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Michio Matsuba Kyle
ID: UNCST-2022-R009027
Wang Oo Relit Project (WORP) Evaluation Study
REFNo: SS1716ES

1. To determine if youth who participate in the WORP program show improvement on measures of well-being, 2. To monitor the level of engagement of youth in WORP lessons and activities 3. To understand the benefits and challenges associated with the WORP program from the perspective of youth participants.
Canada 2023-05-02 22:28:11 2026-05-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Fredrickson B Wasswa
ID: UNCST-2022-R008765
MINION WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING OF BLOOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MENINGITIS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, UGANDA
REFNo: NS528ES

To determine the use of MinION WGS to identify antimicrobial resistant genes, virulence enzymatic genes and Single Nucloetide polymorphisms (SNPs) among patients with CM and TBM at MRRH, To compare the performance of full MinION flow cells with Flongle flow discs designed for smaller samples for detection of CM and TBM at MRRH. To determine the suitability of blood as an alternative to CSF for the detection Cryptococcus and MTB in patients CM and TBM using MinION WGS at MRRH,To compare Cryptococcus and TB detection from blood and CSF using MimION WGS from patients with CM and TBM at MRRH.,
Uganda 2023-05-02 22:27:01 2026-05-02 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
Smart Discharges for Vulnerable Refugee Children: A Cohort Study to Validate Prognostic Algorithms for Post-discharge Readmission and Mortality among Children Living in Refugee Settings.
REFNo: HS2755ES

Primary Objective:

1. To validate, calibrate, and refine the Smart Discharges risk-prediction algorithm in a representative cohort of refugee children.

Secondary Objectives:

1. To describe the epidemiology of, and risk factors for, post-discharge mortality of children in the context of refugee settings.
2. To describe the post-discharge health seeking patterns of children in the context of refugee settings.

Uganda 2023-05-02 22:24:41 2026-05-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
James Davis KATUMBA
ID:
Uncontrolled asthma among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Kampala City: Prevalence, associated factors, in-school needs, pathways to care and effectiveness of an mHealth Self-management app
REFNo: HS2791ES

To determine the effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility of the KmAsthma self-management app in improving the control of asthma among day scholar secondary school adolescents 12-19 years old in Kampala City Uganda.,To examine pathways to asthma care and their influence on asthma control among secondary school adolescents with asthma in Kampala City Uganda ,To establish the in-school needs associated with asthma control among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Kampala City Uganda ,To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with uncontrolled asthma among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Kampala City Uganda ,To establish the prevalence of and factors associated with uncontrolled asthma, in-school needs, pathways to asthma care, and effectiveness of KmAsthma Self-management app intervention to control asthma among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Kampala City Uganda,
Uganda 2023-05-02 22:22:49 2026-05-02 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Martin Lukindu
ID: UNCST-2023-R008081
One-Health analysis of CCHFV transmission risk patterns in Ugandan cattle corridor and arid Northern Kenya”
REFNo: A296ES

i) Identify tick spp diversity in diverse ecosystems of Ugandan cattle corridor
ii) Assess tick blood meal sources of potential vectors collected from unique spatial regions
iii) Delineate CCHFV infection rates of tick populations in diverse ecological units
iv) Characterize the tick virome of the Ugandan cattle corridor tick populations
v) Assess CCHFV genetic diversity at fine geographical and temporal scales across ecosystems

Uganda 2023-05-02 22:19:16 2026-05-02 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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