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Edith Wakida K
ID: UNCST-2019-R001225
 BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO THE INTEGRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: A CASE STUDY OF MBARARA DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS126ES

1.4.1 To synthesize evidence on the barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental healthcare services into primary health care 1.4.2 To explore the context specific barriers and facilitators related to the integration of mental healthcare services into PHC by Primary Care Providers (PCPs) 1.4.3 To develop and pilot an educational intervention to describe the PCPs’ ability to integrate mental health services into PHC
Uganda 2017-09-20 2020-09-20 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sofia Forss Ingrid Fredrika
ID:
Comparing the Effects of Early Experience and Cognitive Plasticity across the Great Ape Species
REFNo: NS27ES

The main aim of the project is to compare developmental- and experience effects both within and across ape species. First, I aim to investigate the influence of rearing histories (mother reared, wild born, sanctuary born, zoo housed, sanctuary housed, human hand reared etc) on cognitive skills within ape species. Second, by acknowledging individual differences due to rearing histories, this project will deliver meaningful comparisons, where individuals of similar experiences are compared across great ape species. In addition, it allows me to evaluate the strength of experience effects by examining if the change in problem-solving abilities linked to rearing experiences and human contact can even outweigh intrinsic species differences.
 Finland 2017-09-12 2020-09-12 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Dave Darshit
ID:
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS, ADHERENCE AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF ATAZANAVIR AMONG HIV POSITIVE ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING AN HIV OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN AN URBAN SETTING IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS100ES

i. To determine the prevalence of malnutrition among HIV positive adolescents on ATV based on different growth parameters. ii. To determine the association between nutritional status and adherence to ART among HIV positive adolescents on ATV based regimen. iii. To describe the association between nutritional status and pharmacokinetics of boosted ATV among HIV positive adolescents.
India 2017-09-12 2020-09-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Padmasai Lakshmi Bhamidipati
ID:
Agency and Policy Change Shaping the Solar Energy Transitions in Uganda
REFNo: SS80ES

The overarching objective of this research is to capture the macro-dynamics and the socio-technical changes affecting the solar energy transitions, through an understanding of agency in institutions and policy changes. The aim is to study the electrification strategy at the national level, and with a specific focus at the rural electrification level - to examine the role, developments and debates in the solar energy sector (both grid and off-grid). Through this, the study will deconstruct the role of decentralized modern energy (such as off-grid solar) in alleviating energy access, the debates/contestations among the electricity institutions, the role of political forces in shaping the energy mix, and what does such a transition mean in a larger socio-economic and political context. This PhD project will help in a better understanding of the factors that support a transition to sustainable energy system and overall sustainable development in developing countries (which have a very low electrification rates at present). At the same time, the PhD project aims to provide a greater understanding of the role of transnational linkages and stakeholders within a national context, and the development of an innovation system in the solar sector in Uganda (in terms of changes in the local institutional and socio-economic structures, local competence-building and experience-based learning). The development of institutions and technical-economic capacities at a local level will create further market opportunities for private sector intervention in the solar sector.
India 2017-09-05 2020-09-05 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Kavuma  Mwanje Arthur
ID:
CORRELATION BETWEEN CD4 CELL COUNTS AND THE IMMUNE STATUS AMONG CRITICALLY ILL HIV NEGATIVE PATIENTS ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
REFNo: HS104ES

General objective To assess the immune status of critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to Ugandan ICUs using CD4 T cell counts as a surrogate marker. Specific objectives Primary objectives i. To determine the CD4 T cell counts among critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to Ugandan ICUs. ii. To determine the relationship between CD4 T cell counts and a twenty eight day ICU mortality among the critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to the Ugandan ICUs. Secondary objective iii. To assess the feasibility of using CD4 T cell counts to predict 24 hour mortality or disease severity as compared to APACHE II score among the critically ill HIV negative patients admitted to Ugandan ICUs
Uganda 2017-09-05 2020-09-05 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jeninah Atwebembeire
ID:
BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROFILE OF SURFACE WATERS DRAINING INTO RIVER RWIZI BASIN, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: NS8ES

General objective To determine the biological and physicochemical status of surface waters draining into River Rwizi. Specific objectives i. To determine the sources associated with contamination of the river. ii. To determine the presence of indicator bacteria in streams, channels and sewage effluents draining into river Rwizi along seasonal gradient. iii. To determine the physical-chemical parameters in streams and channels, sewage effluents draining into river Rwizi along seasonal gradient. iv. To determine the impact of pollution on the water quality using macrozoobenthos indicators in the river and its streams, in the upstream, midstream and downstream, during seasonal variations in river Rwizi
Uganda 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Raquel Pereira Costa Filomena
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How infants perceive the world: assessing the current impact of mountain gorilla ecotourism in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda), through the eyes of the youngsters
REFNo: NS29ES

This project aims to understand the social development of immature individuals within a group and how they react to human presence. Specifically, this study aims to: 1) analyse immature`s behaviour during tourist visits, 2) analyse adult`s role in these interactions and 3) changes in the groups social dynamics. This research will follow that of Muyambi, 2005, who assessed the general tourism impact on the gorillas` behaviour. Hence, the current project may have important and practical applications in gorilla conservation, via for example, guidelines for ecotourism. Such guidelines should focus on minimizing disturbance levels for the animals and, simultaneously, refining tourist education regarding behaviour in front of gorillas, promoting the animal`s typical calm behaviour. This aims to decrease potential risks of conflicts as well as building visitors` sense of responsibility. Such work may also help local communities to develop ecotourism in a more sustainable way.
 Portugal 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David Mafigiri Kaawa
ID: UNCST-2019-R001276
 Assessing the effectiveness of the 'Reaching Every Community using Quality Improvement methods' (REC-QI) approach in strengthening the Routine Immunization system in six districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS109ES

• To develop quantitative and qualitative measures to assess dimensions of the RI system that have been strengthened and where problems persist, identify the reasons for them. • Describe adaptations to the implementation of REC-QI that enable districts to move along the continuum of “Orient” to “Establish and Strengthen” to “Sustain.”
Uganda 2017-08-28 2020-08-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ronald Mayanja
ID:
Primary High Risk HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in a Community Health Fair Setting
REFNo: HS102ES

To pilot the implementation of high-risk self-testing in a community health fair setting with a mobile phone-based results notification to facilitate follow up treatment at a local health facility. Aim 1: Determine the feasibility of implementing cervical cancer screening at community health fairs in rural Uganda using self-sampled hrHPV testing Aim 2: Understand rural Ugandan women’s acceptability, barriers and facilitators of self-collected sampling for cervical cancer screening Aim 3: Assess the ability of Web SMS to improve workforce efficiency and follow up of cervical cancer testing results in community settings.
Uganda 2017-08-21 2020-08-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Hayley Dieckmann
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Stress responses of African lions (Panthera leo) in relation to proximity of ongoing fires and fire scars in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS26ES

To understand stress factors of lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park in order to reduce stressful events and promote coexistence of humans and lions within the park. To determine a correlation between African lions’ stress level and their proximity to ongoing fires and fire scars within Queen Elizabeth National park.
 USA 2017-08-16 2020-08-16 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Corrie Decker
ID:
Debating Childhood and Maturating in Colonial East Africa
REFNo: SS91ES

Between 1900 and 1960, missionaries, colonial officials, anthropologists, chiefs, elders, educated elites, and cultural nationalists in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (at the time British colonial territories) came into conflict over whether or not to eradicate certain African customs governing a child’s maturation into adulthood. Demands to ban African customs are still heard in the international media today. Why were these debates so controversial at the time and why do they continue to invoke intense discord? I argue that these issues sparked such conflict because they dealt with differing opinions about how to manage a child’s maturation into adulthood. I investigate debates about rites of passage, puberty, adolescence, marriage, and definitions of the child culturally and legally in colonial East Africa. Many different viewpoints and approaches informed these debates, but they became polarized around two positions: the protection of the presumed innocent child in the name of universal rights, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the preservation of cultural practices that fostered the child’s maturation toward normative adulthood. Scholars have pointed out that this struggle between universal human rights and culture was one that played out within the politics of colonialism and neocolonialism (Babatunde 1998; Hodgson 2011). These discourses portrayed the child as either a helpless creature in need of saving or a future productive and reproductive member of society. These debates shifted toward the end of the colonial era (1960s) as African teenagers’ greater independence became a source of anxiety as daunting as African nationalists’ demand for the end of colonialism (Burton and Charton-Bigot 2010; Ivaska 2011). This project spans the former British colonies of Uganda (1894-1962), Kenya (1895-1963), Zanzibar (1890-1963), and Tanganyika (1916-1961). I focus on the colonial era in order to show how East African customs became part of an international intellectual debate about child development and maturation.
USA 2017-08-16 2020-08-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
James Nsereko Roger
ID:
The prevalence and risk factors of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SS81ES

•To examine the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the co-morbidity of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of depression among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of anxiety among secondary school students in Kampala. •To determine the association between socio-demographic factors (age, gender, family composition) and symptoms of somatic complaints among secondary school students in Kampala.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Racheal Mugabi Ddungu
ID:
Skills Development, Early School Leaving and Employment in Uganda
REFNo: SS85ES

The following questions will serve as research objectives 1. what proportion of candidate enrolled in skills development programmes found employment? 2. what is the difference betweeen those who and those who did not find employent? 3. Does the tendency to find employment vary by sector? 4. To what extent does the skills development meet the needs of the economy and the labour market? 5. What are te lived realities and experiences of participants in respec to the dynamic relationship between schooling, skills development and employment? 6. What are the stregth, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of skills development programmes in addressing employment?
 Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Alvin Helden Jonathan
ID: UNCST-2019-R001408
 Auchenorrhycha (leafhoppers and relatives) of Kibale: initial species list, host plant associations and mouthpart morphology.
REFNo: NS21ES

To provide biodiversity inventory and species' ecology data for the Auchenorrhyncha fauna of Kibale National Park and thus to contribute to the biodiversity inventory priorities of UWA. Creation of an initial species list of Auchenorrhyncha of Kibale, together with photographs of specimens, making their identification more accessible to students and researchers at MUBFS. Also to collect some ecological data related to host plants and mouthpart structure.
 UK 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Doreen Nabukalu
ID:
ASSESSMENT OF VILLAGE HEALTH TEAMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS80ES

• To assess the performance of VHTs in the conduct of verbal autopsy and collection of vital statistics in a rural setting. • To ascertain the leading causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months • To ascertain the magnitude of various causes of Adult Mortality in Bugoye sub county through facilitating of VHTs to conduct verbal autopsies in at least 75% of households in their villages by the end of nine months. • To examine the validity of adult mortality statistics gathered by VHTs by comparing health facility data and verbal autopsy data.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Richard Wamimbi Wotti
ID:
Understanding social norms to prevent and respond violence against children in and around schools
REFNo: SS103ES

The overall objective of the study is to provide an understanding of social norms to prevent and respond to violence for children thrive in safer environment to realize their rights and enhance their well being . The specific objectives include: 1. Establish the existing social norms that underpin and perpetuate against violence in and around schools for girls and boys? 2. Investigate the role of social norms in driving, sustaining and mitigating behavior that contributes to violence against children in and around schools? 3. Explore the existing reference groups ( networks) and their role in influencing social norm change in and around schools? 4. Examine to what extent social norm change has embedded itself within the community, sufficient to change children’s lived experience in preventing and responding to violence against children 5. Explore how social norms change has impacted children’s lived experiences, (including enhancing positive socio-cultural capital supporting child safety and well-being?) 6. Find out the key drivers of social norms change in creating a safer school environment for children to thrive? 7. Suggest programming approaches and steps that may be applied to enhance positive social norms and shift harmful social norms in different context to prevent violence against children.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
VICTORIA  NAKIBUUKA
ID:
EVALUATION OF THE UTILITY OF CRP AMONG PRETERMS WITH SEPSIS IN A LOW RESOUCE LIMITED SETTING: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
REFNo: HS96ES

Objective 1: To compare CRP levels versus gestational age categories among preterms with sepsis admitted at Nsambya Hospital Objective 2: To compare the CRP levels versus organisms identified among preterms with neonatal sepsis at Nsambya Hospital Secondary Objectives Objective 3: To compare clinical outcomes versus CRP levels and identified organisms among preterms at Nsambya Hospital Objective 4: To determine bacterial sensitivity patterns among preterm infants with sepsis at Nsambya Hospital.
Uganda 2017-08-07 2020-08-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Brenda Namugumya
ID:
Integrated nutrition strategies beyond paper realities: the case of Uganda
REFNo: SS83ES

The overall research question is “has Uganda’s adoption of integrated nutrition strategies (INS)resulted in actual changes in nutrition governance?” The specific research questions for the study are: 1) To what extent has nutrition been integrated into policy processes at various ministries? 2) What factors are facilitating or inhibiting integration of nutrition in policy processes of various ministries? 3)Have INS been consistently adopted into local government policy processes? 4)How has nutrition service delivery on the ground changed as a result of the adoption of the INS?
Uganda 2017-07-31 2020-07-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Stephen Okoboi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001356
 HIV self-testing and linkage to care among Men having sex with Men (MSM). A trial Distribution through MSM networks in The Aids Support Organization (TASO)
REFNo: HS89ES

Aims 1. To conduct assess the barriers and facilitators of a formative research on the distribution strategy of HIVST kits through the peer networks (peers) of MSM Aim 2. To conduct a pilot trial for evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of distributing HIVST kits using peers and linkage to HIV services. Aim 3. To map and analyze the network of connections between peers and the peers they recruited during the trial.
Uganda 2017-07-31 2020-07-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Martin Mbonye Kayitale
ID:
Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic areas in Northern Uganda after the implementation of biannual mass ivermectin administration
REFNo: HS77ES

Main objective The main objective of this study is to establish the prevalence and incidence rate of NS and other forms of epilepsy in selected parishes in the districts of Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo, Adjumani and Moyo. Based on the epidemiological data available from the 2012 census, a comparison of prevalence and incidence rate from 2016 in different age groups will allow to test whether there is an association between the onchocerciasis interventions, specifically ivermectin use and larviciding rivers and the increase / decrease in prevalence of incidence of NS and other forms of epilepsy. The elaborated epidemiological data from Moyo and Adjumani will allow for comparison of such a potential effect in an area with long standing onchocerciasis control to a recent, intense onchocerciasis intervention program, combined with targeted epilepsy treatment as we find it in Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo today. Specific objectives 1. Compare the 2016 data on prevalence of NS and other forms of epilepsy in the Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts with the 2012-13 census study data. 2. Compare the 2016 prevalence of new onset cases of epilepsy (epilepsy onset < 1 year ago) in the Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts with the data from the survey data obtained in 2012 and 2013. 3. Establish the prevalence and incidence rate of all forms of epilepsy in the Adjumani and Moyo districts and compare these to the prevalence and incidence rate in Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo districts from 2016. 4. Relate the epidemiological data on all forms of epilepsy from the 5 districts to data concerning onchocerciasis endemicity, ivermectin and larvicide use, and entomological findings. 5. Study the changes in clinical presentation of NS and mortality associated with NS and other forms of epilepsy between 2012 and 2016.
Uganda 2017-07-25 2020-07-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Timothy Allen Peter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001369
 Public Authority and International Devlopment
REFNo: SS92ES

The objective is to produce high-quality, evidence-based research that informs local, national and international policies to promote inclusive growth. Inclusive growth in many places in Africa and elsewhere has proved elusive. Formal governance can be remote, development policies persistently fail and humanitarian aid, at best, assists a minority. CPAID will use innovative approaches to research across disciplines and beyond narrow academic concerns. Our research will draw its understandings from ordinary people, and in particular vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups and populations. CPAID will take public authority as its conceptual starting point, exploring the ways in which governance of people actually occurs. CPAID used the term public authority to refer to all forms of authority beyond the immediate family unit, from clans, religious institutions, aid agencies, civil social organisations, rebel militia and vigilante groups - to formal and semi-formal mechanisms of government. The public authority lens offers a new foundation for development discourse and hence for policy and interventions. It offers a set of tools for exploring African social and political realities. The lens offers an essential means of gathering evidence about these dynamics as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with them. Our research will be organised around studies of public authority at macro and micro levels to analyse: how public authorities regulate moral orders, deal with crimes (including regulation of sexually-based violence and the management of vigilantes), offer a degree of security and justice (including informal policing, and enforcing land rights); tax and redistribute fiscal resources socially and regionally; use and regulate new media technologies (including social media and mobile money); relate to disease control and health promotion (including tablet distribution for parasitic infections, the consequences of Ebola outbreaks and responses to non-biomedical health matters, such as witchcraft and spirit possession); and provide education and other public services (including allocation of land rights and land access). In all areas, we will be asking how public authorities function or do not function for ordinary people (including minorities and excluded sections of society). Our interest is in customary and neo-customary authorities as well as state ones. Distinguishing between state and customary authorities, as well as understanding how they interact, merge or generate hybrid new forms is an ambitious task that requires more grounded research. The research will also outline the processes by which effective and legitimate forms of public authority – those, which are delivering public goods and are inclusionary in orientation (i.e. do not aggressively exclude or oppress vulnerable groups and individuals) can be strengthened in practice. The research will draw upon the extensive research CPAID scholars have done on these issues, notably on the provision of security and justice in conflict affected and fragile settings .CPAID researchers have also made major contributions to the study of health-related institutions – including public health programmes, disease control and local or customary measures to promote wellbeing and the alleviation of suffering.
UK 2017-07-20 2020-07-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Carissa  Western Strum
ID:
Emergent Empowerment: Assessing the Impacts of Conflict on Gendered Relations, Identities and Opportunities in Acholiland
REFNo: SS58ES

The research project will seek to explore changes in gender roles and dynamics brought about by conflict in Acholiland, Northern Uganda, and to understand how these changes have affected cultural/traditional ideas about masculinity and femininity and the positions/situation of Acholi women and men in post-conflict society. While research has indicated both local level economic gains, and changes in women’s political participation and representation at the national level, this research will seek to explore, holistically, how changes brought about by conflict impact, both positively and negatively, all aspects of Acholi women (and men’s) lives. The project will therefore prioritize Acholi women and men’s own interpretation of their conflict experiences, and of the impact of conflict-triggered changes on their roles and status within their families and communities. Given the significant role played by NGOs/INGOs in implementing Northern Uganda’s peacebuilding and development agenda, the project will also seek to understand how organizations/stakeholders working in this context are addressing and responding to changing gender norms and dynamics, and whether such approaches are in line with women and men’s own interpretation of their experiences and needs.
Kenya 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Sauda Nabukenya
ID:
Traditional institutions,Land, chiefs: The foundation of Law and Legal institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS84ES

To investigate the role of traditional institutions, land,chiefs and in shaping laws and institutions during the colonial period
 Uganda 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Catherine Hobaiter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001480
 Gestural communication in wild mountain gorillas
REFNo: NS23ES

All great apes use gesture to communicate; however, to date, there remains no study of gestural communication in mountain gorillas - an iconic and highly endangered species. Here I hope to establish the first one. My research group has published the repertoire of gestures for wild chimpanzees and wild bonobos; here we aim to establish the repertoire of gestures for wild mountain gorillas and compare and contrast these systems of communication. I will balance data collection across age-sex groups and across behavioural contexts to describe the types of gestures used and the goals for which they are used in mountain gorillas.
 UK 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
henry bazira
ID:
DETERMINANTS OF MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE IN MUKONO DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: HS81ES

1. TO DESCRIBE THE LEVELS OF MALE PARTICIPATION IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT. 2. TO ASSESS MEN’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT 3. TO ASSESS THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALE INVOLVEMENT IN ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES IN MUKONO DISTRICT.
Uganda 2017-07-13 2020-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jennifer Moodley
ID:
Improving timely diagnosis of symptomatic breast and cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS60ES

1. Develop and validate a tool to measure community breast and cervical cancer symptom awareness, knowledge and beliefs in Africa; 2. Describe and compare breast and cervical cancer symptom beliefs, knowledge and awareness in rural and urban settings in two countries in SSA-Uganda and SA; 3. Assess the degree to which symptom overlap between breast and cervical cancer and common infectious diseases influence symptom assessment and help-seeking behavior; 4. Explore primary care level provider interpretation and management of breast and cervical cancer signs and symptoms.
South Africa 2017-06-30 2020-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Anne Odele
ID:
The meaning, uses and outcomes of functional adult literacy in Uganda
REFNo: SS52ES

The study seeks to describe: \r\n(1) how former literacy participants use the learning from the FAL program in the domains of a) reading, writing and numeracy; and b) their daily livelihoods, and why\r\n(2) the perceived outcomes of applying these practices\r\n(3) the meanings that literacy holds for the participants\r\n
 Uganda 2017-06-27 2020-06-27 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Immaculate Tumwebaze
ID:
Dramatically increased schistosomiasis risk in western Uganda crater lakes – disentangling global climate change impacts and other drivers
REFNo: NS20ES

i. To identify lineages and quantify genetic diversities of both intermediate hosts and their schistosomiasis parasites present in Western Uganda crater lakes. ii. To determine the phylogenetical and biogeographical affinities and dynamics of intermediate host gastropod species and schistosomes in crater lakes along an altitudinal gradient. iii. To asses the variation in physico-chemical water parameters, long-term climatic factors such as temperature and rainfall, and habitat characteristics potentially driving the presence, distribution and (genetic) diversity of intermediate host snails and parasites at different altitudes.
Uganda 2017-06-27 2020-06-27 Natural Sciences Degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
 MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA AMONG HIV-EXPOSED AND UNEXPOSED CHILDREN IN UGANDA: BURDEN, GENOTYPES, RISK AND OUTCOME
REFNo: HS56ES

1.To determine the burden of atypical bacterial pneumonia among HIV-exposed and unexposed children with respiratory illnesses in Mulago hospital. 2.To determine the risk factors for atypical bacterial pneumonia among children with acute respiratory symptoms 3.To determine the outcome of children with atypical pneumonia 4.To describe the relationship between the genotypes of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and resistance to macrolide antibiotics.
Uganda 2017-06-21 2020-06-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Julia Modern Keri
ID:
The disability rights movement in Bunyoro, Uganda: human rights, value, and negotiations of belonging
REFNo: SS68ES

Through an ethnographic study of a Disabled Person’s Organisation (DPO) in Masindi District, Bunyoro, Uganda, to investigate the relationship between human rights and questions about personhood, value and dependence. The research will focus on the way that various actors in the disability movement conceptualise and speak about the types of change that are being created in disabled people’s lives through the movement, and how this affects the changes that actually occur in practice.
 UK 2017-06-20 2020-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Aaron Mulyanyuma Ayeta
ID:
Political parties influencing Uganda's Public Policy Formulation in nascent Hydrocarbon Industry.
REFNo: SS74ES

i. Examine the influence of ideologies of political parties on public policy formulation process in Uganda’s hydrocarbon industry. ii. Assess the influence of political parties’ manifestos and Parliamentary caucuses on Public Policy formulation in hydrocarbon industry in Uganda. ii. Assess the influence of political parties’ manifestos and Parliamentary caucuses on Public Policy formulation in hydrocarbon industry in Uganda. iii. Assess the effectiveness of political party representation in Parliament and their influence public policy formulation in hydrocarbon industry in Uganda. iv. Evaluate challenges affecting political parties in influencing public policy on hydrocarbon industry in Uganda.
 Uganda 2017-06-20 2020-06-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Lydia  Nakiyingi
ID:
Outcomes of HIV co-infected presumptive tuberculosis (TB) patients started on TB treatment without bacteriological confirmation of TB
REFNo: HS72ES

GENERAL OBJECTIVES • To determine the outcomes of HIV-infected presumptive TB patients in whom TB treatment is started based on empirical decision-making without bacteriological evidence of TB and to establish non-TB etiology among HIV-infected presumptive TB adults without bacteriological evidence of TB SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES i. To characterize clinical decision-making among HIV co-infected presumptive TB patients without bacteriological confirmation of TB ii. To determine clinical and mortality outcomes of HIV-infected presumptive TB patients who are started on TB treatment based on empirical decision-making without bacteriological confirmation of TB iii. To assess impact of a negative Xpert MTB/Rif test on clinical decision to empirically treat TB among HIV-infected presumptive TB patients iv. To determine non-TB etiology among HIV-infected adult presumptive TB patients without bacteriological evidence of TB
Uganda 2017-06-20 2020-06-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Travis Lybbert
ID:
Innovation & Intellectual Property Policy in the Ugandan Agri-Food Sector: Insights from coffee seed supply chains and tropical fruit processing
REFNo: A16ES

1. To understand the role of innovation and intellectual property (IP) in the Ugandan agricultural sector 2. To identify business, technical, institutional, and policy constraints that limit or otherwise dilute the impact of agricultural R&D, innovation and technology diffusion in the Ugandan agricultural sector
USA 2017-06-19 2020-06-19 Agricultural Sciences Non-degree Award
Lucia Rost Aline
ID:
Negotiating time use: an inter-generational mixed methods approach to intra-household decision-making on care and domestic work in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS59ES

My research develops an intergenerational approach to understanding intra-household decision-making on time use, especially with regards to time spent on care work—in the post-conflict setting in Northern Uganda.
Germany 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
China Scherz Rose
ID:
Investigating the Role of Spiritual Experience and Social Support in Processes of Personal Change: Alcohol Abuse and Therapeutic Pathways in Uganda
REFNo: SS65ES

RESEARCH QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PROPOSAL 1) How do spiritual experiences influence people’s efforts to change health-related behaviors? 2) How does social support influence people’s efforts to change their health-related behaviors? 3) How are these two factors interrelated?
USA 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Sarah Bridge
ID:
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Meningitis Registry
REFNo: HS61ES

Our primary goal is to collect clinical, laboratory, demographic, geographic and economic data in real-time on Ugandan meningitis patients and to compile this information into a meningitis registry. Our central hypothesis is that data extracted from this registry can be used to guide meningitis treatment and prevention, improve resource allocation, facilitate treatment distribution networks, improve global data on meningitis and inform health care policy in Uganda and other similar countries in the meningitis belt. Aim 1: To use the FilmArray ME assay and GenExpert Ultra assays, in conjunction with existing CSF testing, to diagnose etiologies of meningitis in children and adults at MRRH. -We hypothesize that the use of FilmArray ME and GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays at MRRH will allow better characterization of meningitis epidemiology in Uganda and streamline care decisions through the creation of a diagnostic algorithm for meningitis patients. Aim 2: To gather population-based epidemiologic data on meningitis in Mbarara, Uganda, in a centralized meningitis registry. -We hypothesize that creation of a meningitis registry will guide meningitis treatment and prevention, improve resource allocation, facilitate treatment distribution networks, improve global data on meningitis and inform health care policy in Uganda. Aim 3: To gather population based data on the economic impact of meningitis and its complications through cost questionnaires to better characterize the financial burden of meningitis to patients in resource-limited settings. -We hypothesize that the cost burden to patients with meningitis is significant and that a cost-effective analysis will lead to informed recommendations to guide health policy in Uganda.
USA 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Rene Dommain
ID:
Testing Historical Presence of Mountain Gorillas and Elephants in an African Biodiversity Hotspot using Targeted Enrichment of Sedimentary Ancient DNA
REFNo: NS13ES

Reconstructing the floristic and vegetation history of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the past ca. 30000 years. Determining the past presence and invasion history of mountain gorillas and elephants at Bwindi Forest. Determining the natural climatic and habitat conditions that enable gorilla survival and predict future gorilla distribution in Uganda.
 Germany 2017-06-13 2020-06-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Tiffany Atkinson Aria
ID:
Testing the role of turbidity and diet on the reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae)
REFNo: NS16ES

The goal of the proposed research is to better understand the influence of turbidity and diet on the behavior and development of reproductive traits in an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae).
 USA 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David HUNT
ID:
Parallel evolution in adaptation to hypoxia in African fishes
REFNo: NS18ES

Objectives of this research project are to measure a number of phenotypic traits (e.g., body shape, gill size) known to be associated with hypoxia adaption in fish across several species in the same environment and look for patterns across different species.
Canada 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Colin CHAPMAN Austin
ID:
Climate change and increasing human-wildlife conflict: How to conserve wildlife in the face of increasing conflicts
REFNo: NS17ES

To establish a team who can build a graduate research and training network between Uganda, Canada, and South Africa to address the critical issue of how climate change affects crop production and crop raiding by wildlife
Canada 2017-06-06 2020-06-06 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Holly Lyne
ID:
What are the current challenges face in continuing care of premature neonates, following discharge, in Eastern Uganda?
REFNo: HS52ES

1. To assess how carers of preterm neonates are prepared to continue providing all aspects of care for their baby following their discharge from the neonatal unit at the MRRH in Mbale. 2. To explore the attitudes of carers, as well as the perceived barriers and facilitators, to those caring for babies born
UK 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Jimmy Forry Ben
ID:
Prevalence of mental disorders and associated factors among prisoners in Mbarara Municipality
REFNo: HS68ES

To determine the prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners incarcerated in the high and low Security Prisons in Mbarara Municipality. To identify factors associated with mental illness among prison-inmates and prisoners’ accessibility to mental health services during their confinement. To establish the association between category of crime and type of mental disorder. To assess the association between the number of incarcerations and category of mental disorder.
 Uganda 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Agnes Kiragga
ID:
Men at Gaming Centers: Point of Care HIV and STI Testing
REFNo: HS70ES

• To test the acceptability and feasibility of same day testing of HIV and syphilis testing, test result notification, prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and proportion linked to care among men attending at gaming/betting centers • To identify the proportion of men involved in other self-reported risky behaviors such as hazardous alcohol intake, illicit drug use, having sex with men and having multiple sexual partners, • To test the diagnostic performance of the ChemBio duo HIV-syphilis point of care test.
Uganda 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Adam Moeller
ID:
A History of Moral Education in Uganda: Tracing Social Values relating to Gender and Sexuality
REFNo: SS82ES

In my research, I seek to understand a history of moral thought in Uganda, by looking at ideas about gender and sexuality, in order to put current contentious issues in their historical context. This context is inextricably linked to the process of national and regional identity making in Uganda, and hence of great importance in understanding society and post-colonial social and political development.
USA 2017-05-30 2020-05-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
CATHERINE ABBO
ID:
SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION: MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS65ES

1) To determine the prevalence and associated factors of emotional and behavioural disorders in adolescents in selected secondary schools in Uganda. 2) To identify and describe the current intervention practices of adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders in secondary schools in Uganda. 3) To determine whether the current intervention match the mental health needs
Uganda 2017-05-23 2020-05-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jennifer Doherty Catherine
ID:
The Role of Goods Distribution for Stability in Ethnically-divided countries. Uganda Case Study
REFNo: SS66ES

Contribute to the growing literature on public goods distribution which takes into account that not all goods and services are treated equally and that they have different properties. For example, it will build on the work of Kramon and Posner (2013) and Burgess et al (2015). The project will also contribute to literature which examines political stability in developing countries (Magaloni 2008; Blaydes 2011) by adding a component of ethnic diversity. The objective of the proposed interviews with local and national government, NGOs, and traditional leaders is to understand the distribution structure used to provide different types of goods/services/transfers to different parts of the country. The objective of the survey is to understand what people receive on the ground in different areas of the country, what types of goods and services they prefer, what different goods indicate to people about the government’s attitude towards them, and who they believe is responsible for providing the different goods and services they receive.
Ireland 2017-05-17 2020-05-17 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
BAPOLISI ACHILLE MWIRA
ID:
Post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidities and associated factors among refugees in Nakivale Camp in south Western Uganda.
REFNo: HS53ES

General objective • To asses psychiatric comorbidities with PTSD among refugees in Nakivale Camp. Specific Objectives •To determine the prevalence of PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees in Nakivale Camp. •To determine the psychosocial stressors associated with PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees. •To compare the prevalence of anxiety disorder, depression and substance use disorders among refugees with and without PTSD in Nakivale Camp.
Democratic Republic of Congo 2017-05-17 2020-05-17 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
ARCHILEO KAAYA NATIGO
ID: UNCST-2019-R001477
 Development and evaluation of simplified dietary assessment tools in rural/semi-rural women in Uganda
REFNo: HS63ES

Aims and Objectives The aim of this study is to design and test simplified dietary assessment tools appropriate for use in rural/ areas of Uganda (and comparable countries) that provide adequate quantitative data at population level (i.e., not individual level) on nutrient intake amounts, their relative adequacy compared to requirements, and their food sources. These methods and tools are intended to be comparable in utility to the multiple pass 24-hour recall, currently considered as the reference method, but with lower labor and resource requirements. Among women residing in a selected study population in Uganda, the objectives of the study are to: Objective 1: Design and field test simplified methods and tools for collecting and summarizing 'input data' or information on: (i) the various foods and recipes consumed, (ii) the distribution of usual portion sizes for foods consumed, and (iii) the variation in ingredients and proportion of ingredients in recipes consumed. Sub-objective 1.1: Compare the results of the two simplified input data collection tools to standard methods described in the multiple pass 24-hour recall for listing of foods consumed, estimation of portion sizes of consumed foods, and calculation of standard recipes. Sub-objective 1.2: Estimate the time and resource requirements for collection of these input data using the simplified input data collection tools. Objective 2: Design and field test two simplified dietary data collection methods and tools using (i) a 24-hour dietary recall format and (ii) a semi-quantitative food frequency format. Sub-objective 2.1: Compare key results of each of the two simplified dietary assessment methods with results from a standard multiple-pass 24-hour recall method conducted in the same study population: (i) mean intake of energy and 13 nutrients; (ii) nutrients for which mean intake is 5% of the Estimated Average Requirement for 13 nutrients. Sub-objective 2.2: Using data collected by the standard 24-hour dietary recall method, compare the key results (noted in 2.1 above) when food composition data for individual food items is applied to the data vs when food composition data aggregated by food sub-group is applied to the data. Sub-objective 2.3: Determine and compare the time and resource requirements for implementing each of the simplified survey methods and the standard 24-hour recall method.
Uganda 2017-05-17 2020-05-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Tyler Zoanni
ID:
In the Image of God: Christianity and Disability
REFNo: SS11ES

My research investigates the ideas and practices related to disability that arise within Christian disability ministries in Uganda, where they have become major providers of care and support (housing, advocacy, education, etc.). My research will answer the following questions: 1) In what sense are people with disabilities understood as made in the “image of God”? What ideas about disability, models of disabled personhood, and practices of disability sociality and politics do Christian groups in Uganda enact? 2) Why are Christian disability-focused efforts flourishing? 3) What catalyzed the rise of disability ministries? To what extent have ideas and practices centering on disability changed in recent Ugandan history in the context of Christian engagements with disability?
USA 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
John Simaika
ID:
Developing and testing methods for wetland health assessment using dragonflies
REFNo: NS10ES

A major objective of my study is to adapt biomonitoring tools for use on wetlands of Uganda. My project is planned for a two-year period to incorporate seasonal changes with a high degree of confidence. This work will close the knowledge gap on two more objectives to: (1) quantify the robustness of using dragonflies as indicators of wetland integrity in the region; and, How representative are the richness and species composition of the integrity of wetland ecosystems in comparison to wetland plants, a commonly used indicator? (2) quantify the performance of the ecological integrity indices. How representative are the ecological integrity indices of wetland health (e.g. correlation with Wet-Health)? How much effort is needed to use the dragonfly indices in the field? How much effort is needed to calculate and interpret the indices? Is this effort more or less than that needed for conventional methods (e.g. Wet-Health)?
 Germany 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Bruno Braak Jim
ID:
Access to land and justice among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
REFNo: SS67ES

This proposed research would contribute to my PhD dissertation. It would draw on a prior period of three months of intensive and collaborative field research in South Sudan as a basis to compare current perceptions and practices with. The objective of this proposed research would be to discover the changes and continuities in Western Equatorians’ access to land and justice mechanisms. Doing so, it hopes to shed light on the impact of the process of forced displacement to Uganda. Conceptually, this research would draw on notions and practices around authority, identity and property. Special attention will be devoted to the differentiated impact according to gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic background.
Netherlands 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Agnes Kiragga
ID:
Tracing non-rEtained HIV PoSitivE Pregnant Women enrolled in Option B+ and ascertaining their BabIeS outcomes (sTEPWISe)
REFNo: HS35ES

Specific Aim 1: Trace women, initiated ART under option B+ who disengaged from care and assess reasons for disengagement, as well as obtain corrected estimates of retention by evaluating the proportion of mothers who have re-engaged or died.\r\nSpecific Aim 2: Assess and compare HIV transmission rates among infants born to retained and disengaged mothers. \r\nSub-aim 2.1. Perform HIV DNA PCR testing on the infants of disengaged women \r\nSub-aim 2.2 Obtain HIV status data on infants of retained women from existing medical records, or by providing HIV DNA-PCR testing for untested-infants or those whose test was performed within the previous month.\r\nSpecific Aim 3: To measure efavirenz (EFV) levels in the blood collected from all re-engaged and a matched sample of retained women. \r\nSpecific Aim 4: To perform genotypic testing among retained and disengaged women with virologic failure defined as viral load ≥1,000 copies/ml in order to describe mutations that are known to confer drug resistance. \r\n
 Uganda 2017-05-05 2020-05-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Lina Waru Zedriga
ID:
Inclusive Mechanisms Targeting Youth for Countering Violent Extremism in the IGAD Region
REFNo: SS72ES

This study seeks to inform policy debates and practices in CVE interventions within the IGAD region in order to engage and empower youth, both male and female.
Uganda 2017-05-02 2020-05-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Ben Evans
ID:
Theory of change development for conservation evaluation: A Delphi exercise
REFNo: SS40ES

We aim to capture the opinions of a range of stakeholders of the project, from those designing and implementing the project to beneficiaries and end-users. This process will generate a rigorous theory of change with enhanced buy-in from stakeholders, which will go on to form the evaluation of the project. \r\n
 UK 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fred Bulamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000026
 Non-Physician Anaesthetists’ training and roles in sub-Saharan Africa
REFNo: HS30ES

This study aims to 1) characterise the training programmes currently available for NPAs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with respect to their structure, curricula and teaching methods, 2) characterise the output of NPA training programmes in terms of NPA roles and the proportion of total anaesthesia providers who are NPAs, and 3) explore the experience of key informants in selected locations with regard to NPA training and practice.\r\n
 Uganda 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Joshua Nfambi
ID:
Effect of Moringa oleifera extracts on the HIV model: A study of nutrient bioavailability and immunological responses
REFNo: HS46ES

1. To assess the presence and quantity of micronutrients in Moringa oleifera leaf extracts 2. To determine the bioavailability of the micronutrients in Moringa oleifera in a Murine model 3. To establish the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on HIV virus replication in T-lymphocytes and macrophages 4. To determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on secretion of chemokines, IL1, 12 TNF α and INF γ in HIV infected cells 5. To determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts on the cell mediated immune system of a humanized HIV murine model
 Uganda 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Henry Kajumbula Mawerere
ID: UNCST-2019-R001531
 Adaptation and Evaluation of a Direct PCR Based Method for the Diagnosis of Bacteremia among Critically Ill Patients in Uganda
REFNo: HS51ES

4.2.1. To introduce and optimize a broad range qPCR test for diagnosis of bacteremia at the MUCHS molecular biology laboratory 4.2.2. To evaluate the performance of the broad range qPCR among patients at the Mulago ICU and UCI against blood culture 4.2.3. To estimate the prevalence of various etiologic agents of bacteremia among UCI and Mulago ICU patients with sepsis 4.2.4. To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of the bacterial strains responsible for bacteremia at the UCI and the Mulago ICU
Uganda 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Iain Darbyshire Andrew
ID:
Identifying Tropical Important Plant Areas in Uganda
REFNo: NS11ES

Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) are sites of global importance for conserving the world’s plant diversity, measured through three criteria: threatened species, threatened habitats and high botanical richness. This project will support the identification of TIPAs in the forests of west and central Uganda through conducting field surveys of key sites, selected through prior analysis of herbarium data for Uganda. For each site, we will assess its current status including how intact the forest habitats are, what management practices are in place and what threats are evident. Species of high conservation importance will be specifically targeted, and an assessment made of their abundance at each site. Rapid species inventories, including collection of herbarium specimens, will also be carried out particularly at lesser known forest sites. The field data accumulated will feed into the identification of TIPAs based on the presence of threatened species, threatened habitats and assemblages of important species including those of socio-economic value; these will be published online through the IPA database. The current proposed period of fieldwork is a pilot phase of a wider TIPAs project and will focus on selected sites in the southwest of Uganda. It is envisaged that this pilot will support the development and funding of a larger project on TIPAs in Uganda.
 UK 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Isabel Larridon
ID:
C3 and C4 Cyperaceae of Uganda
REFNo: NS12ES

The fieldwork is organised in the context of a project looking at the differential impact of climate change of C3 and C4 plant lineages in Africa. C4 photosynthesis is an evolutionary response to climate change (including aridification). Multiple independent origins of the C4 pathway in Cyperaceae provide ideal opportunities to study the differential response of C3 and C4 lineages to climate change. The largest diversity of C4 Cyperaceae lineages occurs in Africa allowing us to investigate C4 evolution within the unique climatic and biogeographical history of the continent. Africa is undergoing aridification at a scale and level that is only comparable to Australia. Studying adaptation mechanisms in African flora may be key to decipher long-term evolutionary response to global warming in plants. In the overarching project, we aim to apply the novel HybSeq technique to acquire 350+ low-copy targets and high-copy genomic loci evolving across a range of rates, combined with access to newly available fossils providing further calibration dates, to obtain an accurately dated and robust Cyperaceae Tree-of-Life, resolve relationships in C4 Cyperaceae lineages and identify their closest sister C3 lineages. Together with model-based biogeographical methods and present-day and paleoclimatic ecological niche models informed by baseline data from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s vast collection of herbarium records, this data will provide key knowledge on how C3 and C4 Cyperaceae lineages have differentially responded to environmental pressures in Africa over the last c. 85 Ma. This will allow modelling how they will respond in future and inform conservation actions.
 Belgium 2017-04-25 2020-04-25 Natural Sciences Degree Award
David  Coppock Layne
ID:
Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptation Among Small-Scale Farmers in Uganda: A Community-Based Approach
REFNo: SS44ES

\r\n 1.) Determine if small-scale farmers in Uganda perceive the climate to be changing, and if so, determine how and why they perceive it to be changing.\r\n\r\n 2.) Determine what adaptive actions, if any, small-scale farmers in Uganda are taking in response to the changes in the climate they perceive.\r\n\r\n 3.) Determine what resources small-scale farmers in Uganda need to enhance their resilience to climate change. \r\n\r\n 4.) Determine how the climate-change perceptions, adaptive actions, and resource needs vary with the location where small-scale Ugandan farmers reside, particularly between urban and rural locales. \r\n
 USA 2017-04-20 2020-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
A TREND ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AMONG GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN THE DREAMS PILOT DISTRICTS
REFNo: SS61ES

Generally the study aims at assessing changes in sexual behavior of girls and uptake of HIV related services Specifically, the study aims; 1) To determine girls exposure to the DREAMS behavior change communication package (BCC) 2) To determine changes in knowledge and risk perception of HIV among girls under DREAMS intervention 3) To determine changes in sexual behavior of girls over time 4) To determine levels of contraceptive use among girls/young women 5) To determine the various forms of violence experienced by the girls and the actions taken by the victims 6) To determine the various forms of parental and partner support and how it influences the behavior of the girls? 7) To determine HCT and disclosure among girls who have tested for HIV 8) To assess the influence of DREAMS on the girls behavior over the pilot period
Uganda 2017-04-11 2020-04-11 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Samson Okello
ID: UNCST-2019-R001580
 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures and dietary risk of Esophageal squamous cell cancer in southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS37ES

1) To evaluate biomass fuel exposure as an ESCC risk factor by comparing personal carbon monoxide exposure among ESCC patients to that of age and gender matched controls with normal esophageal epithelia. We hypothesize that individuals with ESCC have greater exposure to biomass fuel compared to matched age and gender controls. \r\n\r\n2) To assess food preparation methods and dietary patterns as risk factors for ESCC in southwestern Uganda. We hypothesize that patients with ESCC have unique food preparation methods and consumed foods with high polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content compared with age and gender-matched controls with normal esophageal epithelia.\r\n
 Uganda 2017-03-28 2020-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
Improving Quality of Care of Maternal and Child Services through Result Based Financing (RBF): A Health Facility Based Case Control Survey
REFNo: HS43ES

 To assess whether the RBF payment method, when implemented, improves the quality of ANC, delivery and PNC services compared to usual financing methods  To assess health provider perceptions and expectations of whether other services have, or will be impacted by the RBF intervention  Assess the effect of RBF on practices of midwives through observing service delivery  Determine whether women experience of delivery and PNC services reflect impact of the intervention on quality of MNCH services?  To draw lessons about RBF in the context of Uganda and inform RBF rollout strategy?  Contribute to learning on improvement strategies for MNCH
Uganda 2017-03-28 2020-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
ID:
THE FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MOTHER BABY CARE POINTS (MCBPS): AN EVALUATION OF THE INTERVENTION
REFNo: HS45ES

The main purpose of the proposed evaluation is to explore into the setup, functionality and user perspectives of benefits and gaps of the MB care points in line with the PMTCT initiative, and inform improvements in their functionality. Specifically, the assessment aims; a) To identify of key activities pertaining to the formation of MBCPs and extent of compliance to the guidelines b) To determine the extent of implementation of recommended activities for the functionality of MBCPs c) To explore perceptions of midwives about MBCP with specific emphasis on feasibility, acceptability, uptake and retention. d) Assess the clinic system in terms of scope of services, quality of care provision and documentation e) To explore perceptions of mothers in terms of satisfaction and acceptability of MBCPs
Uganda 2017-03-28 2020-03-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jenny Farmer
ID:
The Global Methane Project; Monthly Observations, Yearly Assassments
REFNo: NS4ES

The aims of this project are to:\r\n1. achieve a significant improvement in the measurement of methane and to understand what changes are happening at global and regional scales.\r\n2. understand why these changes are occurring through targeted field campaigns and the analysis of atmospheric measurements using advanced modelling methods.\r\n3. predict how methane sources and sinks may change in future.\r\n
 UK 2017-03-17 2020-03-17 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Mahsa Abassi
ID:
Utilization of SMS Messaging Services to Improve Retention in Care of HIV-Infected Individuals in Uganda Short Title: SMS-2-Retain (S2R)
REFNo: SS62ES

The objective of the study is to determine if mobile health (mHealth) technology (text/voice-messaging services) is an effective method of improving retention in care for newly diagnosed HIV-infected individuals enrolling into care, as compared to standard of care. This is a pilot, non-blinded, randomized trial of mobile health implementation into routine HIV care. This pilot trial will be focusing on 1) two-week retention in care of all HIV-infected participants from enrollment and followed by 2) participants who have been found to have cryptococcal antigenemia, a population of participants most at risk for early morbidity and mortality.
USA 2017-03-07 2020-03-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Xavier Medialdea Pedrol
ID:
Livestock diet quality and overgrazing in Queen Elizabeth National Park
REFNo: NS7ES

Understanding determinants of livestock movement on spatial and temporal dimensions and link it to the use of resources in an outside Queen Elizabeth National Park while the nutritional and healthy status of the animals is studied. This can be achieved by monitoring the diet quality and parasites of livestock and the forage availability through space and time in and near the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
 Spain 2017-02-28 2020-02-28 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
 Developing a peer support model for depression care in patients with diabetes mellitus, and testing it’s efficacy on patient outcomes; a randomized control trial.
REFNo: HS20ES

The main study objective will be developing a peer support model of depression care for patients with DM and testing its efficacy on clinical outcomes
 Uganda 2017-02-24 2020-02-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Robert Buwule Stalone
ID:
Re-Engineering Research and Innovation Information in University Libraries in Uganda for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Agricultural Sector
REFNo: IS6ES

a) To investigate how University libraries in Uganda are facilitating access to Research and Innovation information for use by Small and Medium Enterprises in the agricultural sector in Uganda.\r\nb) To find out the extent to which University libraries in Uganda repackage Research and Innovation information for use by Small and Medium Enterprises in the agricultural sector in Uganda.
 Uganda 2017-02-24 2020-02-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Anne Kantel
ID:
Situating Legitimacy: Encounters between State-Based and Local Fisheries Lifeworlds in Uganda
REFNo: SS48ES

Questions of how to design successful environmental management systems have motivated research in anthropology, political geography and international relations for decades. To the extent that ‘success’ depends on compliance, this raises a fundamental question: When and why do people comply with regulations governing the commons? I address this issue from a specific angle: Why do the same natural management policies fail in some spaces, while they succeed in others? Using the exemplifying case of fisheries management in Uganda, I argue that variance in compliance rates with state policies can be understood by studying the constitution and interaction of different lifeworlds and the effects of such encounters on the perceived cultural legitimacy of state policies in specific spaces. Existing studies suggest that if state-based lifeworlds are incongruent with local fisheries lifeworlds, the perceived cultural legitimacy of, as well as compliance rates with, government policies in these spaces are low.
Germany 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Megan Swanson
ID:
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Cervical Cancer Care in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS29ES

The overall goal of this project is to identify the barriers to cervical cancer care in Kampala, Uganda. Specific aims are as follows:\r\n\r\nAim 1: Describe the prevalence of cervical cancer by stage and factors associated with late versus early-stage diagnoses.\r\n\r\nAim 2: Describe the intervals of time in the process of obtaining care for cervical cancer.\r\n\r\nAim 3: Describe the challenges doctors at referral hospitals face in providing cervical cancer care.\r\n
 USA 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ulrich  Kropiunigg
ID:
Understanding the Preventative and Protective Potential of Fathers: Safeguarding Children from Extremist Influences
REFNo: SS50ES

1.Gain a deeper understanding of extremist mechanisms at the individual psychological/ emotional\r\nlevel from the perspective of fathers.\r\n2.Investigate how fathers can be employed in shielding their children from extremist influences.\r\n3.Develop an understanding of the skills that fathers require in order to effectively prevent and protect\r\ntheir children from extremist influences.
 Austria 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Laura Bogart
ID:
Game Changers: A Pilot Intervention to Empower HIV Clients as Prevention Advocates in Uganda
REFNo: HS32ES

1) Use qualitative focus group research to assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an HIV prevention advocacy intervention with PLHA in HIV care, who will be trained to be advocates of HIV protective behaviours within their social networks.\r\n2) Develop an intervention based on the focus group data and community advisory board and IDI staff input. \r\n\r\nNote: the pilot intervention will be tested in a small randomized controlled trial after it is developed. An amended IRB application will be submitted for the pilot intervention test.\r\n
 USA 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire Magdalena Susan
ID:
VIROLOGICAL & CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ADULTS WITH PRETREATMENT OR ACQUIRED HIV DRUG RESISTANCE
REFNo: HS33ES

To describe \r\n• The virological and clinical outcome one year after detection of virological failure and/or HIV drug resistance within the RHINOS study (RHINOS = Resistance in HIV-infected Individuals in North and South).\r\n\r\nFor RHINOS ART experienced with virological failure +/- resistance mutations:\r\n• Proportion of patients switched and not-switched\r\n• Proportion of patients with virological failure switched and not-switched \r\n• Type and frequency of newly diagnosed resistance mutations in patients switched and not switched \r\n\r\nFor RHINOS ART naïve with pre-treatment resistance mutations:\r\n• Proportion of patients initiated on ART \r\n• Proportion of patients started on any drug to which previous HIVDR was detected \r\n• Proportion of patients with virological failure after ART initiation\r\n
 Uganda 2017-02-21 2020-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Ivan Lukanda Nathanael
ID:
From Lab to Fork? Press Coverage and Audience Perceptions of Crop Biotechnology Systems in Uganda.
REFNo: SS27ES

\r\n• To analyse how the New Vision and Daily Monitor present news about crop biotechnology and the factors that influence news frames;\r\n• To establish the role of the New Vision and Daily Monitor in the uptake of biotechnology among the public;\r\n• To examine the perception of biotechnology in the New Vision and Daily Monitor among actors, and\r\n• To explore the knowledge gaps in the uptake of biotechnology in Ugandan society and make recommendations for integrating print media coverage into public discourse in Uganda.\r\n
 Uganda 2017-01-31 2020-01-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Imelda Namagembe
ID:
ETHICAL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS IN EMERGENCY OBSTETRICS –GYNAECOLOGY CARE RESEARCH: A CASE STUDY OF MAKERERE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES/MULAGO HOSPITAL, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS31ES

General Objective:\r\nTo explore and document ethical challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gyneacology research by researchers and IRB members at Makerere College of Health Sciences/Mulago Hospital, Uganda".\r\nSpecific objectives\r\n1) To explore the ethical challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gynaecology research by researchers at Makerere College of Health Sciences and Mulago Hospital.\r\n2) To explore the ethical and operational challenges encountered by IRB members when reviewing / monitoring research in emergency obstetrics-gynecology. \r\n3) To document the strategies used by both researchers and IRB members to handle the ethical and operational challenges encountered in emergency obstetrics-gynecology research\r\n
 Uganda 2017-01-31 2020-01-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jacqueline Gallo
ID:
How are student leavers’ combined capabilities being developed and/or restricted as they transition out of a Roman Catholic missionary school education in Uganda?: An ethnographic study
REFNo: SS42ES

Educational Research - Girls' Secondary Education in a Religious Institution\r\n\r\n• Understand how student leavers are transitioning out of secondary education into the world, be it into employment, marriage, further education or a combination of the above through the transitioning girls’ own perspectives with context provided by the congregation leadership, school authorities, families, and alumnae;\r\n• Learn how the school is preparing them for their post-secondary school lives;\r\n• Give voice and autonomy to female African students to assess the quality of their educational experience, a voice that is virtually absent from the academic literature; and\r\n• Develop a methodological example that supports Sub-Saharan African educational institutions (including missionary educators and NGOs) to assess the institution's ability to develop student capabilities in a manner that gives dignity to the educational experience and informs the increasingly prioritised education goals in international development discourses.\r\n
 USA 2017-01-24 2020-01-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Allan Ochieng
ID:
Understanding the need for inoculation of common in Uganda
REFNo: A12ES

Objective 1: Determine the abundance and diversity of indigenous rhizobia nodulating common bean in Uganda and the factors influencing them. This will be achieved by establishing if uninoculated soil from different Agroecological zones (AEZ) differ in the ability to support effective nitrogen fixation and if this difference is related to the abundance and composition of the native rhizobial population.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 1.1: Estimate the population density of indigenous rhizobia in different soils and determine the effect of the soil properties on the rhizobial population.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 1.2: Determine the rhizobial composition in different soils and factors that influence it.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 1.3: Determine the effectiveness of nitrogen fixation of rhizobial populations derived from different soils and factors that influence it.\r\n\r\nObjective 2: Determine the competitiveness of indigenous rhizobial populations from different soils with respect to current strains used for bean inoculation.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 3: Test effectiveness, adaptability and competitiveness of the identified superior indigenous rhizobia under greenhouse conditions.\r\n\r\nSpecific objective 4: Test effectiveness, adaptability and competitiveness
Uganda 2017-01-17 2020-01-17 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
John  Lule Ronald
ID:
Baseline Study for an Adolescent HIV and SRHR Programme
REFNo: HS23ES

The objective of this study is to establish baseline values and qualitative information on select project indicators. This information will serve as a basis for Alliance and CHAU to set targets and track changes and progress against these indicators throughout the project period. This information may also serve Alliance and CHAU to inform and shape programming as well as READY project contribution to Uganda national SRHR and HIV outcomes and targets.
 Uganda 2017-01-10 2020-01-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
JOHN FAITH MAGOLO FAITH
ID:
APPROPRIATENESS OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN MT. ELGON REGION IN EASTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS13ES

1. To find out the level of risk Knowledge in the management of the impacts of Climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda. \r\n2. To establish the level of technical monitoring in the management of the impacts of climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda. \r\n3. To investigate the appropriateness of communication on the management of the impacts of climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda.\r\n4. To establish the appropriateness of response capability on the management of the impacts of climate change in the Mt. Elgon region in Eastern Uganda. \r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-21 2019-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
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