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Jonathan Kayondo
ID: UNCST-2021-R008325
Target Malaria Protocol C1: Stakeholder Engagement Protocol for Target Malaria Activities in Uganda
REFNo: HS1890ES

1. Co-developing the project pathway with stakeholders directly affected by the project and ensuring that all steps of the project receive appropriate community acceptance (in addition to regulatory approval) before they are implemented. 2. Building an enabling environment in which potential beneficiaries are at the heart of the decision-making process. 3. Position genetic approaches as a potential credible complementary tool to fight malaria and creating an enabling environment for its evaluation. 4. Ensure consent/community acceptance for field entomological and insectary activities (please refer to protocols on entomological and Insectary activities). 5. Collect stakeholder knowledge and expectations to inform and improve project activity implementation.
Uganda 2022-02-28 2025-02-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Bruce Kirenga J
ID: UNCST-2019-R001460
Lung Cancer in East Africa in Relation to HIV-1 Infection: Epidemiological, Molecular Characterization and Imaging (LCH Study)
REFNo: HS1922ES

1. To determine the clinical epidemiology of lung cancer and its relationship to HIV-1 infection in Uganda and Tanzania. 2. To determine the molecular determinants of lung cancer in HIV infected and uninfected individuals in Uganda and Tanzania 3. To Characterize Lung Cancer in HIV infected and uninfected populations in Uganda and Tanzania using Artificial Intelligence.
Uganda 2022-02-28 2025-02-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Ngonzi
ID: UNCST-2019-R001579
Automated visual evaluation and geospatial mapping for cervical cancer screening optimization in sub-Saharan Africa (AVE-Map)
REFNo: HS2069ES

3. To use AVE and geospatial analysis to scale up cervical cancer screening in Uganda ,2. To determine access to cervical cancer screening and referral pathways in Uganda ,1. To validate and expand use of AVE for cervical cancer screening in SSA ,We aim to leverage and develop data science expertise at our sites to first optimize and then combine AVE-based screening by health workers at peripheral health facilities with geospatial-analysis and needs-driven assessment to inform scale-up of cervical cancer screening in Uganda ,
Uganda 2022-02-28 2025-02-28 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Cartland
ID:
Techno-economic Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Mini-grids for Enhancement of Sustainable Livelihoods of Remote Communities: Case Study Uganda
REFNo: SIR97ES

iv. To develop a tool for assessing the sustainable livelihoods of communities supplied by power from renewable energy-based mini-grids,iii. To carry out economic modelling and simulation of the operation and performance of solar photovoltaic mini-grids versus other competing options ,ii. To analyze the technical operation of solar PV mini-grids in the context of developing nations,i. To analyze the development and installations of Renewable energy-based mini-grids in Uganda,To assess how sustainable livelihood of remote communities is enhanced through the use of solar PV based mini-grids and other competing options.,
Uganda 2022-02-28 2025-02-28 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
GODFREY ASIIMWE BERINDE
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Public Services, Security and the Legacy of Pre-colonial States in Uganda
REFNo: SS917ES

1) examine how the legacy of pre-colonial states shapes citizens’ willingness to contribute to public services in Uganda today, focusing on crime prevention and security services
2) examine the underlying mechanisms, focusing on persistence in culture and institutions.
Uganda 2022-02-24 2025-02-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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