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Rieko Shibata
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Understanding dynamics and diversity of smallholder farmers' innovation characteristics and processes in Agricultural Innovation System in Uganda
REFNo: SS43ES

The objectives of the research are 1. to understand local agricultural innovation types and processes of smallholder farmers with different socioeconomic characteristics, in relation to the changing socio-economic and environmental conditions in Uganda, 2. to understand implications of innovations on the livelihoods of farmers with different socioeconomic characteristics, and 3. to critically analyse its relevance and effectiveness of current AIS and its practices in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda, in relaiton to local innovation processes, and identify practical solutions.
 Japan 2016-12-21 2019-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Simon  Sensalire
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Increasing TB Case Notification and Documenting Improvement and Cost Effective Strategies in Northern Uganda: A Facility Based Intervention Case-Control Study
REFNo: HS22ES

• To quantify changes in levels of TB case detection and notification in intervention and control facilities following specific intervention.\r\n• To quantify changes in the evaluation of TB presumptive case and enrollment of confirmed TB cases on treatment at both case and control facilities following specific interventions \r\n• To document successful improvement strategies for TB notification at intervention facilities\r\n• To provide in-depth knowledge of barriers and enablers to TB case notification\r\n• To measure cost of implementing improvement strategies for in the intervention facilities \r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-21 2019-12-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Marit Blaak
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Learning for Change: Promoting Organisational Learning in education Non-Governmental Organisations in Uganda
REFNo: SS25ES

This research seeks to open up the space for adaptive programme delivery to educationally excluded groups involving community actors. The aim of this study is to facilitate a community of inquiry to understand and promote collective learning between Ugandan education NGOs and external actors. The research will result in the development and testing of solutions as well as a contextualised theory of organisational learning for education NGOs offering non-formal education programmes in Uganda.\r\nSpecific objectives of this study are:\r\n• Analyse internal and external factors and actors shaping organisational learning in Ugandan education NGOs.\r\n• Develop a theory on space and double loop learning in Ugandan education NGOs. \r\n• Identify and test possible solutions to promote organisational learning in Ugandan education NGOs. \r\n• Facilitate a community of inquiry through a Participatory Action Research approach.
 Netherlands 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Anna Eisenstein
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Health Interactions in South Western Uganda
REFNo: SS46ES

The objectives of this research are: 1. To identify the interactional cues that patients interpret as “care"; 2. To document the relevance of linguistic phenomena to how patients and practitioners negotiate authority in medical settings; and 3. To identify interactional variables that impact patient engagement in medical care/treatment.
 USA 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Sarah O'Sullivan
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Undisclosed Stigma: the Politics of the Ordinary, ARV Adherence, and Development in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS47ES

(1) to understand how the history of war and aid-dependency in northern Uganda, along with the recent introduction of accessible anti-retroviral medication for people living with HIV contributions to ongoing stigma towards with living with HIV. (2) To provide a close qualitative analysis of how stigma associated with HIV post-ARV rollout affects HIV-positive people and their families. (3) to understand how severe aid-dependency and the proliferation of development initiatives in northern Uganda influences the expectations towards how people living with HIV on ARVs should behave as productive citizens contributing to northern Uganda’s post-conflict restructuring.
Canada 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Robert  Lukande
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Post-Mortem Assessment of Pathogen and Anti-infective Distribution and Responses i HIV-Positive Patients
REFNo: HS24ES

• Use histopathology to determine pathogen (viral, fungal) distribution within and across tissue compartments\r\n• Improve diagnostic methods for HIV and AIDS-related infections\r\n• Determine distribution of anti-infective agents within and across tissue compartments\r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
 An Evaluation of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland Uganda Fellowship Programme.
REFNo: HS27ES

The research objectives are:\r\n\r\n1. To quantify the number of trained physician anaesthetists now working in Uganda, including their roles and responsibilities.\r\n\r\n2. To explore what impact the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme has had on the standards of training in anaesthesia and patient care in Uganda.\r\n\r\n3. To explore how perceptions of the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda have changed over the duration of the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme.\r\n\r\n4. To understand the impact that different partnerships have had on the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda over the last 10 years.\r\n
 UK 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Aggrey Semeere Semwendero
ID: UNCST-2019-R001648
 New approaches for the diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma
REFNo: HS28ES

To evaluate two novel diagnostic approaches for KS that may be eventually deployed with portable, point-of-care techniques. One approach features confocal microscopy and the other approach uses nucleic acid amplification. We shall compare these new approaches with the gold standard of histology from a traditional skin punch biopsy to determine the sensitivity and specificity of each new approach.
 Uganda 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Grace Ryan Kathryn
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MIND ME Uganda: using Mental health INformation anD Monitoring and Evaluation systems to evaluate recovery-oriented mental health services in Kampala and Entebbe, Uganda
REFNo: HS12ES

The aim of this research is to carry out a mixed-methods evaluation of the Brain Gain II project and its mental health information and monitoring and evaluation (MIND ME) system, in order to inform policy regarding the continuation and scale-up of recovery-oriented mental health interventions in Uganda.\r\n\r\nObjectives include:\r\n\r\n1.To evaluate Brain Gain II’s MIND ME system, using mixed-methods to assess eight key implementation outcomes, including: acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, cost, coverage, feasibility, fidelity, sustainability\r\n\r\n2.To generate evidence on the effectiveness of Brain Gain II interventions using MIND ME\r\n\r\n3.To evaluate the general process and impact of implementing the Brain Gain II programme, by triangulating evidence generated through MIND ME with evidence generated through original research\r\n
 USA 2016-12-06 2019-12-06 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sara Cavallo
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Linking Banana Xanthomonas wilt and agro-ecological intensification to food practices in Kabarole District, Uganda
REFNo: SS37ES

This research seeks to understand the knowledge networks that have formed in light of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt and how knowledge is translated from scientists to extension to farmers and how knowledge flows influence landscapes.
 USA 2016-12-06 2019-12-06 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Elaine Hsiao
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Protecting Place, People and Peace: A Critical Socio-Legal Review of Transboundary Parks
REFNo: SS35ES

The purpose of this research is to assess the peace outcomes of transboundary conservation areas and ways that peace is captured in legal frameworks. This includes field research in three transboundary conservation areas of Uganda to provide qualititative and socio-political context for findings identified in the legal assessment. The three field sites are: (1) Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration, (2) Landscapes for Peace and (3) Mount Elgon.
 USA 2016-11-29 2019-11-29 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Twaha Rwegyema
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Assessment of Dietary Patterns for People Living with HIV seeking health services from Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda
REFNo: HS13ES

1. To identify the foods commonly consumed by PLHIV attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n2. To compare dietary patterns of malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n3. To explore demographic, socio-economic and hospital care factors associated with dietary patterns among HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.\r\n4. To identify and compare coping mechanisms during food scarcity between the malnourished and non-malnourished HIV patients attending HIV clinics at RRH in Uganda.
 Uganda 2016-11-23 2019-11-23 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Peter Schüle
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World-wide phylogeny and biodiversity of beetle associated nematodes and faunistic data of different groups of insects: Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabaeidae and Odonata
REFNo: NS5ES

 Increasing the knowledge of the inventory of the Cicindelidae species of Uganda\r\n Obtaining better knowledge about biogeographic patterns about Carabidae and other beetle groups in Uganda\r\n include the data of Central African Nematodes into the world-wide research project on the biogeography of Nematodes\r\n
 Germany 2016-11-07 2019-11-07 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Dickens Akena Howard
ID: UNCST-2019-R000179
 Neuropsychiatric Genetics of African Populations - Psychosis (NeuroGAP-P)
REFNo: HS14ES

i) Expand knowledge of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Africa through large-scale sample collection, analysis and follow-up.\r\n\r\nii) Increase understanding of the genetics of African populations\r\n\r\niii) Enhance neuropsychiatric genetic research capacity in Africa through the training of scientists and support the development of locally led research programs\r\n
 Uganda 2016-11-01 2019-11-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Savannah Schulze Marie
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Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: interrelationships with Batwa and other local communities.
REFNo: SS24ES

This proposed research project is a dissertation project that will focus on increasing our understanding of the relationships between mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) and varied local human communities living around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Despite over 50 years of research on mountain gorillas, little is known about their traditional importance to local communities. I ask the following research questions: (1) How have the relationships between mountain gorillas and various local communities changed over time with conservation management and resettlement practices? (2) How can the integration of local knowledge enhance the participation of local communities in the scientific process, management, and conservation of protected spaces? (3) How do current human-gorilla interactions shape local people’s perceptions of mountain gorillas in Bwindi? I anticipate that findings will show that farmers who must guard their crops without harming gorillas and displaced hunter-gatherers who are cut off from their resource base will have different understandings of and conflicts with wildlife. I also anticipate that findings will increase the longevity of this species (Gorilla beringei beringei) by providing a deeper understanding of the complex associations between gorillas and humans sharing mosaic edge habitats.
USA 2016-10-31 2019-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Eric Kreutter
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Leadership Emergence: The Moderating Role of Self-Awareness
REFNo: SS32ES

This is a quantitative survey-based study. The proposed study seeks to address questions relating to the mediating roles of Self-Awareness in the process of Leadership Emergence in a small group.
USA 2016-10-31 2019-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fred Kakooza
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Exploring the potential and contribution of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda
REFNo: SS26ES

This study seeks to establish the potential and contribution of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people in Uganda.\r\n\r\nThe research will answer the following questions or areas:\r\n• In what ways has Facebook been used in the OneLove and Obulamu campaigns for HIV and AIDS prevention?\r\n• How can Facebook best be used in HIV and AIDS prevention strategies? \r\n• What are the audience perceptions of Facebook in the OneLove and Obulamu campaigns for HIV and AIDS prevention?\r\n• In what ways can the use of Facebook in HIV and AIDS prevention strategies be evaluated?\r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fred Brany Lukwago
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Risk assessment of aflatoxins along the dairy value chain in Uganda
REFNo: A9ES

Overall Objective\r\nTo determine the factors associated with aflatoxins contamination, their economic impact along the dairy value chains and estimate the levels of risk exposure of humans to aflatoxins.\r\nSpecific Objectives \r\nThe specific objectives of this work are to:\r\ni. Determine the levels and occurrence of aflatoxins in selected foods, animal feeds, milk and milk products\r\nii. To establish the levels of human exposure and assess the risks associated with consumption of aflatoxins contaminated milk and milk products in Uganda \r\niii. Estimating the postharvest losses due to aflatoxins contamination along the dairy value chains\r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Mahlet Woldetsadik Atakilt
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Beyond the Survivor: The Impact of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on Families of Women Survivors in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS36ES

The objective of this research project is to assess Ugandan women’s experiences of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), explore how CRSV experiences affect family members, and evaluate current response programs to survivors. The overall goal is to provide evidence that can inform better response programming to CRSV survivors, and their family members. This project will address the following aims and research questions (R):\r\nAMI 1: Gain a better understanding of the experiences of CRSV survivors and families of survivors \r\nFrom the perspective of CRSV survivors\r\nR1a. How has the experience of CRSV affected the physical, psychological, and social well-being of women survivors living in post-conflict regions of northern Uganda?\r\no R1b. How do women survivors in northern Uganda think their CRSV experience has affected their relationship with their family?\r\no R1c. What kind of support, including response services, do survivors in northern Uganda seek or/and find the most helpful? \r\nFrom the perspective of families of CRSV survivors \r\no R1d. How do family members of CRSV survivors in northern Uganda think the experience has affected their relationship with the survivor? \r\no R1e. How has the presence of a CRSV survivor in the family affected the internal dynamics of the household? \r\no R1f. What kind of support or services related to CRSV experience did family members seek (if any) or would have liked to access?\r\nAIM 2 Estimate the costs of programs and their potential impact\r\no R2a. What are the main types of health services that organizations provide? \r\no R2b. What are the types of outcome measures are used by organizations that provide health services to survivors of CRSV in northern Uganda? \r\no R2c. How do programs measure effectiveness? \r\no R2d. Which programs or interventions are cost-effective, and what are their characteristics? \r\n
 Ethiopia 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
William  Amone
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Agricultural Productivity and Economic Development in Uganda: An Inclusive Growth Analysis
REFNo: SS38ES

The main objective of the study is to assess the impact of agricultural productivity on economic development in Uganda. \r\nThe specific objectives of the study are:\r\n• To determine the factors that affect agricultural productivity in Uganda.\r\n• To determine the key binding constraints to inclusive economic growth in Uganda that need to be addressed so that the country can achieve sustainable broad base development. \r\n• To analyze the impact of agricultural productivity on GDP, GNI per capita, HDI and Gini Index. \r\n\r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-26 2019-10-26 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Ryoma OTSUKA
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Mountain gorilla conservation in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and its influence on residents living in villages adjacent to the park
REFNo: SS14ES

The overall goal of this research is to reduce human-gorilla conflict in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP). Objectives of the study are follows:\r\n \r\n 1. To grasp actual situation of HUGO (Human–Gorilla Conflict Resolution program\r\n) and analyze its effectiveness.\r\n \r\n 2. To know impacts of crop-raiding by mountain gorilla on local residents and understand residents’ attitudes toward it.\r\n \r\n3. To understand local NGO’s role in Bwindi and its implication on local residents.
 Japan 2016-10-18 2019-10-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Fredrick KANOBE
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INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MOBILE MONEY SYSTEMS IN UGANDA
REFNo: IS3ES

1) To explore existing information security management policies, procedures and standards used in mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n2) To investigate and determine the weaknesses of the existing information security management policies, procedures and standards for mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n3) To develop and recommend information security management practice guidelines for mobile money systems in Uganda. \r\n4) To validate the developed information security management practice guideline \r\n
 Uganda 2016-10-18 2019-10-18 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Susan Kiene Maria
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Use, Acceptability and Feasibility of a Pilot mHealth Intervention in Control of Diarrhoea in Kayunga District Uganda
REFNo: HS16ES

The proposed project will assess the use, acceptability and feasibility of a mHealth (mobile-phone technology for health) intervention that uses mHealth to help caregivers in rural Uganda establish tailored information on appropriate at-home care for diarrhoea or referrals for treatment based on the patient/child’s symptoms. \r\n\r\nThe specific objectives are:\r\n1. Obtain community feedback on the preliminary version of the mHealth intervention to refine the intervention, the app—user interactions, and procedures for promoting the intervention in the community.\r\n2. Make the intervention to one community of approximately 3,000 residents for 3 months and evaluate: use, acceptability, and feasibility of the intervention. \r\n3. Based on the findings, revise the mHealth intervention for testing in a larger trial to assess its effectiveness in reducing the time to treatment, cases of severe diarrhoea, and mortality. \r\n
 USA 2016-10-18 2019-10-18 Medical and Health Sciences
Saghar  Birjandian
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Transitional Justice Systems in Uganda
REFNo: SS28ES

To map out international and local transitional justice (TJ) initiatives from the perspective of locally based Ugandans. More concretely the researcher aims to contribute to the field substantively and methodologically. Substantively this study’s objectives are to: (1) explain how sub-regional TJ systems are understood in contextual terms, (2) explain how mainstream TJ is perceived by local actors within their respective system, (3) explain why local actors believe the mainstream is compatible with contextual approaches, if at all, and (4) explain why contextual actors interpret their respective sub-regional TJ system as they do. To help accomplish the substantive aims listed above this study includes the following methodological objectives: (1) to map sub-regional systems; (2) to gather oral and visual descriptions from participants to generate “system stories” that explain system behaviours; (3) to ask participants why they describe sub-regional systems as they do; and, (4) to develop conceptual models using visual mapping software and written text. Using this methodology, this study could also make substantive contributions to: explain how contextual systems are described in “post-liberal” terms, document preferred forms of interconnectivity between various approaches, as well as, similarities and differences among participants’ views.
 Canada 2016-10-11 2019-10-11 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Ritah Nasiima
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE
REFNo: HS18ES

1)TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE(UCI)?\r\n2)TO DESCRIBE THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN WITH CANCER RECEIVING CARE AT THE UCI?
 Uganda 2016-10-11 2019-10-11 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Katelyn Sileo M
ID: UNCST-2019-R001747
 Substance use and engagement in HIV care among Male Fisherfolk in Uganda: A syndemic approach
REFNo: HS15ES

The general objective of the present study is to explore factors associated with engagement in the HIV care continuum among male fisherfolk and other mobile men working in the fishing industry enrolled in HIV care in Wakiso District, Uganda.\r\n\r\nSpecific Objective 1: Quantitatively assess the independent and synergistic effects of substance use, internalized HIV stigma, gender norms, and depression on Ugandan male fisherfolk’s engagement in HIV care, including: ART adherence and retention. \r\n\r\nSpecific Objective 2: Building on Aim 1, qualitatively examine the mechanisms by which substance use, internalized HIV stigma, gender norms, and depression influence Ugandan male fisherfolk’s engagement in HIV care, including: ART adherence and retention.\r\n
 USA 2016-09-26 2019-09-26 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Harriet Nakayenga
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Insects in the Tropics-Test Research (UNCST Team)
REFNo: A8ES

Learning about insects means entering a world of numbers! This is the most abundant animal type on earth, boasting almost 90 percent of all living things. Scientific estimates put the total number of species of insects worldwide up around the 30 million mark. In Australia we have already described over 86,000 species divided into 661 families, but there are likely to be thousands more insects waiting to be found and classified. If the abundance of insects in the Wet Tropics compared to the rest of Australia is similar to that of other animal types, then there are probably around 40,000 insect species hiding in the forests here.
 Uganda 2016-09-22 2019-09-22 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Anders Sjögren
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Battles over boundaries. Contested devolution in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: SS20ES

This project analyses how the politics of contested devolution influences inclusion and exclusion at the sub-national political level in two divided societies, Kenya and Uganda. In societies characterised by deep-running political divisions, inequalities and exclusion, the issue of how to organise and distribute political power impacts hugely on stability. Devolution of power and resources to sub-national entities is often promoted as a remedy for problems of exclusion. However, changes in territorial demarcation and relocation of authority set off struggles over who should exercise what power, how and where. At the same time, fluid political identities frequently conflict with the scope of territorial and authority structures. The projects aims to 1) analyse how the contestation over devolved power in Kenya and Uganda influences political inclusion and exclusion and 2) contribute to theoretical development with regard to how the above is shaped by the interplay between formal and informal institutions and boundaries
 Sweden 2016-09-13 2019-09-13 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Yolana Pringle
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Violence and public health in East Africa, c.1950s-1980s
REFNo: SS9ES

This project represents the first historically-grounded analysis of the relationship between violence and public health in mid-twentieth century East Africa. It does so through three case studies, examining the impact of violence on the health of civilian populations and on public health responses during: Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion (1952-9), the Rwenzururu movement in western Uganda (1960s and 1970s), and civil war in the Luwero Triangle (1982-6). The project will draw from archival material in Uganda’s National and District archives, the Kenya National Archives, and international organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO).\r\n\r\nThe project's research objectives / questions are to determine:\r\n- To what extent did public health priorities shift during periods of collective and interpersonal violence?\r\n- How did public health officials and international organisations respond to problems of:\r\n - Infectious and communicable diseases\r\n - Water and sanitation\r\n - Nutritional diseases\r\n - Physical and psychological trauma\r\n - Access to healthcare\r\n- Who has been responsible for health during periods of collective and interpersonal violence?\r\n\r\nThrough these research questions, the project aims:\r\n- To broaden our understanding about the operation of public health in sub-Saharan Africa in the past\r\n- To shed new light on the dynamics of violence in East Africa since the 1950s\r\n- To extend our understanding of the emergence of violence as a global public health priority, and the role of East Africa within this\r\n\r\nA full research proposal is attached to this application.
 UK 2016-08-24 2019-08-24 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Michael Harris
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Examining the costs and benefits of sanitation infrastructure and access and associated decision-making frameworks within Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: SIR4ES

The purpose of this study is to examine the costs and benefits of improved sanitation facilities, such as flush toilets, which are shared among multiple households compared to improved sanitation facilities private to a single household. Within this purpose, I will investigate the relevance of distinguishing between shared and private sanitation from local household perspectives, landlord perspectives, and decision-making or planning perspectives. The costs and benefits associated with shared and private sanitation will also be explored to further understand the motivations underlying the stated relevance of sanitation access level within low-income settlements of Kampala, Uganda. Within the study, two underlying research questions will help define future research studies and highlight locally important aspects of sanitation planning and household choices: (1) Which key factors drive the cost-benefit differences between shared and private sanitation options? And (2) how can data availability issues be overcome to develop relevant and valid cost and benefit estimations for Kampala, Uganda?\r\n\r\nThe overarching goal of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of shared versus private improved sanitation infrastructure within the setting of Kampala, Uganda. Under this goal, we have a number of study objectives, where we hope to improve understanding both for academic advancement and local knowledge advancement.  \r\n\r\nThese objectives are:\r\n - identify the sanitation facility options from multiple stakeholder viewpoints – tenants, landlords, sanitation experts;\r\n - review proposed cost-benefit framework and categories within the local context;\r\n - consolidate and review secondary-data on shared and private sanitation within Kampala slums;\r\n - evaluate the potential benefit-transfer validity both for local secondary data as well as foreign study data; and\r\n - evaluate the validity of benefit-estimation methods, including hedonic regression analysis, contingent valuation survey, and discrete choice experiment, within the local context to potentially replace or supplement benefit-transfer values.\r\n\r\nThese objectives cover multiple important aspects of the sanitation and potentially broader development field. Currently, cost-benefit analyses are an important part of the United Sates’ and many developed-countries’ policy-evaluation processes. However, the application of this method to decisions in developing countries is less common. When cost-benefit analyses have been conducted on sanitation policies or projects in developing countries, the focus has been on extreme shifts, such as moving households from open defecation to a private toilet and septic tank, or analyses have relied on crude data or transfers of value from other settings with limited validation. This study will review the validity of such value estimation approaches within Kampala and seek to understand the potential relevance of cost-benefit analyses to more marginal decisions, specifically households transitioning to shared versus private sanitation.
 USA 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Engineering and Technology Degree Award
IRENE AHEISIBWE
ID:
Learning Strategies, Core Self-Evaluations and Achievement Goal Orientations among Prisoners on Formal and Vocational Training in Uganda
REFNo: SS5ES

• To explore learning strategies used by prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda\r\n• Assess demographic variations in achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Examine the relationship between learning strategies and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Establish the association between learning strategies and core-self evaluations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda\r\n• Examine the association between core-self evaluations and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n• Examine the moderating effect of core self-evaluations on the relationship between learning strategies and achievement goal orientations among prisoners on formal and vocational training in Uganda \r\n
 Uganda 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Eunice Akullo
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Exploring the Integration of Children born in Captivity to LRA abducted females in Post conflict areas affected by the LRA war, Uganda
REFNo: SS7ES

I. To explore integration as a process and the issues affecting it \r\n\r\nII. To examine the response of Transitional Justice to children as a war-affected category
 Uganda 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Kerry Holden Louise
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The Promise of Science: Deliberating on health, biomedicine and democracy in the Ugandan parliament
REFNo: SS8ES

The proposed research seeks to examine whether, how and in what ways scientific capacity building in the Ugandan parliament and supporting offices and organisations improves political deliberation using health-related, biomedical and scientific knowledge.
UK 2016-07-01 2019-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Nele Jensen
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What matters, where and how – evidence-informed policy networks and the making of knowledge in global health
REFNo: SSH2ES

With the WHO as an early and influential proponent, evidence-based/-informed health policy approaches have become something of a shibboleth, separating the good from the bad in global health decision-making and deemed indispensable to improving health especially in low-income countries. This research project traces the emergence and transformations of evidence-for-policy approaches at the WHO; and explores how evidence-informed policy is currently practiced through the WHO’s prime evidence-for-policy mechanism, the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet).\r\nThe Uganda EVIPNet country ‘node’, run by the Regional East Africa Community Health (REACH) Policy Initiative, counts among the most active and successful evidence-to-policy initiatives on the continent (Ongolo-Zogo et al. 2014; WHO 2016). Using EVIPNet/REACH Uganda as an empirical case study, this component of my research project examines some the practices, promises and challenges of evidence-based policy in Uganda.\r\n
 Germany 2016-06-01 2019-06-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mwesigwa  Collins K
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Testing Feb 12 RMG
REFNo: ICS2ES

To Test trhe RMGt Application June 18th
 Uganda 2016-06-01 2019-06-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
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