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Atupele Mlangwa Subira
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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAY FOLLOWING CAESEREAN DELIVERY AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: NS383ES

2. To determine the factors associated with prolonged hospital stay following caesarean delivery at MRRH,1. To determine the prevalence of prolonged hospital, stay following caesarean delivery at MRRH,To determine the prevalence and factors associated with prolonged hospital stay following caesarean delivery at MRRH,
Tanzania 2022-07-26 11:29:37 2025-07-26 Natural Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Barbara Alungat
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THE URBAN POLICING PARADOX IN UGANDA: A CASE OF KAMPALA CITY
REFNo: SS1365ES

To explore the current responses by the police in enhancing urban peace enforcement in Kampala city.,To analyse the challenges of urban policing and peace enforcement in Kampala city. ,To examine the role of the Police in urban policing and peace enforcement in Kampala city. ,To explore the crimes accompanying rapid urbanisation in Kampala city,To examine the paradox of urban policing in Uganda with specific regard to how rapid urbanisation poses challenges for policing and urban peace enforcement in Kampala city even in the face of expansion and adequate tooling and equipping of the UPF.,
Uganda 2022-07-26 10:07:57 2025-07-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Stella Muyanja Zawedde
ID: UNCST-2021-R014037
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding Tuberculosis among communities in the Karamoja sub region, North Eastern Uganda.
REFNo: HS2342ES

Overall Objective
To establish knowledge, attitudes and practices of communities in the Karamoja sub region towards Tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Specific Objective 1: To determine factors associated with correct knowledge about TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Specific Objective 2: To understand patterns of behavior associated with TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the Karamoja subregion


Uganda 2022-07-26 10:04:18 2025-07-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Schola  Matovu Nakachwa
ID: UNCST-2022-R011040
Development of an Intervention Designed to Promote Economic Empowerment, Social Support, and Health of Grandmothers who Provide Primary Care for Grandchildren in Uganda.
REFNo: SS1376ES

To pilot a small intervention as informed by the refined intervention to test its acceptability and feasibility among Ugandan grandmother-caregivers 50 years and older (N=15).,To develop and refine the intervention components based on information gathered in objective 1 and through an iterative feedback process from the CAB. ,To use a formative community-engaged research approach to inform the development of a multicomponent intervention for grandmother-caregivers.,To use a formative community-engaged research approach to inform the development of an intervention that will promote economic empowerment, peer group support, and health education geared towards improving the quality of life andthe mental and physical health of grandmothers who provide primary care for grandchildren affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty in Uganda. ,
USA 2022-07-25 12:36:36 2025-07-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Waiswa Peter
ID: UNCST-2020-R014921
An assessment of Multiple COVID-19 vaccine roll out in Uganda: exploring barriers and facilitators to inform better program design
REFNo: HS2101ES

(4) Explore COVID-19 roll out and its effect on the implementation of routine vaccination.,(3) Assess the uptake and perceived hindrances to the issuance of the multiple vaccines in the country ,(2) Examine the availability and preparedness of the health workers to rolling out the multiple vaccines in the study districts ,(1) Explore the process of issuance, adherence to guidelines and the facilitators to the multiple COVID-19 vaccine roll out in Uganda ,To understand the roll-out process of multiple COVID-19 vaccines in the country, its barriers and facilitators. ,
Uganda 2022-07-25 12:34:15 2025-07-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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