slums of Kampala

 Uganda 2025-08-26 15:37:00 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Louis Gorgone
ID: UNCST-2025-R019673
 Socioendocrinology of female forest living olive baboons (Papio anubis)
REFNo: NS998ES

This research aims to explore the hormonal correlates of dominance, aggression, and affiliative (pro-social) behavior in female forest-living olive baboons (*Papio anubis*) at Kibale National Park, Uganda. Specifically, it investigates how female dominance rank, aggression, and social behaviors relate to physiological stress and aggression markers, measured through glucocorticoids and testosterone. By examining these relationships at multiple temporal scales, the study will shed light on the adaptive significance of social hierarchies and behaviors among females living in an ecologically stable forest environment, thus advancing the understanding of socioendocrine mechanisms underpinning female primate sociality.

 USA 2025-08-26 15:34:30 2028-08-26 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
BRIGHT  NDAHIRO
ID: UNCST-2024-R015220
 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS AND POTENTIAL USE OF SELECTED MACROPHYTES IN PHYTOREMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LAKE GEORGE, UGANDA
REFNo: NS1001ES

General objective
Assess the ecological risk of heavy metal contamination in selected macrophytes, associated water and sediments of Lake George, Uganda
Specific objectives
The specific objectives are to:
1.Determine the distribution and diversity of macrophytes on L. George
2.Determine the pattern of multi elemental concentration (Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, Co and their variations in wetland plant species of different growth forms, in corresponding water and sediments of Lake George.
3.Apply ecological pollution indices to assess pollution load in the sediments and macrophytes.
4.Identify the selected macrophytes potential use as bio-indicators and for phyto-extraction and phyto-stabilization of heavy metal contamination

 Uganda 2025-08-26 15:33:18 2028-08-26 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edwin Nuwagira
ID: UNCST-2021-R013488
 EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF SHORT-COURSE INTERMITTENT INTRAVENOUS LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTERICIN B VERSUS ORAL POSACONAZOLE FOR CHRONIC PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS: A PHASE IIA, PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-CENTRE, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, OPEN-LABEL, FEASIBILITY TRIAL
REFNo: HS6400ES

5. Assess recruitment and retention of patients with CPA on a trial to inform design and sample size for a definitive efficacy trial.,4. To assess adherence to posaconazole therapy,3. To evaluate the utility of different trial endpoints (change in Aspergillus IgG antibody titer, radiological improvement, step test and weight) across groups.,2. To compare 12-month all-cause mortality in each arm,1. To measure emergence of isolates of Aspergillus with resistance/reduced susceptibility to posaconazole in both arms. ,1. Compare the efficacy and tolerability of 1) short course, high dose of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B, 2) short course, high dose of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B followed by daily posaconazole, or 3) posaconazole alone for the treatment of CPA for 6 months.,
 Uganda 2025-08-26 13:48:03 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Barnabas Bakamutumaho
ID: UNCST-2021-R012636
 Countrywide Enhancement of Sentinel Congenital Rubella Surveillance and Intensified Case Identification for Burden Monitoring Following Measles-Rubella Vaccine Introduction in Uganda and Neighboring Countries
REFNo: HS6410ES

Objective: The long-term goal is to sustain systematic CRS case-based sentinel surveillance countrywide to understand the burden of rubella infections causing congenital disabilities and to assess the public health control and prevention interventions such as the vaccines.

Specific aim 1: To support laboratory based CRS diagnosis in clinically suspected cases
Specific aim 2: To monitor vaccine impact in Uganda's routine immunization program
Specific aim 3: To monitor and characterize genotypes associated with CRS
Specific aim 4: To monitor molecular epidemiology of CRS in East African region

 Uganda 2025-08-26 13:35:01 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Michael Emenyu Richard
ID: UNCST-2025-R018382
 Assessing awareness and attitudes of nurses/midwives on effective referral protocols of cleft lip and or palate children; a case study of Teso Sub-Region in Eastern Uganda
REFNo: HS5973ES

Main objective/ purpose To assess the level of awareness and attitudes of nurses/midwives on effective referral protocols for cleft lip and or palate children in Teso sub-region, Eastern Uganda. Specific Objectives i. To assess the level of awareness of nurses/midwives on effective referral protocols for cleft lip and palate children. ii. To determine the attitudes of nurses/midwives on effective referral protocols for cleft lip and palate children. iii. To assess the referral protocol/policy for cleft lip and or palate children in Uganda being implemented/used across the health facilities in Teso sub-region. iv. To determine the socio-demographics of nurses/midwives on effective referral protocols for cleft lip and or palate children.
Uganda 2025-08-26 13:23:57 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Clara Wekesa
ID: UNCST-2021-R013282
 Correlation between particulate matter and immuno-biochemical markers among people living with HIV and fibrotic liver disease in urban Uganda
REFNo: HS6060ES

Primary objectives:
• To examine the relationship between PM exposure and serum levels of biochemical and haematological parameters (liver chemistry profile, platelet count, fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin and lipid profiles)
• To examine the relationship between PM exposure and serum levels of pro-fibrotic cytokines
Secondary objectives:
• Correlation coefficient between PM and fatty liver change measurements
• Correlation coefficient between PM and fatty liver stiffness measurements

 Uganda 2025-08-26 13:19:27 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kirabo Suubi
ID: UNCST-2023-R005659
 RESPOND – Rethinking access and utilization of reproductive healthcare and domestic violence services among women with disabilities in Uganda
REFNo: SS3965ES

To explore the perspectives of reproductive healthcare (RHC) workers in providing reproductive health services to WWDs and their perspectives on the health system’s capacity to deliver reproductive health services to WWDs.,2. To explore the perspective of providers of domestic violence (DV) services in providing DV services to WWDs and their perspectives on the systems’ capacity to deliver domestic violence services to WWDs.,1. To explore the perspectives of WWDs on access and utilization of reproductive healthcare and domestic violence services. ,The purpose of this research is to provide a better understanding of the impact of disability on access, utilization, and delivery of reproductive healthcare and domestic violence services among WWDs, to inform responses to the needs of WWDs in low-income countries. ,
 Uganda 2025-08-26 13:15:25 2028-08-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Helen Naiga Nelly
ID: UNCST-2025-R016871
 Uptake of Sickle Cell Screening and Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs towards sickle cell screening among Young Adults in Bugweri district
REFNo: HS6109ES

• To determine the uptake of sickle cell screening among young adults aged 18-49 years in Bugweri district
• To determine the knowledge levels, attitude and beliefs of young adults aged 18-49 years in Bugweri district regarding sickle cell disease and screening
• To establish the factors influencing the uptake of sickle cell screening among young adults aged 18-49 years in Bugweri district

 Uganda 2025-08-26 11:41:44 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kazibwe Herman
ID: UNCST-2025-R017099
 STUDY TITLE: APPROPRIATENESS & USABILITY OF A DISCHARGE PLANNING PROTOCOL FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FOR PROVIDERS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL AND MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS6191ES

Research Question: Is an interdisciplinary referral protocol intervention for TBI patients, expanded for inclusion of occupational and speech therapy, appropriate and usable at a national & regional hospital? Objectives 1.To assess appropriateness of the discharge planning protocol, revised to include occupational and speech therapy, to concurrently meet the needs for decision-making by individual users and a multidisciplinary care team. 2.To assess usability of the revised discharge planning protocol and paper interface in healthcare practice for individual users and multidisciplinary team communication
Uganda 2025-08-26 11:40:11 2028-08-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Satoru Mikami
ID: UNCST-2019-R000358
 The Effects of a Hands-off Approach and Information Empowerment on Adherence to HWTS: Evidence from a Multi-Arm Randomized Field Experiment in Northern Wakiso, Uganda
REFNo: SS4167ES

This study aims to test two hypotheses on how to improve adherence to HWTS, especially focusing on the regular cleaning of water containers: (1) whether a hands-off approach, such as a conditional cash transfer, is more effective than a conventional hands-on approach, and/or (2) whether information empowerment—specifically, visually exposing the inside of water containers—can promote adherence under challenging conditions.
 Japan 2025-08-25 13:41:19 2028-08-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
 Assessing different deployment models for small-scale tsetse control using Tiny Targets
REFNo: NS1013ES

The aim of this study is to evaluate three different models of Tiny Target deployment: top-down regular; top-down intensive; community-based, that could be used for future reactive vector control. The data that will be generated in the study will enable policy makers, implementers and funders to make an informed decision about how to implement reactive vector control. The aim will be achieved by the following objectives: Objective 1: to determine which deployment model achieves the greatest reduction in tsetse densities Objective 2: to compare the resource requirements of each deployment model Objective 3: to ascertain the acceptability of the different deployment models to the communities Objective 4: to compare the coverage and quality of Tiny Target deployments between models Objective 5: to assess community knowledge of tsetse habitat and human-tsetse contact areas Methods: Study sites:
Uganda 2025-08-19 13:22:12 2028-08-19 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Slyvia  Aarakit Manjeri
ID: UNCST-2025-R016896
 EVIDENCE FOR INFORMING OPTIMIZATION AND SCALING OF YOUTH AND WOMEN LED CLEAN ENERGY ENTERPRISES AND BUSINESS MODELS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4115ES

i. To map the clean energy technologies and their deployment value chains with investment opportunities for women and youth entrepreneurs (CEEs) in Uganda.
ii. To identify the best practices in clean energy technologies, financing and business models that promote investment opportunities for women and youth entrepreneurs in Uganda.
iii. To investigate the economic and social impact indicators of the selected best practices on women and youth-led entrepreneurs (CEEs) in Uganda
iv. To examine systemic factors influencing access to business opportunities in clean energy technologies for women and youth entrepreneurs.
v. To propose a practical framework for optimizing and scaling up women and youth-led clean energy businesses based on empirical insights from the study

 Uganda 2025-08-19 13:19:56 2028-08-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jennifer Davis
ID: UNCST-2019-R000218
 The health and well-being benefits of transitioning to piped water service: A prospective study in rural Uganda
REFNo: SS4270ES

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1 commits the water sector to a new standard of “safely managed” services, including access to an improved water source on premises. This target is not supported by evidence consistently indicating that piped water services on premises generate substantially greater benefits, however. This study, which is the first known prospective analysis of a piped water infrastructure investment in a lower-income country, will help to ensure that debates around costs and benefits of improved services within the SDG initiative are grounded in solid empirical evidence. More specifically, the broad goals of the study are to (1) measure stated preferences of households for piped water service from community water points (public standposts) and household/yard connections, as well as for individual service attributes (e.g., reliability, water quality); (2) assess the impact of transitioning from use of improved community water sources (especially boreholes with handpump) to piped water supply on outcomes at the individual, household and community level; and (3) identify the household, community, and water service characteristics associated with comparatively large (small) impacts.
USA 2025-08-19 13:16:15 2028-08-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Esther Cathlyn  Atukunda
ID: UNCST-2022-R009265
 Exploring the implementation of new PrEP methods during periconception, throughout pregnancy, and after childbirth
REFNo: HS6260ES

Aim 1a: Explore preliminary implementation strategies for injectable cabotegravir (CAB) and other long-acting PrEP agents for people of reproductive potential in rural Alabama and Uganda.


Aim1b: Informed by the qualitative findings, we will design a survey to quantify the perceived barriers and facilitators and assess feasibility and acceptability of the implementation strategies proposed in Aim 1a. We propose to survey N~120 key stakeholders (KS) across the two sites.

Approach (Aims 1a-b): Using rapid qualitative methods to analyze in-depth interviews and focus group discussion conducted with ~24 key stakeholders (ministry of health, clinic administrators, clinicians) and ~50 consumers (people of reproductive potential) across the two sites. We will then survey ~120 key stakeholders across sites to assess feasibility and acceptability of the implementation strategies identified in the qualitative work (Aim 2b).

Aim 2. Select implementation strategies for a future adaptive trial through a modified Delphi process.
Approach: Stakeholders will be convened for site-specific group meetings to hear suggestions for implementation strategies and adaptations, and asked rank their preferences. These data and information from the literature will inform the design of an adaptive trial for evaluating implementation strategies for novel PrEP for people of reproductive potential in rural Uganda and Alabama.

 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:55:55 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Christine John Amaa Oyokuru
ID: UNCST-2025-R019599
 "Role of Ama-tualu Narratives in Gender Discourse for Men's Participation in Household Livelihood Resilience in Omugo Sub-County, Terego District, Uganda
REFNo: SS4087ES

1. To identify narratives of gender discourses experiences and their implied meanings on men’s active participation for livelihood resilience in Omugo Sub-County, Terego District, Uganda.

2. To evaluate men’s experiences on opportunities, economic well-being, and self-assertiveness in reference to the Afrocentric value of ama-tualu in Omugo Sub-County, Terego District, Uganda.

3. To establish ama-tualu transformative sustainable development practices for men’s participation in household livelihood resilience in Omugo Sub-County in Terego District, Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:54:32 2028-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elizabeth Ayebare Ombeva
ID: UNCST-2020-R003666
 Experiences of the CEI members and Researchers working together during Global Health Research on Stillbirth Prevention and Bereavement Care: A grounded theory study in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
REFNo: SS4036ES

To produce an explanatory theory to underpin a working framework to support relevant research projects and programmes,To understand social processes that guide relationships between CEI members and researchers within a large global health programme,To understand researchers’ experiences of engaging with the CEI group within a large global health programme,To understand CEI group member experiences of contributing to research within a large global health programme,To gain better understanding of facilitators and barriers to effective community engagement through a grounded theory approach,
 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:51:30 2028-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Ekong
ID: UNCST-2025-R017564
 Why did they get infected? Audit of MTCT risk factors among HIV-positive Infants attending Faith Based Health facilities in Uganda.
REFNo: HS5987ES

3. To identify Maternal and HIV positive Infant risk factors associated with MTCT of HIV among infants diagnosed as HIV-positive attending faith-based health facilities in Uganda. ,2. To assess the effectiveness and coverage of maternal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and infant prophylaxis by attending faith-based health facilities in Uganda.,1. To determine the socio-demographic characteristics of Mothers and HIV-positive Infants attending Faith Based Health Facilities in Uganda.,This study aims to determine the risk factors contributing to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV among HIV-positive infants attending Faith-Based Health Facilities in Uganda, to inform targeted Ministry of Health of Uganda interventions to prevent future cases in Faith-based Health facilities.,
 Uganda 2025-08-18 13:42:26 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Barbara Amanya Lynn
ID: UNCST-2024-R016287
 Work-Life Balance Practices, Psychological Well-being, and Employee Engagement Among Academic Staff at Uganda’s Private Universities
REFNo: SS4119ES

i. To determine the association between flexible work arrangements and employee engagement of academic staff among private universities in Uganda. ii. To investigate the relationship between leave programmes and employee engagement of academic staff among private universities in Uganda. iii. To examine the impact of wellness programmes on employee engagement of academic staff among private universities in Uganda. iv. To analyze the mediating effect of psychological well-being on the relationship between work-life balance practices and employee engagement of academic staff among private universities in Uganda.
Uganda 2025-08-18 13:38:10 2028-08-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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
Robert Mutumba
ID: UNCST-2025-R019247
 CHARACTERIZATION OF INCONCLUSIVE SAMPLES ACCORDING TO RAPID TEST FOR RECENT INFECTION (RTRI) IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS6130ES

Main objective of the study is to determine the status of inconclusive samples tested in the field for HIV-1 recent infection.
Specific objectives
1.To perform additional characterization on field tested samples where RTRI results are discrepant with the national HIV testing algorithm (i.e., RTRI “Inconclusive”) to understand patterns or reasons for discrepant results.
2.To identify potential sources of testing errors to help improve quality of recency testing.
3.To compare Asante field tested results with results of the national HIV testing algorithm for RTRI Inconclusive samples

 Uganda 2025-08-18 12:55:05 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
WINFRED NANNOZI
ID: UNCST-2024-R004301
 PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TOMOPHOBIA AMONG PRE-OPERATIVE PATIENTS AT KYABIRYA SURGICAL CENTER, BUDONDO SUB-COUNTY, JINJA CITY
REFNo: HS5857ES

To establish the institutional predictors of tomophobia among pre-operative patients at Kyabirya surgical center, Budondo sub-county, Jinja city,To assess the patient-related predictors of tomophobia among pre-operative patients at Kyabirya surgical center, Budondo sub-county, Jinja city,To determine the prevalence of tomophobia among pre-operative patients at Kyabirya surgical center, Budondo sub-county, Jinja city,To assess the predictors of tomophobia among pre-operative patients at Kyabirya surgical center, Budondo sub-county, Jinja city,
 Uganda 2025-08-18 12:53:37 2028-08-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ALPHONSINA MUJAWIMANA
ID: UNCST-2024-R015924
 PREVALENCE, PATTERNS AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DELAY AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN ATTENDING THE PAEDIATRIC OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT CLINIC AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL.
REFNo: HS6113ES

General Objective To determine the prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with Neurodevelopmental Delay among young children attending the Paediatric OPD Clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Specific objective 1.To determine the prevalence of neurodevelopmental delay among children under five years at the paediatric OPD at MRRH. 2.To describe the patterns of neurodevelopmental delay among children under five years at the paediatric OPD at MRRH. 3.To assess the factors associated with neurodevelopmental delay among children under five years at the paediatric OPD at MRRH
Uganda 2025-08-08 16:28:48 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edirisa Kibuuka
ID: UNCST-2025-R016973
 Improving care and support of children with Cerebral palsy: Feasibility and Acceptability of Family care-group model in Kawempe division, Uganda
REFNo: HS6115ES

To evaluate coverage, appropriateness, adoption, acceptability, feasibility, fidelity and costs of implementing CP-family care-group model in improving supportive care of children with CP in peri-urban communities of Kawempe division,To assess perceived barriers and facilitators to implementing CP-family care-group model in improving care and support of children with CP at community, facility and division. ,We intend to roll-out cerebral palsy family care-group model in selected health facility catchment areas to reduce stigma/discrimination and improve supportive care of CP children in Kawempe division,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:27:42 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victor Lomonyang
ID: UNCST-2025-R017018
 Prevalence of perceived stigma and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis (TB). A cross-sectional study in Napak district, Karamoja region, Uganda.
REFNo: HS6105ES

Overall Objective: To determine the prevalence of perceived stigma and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis in Napak district, Karamoja region, Uganda. Specific Objective 1: To determine the prevalence of perceived stigma among patients with tuberculosis in Napak District. Specific Objective 2: To identify the factors associated with perceived TB stigma among patients with tuberculosis in Napak District.
Uganda 2025-08-08 16:26:22 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ESTHER NANSAMBA
ID: UNCST-2024-R002776
 SUCCESSION PLANNING PRACTICES, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND SURVIVABILITY OF HOTELS IN WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3479ES

i.To examine the effect of skill development on hotel survivability in western Uganda.
ii.To determine the effect of mentorship on hotel survivability
iii.To establish the effect of internal promotion on hotel survivability in western Uganda
iv.To determine the moderating effect of organizational culture on the relationship between succession planning practices and the survivability of hotels in western Uganda.
v.To determine the level of survivability of hotels in western Uganda.
 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:24:31 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Edgar Mulogo Mugema
ID: UNCST-2023-R008170
 Evaluation of a point-of-care molecular diagnostic test for brucellosis
REFNo: HS6127ES

Aim 1. Evaluate a point-of-care, rapid recombinase polymerase amplification, lateral flow detection assay (RPA-LF) for Brucella using clinical specimens from children and adults in rural southwestern Uganda with suspected brucellosis. Aim 1a: Determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the RPA-LF assay as compared to the current gold standard, blood culture, and quantitative PCR (qPCR). At Epicentre Uganda Research Laboratory, we will retrospectively perform the RPA-LF test on blood collected from patients presenting to health facilities in the Kazo and Kasese districts with malaria-negative fever for 1 week and one or more of the following symptoms: night sweats, headache, weight loss, fatigue, myalgia or arthralgia, and anorexia. We hypothesize that the RPA-LF assay can be successfully conducted in Uganda in a reference laboratory setting. In addition, we postulate that its sensitivity will be better than that of the currently available qualitative slide agglutination test and blood culture and will match that of qPCR. Aim 2b: Demonstrate the preliminary feasibility of RPA-LF test use at a peripheral health center in rural southwestern Uganda. We will conduct a small pilot sub-study to assess the acceptability and feasibility of test implementation by laboratory technicians at one of the study sites. We hypothesize that the assay can be successfully performed by local laboratory staff with minimal capacity investment. Aim 2: Explore the use of the RPA-LF assay for testing of cow and goat milk. For participants who test positive for brucellosis by slide agglutination test or blood culture, we will test self-collected pooled milk samples from their households using the Brucella Milk Ring Test and the RPA-LF assay and assess concordance between the two diagnostic methods.,The objective of this proposal is to preliminarily validate an RPA-LF assay for brucellosis that can be implemented in rural contexts in LMIC to improve brucellosis diagnosis and management.,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:22:39 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peter Musinguzi
ID: UNCST-2025-R017309
 Maintenance of Place Attachment and Future Aspirations: Towards a Model through Insights from Marginalised Indigenous Communities in Uganda
REFNo: SS4116ES

The study broadly aims to unravel the different forms of social-symbolic work Indigenous communities acting entrepreneurially (including business operators and owners) engage in to signal their relationship with their ancestral land to restore, preserve, and maintain cultural heritage for their future generation after displacement and their community’s aspirations. To achieve this objective, the study answers the research question below:

How do Indigenous communities act towards restoration, preservation, and maintenance of linkage to their cultural heritage for their future generation after displacement and their communities’ future aspirations?

 Uganda 2025-08-08 16:19:43 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Pontiano  Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2020-R019901
 Field Performance Evaluation of Kwiq HIV 1/2 Test kit in Uganda.
REFNo: HS6240ES

1.To describe the performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the KWIQ-TEST rapid test compared to the reference testing (Genscreen ULTRA HIV1/2 Ag/Ab EIA followed by the Murex diasorin HIV1/2 Ag/Ab combination).
2.To describe the performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the KWIQ-TEST rapid test, when compared to the national testing algorithm.
3.Estimate the proportion of inconclusive test results by KWIQ-TEST Test

Uganda 2025-08-08 16:18:18 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
KEBIRUNGI ELIZABETH
ID: UNCST-2025-R017392
 ETHNOLBOTANICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROFILES OF COMMONLY USED HERBAL GALACTOGOGUES AMONG BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS IN KISORO DISTRICT
REFNo: NS981ES

To profile the Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, and Nutritional composition of commonly used plant based galactagogues by breastfeeding mothers. 1.3.1 Specific objectives i. To document the plant species used as galactagogues and associated local knowledge ii. To assess the phytochemical composition of selected plant based galactagogues used by breastfeeding mothers. iii. To determine the nutritional composition of selected plant based galactagogues used by breastfeeding mothers
Uganda 2025-08-08 14:01:54 2028-08-08 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Loro Loro Simon
ID: UNCST-2024-R016624
 Enteral Feeding of premature neonates in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Challenges and interventions
REFNo: HS6184ES

2. To develop a caretaker-led model of enteral feeding for premature neonates in MRRH using human-centred design approaches,To identify challenges that caretakers face while giving enteral feeding to premature neonates in MRRH. ,To establish the challenges that caretaker face while administering enteral feeds to preterm babies and develop a relevant intervention for care-taker led enteral feeding of premature neonates. ,
 South Sudan 2025-08-08 13:59:50 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Odongo Samuel
ID: UNCST-2024-R016137
 PATTERNS OF, FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH, AND OUTCOMES OF SELF-MEDICATION AMONG CHILDREN AGED 1-59 MONTHS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS6188ES

3. To compare the seven-day in-hospital outcomes among children aged 1–59 months with ARI who have had self-medication by caregivers versus those who have not at MRRH.,2. To determine the factors associated with self-medication in children aged 1-59 months with ARI by caregivers at MRRH,1. To describe the patterns of self-medication among children aged 1-59 months with ARI by caregivers at MRRH.,To determine the patterns of, factors associated with, and in-hospital outcomes of self-medication in children aged 1-59 months with ARI by caregivers at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:58:48 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ROBERT BUGWATA
ID: UNCST-2024-R016476
 Assessing the influence of Transformational Leadership Practices on Teacher Adaptability and Innovation in primary schools
REFNo: SS4052ES

1. To assess the prevalence and dimensions of transformational leadership exhibited by headteachers in Uganda’s primary schools. 2. To investigate the influence of headteachers’ transformational leadership on teachers’ adaptability in Uganda’s primary schools. 3. To examine the effect of headteachers’ transformational leadership on teachers’ innovation in Uganda’s primary schools.
Uganda 2025-08-08 13:57:34 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
wabomba kadili
ID: UNCST-2025-R017841
 PUBLIC DEBT AND INVESTMENTS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES
REFNo: SS4146ES

The main objective of the study will be to investigate public debt and investments in the East African countries from 1990-2023
Specific Objectives of the Study
1. To examine the effect of External Debt on Investment in the East African Countries
2. To determine the impact of Public Debt servicing obligations on Investment in the East African Countries
3. To assess the control effects of inflation, exchange, and interest rates on the relationship between public debt and investment in East African countries
4. To Analyze the Overall Relationship Between External Debt and Investment in the East African Countries

 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:55:54 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nuluyati Nalwadda
ID: UNCST-2025-R017243
 Learning for Social Inclusion of Refugee Women in Host Communities: Perspectives from Uganda.
REFNo: SS4071ES

1.Explore the learning experiences of refugee women in host communities.
2.Examine how refugee women’s participation in learning facilitates their social inclusion in host communities.
3.To investigate the barriers refugee women face in accessing and participating in learning and their impact on social inclusion
4.To contribute to the existing literature on the strategies for improving the learning and social inclusion experiences of refugee women in host communities.

Uganda 2025-08-08 13:54:38 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
ID: UNCST-2020-R014244
 Exploring the Role and Feasibility of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Improve Mental Health Services in Uganda and Tanzania
REFNo: SIR540ES

4. To evaluate the developed ASR/NLP models in a real-life, prospective pilot in the call center in Uganda (Butabika Hospital) on different aspects of call center communication and operation. Examples include voice-based IVR tree navigation, call issue escalation, and real-time summaries (dashboards) of call data based on model outputs. The exact applications will be decided upon with users during project execution, based on clinical relevance and technical feasibility (performance of the models from objective 3).,3. To develop Automatic Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing models for transcription, translation, sentiment and emotional analysis, topic modeling (keyword spotting), and automatic communication quality assessment of call conversations. These trained models will be used in the pipeline to extract mental health indicators and markers from mental health recordings, as well as text transcripts of the call center recordings, to develop an overall scoring of patient mental health.,2. To curate and annotate mental health recordings and text datasets in English, Luganda, and Swahili. This will result in AI-ready datasets that will be used to train models to extract insights about mental health automatically. This process will also result in clear guidelines for data annotation and quality assurance, and inter- and intra-rater agreement measures when labelling data for mental health conditions.,1. To explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of stakeholders in regard to the use of ASR, NLP, AI, and other digital health tools in mental healthcare. From this, we shall also elicit the requirements for the design and operationalization of a mental health telephone service (call center) in Tanzania and the improvement of the existing mental health telephone service in Uganda (e.g. incorporation of ASR and NLP tools).,To explore the role and feasibility of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques in improving mental health services in Uganda and Tanzania. Our initial focus is on using these techniques to address the extant mental health data scarcity and studying the quality of conversations between patients and providers of mental health care services.,
 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:50:08 2028-08-08 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Claire Nimusiima
ID: UNCST-2025-R017994
 Assessing the association Between Disability and Mental Health among older adults: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Health and Wellbeing of Older People - Wave 5 study in Uganda.
REFNo: HS6244ES

Primary Objective
To assess the association between disability and mental health outcomes among older adults in Uganda.

Secondary Objectives
- To determine the prevalence of mental health disorders among older adults with and without disabilities.
- To explore whether any socio-demographic factors modify the association between disability and mental health outcomes.
- To assess whether HIV status confounds the association between disability and mental health outcomes.

 Uganda 2025-08-08 13:49:11 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
AGABA DAVID
ID: UNCST-2025-R018138
 Determinants of private investment and economic growth in Uganda 1990-2023
REFNo: SS4145ES

i. To establish the short and long term effect of interest rate on economic growth ii. To establish the short and long term effect of foreign exchange on economic growth iii. To establish the short and long term effect of inflation on economic growth
Uganda 2025-08-08 13:47:55 2028-08-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Peter Waitt
ID: UNCST-2023-R007926
 EXPLORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH AND LOW FIDELITY MODELS TO TEACH INTIMATE PROCEDURES SIMULATION SKILLS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS USING VAGINAL PREPARATION AS AN EXEMPLAR IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS6143ES

Exploring the effectiveness of high and low fidelity models to teach intimate procedures simulation skills to healthcare workers using vaginal preparation as an exemplar in Uganda,To explore knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards simulation to aid skill acquisition. To examine how simulation model fidelity affects healthcare provider learning during intimate procedures. To determine whether the level of fidelity affect the retention of skills over a 10-12 week period.,
 UK 2025-08-07 21:03:13 2028-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eddy Walakira Joshua
ID: UNCST-2022-R009077
 SKILLING IN AGRIPRENEURSHIP FOR INCREASED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT (SAY) PROJECT
REFNo: SS3959ES

Main objective
To execute the learning agenda to generate evidence that answers strategic questions and informs operational decisions and programming in regard to job creation and agri-skilling practices in Uganda

Research questions
1. To what extent does DIT (Directorate of Industrial Training) certification contribute to youth employability in the agriculture sector?

2. How effective and efficient is the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model utilised by the SAY Project on youth employment?

 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:58:03 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Thereza Piloya Were
ID: UNCST-2019-R000491
 Type 1 Diabetes Chronic Complication Prevalence and Relation to Continuous glucose monitoring Measurements in Ugandan Children and Youth
REFNo: HS5723ES

1. To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria, retinopathy, neuropathy, hypertension and hyperlipidemia among children and youth (age 4-26 yrs) with Type 1 diabetes at Mulago and Nsambya T1D clinics
2. To assess the relationship between chronic diabetes complications and HbA1c and CGM measures (glucose time in the standard CGM ranges, AG, CV) among children and youth (age 4-26 yrs) with Type 1 diabetes at Mulago and Nsambya T1D clinics.

 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:54:15 2028-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gladyce Kachope
ID: UNCST-2024-R002905
 TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UGANDA’S SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPETENCE-BASED CURRICULUM (CBC) IN RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT
REFNo: SS3363ES

iv. To investigate stakeholders’ motivating factors to implementation of Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,iii. To examine teachers\' attitudes towards Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,ii. To assess teachers’ perceptions towards their preparedness to implement Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,i. To examine the teacher preparedness initiatives in the implementation phase of Uganda’s lower secondary school competency-based curriculum among schools in Rukungiri District.,The overall objective of the study is to determine the effect of teacher preparedness on the implementation of Uganda’s 2020 competence-based secondary school curriculum in Rukungiri district.,
 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:52:08 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jackson Efitre
ID: UNCST-2019-R000473
 Scaling up fish processing technologies, marketing and women empowerment for improved incomes and livelihoods of fishing communities in Uganda (NutriFishPLUS)
REFNo: SS4106ES

Objectives of the study are:

The general objective is to enhance the incomes and livelihoods of fishing communities in Uganda.
Specific objectives are:

1.Improved quantity and quality of dried small fish and fish products for local, regional and international markets through adoption of solar tent driers and raised drying racks.

2.Improved market access for small fish and fish products through innovative marketing strategies and enhanced supply chain linkages.

3.Increased involvement of women, youth and other marginalized groups in SPF value chain.

4.Strengthened resilience of fishing communities through diversified income streams


 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:48:24 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PETER KADDU
ID: UNCST-2025-R018764
 Human Resource Planning Practices and Perceived Health Service Delivery in Uganda; a case study of selected District in Central Uganda.
REFNo: SS4063ES

To examine the influence of workforce alignment on perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To analyze the relationship between human resource forecasting and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To assess the association between succession planning and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.
To evaluate the moderating effect of customer factors on human resource planning practices and perceived health service delivery in selected Districts.

 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:42:21 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GRACE SSEBANAKITTA NANTAGYA
ID: UNCST-2024-R003766
 An Analysis Of Academic Staff Experiences With E-Learning Uptake In Universal Secondary Education Schools In Central Uganda
REFNo: SS4059ES

4. To investigate the strategies employed by teachers in USE schools to address challenges encountered during the implementation of e-learning,3. To examine teachers’ perceptions of the key challenges affecting the uptake of e-learning in USE schools in central Uganda.,2. To assess the levels of satisfaction among teachers in USE schools regarding their experiences with e-learning uptake.,1. To determine the extent of teacher engagement with different types of e-learning platforms in Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools in central Uganda,The overall objective of the study is to analyse the experiences of the academic staff in USE schools in Central Uganda with e-learning uptake,
 Uganda 2025-08-07 20:40:30 2028-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex  Muganzi Muganga
ID: UNCST-2019-R000710
 Project Assessment Protocol for IDI Key Populations Civil Society Organizations Mechanism in Uganda
REFNo: SS4017ES

(2) Ensuring scale-up of effective, efficient and quality comprehensive HIV service delivery through key population Drop-in Centers (DICs). ,(1) Strengthening KP CSOs’ coordination capacity and improve governance including accountability, legitimacy, constituency and membership to support provision of layered comprehensive HIV/AIDS services,
 Uganda 2025-07-22 17:00:53 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ponsiano Ocama
ID: UNCST-2019-R000440
 Leveraging HIV care infrastructure for implementation of context-adapted liver cancer comprehensive control strategies in Uganda: The LC3 Study
REFNo: HS6141ES

1) To adapt and plan integration of the Liver Cancer Comprehensive Control (LC3) package into the existing HIV infrastructure and care model. Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we will evaluate the local context for liver cancer control among PLWH. Guided by Dynamic Adaptation Process (DAP), we will work with key stakeholders to identify and adapt implementation strategies for LC3 package delivery. 2) To evaluate the integration of the LC3 package into the existing HIV infrastructure and care model using a phased implementation strategy. We will conduct a Type II hybrid observational implementation-effectiveness trial with phased implementation in six clinics in urban and rural Uganda. Using the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework, the primary outcome will be increased reach of package services, with secondary outcomes including effectiveness of LC3 package in linking HBsAg-positive participants to referral care, measures of adoption, implementation (fidelity), and maintenance. 3) To identify contextual factors mediating successful integration of LC3 services into routine HIV care and maintenance/sustainability. We will use mixed-methods to identify and compare contextual elements at patient, provider, and clinic levels across high and low performing sites to inform iteration, transferability, and scale-up. We will also assess maintenance post-implementation at all six sites.
Uganda 2025-07-22 16:59:30 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Maegan Hoffman Jennie
ID: UNCST-2025-R018963
 Behavioral impact of variable terrain across wild chimpanzee populations
REFNo: SS3973ES

Determine whether difference in terrain, primarily elevation and slope, are significant predictors of the observable differences in social behavior seen
between the Kanyawara and Budongo chimpanzees.

 USA 2025-07-22 16:56:59 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dan Muramuzi
ID: UNCST-2023-R008225
 Examining the implementation process of the Ugandan National Medical Oxygen Scale Up Plan of 2018-2022 within selected health facilities
REFNo: HS6032ES

To evaluate the extent of integrating oxygen indicators into the health management information system in Uganda.,To determine the extent to which the Uganda national oxygen scale-up plan 2018-2022 (and related policies) has been put into action.,To explore the stakeholder perspectives, power, influence and relationship towards the implementation of the national oxygen scale-up plan.,
 Uganda 2025-07-22 16:55:42 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lilian Nagawa
ID: UNCST-2025-R017226
 Effect of Strategic Management Practices on Sustainable Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Oil and Gas Sector in Uganda
REFNo: SS3672ES

The overall objective of this research is to examine the influence of strategic management practices on the sustainable growth of small and medium-sized enterprises providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda
Specific Objectives
The study will seek to specifically achieve the following objectives:
i. To establish the effect of environmental scanning on the sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda
ii. To determine the relationship between strategy formulation and sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda.
iii. To establish the influence of strategy implementation on the sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda
iv. To establish the relationship between strategy evaluation and control and the sustainable growth of SMEs providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector in Uganda

Uganda 2025-07-22 16:54:02 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ELIZABETH ONAYEMI OCHIENG
ID: UNCST-2023-R006823
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CORE SCIENCE TEACHERS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ORDINARY LEVEL SECONDARY STUDENTS IN CORE SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: SS3607ES

i) To examine the effects of formal teacher professional development on the academic performance of O-Level students in core O Level science subjects in selected secondary schools in Central Uganda.

ii) To examine the effects of informal teacher professional development on the academic performance of O-Level students in core O Level science subjects in selected secondary schools in Central Uganda.

iii) To analyse the effectiveness of the different models of teacher professional development available to O-Level teachers of core science subjects in selected secondary schools in Central Uganda.

 Kenya 2025-07-22 16:52:32 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Namara Grace
ID: UNCST-2023-R005711
 RE: READING BANYAKORE POTS: NARRATIVES OF MARRIAGE POTS BY WOMEN AND POTTERS OF BIHARWE, MBARARA CITY WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS3475ES

1. To establish the historical evolution that grounds the Banyakore marriage pots in the context of design and the associated traditions, norms and practices
2. To examine factors that influence meaning making of the Banyakore marriage pots among the people of Mbarara City, southwestern Uganda from its inception to the present day
3. To document the role and cultural relevance of the Banyakore marriage pots based on the narratives of Women and Potters of Mbarara City, Western Uganda

 Uganda 2025-07-22 16:49:00 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rita Nassanga
ID: UNCST-2020-R014686
 USE OF BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS4777ES

1. To document information about the use of brain MRI for dementia in low- and middleincome countries based on a systematic review and meta-analysis from published literature. 2. To explore the perceptions and practices of imaging personnel and physicians in using brain MRI as a diagnostic approach for dementia in Uganda. 3. To describe the volume and structural changes in brain MRI of patients with a clinical diagnosis of Dementia. 4. To determine the agreement between brain MRI and the Mini Mental State Exam in the diagnosis of dementia. 5. To determine the effect of training of Radiology Senior House Officers and Radiologists on the brain MRI interpretation for patients with a clinical diagnosis of dementia.
Uganda 2025-07-22 16:39:18 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
COMFORT ANKUNDA
ID: UNCST-2024-R004433
 The Role of Sport in Social inclusion and integration in Sweden and Uganda
REFNo: SS3768ES

Objectives
The primary objective of the study is explore how sport facilitates or otherwise hinders social inclusion and integration especially for vulnerable children and youth including those with a migrant background, living in poor families or affected HIV/AIDS or other disasters. The study will explore the following questions:
1. How is social inclusion and integration understood and defined by the children, youth and staff in sport-based projects that contribute to social inclusion and integration and by other relevant actors and stakeholders?
2. How do the involved young people perceive and experience the sport-based projects that contribute to social inclusion and integration they participate in?
3. What enables or limits beneficiaries’ and leaders’ participation in the different levels of sport-based initiatives that contribute to social inclusion and integration?
4. What needs to be done to improve the active participation of children and youth in their own social inclusion and integration processes?

 Sweden 2025-07-22 16:30:39 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Linda Adiru Atiku
ID: UNCST-2024-R015308
 Laboratory-Based Surveillance for Eschar-Associated Rickettsial Infections in Uganda
REFNo: HS5142ES

1. To retrospectively identify any eschar swabs collected during January 1, 2021, through November 30, 2024 as part of routine anthrax surveillance that are positive for Rickettsia spp.
2. To prospectively identify any eschar swabs collected beginning December 1,2024 through December 31, 2025 as part of routine anthrax surveillance for diagnostic purposes that are positive for Rickettsia spp.
3. To describe the epidemiology of persons with rickettsial infection identified from eschar swabs collected for anthrax surveillance.

 Uganda 2025-07-22 15:53:57 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
OLIVERCAROLINE WOKALI
ID: UNCST-2025-R017008
 Prevalence and factors associated with neurodevelopmental impairment among children with and without HIV from infancy to prepuberty at Mbarara: a multi-center study
REFNo: HS6174ES

1. To determine the prevalence of neurodevelopmental impairments among children with and without HIV 2. To determine the factors associated with neurodevelopmental impairments among children with and without HIV
 Uganda 2025-07-22 15:52:51 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Reagan Suubi
ID: UNCST-2025-R018154
 The Influence of Communication on Youth Engagement in Agripreneurship in Kamuli District, Uganda
REFNo: SS4050ES

Identify the different sources of agripreneurship information the youth agripreneur’s have access to.

Identify the types of agripreneurship information received by the youth in Kamuli district.  

Identify the different communication channels used by the youth in Kamuli district when receiving information.  

Explain the different challenges faced by youth when accessing information.  

Describe how the information received by the youth is being utilized in agripreneurship
Uganda 2025-07-22 15:45:40 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Esther Nduati Nyambura
ID: UNCST-2024-R002923
 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DELAYED TIME-TO-PRESENTATION AND OUTCOMES AMONG SEVERE TRAUMA PATIENTS ADMITTED TO MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY UNIT
REFNo: HS5557ES

This study aims to investigate the factors associated with delayed time-to-presentation to the emergency department and assess the outcomes of severe trauma patients admitted to Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH) Emergency Unit.
 Kenya 2025-07-22 15:43:45 2028-07-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Confidence  Nkurunungi Asiimwe
ID: UNCST-2024-R015200
 Parent Alcohol Use, Harsh Parenting,Adolescent Alcohol Use and Mental Illness among Adolescents in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda
REFNo: SS4070ES

1) To examine the association between parent alcohol use and harsh parenting.
2) To determine the association between parent alcohol use and adolescent mental illness.
3) To examine the association between harsh parenting and adolescent mental illness.
4) To find out the association between adolescent alcohol use and adolescent mental illness.
5) To find out whether adolescent alcohol use mediates the association between parent alcohol use, harsh parenting and mental illness.
6) To explore experiences of parents, teachers and opinion leaders in regard to parent alcohol use, harsh parenting, adolescent alcohol use and mental illness.

 Uganda 2025-07-22 15:41:23 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Marion Birungi
ID: UNCST-2024-R016519
 Barriers, Facilitators and Solutions towards Sustainability of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in Selected Ugandan Hospitals. A multiple-methods study
REFNo: SS3741ES

1. To determine the AMS interventions implemented in six selected hospitals in Eastern and Central Uganda.
2. To explore barriers and facilitators of sustainability of AMS interventions in six selected hospitals in Eastern and Central Uganda.
3. To examine how attributes that contribute to sustainability were conceptualized and embedded in the implementation of AMS interventions in six selected hospitals in Eastern and Central Uganda.
4. To assess the sustainability capacity for AMS interventions in six selected hospitals in Eastern and Central Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-07-22 15:25:28 2028-07-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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