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Helen Nkabala Nambalirwa
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BARRIER ASSESSMENT ON IMPEDIMENTS TO UGANDA POLICE WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN UN PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
REFNo: SS1535ES

To establish the level of participation of Ugandan women police officers in UN Peace Support Operations
To examine the limitations in the participation of Ugandan women police officers in UN Peace Support Operations.
To suggest the steps that can be taken to increase the level of participation of Uganda women police officers in the UN Peace Support Operations.

 Uganda 2022-11-28 12:24:37 2025-11-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Paul Byagamy Byagamy
ID:
Water physico-chemical effect on seasonal snail vector distribution and human infection with Schistosomiasis in selected agricultural areas in Lango sub region, Northern Uganda
REFNo: HS2571ES

Specific Objectives
1.To characterize the ecological and physicochemical properties of snail vectors breeding habitats in the districts of Lira and Kole.
2.To determine the seasonal distribution and abundance of snail vectors in Lira and Kole.
3.To determine the snail species and their infection rates with schistosomes in selected areas in Lira and Kole districts.
4.To determine the human infection rates with schistosomes among populations in selected agricultural areas in Lango sub region, northern Uganda.

Uganda 2022-11-28 12:17:20 2025-11-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Peter Yiga
ID:
Fresh fruit and vegetable consumption in Uganda; barriers, facilitators and current consumption practices
REFNo: HS2552ES

1. To understand consumer motives and barriers to / not to consume (specific) fruits and vegetables
2. To know the proportion of target market consumers who demonstrate a preference to deliberately avoid unsafe sprayed FFV products in favour of safe FFV
3. To know what consumers do with the FFV they purchase and whether it affects their nutritional value and food safety
4. To know how processing of FFV products respond to consumer needs
5. To get insights on strategies that show potential to drive the consumption of FFV in Uganda

 Uganda 2022-11-28 11:57:58 2025-11-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jasper Ocen
ID:
Gendered participation in intra-household decision making for Agricultural credit in Acholi sub-region
REFNo: A241ES

To determine credit conditions affecting gendered participation in intra-household decisions for Agricultural credit,To assess socio-economic factors determining differences in gendered participation in intra-household decisions for Agricultural credit,. To establish the level of power relations in intra-household decisions for Agricultural credit., To assess how intra-household gender relations influence credit uptake by farming households ,
 Uganda 2022-11-28 11:46:45 2025-11-28 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Nicholas Bbosa
ID:
Viral Pathogen Surveillance and Discovery in Uganda
REFNo: HS2543ES

1. Surveillance: Determine the genetic diversity and prevalence of HIV, HBV, HDV, HCV and SARS-CoV-2 molecular variants circulating in Uganda and adjacent African countries.
2. Discovery: Identify novel pathogens from patients and at autopsy with illnesses of unknown etiology and characterize any viral genomic sequences detected in such patients and autopsies.
3. Assay prototyping: Evaluate the performance of blood screening and other diagnostic assays in development.

 Uganda 2022-11-28 11:43:26 2025-11-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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