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Okee Margaret Jill
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USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING ENHANCEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: CASE OF KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA
REFNo: SIR144ES

1.To determine the relationship between e-learning pedagogy and learning enhancement.
2.To determine the relationship between motivation of students and learning enhancement.
3.To determine the relationship between ICT systems characteristics and learning enhancement.
4.To determine the combined effects of the relations of e-learning pedagogy and ICT systems characteristics on motivation of students.
5.To determine the combined effects of the relationships of e-learning pedagogy, motivation of students and ICT characteristics on learning enhancement.
6.To establish the intermediating role of the e-learning policy between institutional support and learning enhancement.
 Uganda 2022-10-31 15:34:11 2025-10-31 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Charles Drago Kato Drago
ID: UNCST-2021-R012897
 Development and evaluation of a community-based bat-human interface monitoring program for zoonotic spillover early warning and response in Uganda
REFNo: HS2428ES

1) To build a community-created map of bat-human interfaces in Bundibugyo.
2) Establish an ecological baseline on the bats and human- bat interactions in Bundibugyo district
3) Establishing a sustainable bat-human interface monitoring program
 Uganda 2022-10-31 15:31:18 2025-10-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dr. Betty Kwagala
ID: UNCST-2022-R009048
 Economic and Health impact and the resilience of last mile populations in artisanal and small- scale mining unplanned settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa before, during and after COVID-19: The case of Ghana and Uganda
REFNo: SS1496ES

4) To identify, co-develop and pilot test one context specific priority intervention to strengthen last mile adolescent girls’ resilience during future crises,3) To describe the interventions proposed by these populations and literature for strengthening adolescent girls’ coping skills and fostering resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery and their applicability to future crises,2) To identify the coping mechanisms adolescent girls used to support their health and economic wellbeing during the pandemic.,1) To assess the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the last-mile adolescent girls living in unplanned mining communities in Uganda and Ghana. To describe and assess the economic, health impacts and the resilience of adolescent girls in unplanned mining communities and coping mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic to support their future resilience and ability to cope during recovery and in similar future crises.
Uganda 2022-10-28 15:09:30 2025-10-28 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Hannah Kibuuka
ID: UNCST-2020-R014355
 A randomized, double-blind, positive-controlled Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of SCTV01E (A COVID-19 Alpha/Beta/Delta/Omicron Variants S-Trimer Vaccine) in population previously unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine and aged ?18 years
REFNo: HS2508ES

To evaluate the protective efficacy of SCTV01E against symptomatic COVID-19 occurring from 14 days after the 2nd dose in population
previously unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine.


To evaluate the protective efficacy of SCTV01E against symptomatic COVID-19 occurring from 7 days after the 3rd dose in population previously unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine
 Uganda 2022-10-28 15:05:42 2025-10-28 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
DAVID KITYA
ID: UNCST-2022-R009620
 ASSESSMENT OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS AMONG NEWBORNS IN UGANDA: A STUDY OF PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS, AND THE ROLE OF GENE-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS (NTDS IN UGANDA)
REFNo: HS2479ES

Determine the proportion of newborns with neural tube defects.
2. Assess the correlation of common NTD risk factors in the development of NTDs.
3. Evaluate the environmental-gene interactions in the development of NTDs.

 Uganda 2022-10-28 13:30:38 2025-10-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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