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Ali Ssetaala
ID: UNCST-2021-R011817
 Feasibility of cervical cancer point-of-care testing
REFNo: HS7499ES

Primary Objective
1. To evaluate the feasibility of performing cervical cancer screening based on self-sampling.

Secondary objectives
1. To assess the feasibility of implementing information sessions to motivate cervical cancer screening with VIA.
2. To assess the feasibility of implementing information sessions to encourage self-sampling for HPV DNA testing.
3. To assess the feasibility outcomes as described by Gadke et al. of each of the three components (see Table 3).
4. To understand the potential role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the uptake of Cervical Cancer screening services based on the perspectives of healthcare providers, women, policy makers, and community stakeholders in Uganda.

Uganda 2026-04-24 15:18:34 2029-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Annet Sumba
ID: UNCST-2026-R023884
 A City as a Peace Project
REFNo: SS5095ES

1. To examine how cityness is lived and expressed by different actors in a post-conflict city context; 2.To investigate how informal and marginal actors contribute to the remaking of urban space and social relations; and 3. To analyse how public spaces and infrastructures function as affective and symbolic sites of peace-building.
 Uganda 2026-04-24 14:34:33 2029-04-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Allen Kabagenyi
ID: UNCST-2019-R000665
 A Gendered Analysis of Preparedness and Response to Natural Disasters in Kasese District
REFNo: SS4854ES

To examine household-level flood and landslide response strategies in Kasese District, with a focus on the extent of response mechanisms, the socio-economic and cultural factors influencing their effectiveness, and gender-based differences in disaster response approaches.
Uganda 2026-04-24 14:28:53 2029-04-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Ssali
ID: UNCST-2021-R012134
 A5424 Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Women Living with HIV (HoT)
REFNo: HS7391ES


1.2 Primary Objective

1.2.1 Determine the effects of HT on VMS in WLWH in the late menopausal transition or early postmenopause.

1.3 Secondary Objectives

1.3.1 Evaluate the safety and tolerability of HT as compared to placebo.

1.3.2 Determine the effect of HT on neurocognition.

1.3.3 Determine the effect of HT on mood.

1.3.4 Determine the effect of HT on sleep.

1.3.5 Determine the effect of HT on quality of life.

1.3.6 Determine the effect of HT on sexual function.

1.3.7 Determine the effect of HT on weight, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio.

1.4 Exploratory Objectives

1.4.1 Determine the effect of HT on markers of bone turnover.

1.4.2 Determine the effect of HT on markers of cardiometabolic health.

1.4.3 Determine the effect of HT on systemic markers of inflammation and immune activation.

1.4.4 Determine the effect of HT on HIV reservoir size, clonality, and activity.

1.4.5 Determine the effect of HT on measures of physical function.

1.4.6 Determine the effect of HT on the rectal and vaginal microbiome.

1.4.7 Explore the effect of HT on all primary and secondary outcomes by antiretroviral regimen.

1.4.8 Explore exposure-response relationships between estradiol pharmacokinetics (PK) and study outcomes in those treated with estradiol.

1.4.9 Evaluate acceptability and feasibility of ambulatory monitors for VMS and sleep on a subset of participants.

1.4.10 Explore agreement between subjective VMS frequency with objective VMS frequency in a subset of participants.


 Uganda 2026-04-24 13:20:15 2029-04-24 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Peter Olupot Simon
ID: UNCST-2025-R022744
 Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement in the Procurement of Works in Uganda’s Central Government Entities
REFNo: SS5085ES

i. To examine the relationship between external pressures and implementation of SPP.
ii. To examine the relationship between resource heterogeneity and implementation of SPP.
iii. To examine the relationship between stakeholder engagement and implementation of SPP.
iv. To examine the mediating role of resource heterogeneity in the relationship between external pressures and implementation of SPP.
v. To examine the mediating role of resource heterogeneity in the relationship between stakeholder engagement and implementation of SPP.
vi. To examine the moderating effect of procurement officers’ attitude in the relationship between resource heterogeneity and implementation of SPP.
vii. To examine how procurement officers’ attitude will moderate the relationship between external pressures and implementation of SPP through resource heterogeneity.
viii. To examine how procurement officers’ attitude moderates the relationship between stakeholder engagement and implementation of SPP through resource heterogeneity.

 Uganda 2026-04-20 9:42:42 2029-04-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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