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Nicholus Sebudde
ID: UNCST-2024-R016525
Profiling Antimalarial Resistance and Malaria Treatment Outcomes in Lira region of Northern Uganda.
REFNo: HS6433ES

Main objective: To determine the prevalence of selected P. falciparum mutations associated with resistance to artemisinins and ACT partner drugs among malaria patients at Lira Regional Referral Hospital. Specific objectives: 1. To determine the proportion of patients diagnosed with malaria with pfk13, pfcrt, pfmdr1, pfdhfr and pfdhps mutations. 2. To assess the treatment outcomes and effectiveness of standard antimalarial therapy in terms of parasite clearance rates, clinical improvement, and risks of death. 3. To determine the relationship between treatment outcomes with molecular markers of antimalarial resistance. 4. To identify factors associated with treatment failure and antimalarial resistance.
Uganda 2026-01-19 15:33:37 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Muzaale tonny
ID: UNCST-2023-R005970
BOARD GENDER DIVERSITY AND THE LAW: INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL BARRIERS TO GENDER EQUITY IN UGANDA’S CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIME
REFNo: SS4717ES

i. To examine the role of equal protection and anti-discriminatory laws in ensuring female representation on corporate boards in Uganda
ii. To analyzes how corporate governance outcomes are shaped by board gender diversity.
iii. To critically assesses the barriers to board gender diversity in corporate governance
iv. To assess how the law influenced board gender diversity in other jurisdictions?

Uganda 2026-01-19 15:27:26 2029-01-19 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Samuel Kaddu Mukasa
ID: UNCST-2025-R022007
Assessing employment prospects of TVET graduates in Uganda's Job Market
REFNo: SIR596ES

To find out the specific employability skills acquired during TVET training among graduates in Uganda. To examine the structure of TVET programs and how they influence the likelihood of employment among graduates. To determine the effect of background characteristics (e.g., reservation wage, job search intensity, migration) on the employability prospects of TVET graduates. To examine the effect of skills acquired during TVET training on the wage levels of employed graduates.
Uganda 2026-01-19 15:26:19 2029-01-19 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
Relaxation Intervention to Improve Newborn Growth and Maternal Well-being
REFNo: HS6916ES

To examine the effect of the APRB on maternal outcomes such as stress, anxiety and depression.,To evaluate the effect of the adapted APRB on infant outcomes such as growth, feeding and adverse events.,To develop and adapt an audiorecording promoting relaxation during breastfeeding (APRB) for use among postpartum mothers Uganda.,
Uganda 2026-01-19 15:24:38 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
Assessing the bottlenecks for coverage of Essential Emergency and Critical Care in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Africa
REFNo: HS6924ES

To determine the underlying causes and suggested solutions of these bottlenecks.,To determine the implementation bottlenecks for the provision of EECC in public hospitals in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa ,To investigate the bottlenecks, and their underlying determinants, for the provision of EECC in hospitals in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa,
UK 2026-01-19 13:39:06 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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