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Dorit Stein Talia
ID: UNCST-2022-R010349
 Modeling Health and Welfare Impacts of National Health Insurance in Uganda
REFNo: SS2522ES

To advance the use of routinely collected administrative data and simulation modeling for health policy decision-making in Uganda. ,To support evidence-based policy debates around what outcomes a national health insurance program should achieve, for whom, how, and at what cost. ,To quantify the distributional health and financial risk protection benefits that may occur from scaling-up a benefits package of health interventions for the most common chronic diseases in Uganda (i.e., cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes).,This study aims to generate empirical evidence on the potential population health, poverty alleviation, and equity impacts of increasing public expenditure on health in the form of a national health insurance scheme in Uganda.,
 USA 2024-11-25 17:24:28 2027-11-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ERIC WOBUDEYA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001047
 Rapid Research for Diagnostics Development TB Network in children and Assessing Diagnostics at POC for TB in children (R2D2_ADAPT Kids)
REFNo: HS5144ES

1. To validate the diagnostic accuracy of design-locked novel TB tests in children with presumptive intrathoracic TB overall and in key sub-groups to inform policy development.
2. To assess the usability and acceptability of design-locked novel TB tests for children.

 Uganda 2024-11-25 17:23:03 2027-11-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rono Josea Josea
ID: UNCST-2024-R002148
 Private Sector DMPA-SE Market survey in Uganda
REFNo: SS3402ES

1. To map out the journey of WRA in accessing contraception in urban settings and identify critical touchpoints, pain points, and unmet needs.
2. To segment clients into distinct groups based on demographics, behaviours, motivations, and unmet needs and understand on how each group experiences the contraceptive journey and perceives available options.
3. To explore fit of potential DMPA-SC “concept” offerings to unmet needs from client segments and identify features, benefits, and service components that address specific pain points or desires of the target segments.
4. To explore and develop value propositions associated with each DMPA-SC “concept” offering and explore how the product concept meets the identified needs and motivations of different client segments.
5. To test the appeal, relevance, and potential effectiveness of DMPA-SC concepts. Focus on obtaining detailed feedback on value propositions, potential narratives and identify trade-offs that clients are willing to make when considering different options
6. To develop and refine DMPA-SC messaging strategies that resonate with client segments, addressing their unmet needs and supporting informed choice and self-care.

 Uganda 2024-11-25 16:25:42 2027-11-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Patience Kinengyere Bemanya
ID: UNCST-2024-R004964
 Evaluation of Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Strategies in Urban Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS5046ES

To assess WHO DR detection protocols and facilitate the adoption of a customised early DR detection strategy among DM patients in Urban Kampala, Uganda, to enhance management outcomes,
 Uganda 2024-11-25 14:19:24 2027-11-25 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
David Okot Pakono
ID: UNCST-2019-R000417
 Change Management Framework for Information and Communication Technology Integration in Teaching and Learning in Uganda: A Case of Gulu University
REFNo: SS3361ES

Objectives
1)To explore the process constituting the SC eLIM in the PBL–Hybrid Learning Project at FBDS in GU.
2)To explore how the activities within the PBL–Hybrid learning project unfold at FBDS in GU.
3)To explore how the PBL–Hybrid project’s SC eLIM changes the learning environment at FBDS in GU.
4)To develop a change management framework for systematic ICT integration in teaching and learning in universities in resource–constrained settings.

 Uganda 2024-11-25 13:28:05 2027-11-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Okwarampe  Millicent
ID: UNCST-2024-R002469
 Teachers Mentoring Teachers - An Exploration into Effective Peer Support Models & Their Impact
REFNo: SS3386ES

To assess the effectiveness of self-initiated peer mentoring systems
in supporting teachers with their UCatchUp implementation in government and government-aided
primary schools

Uganda 2024-11-25 13:27:02 2027-11-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Immaculate  Nakazibwe
ID: UNCST-2023-R006394
 Agronomic Status of Finger Millet Production Amidst Climate Variability and its Yield Response to Different Soil Fertility Treatments in South Western Uganda
REFNo: A535ES

Map land suitability for sustainable finger millet production in South western Uganda,Predict the finger millet grain yield using the QUEFTS model for the varying soil fertility treatments at varying spatial and temporal scales,Determine the nutrient use efficiency of finger millet under differing soil fertility treatments at varying spatial and temporal scales,Explore and establish farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices for finger millet production within and across agricultural production zones,Assess the agronomic status of finger millet production amidst climate variability and its yield response to different soil fertility treatments in South western Uganda,
 Uganda 2024-11-25 13:25:39 2027-11-25 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Marisa Boller
ID: UNCST-2023-R005654
 Development and validation of a tool to measure experiences of water, sanitation, and hygiene insecurity in institutional settings
REFNo: SIR300ES

To develop a tool that can measure WASH insecurity levels within institutions by identifying a set of items that comparably and reliably measure WASH insecurity within schools and health care facilities across different settings, climates, and participant characteristics.
 Switzerland 2024-11-25 13:24:06 2027-11-25 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jane Nabikyu Rosette
ID: UNCST-2024-R002380
 Consumer preference for novel and nutritious black rice in Wakiso district, Uganda: information, willingness to pay and affordability
REFNo: SS3279ES

Determine the cost and affordability of an optimal black rice-based diet in Wakiso District.,Determine the effect of nutrition information on consumers’ willingness-to-pay for black rice in Wakiso District.,Determine consumer acceptance of black rice in Wakiso District.,To examine consumer demand for and affordability of black rice in Wakiso District, Uganda.,
 Uganda 2024-11-22 17:35:05 2027-11-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MONICA AHABWE
ID: UNCST-2023-R006462
 Teachers' experiences in Implementing the Lower Secondary Curriculum in Mbarara City in Uganda
REFNo: SS2973ES

1. To examine secondary school teachers’ experiences of planning for teaching using the Lower Secondary Curriculum in Mbarara City in Uganda?
2.To examine secondary school teachers’ experiences of teaching using the Lower Secondary Curriculum in Mbarara City in Uganda?
3. To examine secondary school teachers’ experiences of assessment using the Lower Secondary Curriculum in Mbarara City in Uganda?

Uganda 2024-11-22 17:28:45 2027-11-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
John Tabuti Robert Stephen
ID: UNCST-2024-R002181
 Agroforestry for People, Ecosystems and Climate (AfPEC)
REFNo: NS818ES

AfPEC aims to document the effects of agroforestry in terms of ecosystem services and livelihood benefits, to understand motivating factors for long-term sustainable development and to support science-based agroforestry in practice.
 Uganda 2024-11-22 17:26:03 2027-11-22 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jennifer Serwanga
ID: UNCST-2024-R002056
 mAb Therapeutics for Sudan ebolavirus: Discovery, Isolation, and Target-Epitope Mapping of Monoclonal Antibodies from Sudan ebolavirus Convalescent Survivors in Uganda (mATSu)
REFNo: HS5212ES

This study aims to improve understanding and enhance the development of potent immune-based tools for detection, treatment, and vaccination strategies, strengthening readiness for future Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) epidemics. It will address five specific objectives:

Objective 1: Collect, process and screen samples from Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) survivor acute and convalescent cases along with their close contacts.

Objective 2: Isolate and characterise functionalities of the monoclonal antibodies.

Objective 3: Establish partnerships to facilitate transfer advanced technologies.

Objective 4: Build local capacity for immune therapies.

Objective 5: Describe molecular determinants underpinning the presence or lack of potent mAbs.
 Uganda 2024-11-22 17:23:36 2027-11-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Pontiano Kaleebu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013577
 Open-label, Multicenter Immunogenicity and Safety Trial of MVA-BN® Vaccine in Children From 2 Years to Less Than 12 Years of Age Compared to Adults for the Prevention of Smallpox, Mpox, and Related Orthopoxvirus Infections
REFNo: HS5281ES

To assess immunogenicity of the MVA-BN standard regimen in eliciting neutralizing antibodies against vaccinia virus in children compared to adults. To assess the safety and reactogenicity of the MVA-BN standard regimen in children and adults. To assess neutralizing antibody response to the MVA-BN standard regimen. To assess durability of neutralizing antibody response to the MVA-BN standard regimen.
Uganda 2024-11-22 17:19:29 2027-11-22 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Florence  Ebila
ID: UNCST-2021-R013444
 TASO-2024-401 Beyond Gendered textbooks: An investigation into gender(ed) discourses in secondary English language classrooms in India and Uganda.
REFNo: SS3317ES

3.To analyse the extent to which engaging teachers with gendered classroom practices and learners’ gendered experiences shape their reflections the development of gender responsive pedagogies.,2. To assess how the gendered discourses in the EL classroom influence male and female students’ learning. experiences, self-perception and aspirations,1. To find out how teachers and students engage with gendered texts in the EL classroom.,The aim of this study is to investigate how gender is (co-)constructed in secondary school English language (EL) classrooms in India and Uganda with the view of identifying patterns which would inform gender responsive English language teaching and teacher education.,
 Uganda 2024-11-19 7:35:59 2027-11-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Andrew Mujugira
ID: UNCST-2019-R000871
 Needs and Experiences of Transgender Women Using Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
REFNo: HS5137ES

Aim 1: Assessment of needs and experiences to determine gaps in access to gender-affirming treatment in Uganda Aim 2: Use photovoice methods to gain a better understanding of the real-world healthcare experiences of trans women in Uganda
Uganda 2024-11-19 7:34:06 2027-11-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Benson Juma Ouma
ID: UNCST-2023-R005718
 ESTABLISHMENT AND EVALUATION OF NON-INVASIVE WHITE CELL MONITORING (NICEM) IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS5245ES

To compare the total white blood counts and differential white blood cell subtypes obtained by the Non-Invasive White Cell Monitoring prototype with conventional CBC testing using vein puncture in healthy volunteers,
 Uganda 2024-11-19 7:32:44 2027-11-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Natalie Carter Lauren
ID: UNCST-2023-R005867
 Existing in the periphery: narrating gendered dynamics of conservation in Karamoja, northern Uganda
REFNo: SS3258ES

The objectives of this research are as follows: • To map the position of community members in a conservation corridor by narrating their relationship to land and the environment, exploring how their daily lives may shape the production of the corridor space from within • To explore how a conservation corridor shapes the lives and relationships of community members, with particular attention to expanding an understanding of the relationship between connectivity conservation and intersecting experiences of violence (i.e., human-wildlife/human conflict) • To constructively challenge emergent scientific narratives about connectivity conservation by mapping friction between territorial claims for biodiversity conservation in the abstract against the unruly practices within a corridor • Applied aim: To translate shared narratives into formats and fora which could influence the ethical and just transformation of connectivity conservation practice
 Australia 2024-11-19 7:31:10 2027-11-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
NAKAJUBI SHAMUSI
ID: UNCST-2024-R003579
 “BLOCKCHAIN-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR INTRA-DATA SHARING IN SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES (SACCOS)” A CASE OF WAZALENDO SACCO - UGANDA
REFNo: SIR412ES

To Evaluate the framework for intra-data sharing in SACCOS.,To develop a Blockchain-based Framework for intra-data sharing in SACCOS.,To examine the challenges faced in the current intra-data sharing processes in SACCOS,To establish the current state of the art and Intra-data sharing practices in SACCOS,The general objective of this study will be to develop a Blockchain-based Framework for intra-data sharing in SACCOS. ,
 Uganda 2024-11-19 7:28:29 2027-11-19 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
EBENEZER DEBRAH LARTEY
ID: UNCST-2023-R007570
 Artificial Intelligence-Based Enhancement of Mammography Interpretation for Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis
REFNo: SIR368ES

d. To evaluate the acceptability and usability of the developed model.,c. To test and validate the developed algorithms for accurate and timely diagnosis and classification of breast cancer from x-ray mammograms.,b. To develop AI-based algorithms for accurate and timely diagnosis and classification of breast cancer from x-ray mammograms.,a. To establish the extent to which artificial intelligence has been adopted in breast cancer diagnosis and classification from x-ray mammograms.,The main objective is to improve the accuracy and timely diagnosis of breast cancer from X-ray mammograms in resource-constrained areas.,
 Ghana 2024-11-19 7:25:26 2027-11-19 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sam Ononge
ID: UNCST-2020-R000328
 Evaluating utilization of VAYU Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device piloted among health facilities participating in Saving Women and Preterm Babies (SWAP) Project in Uganda: Ref UNHL-2024-91
REFNo: HS5148ES

To determine the acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of the Vayu bCPAP among healthcare providers in the five SWAP project-supported facilities as part of the routine care for newborns with respiratory distress, primarily preterm newborns. ,4. To draw recommendations for the scale-up to other facilities in Uganda, 3. To explore the sustainability of Vayu bCPAP in health facilities in Uganda ,2. To determine the key factors that facilitate or hinder the successful implementation of Vayu bCPAP,1. To assess health providers\' acceptability and feasibility of Vayu bCPAP in selected health facilities in Uganda ,To determine the acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of the Vayu bCPAP among healthcare providers in the five SWAP project-supported facilities as part of the routine care for newborns with respiratory distress, primarily preterm newborns. ,
 Uganda 2024-11-19 7:24:21 2027-11-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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