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Jane Patricia Bako
ID: UNCST-2025-R017603
ASSESSMENT OF UGANDA’S LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
REFNo: SS3968ES

1. Examine the mental health and well-being challenges of legal professionals in Uganda
2. Assess how the theoretical frameworks can help to understand these challenges
3. Examine how mental health challenges affect the performance of legal professionals and the justice ecosystem in Uganda
4. Establish how the mental health and well-being of legal professionals in Uganda can be improved.

Uganda 2025-07-10 13:20:18 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Gloria Kaudha
ID: UNCST-2025-R017148
Assessing the clinical practices of primary Health Care Workers in evaluating children presenting with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections at Health Center IVs and IIIs in Kampala, Uganda.
REFNo: HS6119ES

General Objective:
To Assess the clinical practices of primary Health Care Workers evaluating children presenting with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections in Kampala, Uganda.

Specific Objectives:
1.To assess the clinical practices (history, physical examination, investigations and treatment) of health care workers in evaluating children with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections in Kampala, Uganda.
2.To describe the facilitators and barriers to the clinical practices including treatment given to children with acute respiratory symptoms and skin infections

Uganda 2025-07-10 13:17:46 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bongomin Joachim
ID: UNCST-2025-R017414
GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL MAPPING USING HYDROLOGIC, DROGEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL MODELS IN TOCHI WATERSHED (UGANDA)
REFNo: SIR527ES

General objective
To develop methodology for delineation of groundwater recharge zone using hydrologic,
hydrogeologic and structural models.

Specific objectives
1. To develop groundwater flow map within the vadose zone using SWAT model.
2. To develop groundwater table profile for the watershed.
3. To generate litho-stratigraphic pile potential to transmit groundwater.
4. To delineate groundwater potential in Tochi watershed.

Uganda 2025-07-10 13:14:02 2028-07-10 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Charlotte Brown Louise
ID: UNCST-2021-R012078
Plants, Toxicity and Science at African Borderlands: Cassava\'s Ambivalent History in West Nile, Uganda
REFNo: SS3980ES

To support the profile of situated knowledge in discussions of agricultural change,To contribute social science evidence to African Environmental Health,To contribute to debates within Geography concerning agricultural development,To understand the changing relationship of agricultural farmers to cassava in West Nile, Uganda,
UK 2025-07-10 13:12:43 2028-07-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tumwebaze G Godfrey
ID: UNCST-2024-R002158
AN INTEGRATED MOBILE COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING LIVESTOCK DISEASES MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY SERVICES
REFNo: SIR490ES

Main Objective 1. The overall goal is to enhance the monitoring, controlling and management of livestock diseases using a comprehensive mobile-based communication framework. Specific Objectives 1. Evaluate the challenges and barriers livestock (cattle) farmers face in managing diseases and accessing advisory services through mobile communication technologies. 2. Develop of an integrated mobile communication framework for enhancing livestock disease management and advisory services. 3. Evaluate the usability, acceptability and effectiveness of the developed framework through the use of a mobile application
Uganda 2025-07-10 13:06:07 2028-07-10 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Cynthia Agema Lysanne
ID: UNCST-2025-R018967
Exploring the balance between social disappointment and inequity aversion in chimpanzees.
REFNo: NS979ES

The objective of this study is to gain deeper insight into the behavioural responses of chimpanzees to unequal reward distributions, and to examine whether these responses are primarily driven by social disappointment or by inequity aversion. We aim to better understand the cognitive and emotional processes underlying social evaluation in great apes. The study contributes to the scientific understanding of the evolutionary roots of fairness and social expectations, and offers practical value for improving animal welfare, especially in captive or sanctuary settings, by adapting care practices based on species-specific social sensitivity.
Netherlands 2025-07-10 12:51:39 2028-07-10 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Martin Kaddumukasa.
ID: UNCST-2024-R003870
Prospective Global Platform to Evaluate and Enhance Cognitive and Functional Trajectories after Stroke (PROSPECT)
REFNo: HS5743ES

We will identify the natural history and population attributable
risk of key factors for post-stroke cognitive and functional
impairment, including baseline characteristics, details of the index
stroke and post-stroke complications
Uganda 2025-07-10 12:50:40 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daniel Atwine
ID: UNCST-2019-R012948
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THE PHOTO-KABADA DEVICE AS COMPARED TO DEVICES IN ROUTINE USE IN ADMINISTERING PHOTOTHERAPY FOR BABIES WITH NEONATAL JAUNDICE: AN OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (MUST-2024-1404).
REFNo: HS5411ES

5) Secondary: To describe the experiences of health workers using the test (Photo-Kabada) and control PT devices and caretakers of children treated with these devices.,4) Secondary: To compare the other safety and efficacy outcomes when babies are treated with Photo-Kabada compared to available phototherapy devices on the neonatal unit of MRRH. ,3) Secondary: To compare the reduction in bilirubin levels per unit time when babies are treated with Photo-Kabada compared to available phototherapy devices on the neonatal unit of MRRH. ,2) Primary: To compare the efficacy of Photo-Kabada phototherapy machine with existing phototherapy machine at selected hospitals in treating neonates with jaundice.,1) Primary: To compare the safety of Photo-Kabada phototherapy machine with existing phototherapy machine at selected hospitals in treating neonates with jaundice.,
Uganda 2025-07-10 11:09:52 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SAMANTHA KESHARA
ID: UNCST-2024-R016384
NEONATAL JAUNDICE MANAGEMENT:ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, and PRACTICES(KAP) OF MOTHERS AT KAWEMPE SPECIALISED NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL (KNRH).
REFNo: HS6108ES

To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of mothers regarding neonatal jaundice at Kawempe Specialized National Referral Hospital.

Specific Study Objectives

To evaluate the level of maternal knowledge on neonatal jaundice symptoms, causes, complications, and treatment options.

To assess maternal attitudes and perceptions toward neonatal jaundice and its severity.To examine maternal attitudes and perceptions toward neonatal jaundice and its severity.

To determine the healthcare-seeking practices of mothers when managing neonatal jaundice.To analyze the healthcare-seeking practices of mothers when managing neonatal jaundice.

Uganda 2025-07-10 11:05:34 2028-07-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
James Tumwine Kashugyera
ID: UNCST-2025-R017959
Understanding and managing fevers from infections spread by animals
REFNo: HS6008ES

1.Determine the common causes of ZAFI and associated factors in paediatric patients living in urban and rural areas of Kabale, Uganda 2.Develop and test novel technologies and approaches for diagnosing ZAFI that are suitable for use in LMIC and field settings 2.1. Evaluate point-of-care (PoC) tests and pilot prototype molecular diagnostic platforms for key zoonotic pathogens 3.Involve communities and the health sector in Kabale, Uganda,in defining improved approaches to diagnosis and management of ZAFI 4.Strengthen capacity and capability for research on diagnosis and management of zoonotic diseases in Kabale, Uganda
Uganda 2025-07-09 17:55:28 2028-07-09 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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