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Charles  Katulamu
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Morals, Beliefs, and the Law Disconnected from Reality: Uncovering the Abortion Realm in Kampala, Uganda.
REFNo: SS1412ES

1. To understand the drivers of pregnancy termination.

2. To investigate the determinants of access to safe abortion care.

3. To find out how women decide to terminate a pregnancy.

4. To investigate women navigate the law, cultural stigma, and religious expectations before, during, and post-abortion.

5. To understand how abortion care providers make decisions on who receives the care.

6. To find out the challenges abortion care providers face, how they address them, and their recommendations towards the health and wellness of women in Uganda.
Uganda 2022-08-30 10:47:16 2025-08-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Samuel Biraro
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Evaluation of Integrated Child Health Days in Select Districts in Uganda
REFNo: HS2410ES

Main objective
To evaluate the effectiveness of integrated child health days in Uganda to reach children who are un-immunized and under-immunized and suggest recommendations for improvement of the ICHD service delivery program in three districts (Bukedea, Kayunga, and Rakai) in Uganda.

Specific Objectives
1. To identify and estimate the proportion of children under 5 years of age, who attend and do not attend CHDs and describe key factors affecting attendance in selected district(s).
2. To understand the knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP), motivators, and barriers for the implementation of CHDs by health system staff and community members (i.e., Health managers, healthcare workers, village health workers, and local community leaders) to inform improvement in service delivery.
3. To describe the systematic approach, best practices, enablers, and barriers during CHDs according to the five pillars of immunization strategy (service delivery; planning, management, and finance; data and surveillance; cold chain and vaccine management; advocacy, communication, and social mobilization) and suggest recommendations that be used to improve coverage, quality, and equity of immunization services during ICHDs.

Uganda 2022-08-30 10:45:06 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Cecilia  Nantume
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Rapid Assessments of Progress: An evaluation of DMPA-SC Self Injection Public Sector Service Delivery in Uganda
REFNo: HS2409ES

To establish clients perceived quality and overall satisfaction with self injection service delivery,To identify client challenges to uptake of DMPA-SC and self injection use ,To assess the extent to which attitudes and behavior of providers and stakeholders accelerate or hinder Self Injection uptake, ,To determine the emerging health system barriers and facilitators that influence Self Injection uptake.,
Uganda 2022-08-30 10:42:45 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Anne Wajja J W
ID: UNCST-2022-R010518
A multi-country, epidemiologic study to assess the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) positivity, and to build capacity to conduct a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine efficacy study, in populations with a high TB disease burden
REFNo: HS2371ES

o To describe the proportion of IGRA positivity by site

Secondary objectives:
o To assess the association of age with proportion of IGRA positivity, by site o To describe the overall incidence of suspected and laboratory-confirmed pulmonary TB (disease)

Tertiary objectives o To describe changes in the proportion of IGRA positivity by site
o To describe the association between IGRA interferon gamma (IFN) concentration at screening and progression to pulmonary TB

Uganda 2022-08-30 10:37:18 2025-08-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ramathan Mugalu
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BUSINESS EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS’ GRADUATES IN SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS IN KAMPALA, UGANDA
REFNo: SS1168ES

The general objective was to examine the influence of business education on the job performance of business schools’ graduate in the selected organisations in Kampala- Uganda.
Uganda 2022-08-30 10:34:40 2025-08-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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