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Damalie Nakanjako
ID: UNCST-2019-R000383
 Mobile Phone-based patient follow-up Package with Medical Intervention for HIV-infected adults to promote social distancing during and after the COVID19 pandemic lockdown crisis
REFNo: HS945ES

Objectives
1.To pilot use of a Mobile Phone-based patient follow-up Package with virtual Medical Interventions (PMI) among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the Mulago ISS clinic.
2.To determine the effect of a PMI on the number of physical clinical visits by patients receiving ART at the Mulago ISS clinic during the one-year study period.
3.To determine the effect of PMI on continuity of ART medication during the COVID19 pandemic crisis period.
4.To determine the acceptability of the PMI approach to follow up of patients receiving long-term ART by patients and care providers at the Mulago ISS clinic

Uganda 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Christina Bergey Marie
ID: UNCST-2020-R014338
 Genetic survey of bloodborne pathogens and investigation of malaria response in sanctuary chimpanzees
REFNo: NS139ES

Our proposed study has three main objectives:

1. To determine which blood-borne pathogens sanctuary chimpanzees carry, with a particular interest in those which can be transmitted from human to chimpanzee (anthroponoses) and vice versa (zoonoses);

2. To diagnose malaria infection in sanctuary chimpanzees and determine which malaria parasite species are present, with a particular interest in human malaria that may be infecting the chimpanzees; and

3. To describe the genetic mechanisms underlying the chimpanzee immune system response to malaria, and contrast this with that of humans.
 USA 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Anthony  Fuller
ID:
Assessment of Accuracy, Precision, and Feasibility of a Handheld Near-Infrared Light Device (InfraScanner 2000â„¢) in Detecting Subdural and Epidural Hematomas in Patients Admitted to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
REFNo: HS1010ES

Aim 1: Determine whether the InfraScanner 2000â„¢ detects epidural and/or subdural hematomas with adequate precision relative to CT scans to be used as a diagnostic tool for epidural and/or subdural hematomas.

Aim 2: Use these findings to inform the feasibility of conducting a future trial in which the InfraScanner 2000â„¢ is used as a stand-alone diagnostic tool for intracranial hematomas, and therein, to determine candidacy for decompressive craniotomies in patients who suffer TBIs in places where CT scans are not available.
 USA 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Vittorio Bassi
ID:
Covid-19 and the value of relationships in informal economies
REFNo: SS633ES

The overall goal of the study is to implement two exploratory phone surveys of a representative sample of Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) and their employees in Uganda. The survey is designed to document challenges firms are facing in investing and hiring workers during the covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the first phone survey will also embed a nudging experiment aimed at helping workers search for jobs and regain employment in the wake of the pandemic. This is an urgent study that forms a continued commitment of the researchers under BRAC Uganda partnership with Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives under Directorate of Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to provide insights and learning on how the covid-19 shock has affected firm owners and employees’ relationships during the lockdown.
 Italy 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Ismay Milford Milford
ID:
The ‘Information Sector’ in East Africa, 1950s-70s: The professionalisation of journalism, broadcasting and information officers
REFNo: SS730ES

This project is a history of the ‘information sector’ as it emerged in dialogue with global patterns over the period of decolonisation in East Africa (c. 1950s-70s). I understand information not as a given technology inevitable to the language of the developmentalist state in mid-twentieth century Africa, but as a culturally constructed and moulded idea through which we can access connections that East African people of various ‘information professions’ forged with the wider world. This is in some sense a pre-history of the global debates around information that resulted in the call for a ‘New World Information and Communication Order’ in the 1970s. It argues that East Africa played an important role in the disciplinary shift from ‘information science’ to ‘mass communication’, and in the understandings of knowledge production that informed postcolonial theory.
UK 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Pierre ABOMO
ID:
Strengthening national capacity for tsetse control in Uganda
REFNo: SS725ES

1) Conduct semi-structured interviews with key personnel at COCTU and the District level to fully understand the current level of execution of the action plan for strengthening the capacity to for implementing tsetse control in Uganda

2) Conduct participatory workshops at COCTU and the District level to collaboratively assess the progress towards the establishment of a stronger and independent tsetse control system in Uganda (based on findings from objective 1).
UK 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Eddie Wampande Mujjwiga
ID:
An evaluation of African swine fever presentation and distribution in Uganda
REFNo: NS266ES

i. Conduct a serologic, clinical, pathological, and molecular diagnostic survey of swine at a large slaughterhouse near Entebbe and Kampala, Uganda to understand the relationship between the disease status and the diagnostic status of the animals as related to Africa swine fever.
ii. Conduct a serologic analysis slaughterhouse swine to measure the immune response against exposure to the Ornithodoros moubata tick, the ASF reservoir vector in Africa.
iii. Conduct trace back to hotspots to evaluate biosecurity and conduct training of veterinarians and producers on the clinical and pathological signs of Africa swine fever.
iv. Sequence PCR positive samples to better characterize the ASF genotype and strain and its disease presentation.
v. Discuss the findings with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries, and Fisheries.

 Uganda 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Charles Batte
ID: UNCST-2021-R013587
 ASSESSING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ HOUSEHOLDS AND SCHOOL-GOING CHILDREN IN BUDUDA DISTRICT, UGANDA.
REFNo: SS789ES

To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on school-going children in Bududa district.,To assess the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smallholder farmers’ households in Bududa district.,
 Uganda 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
omia Obel Francis Patrick
ID:
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL BUDGETING IN UGANDA By Francis Patrick Omia
REFNo: SS870ES

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of multi-stakeholder participation in national budget preparation
The specific objectives of the study are as follows;
1. To examine mechanisms for Multi-stakeholder participation in budget preparation planning.
2. To analyze Multi-stakeholder participation in budget deliberation.
3. To assess Multi-stakeholder participation in budget preparation outcomes.

Uganda 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nitin Wadhwa
ID:
Investigating crop raiding and ranging of habituated mountain gorillas close to park boundaries in the Buhoma sector of Bwindi National Park, Uganda.
REFNo: NS263ES

1. In this proposed study, we will walk jungle trails taken by forest rangers in the Buhoma sector to find and map signs of gorilla presence and human related activity. 2. Based on the spatial mapping exercise and density of recorded signs in a particular area, we will identify areas of high gorilla movement and ascertain how close to park boundaries gorillas are venturing and also how high are disturbance factors like human activity along the boundaries of the park. 3. We will also walk and survey the approximately 10 kms of park boundary relevant to our study (See Figure 3 in Appendix) in the Buhoma sector to map land use and cropping pattern along the edges of park (upto 150 metres). 4. Based on the the survey excersise along the boundaries of the park, we will map the land use patters and crops planted along the boundaries to create a spatial map to understand human activities along the edge park. 5. We will use data obtained from previous objectives and extrapolating it in conjunction with already existing research, we will draw conclusions and give recommendations.
India 2021-07-13 2024-07-13 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eve  Namisango
ID: UNCST-2021-R014038
 Mapping service pathways across the cancer disease trajectory in Kampala; a retrospective cohort study of timing and access to services
REFNo: HS805ES

1. To determine the number of patients accessing cancer services at Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago Palliative care Unit, Kawempe Home Care and Hospice Africa Uganda from 2018 across 2019
2. To Identify source of referrals and target of onward referrals across these above services
3. To determine case mix across cancer services
4. To determine median number of days between referral to cancer care services and death for the study sample
5. To Identify variation in access to and referrals to cancer services by sex, age, ethnicity, diagnosis, and geographical location of residence
6. To Depict cancer pathway for patients from diagnosis to death in Kampala, Uganda

Uganda 2021-07-12 2024-07-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Franklin Higenyi
ID:
Gender and Public Health Space:A case of Female Doctor's career progression in Uganda Public Medical Services
REFNo: SS732ES

The study will investigate the factors that determine FDs’ career progression in UPMS.
1.4.1. Specific Objectives
1.4.1.1. To assess gender differences in career progression of female and male doctors in UPMS.
1.4.1.2. To analyze the socio-cultural and institutional factors that influence career progression of FDs in UPMS space.
1.4.1.3. To asses lived experiences of those who have managed to have career progression.
 Uganda 2021-07-12 2024-07-12 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Cosmas Mwikirize
ID:
Efficacy of a Deep Learning-aided Platform for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer using Ultrasound Images in the Ugandan Population
REFNo: SIR57ES

General Objective: To develop and evaluate the efficacy of a deep learning-based computer-aided platform for screening of breast cancer in the Ugandan population. Specific Objectives: 1. To collect, and curate and label breast US data from ECUREI Radiology department. 2. To develop deep learning models for lesion detection and pixel-wise segmentation in breast US images. 3. To integrate the learned models in an offline computer-aided detection platform for breast cancer, and clinically evaluate its performance. 4. To develop and integrate learned models for breast cancer detection, in a real-time portable ultrasound imaging platform.
Uganda 2021-07-12 2024-07-12 Engineering and Technology Non-degree Award
Onesmus  Ahabwe Magezi
ID:
COMMON CAUSES OF ABNORMAL VAGINAL DISCHARGE AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING THE GYGAECOLOGICAL OUTPATIENT CLINIC OF MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS1456ES

1.To determine the common bacterial isolates among women with abnormal vaginal discharge attending the gynecological outpatient clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2.To describe the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates among women with abnormal vaginal discharge attending the gynecological clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
3.To identify the factors associated with antibiotic resistance to commonly used antibiotics among women with abnormal vaginal discharge attending the gynecological outpatient clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

 Uganda 2021-07-12 2024-07-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Josylin Ekochu Arimpa Bananuka
ID:
Corporate Governance Practices and Performance of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Firms in Uganda
REFNo: SS571ES

i. To analyze the effect of corporate leadership on the performance of pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Uganda
ii. To assess the effect of boards of directors on the performance of pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Uganda
iii. To investigate the consequences internal control systems have on the performance of pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Uganda

Uganda 2021-07-09 2024-07-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Francis Ocheng
ID:
Helichrysum odoratissimum: Isolation and identification of bioactive compounds and their effects on oral bacteria
REFNo: HS1441ES

2-To determine whether the isolated and purified compounds from Helichrysum odoratissimum maintain their antibacterial effects on oral bacteria,1-To isolate and identify the bioactive compounds in the plant Helichrysum odoratissimum plant extracts ,The general objective of the study is to isolate and identify the bioactive compounds in the Helichrysum odoratissimum plant extracts and also further investigate the effects of the isolated compounds on oral bacteria ,
 Uganda 2021-07-09 2024-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Catriona  Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
 Implementation of a "bundle of care" to improve anticoagulation control in patients receiving warfarin in Uganda and South Africa
REFNo: HS1422ES

Primary objective is to evaluate whether implementation of warfarin bundle improves time in therapeutic range

Secondary objectives are:
-To evaluate whether implementation of the warfarin bundle improves time to achieving a therapeutic INR
-Whether implementation of the warfarin bundle affects the occurrence of adverse events(death, bleeding and thrombotic events)
-whether staff find the interventions contained in the bundle acceptable
-To explore patients' experiences and acceptability of the package of care, and
-Whether the bundle represents good value for money
 UK 2021-07-09 2024-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Maureen Ayikoru
ID:
REVISED PROPOSAL IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTCOME OF ROUND 1 OF COMMITTEE REVIEW OF THE PROJECT “INDIRECT IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF UGANDA’S HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS”
REFNo: HS1524ES

To document what lessons can be learnt from Uganda’s response to COVID-19,To analyse the impact of information and communication technologies and the media, including digital, print and broadcast media in containing the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.,To analyse what if any, political economy factors influence misinformation, resource reallocation and prioritisation during the ongoing pandemic and to document the perceived effects on the entire healthcare system including those most vulnerable,To identify what threats COVID-19 has had on physical, psychosocial, and overall well being of HCPs and to assess what if any formal and informal coping mechanisms have so far been available to them,To generate empirical evidence on the indirect impacts of Uganda’s response to COVID-19, focusing on the healthcare professionals.,
 Uganda 2021-07-09 2024-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Adoke Yeka
ID: UNCST-2021-R004300
 Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine, pyronaridine-artesunate, artesunate-amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin – piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda.
REFNo: HS1363ES

The general objective of this study is to assess the therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL), pyronaridine-artesunate (PA), artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in three sentinel sites in Uganda.
The primary objectives are:
• to measure the clinical and parasitological efficacy of 4 artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT), artemether-lumefantrine (AL) Pyronaridine-artesunate (PA), artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP).
• to differentiate recrudescence from new infection of Plasmodium falciparum by molecular techniques.
The secondary objectives are:
• to evaluate the incidence of adverse events; and
• to determine the polymorphism of molecular markers mediating resistance for Artemsinin, Pyronaridine, Piperaquine and Lumefantrine resistance.
• to determine the blood concentration of Lumefantrine after treatment with Artemether- Lumefantrine .


 Uganda 2021-07-08 2024-07-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Aubryn Sidle Allyn
ID:
Emplacing Agency in Girls' Education Practice: An Evaluation of Impact
REFNo: SS651ES

1. To evaluate the impact of CDOs’ programs on girls' Agency outcomes.
2. To understand how and why programs influence agency in adolescent girls, and what aspects of program design impede or speed this development.
3. To understand the relationship between girls’ agency and educational outcomes.
4. To evaluate the relationship between girls’ agency and teenage pregnancy incidence and determine what effect, if any, increased agency has on teenage pregnancy.
 USA 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Angelique Murorunkwere
ID:
DIAGNOSTIC DELAY AND ITS CAUSES AMONG PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL CANCER UNIT
REFNo: SS857ES

1. To determine the average time between onset
of symptoms and diagnosis among children
with cancer at MRRH
2. To outline caregiver self-reported reasons
for delayed diagnosis among children with
cancer at MRRH
3. To establish the correlates of delayed
diagnosis among children with cancer at
MRRH

 Rwanda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Roseline Katusiime
ID:
Detecting and analysing micronutrient gaps in dietary patterns in Western Uganda: A comparison of different methods
REFNo: A122ES

1. To compare the 24-hour recall method with direct observation and weighing of food portions, so as to generate knowledge on their accuracy and make expert recommendations by the end of 2021.
2. To use the CIMI to identify nutrient deficiencies in particular gaps of Vitamin A, Zinc and Iron and generate CIMI based recommendations and suggestions on improved diets for the research participants at the end of June 2021.
3. To calculate the costs of improved diets and develop recommendations on affordable nutrient adequate diets for study participants by the end of 2021
4. To assess the advantages and disadvantages of different strategies used by development organizations in western Uganda in encouraging communities to embrace affordable nutrient adequate diets and feeding practices by June 2021

Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Deborah  Ojiambo
ID:
Efficacy of Group Activity Adherence Counselling (GAAC) for Adolescents with Unsuppressed HIV viral load at three large HIV clinics in Uganda: Randomized controlled trial
REFNo: SS805ES

1.To examine the barriers such as behavior problems and mental health problems to adherence experienced by adolescents living with HIV.
2.To evaluate the efficacy of GAAC in addressing barriers to adherence among adolescents living with HIV.

3.To assess whether GAAC is associated with viral load suppression, among adolescents living with HIV compared to Standard Service Provision (SSP)
 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Omony Geoffrey
ID:
Safeguarding the war-affected community in Gulu district in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS830ES

1) To explore and document the impact of research and projects on former child soldiers, both the benefits and the harms, and capture how future projects which focus on the war-affected community can benefit them and what they require for their empowerment
2) to contribute new evidence on the impacts, both direct and indirect, of COVID-19, on persons with disabilities, led by persons with disabilities, with a focus on war-related disabilities in Northern Uganda. This evidence and data will include solutions for disability-inclusive pandemic recovery informed by persons with disabilities
3) to contribute towards the evidence and literature on safeguarding war-affected and post-conflict communities, and create outputs which are accessible to various audiences, including policymakers, academics, journalists, NGOs, and general public
4) to build the esteem of ex-child soldiers, persons with disabilities, and other war-affected groups in Northern Uganda, through involving them in participatory-action research, the design of outputs, and dissemination activities to foster confidence-building, inclusion, and empowerment
Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Georgina Pearson
ID:
Living the Everyday: Health-seeking in times of sickness and epidemics at Uganda’s borders
REFNo: SS878ES

1. To document everyday knowledge production on illness, among academics, media, public health practitioners and people living on and across border regions. 2. To identify patterns and practices of health-seeking across the border region., 3. To explore interactions between bodies of knowledge produced by various groups at the border, and detail convergences and divergences., 4. The above objectives will lead on to inform policies in response to potential and emergent threats in border regions.
 UK 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Gertrude Kiwanuka
ID:
ETHICAL ISSUES IN RECRUITMENT AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH DURING OUTBREAKS IN RESOURCE LIMITED SETTING
REFNo: SS883ES

1. To determine community voluntariness, understanding and preparedness to participate in research during life threatening infectious disease outbreaks.
2. To explore the perceptions of investigators and policy makers regarding the conduct of research during outbreaks of life threatening diseases in a resource limited setting. Investigators and policy makers play a critical role in setting and driving the research agenda.
3. To examine the ethical issues raised by members of research ethics committees regarding enrollment of participants in research during epidemic situations and the application of alternative designs.
4. To develop a short course on ‘‘Ethical issues in research during epidemics in a resource limited setting”. This will be based on findings from community, investigators and policy maker interactions and extensive review of the literature.

Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Annet Khaoya Irene
ID:
Women (in VSLA) Respond
REFNo: SS847ES

The study will be guided by the following key objectives which will also inform the key assessment questions during the survey • To assess how VSLAs (as collectives) and VSLA members are being affected by and coping with the pandemic • To assess the role VSLAs (as collectives) are playing in local response, including not only financial but also social (including health) and political roles • What action and support VSLAs need or want to see from other stakeholders including local and national authorities
Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PaweÅ‚ SzymaÅ„ski
ID:
Trade-off between species recognition and individual discrimination in tropical Turtur doves
REFNo: NS256ES

Song is a fundamental signal associated with sexual selection in birds. The processes that allow for species
recognition as well as for individual recognition are inextricably linked and prerequisite for subsequent
decisions about strategy of territory defence and mate choice. The two mentioned functions are somewhat
contradictory, as species recognition needs the uniform feature of a song within a species, whereas
individual recognition is only possible if individuals within a species are somehow acoustically
different. This may lead to conflicting selection pressures that are dependent on the chance of mistaken
species recognition and the importance of individual recognition. The problem that we want to deal with in
this project is the evolutionary compromise between species specific uniformity and individual-specificity of
acoustic signals produced in a sexual selection context. Our model system, the dove species from the Turtur
genus inhabit forest-woodland-savanna habitats in Sub-Saharan Africa. Firstly, we want to describe the
advertisement song variation among and within all Turtur species, in order to identify species and
individually specific song features. Second, we want to experimentally test how birds respond to songs of
the same species and different species in populations occurring allopatrically and sympatrically; and if birds
can discriminate between neighbours and strangers and how similar, co-existing species affect this process.
We plan to use molecular methods to confirm phylogenetic relatedness among the five species and analyse
the genetic structure of same- and different-species populations living in sympatry and allopatry.
 Poland 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JOAN TUSABE
ID: UNCST-2021-R013942
 Understanding knowledge, perceptions and healthcare seeking practices of rural communities in the management of snake bites in Kamuli district.
REFNo: SS912ES

1.To explore and learn from the knowledge, perceptions and preffered health care seeking practices for snake bites among the adult population aged 18-65 years in Kamuli district.

2.To explore knowledge, perceptions and the preferred health care-seeking practices for snake bites among health care workers in Kamuli district

3.To explore the knowledge, perceptions and preferred health care seeking bahaviour among victims of snakebites in Kamuli district.

 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Kalule Kizito
ID:
Molecular identification of benzimidazole resistance associated with beta-tubulin gene in adult Haemonchus contortus worms from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda
REFNo: A133ES

1. To identify common intestinal parasites from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda
2. To determine the prevalence of Haemonchus contortus species identified from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda.
3. To determine the importance of ITS- 2 gene in analyzing genetic diversity among isolates of Haemonchus contortus.
4. To determine the frequency of benzimidazole resistant SNPS F200Y, F167Y and E198A in the partial β-tubulin isotype 1 gene of Haemonchus contortus identified from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda.

 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Noeline Nakasujja
ID: UNCST-2019-R001428
 ASSESSING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY AND REGULATIONS AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT (PRASH) AT MAKERERE UNIVERSIT
REFNo: SS925ES

1. To assess the extent to which the recommendations from the 2018 committee on SM&H, and the 2018 amendments to PRASH have been implemented.
2. To conduct a dialogue among the University’s key stakeholders focused on addressing SM&H and creating a safe working and learning environment at the Makerere University.
3. To develop a set of recommendations to improve the monitoring and implementation of PRASH

 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daniel Murokora Murokora
ID: UNCST-2024-R002689
 Transition To Scale: Using the FREO2 Social Enterprise model and technology to scale up access to Oxygen in Uganda
REFNo: HS1238ES

The aim of this project is to evaluate the impact of a reliable oxygen system on improving a) oxygen reliability and affordability, b) clinical outcomes for children.

With a strong emphasis on clinical and technical training, the project activities should:
a) Improve the availability of oxygen, the detection of hypoxaemia, and the access of a sick child to oxygen when they require it
b) Reduce patient and health system costs of oxygen
c) Understand appropriateness, acceptability, and feasibility of the system in the specific context of health facilities in Western Uganda

 Uganda 2021-07-06 2024-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Achilles Katamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000540
 Evaluation of Xpert® MTB/XDR test for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first and second line drugs
REFNo: HS1395ES

Secondary: To evaluate factors for lab uptake o Training needs o Recording and Reporting Needs o Error rates o Proportion of results interpretable o TAT o Work flow,Assess sensitivity and specificity of Xpert® MTB/XDR test in previously stored sputum samples (previously stored) compared to the WHO-endorsed genotypic (MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl) method as a gold standard.,Assess sensitivity and specificity of Xpert® MTB/XDR test in previously stored sputum samples (previously stored) compared to the WHO-endorsed MGIT960 culture-based drug susceptibility method as a gold standard,The main objective is to independently validate the performance of the Xpert® MTB/XDR test for susceptibility testing of MTB among presumptive XDR-TB patients. The test performance indicators will be compared with current standard drug susceptibility test methods including the MGIT 960 liquid culture drug susceptibility (DST) systems, Line probe Assay and Whole genome sequencing. ,
 Uganda 2021-07-06 2024-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Frederick Mubiru Edward
ID:
Market Research on Service Delivery Implications for a 4-month Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Subcutaneous (DMPA-SC) Product
REFNo: HS1520ES

1. To explore stakeholder perceptions of client-centered communication needs for a 4-month DMPA-SC product
2. To explore potential barriers and facilitators to the introduction of a 4-month DMPA-SC product
3. To assess implications for data systems, curriculums, training, supervision, logistics, and quality assurance of introducing a 4-month DMPA-SC product

 Uganda 2021-07-06 2024-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eugene Ruzagira
ID: UNCST-2023-R008282
 The impact of COVID-19 on primary health care service provision and utilization in Uganda, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo
REFNo: HS1430ES

I.To determine whether COVID-19 is having an impact on the number of people seen at a selection of healthcare facilities for antenatal care, outpatient visits, routine immunisations, family planning and HIV treatment services, using routine health registration data.
II.To document primary healthcare workers’ experiences in providing care during the outbreak and to identify barriers and facilitators to primary health care provision.
III. To estimate the level of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers by conducting a repeated serosurvey over a period of 4 months.
IV. To document community members’ experiences in accessing primary healthcare during the outbreak and to identify barriers and facilitators to utilisation.
V. To formulate a set of key findings and recommendations in partnership with stakeholders.

 Uganda 2021-07-06 2024-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Ronald Moses Galiwango
ID: UNCST-2024-R015239
 SARS-CoV-2 infection and variants surveillance in South-central Uganda (Also known as ‘SARS-CoV-2 surveillance study’)
REFNo: HS1510ES

2.1 Primary objective
To ascertain the burden and transmission patterns of SARS-CoV-2 infection within selected communities in South-central Uganda using rapid antigen tests.
2.2 Secondary objectives
A. To survey for SARS-CoV-2 infection and variants in communities at high-risk of COVID-19 transmission in South-central Uganda through sequencing of specimens positive on both rapid antigen and RT-PCR tests.
B. To determine the acceptability of SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic tests among residents of South-central Uganda.
C. To assess SARS-CoV-2 transmission patterns/dynamics within households and in neighborhoods among communities in South-central Uganda.
D. To assess the burden of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in South-central Uganda using a validated IgM/IgG antibody test.

Uganda 2021-07-06 2024-07-06 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Lauben Kyomukama Amagara
ID:
MROP-Mesh versus Desarda technique for short-term surgical outcomes in open inguinal hernia repair at Kampala International University Teaching-Hospital: A randomized controlled trial
REFNo: HS1073ES

Purpose of the study/General objective: To compare the MROP-mesh and Desarda techniques for short-term surgical outcomes in open inguinal hernia-repair among patients at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital
Specific objectives
i. To assess the perioperative factors following open inguinal hernia repair with MROP mesh versus Desarda technique at Kampala International University Teaching hospital
ii. To compare the mean operative time used for open inguinal hernia repair with MROP mesh versus Desarda technique at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital.
iii. To evaluate the occurrence rates of pain following open inguinal hernia repair with MROP mesh versus Desarda technique at Kampala International University Teaching hospital.

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Mary Kulabako Kulabako
ID:
Teachers burnout and students wellbeing in government aided public secondary schools in Uganda
REFNo: SS707ES

i. Examine examples and levels of burnout among secondary school teachers in selected public/government aided schools in Uganda.
ii. Explore how teacher burnout affect students’ wellbeing

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
PETER NABENDE
ID:
Improving Point-of-Care Learning for Prostate Cancer Imaging using Machine Learning
REFNo: SIR59ES

1. To develop a competence-based educational curriculum and content for teaching prostate cancer imaging tailored to the PoC.
2. To develop an ML-driven gamified interactive PoC education model for prostate cancer imaging.

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Engineering and Technology Non-degree Award
Adam Branch
ID:
Rethinking Vulnerability to COVID-19 Lockdowns in Gulu, Uganda
REFNo: SS786ES

Research questions
(1) Our first research question is: what are the mechanisms by which lockdowns are causing social and economic harm, in particular the hidden harms inflicted upon the most vulnerable?
(2) Our second research question is: How are people adapting to or innovating beyond lockdowns to secure livelihoods and ensure viable futures for themselves and others?
(3) How can lockdowns, and mitigation policies, be designed to minimize harm and support innovative strategies among those most vulnerable to lockdowns’ impacts?

Specific Objectives

(1) To describe the mechanisms by which lockdowns are causing social and economic harm, the hidden harms inflicted upon the most vulnerable people in urban and peri-urban areas of Gulu

(2) To explore people’s adaption to or innovation beyond lockdowns to secure livelihoods and ensure viable futures for themselves and others

(3) To explain how lockdowns and mitigation policies can be designed to minimize harm and support innovative strategies among those most vulnerable to lockdowns’ impacts

 USA 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Julian Natukunda
ID:
Long-term retention and associated positive practices among Community Client Led ART Distribution groups (CCLADs) in Uganda
REFNo: SS895ES

3. To investigate the association between uncommon practices and long-term retention in CCLADs to confirm uncommon practices are PD behaviors,2. To identify uncommon practices (group and individual) among high retention groups, using the positive deviance approach,1. To assess retention and time for time to withdrawal from CCLAD groups since enrolment in the program ,
 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Elodie Freymann Marion
ID:
Intergenerational Transmission of Self-Medicative Knowledge in Chimpanzees? Examining Putative Modes and Mechanisms of Information Transmission Between Chimpanzees
REFNo: NS257ES

Homo sapiens are not the only species to self-medicate. Over the last few decades, self-medication has been observed in a variety of primate and non-primate species and throughout a wide range of localities (Janzen, 1978; Huffman, 2016). Non-human self-medication takes many forms and involves a variety of medicinal resources. These include self-medicative resources (SMRs) known to be used in medicinal behaviors like leaf swallowing (Wrangham & Nishida, 1983) and bitter-pith chewing (Huffman & Seifu, 1989), putative therapeutic resources (PTRs) which are irregular dietary items with known bioactive properties, ingested when an individual is ill, and medicinal foods (MFs) which are foods eaten at low frequencies in the absence of symptoms, at certain times of year when their associated medicinal properties are likely most beneficial for preventing future infection or illness (Huffman, 1997). While bioactive and limitedly nutritious botanical species remain the best studied medicinal resources, clay, termite soil, and cambium beneath peeled tree bark are also widely acknowledged as possessing medicinal properties (Pebsworth et al., 2019). In recent literature, many other resource types have been proposed as candidates for further study, including driver ants, honey, ash, and mushrooms, although no studies thus far have empirically established the intentional use of these resources by sick chimpanzees.

Although chimpanzees have been shown to transmit medicinal information to their peers in experimental settings (Huffman & Hirata, 2004; Huffman et al., 2010), the modes, mechanisms, and social learning processes through which chimpanzees transmit medicinal knowledge and behaviors remain untested in free-ranging chimpanzees. This project, titled ‘Intergenerational Transmission of Self-Medicative Knowledge in Chimpanzees? Examining Putative Modes and Mechanisms of Information Transmission Between Chimpanzees’ will consist of three studies, all of which aim to test hypotheses related to intergenerational self-medicative knowledge transmission: the modes and mechanisms facilitating this transmission, and how this knowledge disperses across communities in wild populations. This research will be carried out as part of the completion of Ms Freymann’s DPhil at the University of Oxford.

The first study, titled ‘Gestural Communication During Chimpanzee Self-Medication Events? An analysis of multi-modal signaling between self-medicating models and observers’ will examine whether or not model individuals use specific multi-modal signals and/or increased signaling frequencies to communicate medicinal information to offspring or non-kin observers. The second study, titled ‘Mapping the Self-Medicative Landscape: Do wild chimpanzees revisit medicinal resource sites when seeking treatment?’ will evaluate the presence or absence of habitually utilized SMR sites, to determine whether or not preferred locational ‘hotspots’ exist for chimpanzees within their habitat, and may function as contextual clues to alert chimpanzee observers to the potential onset of a self-medicative event. The third study, titled ‘Evaluating Inter-Community and Intra-Community Variation in Resource Selection and Self-Medicative Behaviors' will evaluate whether or not medicating individuals demonstrate inter-group and/or intra-group variation in their employment of self-medicative behaviors and medicinal resource selection, as well as whether or not social and demographic variables can predict the presence of these variants.

There are two neighboring habituated chimpanzee communities in Budongo forest, the Sonso community, with has ~65 individuals, and the more recently habituated Waibira community which has ~120 individuals. While this research will begin with the Sonso community, if this group becomes unavailable for study due to other scheduled projects, Ms Freymann will flexibly move her data collection to the Waibira community to make the study a cross-community comparison.

Research Questions
1. Gestural Communication During Chimpanzee Self-Medication Events?
• Are gestural signals used at higher frequencies during medicinal events than during normal feeding events?
• Do models use signals at higher frequencies in the presence of an observer during medicinal ingestion events than during medicinal events in which the medicating individual is alone?
• Do medicators increase signaling frequencies during medicinal events based on relatedness to observers?
• Is the proportion of ‘successful’ begging outcomes higher during medicinal events than the proportion of ‘successful’ begging outcomes during normal feeding events?
• Do signaling frequencies between individuals during medicinal events vary based on demographic characteristics or health state?
• Are there specific signals that are used during medicinal events which are not commonly used during normal feeding events?
• Do signal types between models and observers exhibited during medicinal events vary based on social relationships, demographic characteristics, resource type, or behavioral type?

2. Mapping the Self-Medicative Landscape
• Are locations where SMR or PTR ingestion events took place spatially clustered into hot spots?
• Do individuals re-use the same SMR resource hotspots when they are sick?
• Do sick individuals utilize sites with high resource abundance scores over sites where the resource is scarce?
• Do any demographic variables (age, sex and reproductive status) predict which individuals visit which medicinal hotspots?
• When sick individuals travel away from the group to self-medicate, do they choose the most efficient route, foregoing nutritious resources and normal feeding sites to get to the closest available resource, or do they ignore closer sites and return to habitually used sites?

2. Evaluating Inter-Community and Intra-Community Variation in Resource Selection and Self-Medicative Behaviors
• Across all individuals in the community, are specific sickness behaviors correlated with an increase in ingestion of any specific resource type or species?
• Does there appear to be behavioral variation during medicinal events?
• If variation does exist, can horizontal or vertical transmission predict the diffusion pathways of the behavioral variants?
• Does variation in self-medicative behavioral techniques or resource selection appear to be cultural?

 USA 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mary Grace  Nakate Nakate
ID:
The psychological experience and the Perceived Support of Nurses who Underwent Mandatory Quarantine or Self Isolation During Covid-19 Pandemic in Uganda and Kenya
REFNo: SS877ES

Major Objective
To explore the psychological experience and perceived support of nurses who underwent mandatory quarantine or self-isolation in Uganda and Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Specific Objectives
1.Describe the experiences of depression among the nurses who underwent mandatory quarantine or self-isolation in Uganda and Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2.Examine the anxiety experienced by the nurses who underwent mandatory quarantine or self-isolation in Uganda and Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic.
3.Describe the stressful experiences of nurses who underwent mandatory quarantine or self-isolation in Uganda and Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic.
4.Describe the perceived psychological support of the nurses who underwent mandatory quarantine or self – isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. in Uganda and Kenya

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ASIIMIRE  DONATH
ID: UNCST-2021-R013270
 Women's Economic Empowerment and Changing Family Patterns in Ankole Sub-region
REFNo: SS873ES

Women's eduction and changing family patterns in A nkole.
Earning of Income by women and changing family patterns in Ankole Sub-region.
Women's access and control over productive assets and changing family patterns in Ankole
 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
marie nanyanzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001553
 Sauti Za Wananchi (Voices of citizens) Baseline Survey Panel II
REFNo: SS887ES

o Gather opinions from the citizens on the key services they receive especially
 Establish citizen access to safe water;
 Establish citizen access and usage of health services;
 Establish the citizens attitudes and practices on issues related to COVID-19
 Find out level of participation/involvement/interaction in development and public activities /institutions;
 Find out access and usage of financial services amongst citizens;
 Find out how; what and when citizen access different type of information including government and development information.
 Establish the knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAPs) of citizens on different policies; laws and regulations etc

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Amos Kijjambu
ID:
EVALUATION OF THE BARRIERS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND VACCINE HESITANCY FOR CHILDHOOD IMMUNISATIONS IN URBAN AREAS; A CASE STUDY OF NANSANA MUNICIPALITY, UGANDA.
REFNo: HS1507ES

General Objective
• To assess the barriers, opportunities, and vaccines hesitancy for childhood immunizations in urban areas to design relevant interventions to improve immunization coverage and improve the health outcomes of children.
Specific Objectives
• To establish the immunization coverage rates in Nansana municipality for children aged under two years.

• To identify factors (parents/guardians-child, health system factors) associated with uptake of immunization for preventable childhood illnesses in Nansana Municipality, Uganda.

• To establish the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among parents/guardians of children aged <24 months in Nansana Municipality.
• To identify the determinants of vaccine hesitancy among the parents/guardians of children aged < 24 months in Nansana Municipality.

Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nathan Kenya-Mugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013752
 Exploring Understanding and Acceptability for Participation in Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials and Delayed Consent Involving Sepsis Patients in Uganda (REVISTA-QUAL)
REFNo: SS913ES

General objective
The overarching goal of this study is to explore patients’, clinical providers’ and caregivers’ understanding of placebo controls, delayed consent and overall acceptability of participation in RCTs involving sepsis patients in a representative Ugandan RRH.
4.3 Specific objectives
1. To describe the patients’, clinical providers’ and caregivers’ understanding of RCTs and the informed consent processes in a representative Ugandan RRH
2. To explore the patients’, clinical providers’ and caregivers’ acceptability of participation in RCTs, including being randomized to a placebo arm and alternative approaches to the consenting process (e.g., delayed consent) for critically ill patients hospitalized in a representative Ugandan RRH.

 Uganda 2021-07-05 2024-07-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Anyanzu
ID:
The role of social networks in destination selection among urban refugees in Uganda
REFNo: SS519ES

Main objective
To investigate the role of social networks in destination selection among the urban refugees in Uganda
Specific objectives
a) To investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of the urban refugees in Uganda
b) To map the movement histories and social networks of the urban refugees in Uganda.
c) To examine the influences of social networks in the selection of city of destination.

 Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Laban Musinguzi Kashaija
ID: UNCST-2020-R014407
 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Study on Children with Disabilities (CWD) living in families and institutions in Uganda
REFNo: SS585ES

The study seeks to achieve two primary aims/objectives:
1. To evaluate the current Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) regarding the (i) attributes and conceptualization of CWD (ii) the use of institutional care for CWD and (iii) the barriers/enablers of the full and meaningful integration of CWD into community life.
2. To explore possible interplay between the identified Knowledge/Attitudes and Practices. This includes investigating the relations between the conceptualization/attributes of CWD, the use of institutional care for CWD and the integration of CWD into community life.
Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
MICHAEL KAWOOYA GRACE
ID: UNCST-2020-R014672
 A Retrospective review of new interventional and selected imaging procedures at ECUREI-Mengo Hospital from 2008-2018
REFNo: HS1053ES

Main Objective
1. To identify diagnostic and interventional radiology procedures at ECUREI radiology department, Mengo Hospital.

Specific Objectives
1. To identify and determine image-guided interventional radiology procedures and related outcomes at ECUREI radiology department, Mengo Hospital from 2008 to 2018
2. To identify and determine diagnostic radiology procedures and related outcomes at ECUREI radiology department, Mengo Hospital from 2008 to 2018.
 Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Pia Raffler Johanna
ID:
Access to social media during COVID-19: An analysis of social media's effect on engagement with public affairs and health behaviours in Uganda
REFNo: SS682ES

This study’s objectives are twofold. First, we seek to generate descriptive evidence relating to an important and understudied topic, as outlined in Section 2: social media usage in the Global South, in particular in Uganda. This aspect of our research will generate informative data on the frequency of social media use among peri-urban Ugandans under the age of 40, the types of social media they use, and whether they use it for entertainment, to seek information, or to communicate with fellow citizens and local politicians.
Second, we seek to generate causal evidence regarding the effect of increased access to social media on knowledge and behavior with regards to COVID-19 and public affairs, as well as general measures of wellbeing. With regard to knowledge, this causal component of the study will assess whether greater access to social media can help to inform citizens about public affairs and COVID-19, and the extent to which social media contributes to the spread of misinformation. With regard to behavior, the study will assess whether increased access to social media leads to disengagement from real-life social interactions, increased community and political engagement, and changes in the adoption of safe practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With regard to wellbeing, the study will assess whether greater access to social media leads to decreased happiness and wellbeing, as has been found in other contexts such as the United States.
Germany 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Josephine  Ataro
ID:
MANAGEMENT OF INDIGENOUS MATERNAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE: A CASE OF ACHOLI SUB-REGION, NORTHERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS719ES

i) To examine the existing indigenous maternal health knowledge practices in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.
ii) To examine the current methods for managing indigenous maternal health knowledge in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.
iii) To examine the regulatory and policy framework on indigenous maternal health knowledge in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.
iv) To identify the factors influencing the management of indigenous maternal health knowledge in Acholi Sub-region, Northern Uganda.

Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Brenda Ainomugisha
ID: UNCST-2021-R013462
 CERVICAL AMNIOTIC FLUID BACTERIOLOGY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS1459ES

General objective

To determine the bacteriology in cervical amniotic fluid, the antibiotic susceptibility and factors associated with antibiotic resistance among women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

Specific objectives

1. To determine the prevalence of bacterial growth in cervical amniotic fluid of women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
2. To describe the cultured bacteria and antibiotic susceptibility patterns in cervical amniotic fluid of women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
3. To identify bacteria using 16s PCR and sequencing method in culture negative cervical amniotic fluid of women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
4. To determine the factors associated with antibiotic resistance among women with premature rupture of membranes at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

 Uganda 2021-07-02 2024-07-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dirk Verschuren H
ID:
Half-precessional solar insolation and the long-term climate history of equatorial East Africa
REFNo: NS121ES

The main objective of this project is to constrain the area of East Africa which has experienced a truly low-latitude climate history influenced primarily by long-term trends in local solar insolation, rather than by the influence of changes in the extent of Northern Hemisphere glaciation. Our working hypothesis is that this area is limited to the region where rainfall originates predominantly from the Indian Ocean rather than the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
 Belgium 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Natural Sciences Non-degree Award
Emily Tumwakire
ID:
Sexual and reproductive health of people with mental illness: Ugandan mental health care worker’s perspectives and experiences.
REFNo: SS911ES

1. To explore Ugandan mental health care worker’s perspectives and experiences on the sexual and reproductive health of people living with mental illness in Uganda. ________________________________________ Specific Objectives 1. To understand the sexual and reproductive health challenges of people with MI in Uganda from the perspectives of mental health care workers. 2. To identify the current SRH service provisions in the mental health unit from the perspectives of mental health care workers. 3. To explore experiences of Mental Health Care workers in provision of SRH to people with MI in mental health unit.
Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stephen Bugabo Gumisiriza
ID:
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES IN COLLABORATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ECHUYA CENTRAL FOREST RESERVE-SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS706ES

To assess how fair benefit sharing under CFM has led to the conservation of Echuya Central Forest reserve

To determine the participation of relevant stakeholders in decision making in CFM for the conservation of Echuya Central Forest Reserve

To determine the recognition and respect for relevant actors in CFM for the conservation of Echuya Central Forest Reserve

 Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Timothy  Muwonge Ronald
ID: UNCST-2020-R014680
 ART on the GO: Assessing the impact of mobility on HIV care cascade outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda
REFNo: HS1197ES

Aim 2: To enroll individuals living with HIV and currently or formerly in HIV care in Nakivale, Palorinya and Adjumani Refugee Settlements in Uganda, and prospectively assess their mobility to evaluate associations between mobility and retention in HIV care.,Aim 1: To prospectively enroll a longitudinal cohort of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda and assess the association of mobility and linkage to HIV care.,
 Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
 MID-TERM PROJECT EVALUATION: CAPACITY BUILDING OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
REFNo: HS1253ES

Primary objectives
1. To analyze the matching rate of M-KIT testing results between NTRL and Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT).
2. To analyze the change in TB case detection rate in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020

Secondary objectives
1. To analyze the change in TB treatment success rate in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020
2. To analyze the change in TB case notification rate in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020
3. To analyze the change in DOT coverage in Bukomansimbi from 2017 to 2020
4. To analyze the trend of the number of DST performed in NTRL from 2017 to 2020
5. To review the satisfaction of NTRL training program
6. To identify potential activities to incorporate into the ongoing project
Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Harriet Kisembo Nalubega
ID:
EFFECT OF CLINICAL IMAGING GUIDELINES ON APPROPRATENESS OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY REQUISITIONS FOR YOUNG PATIENTS IN SIX SELECTED HOSPTALS IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS1313ES

General objective
To assess the effect of CIG on appropriateness of CT requisitions for common CT examinations among young patients in six selected hospitals in Uganda.
Specific objectives:

1.To systematically review literature for barriers and facilitators for guideline implementation in diagnostic imaging with special emphasis to low resource setting
2.To determine the proportion of inappropriate CT requisitions for commonly performed examinations among patients 35 years and below in the six selected hospitals in Uganda

3.To identify the factors contributing to inappropriate Imaging in the six selected hospitals in Uganda
4.To explore the barriers and facilitators of CIGs use in six selected Hospitals in Uganda
5. To determine the proportion of inappropriate CT requisitions for common examinations among patients 35 years and below after introducing the ESR (iGuide) in six selected hospitals in Uganda

Secondary objectives
1.To assess the quality of requisition forms in regard to appropriateness of CT examinations among patients 35 years and below in six selected hospitals in Uganda
2.To measure the base-line (pre-intervention) and the post-training (post intervention) knowledge level of prescribers regarding the use of CIGs in the selected hospitals in Uganda

 Uganda 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Sarika Dewan
ID:
Maternal exposure to violence and child malnutrition: a cross-sectional survey in northern Uganda
REFNo: SS845ES

Understand the impact of COVID-19 on maternal well-being and victimization, feeling of safety and access to services,Examine the role of maternal depression as a mediator between violence exposure, nutrition-sensitive behaviour and child malnutrition.,Determine the impact of exposure to violence on maternal nutrition-sensitive behaviour.,Examine the types of violence exposure associated with child malnutrition.,
 Germany 2021-07-01 2024-07-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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