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JUSTUS BARAGEINE KAFUNJO
ID: UNCST-2020-R014150
 Identifying Opportunities for Prevention of Adverse Outcomes Following Female Genital Fistula Repair
REFNo: HS2033ES

Identify predictors of post-repair fistula breakdown and recurrence

Identify predictors and characteristics of post-repair incontinence

Identify feasible and acceptable strategies for modifying key risk factors of adverse
outcomes
 Uganda 2022-05-13 16:09:08 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Emmanuel Rukundo NSHAKIRA
ID: UNCST-2021-R012277
 COVID-19 Risk,Electoral Violence and Civic Participation in the 2020/2021 Ugandan General Elections
REFNo: SS1218ES

To establish the extent to which COVID-19 fear affected civic participation in the 2021 elections,Compare the level of fear of Covid-19 and fear of electoral and post-electoral violence on voter turn-out,Assess the effect or concern and fear of COVID-19 affect voter turnout,Assess the effect of COVID-19 on campaign rally participation and candidate interface,
 Uganda 2022-05-13 15:52:13 2025-05-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jackson Orem
ID: UNCST-2021-R012016
 Factors that affect the timely diagnosis and treatment of neutropenic fever in Ugandan patients with cancer and HIV
REFNo: HS2175ES

1. To understand the current process of antibiotic initiation for patients with cancer and neutropenic fever at the UCI. 2. To identify factors that influence timely initiation of guideline-recommended antibiotics which can be addressed using targeted implementation strategies. 3. To identify the unique barriers to diagnosis and treatment of neutropenic fever for patients with HIV who are receiving treatment for cancer at UCI.
 Uganda 2022-05-13 10:09:59 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Charles Batte
ID: UNCST-2021-R013587
 Validation of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Tool (CAT) Among COPD patients in rural Uganda.
REFNo: HS2145ES

To validate CAT among COPD patients in Nakaseke, Uganda. Specific objectives: • To determine the validity of CAT in assessing quality of life among COPD patients in rural Uganda using Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) as the gold standard • To determine the internal reliability of the CAT in diagnosis of QOL among COPD patients in rural Uganda. Secondary objective: • To determine factors associated with poor QoL among patients with COPD in rural Uganda.
Uganda 2022-05-13 10:05:27 2025-05-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Claude Raisaro
ID:
Driving Behaviors, Monetary Incentives and Norms: Experimental Evidence from the Ugandan Transit Industry
REFNo: SS1217ES

• To better understanding the underlying mechanisms to understand and incentivize safe driving behaviors for bodaboda drivers
• Examine how financial incentives affect driving behavior and to which extent is road safety impacted on an individual basis?.
• To learn whether beliefs about safe driving change in the presence of financial incentives.

 Italy 2022-05-13 10:01:06 2025-05-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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