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Francis Emojong Emukule
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COVID-19 DISRUPTION OF THE NEWS PRODUCTION PROCESSES – A CASE STUDY OF NEW VISION IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1154ES

To establish how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the processes of news production at New Vision

Establish the measures media houses took to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 disruptions in news production

To describe the challenges faced by journalists during the pandemic as they carried out their work.

Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lino Ika
ID: UNCST-2021-R011810
 A policy advocacy competency framework supporting municipal economic development in Uganda
REFNo: SS1159ES

The following objectives will guide this study. To conceptualise public policy advocacy in the local government setting using the Local Economic Development (LED) policy in public policy research. To discuss the challenges and weaknesses of policy advocacy and examine reasons for these. To analyse how Uganda's local government policy advocacy experience relates to the well-established frameworks that have been used to analyse policy advocacy in other contexts. To identify and examine the competency gaps among policy actors engaged in LED policy advocacy in the policy process in Arua City. To propose the construction of a competency framework for policy advocacy in local government context.
 Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Charles Osingada Peter
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Perspectives of Ugandan patients and healthcare providers about the use of telehealth for follow-up HIV care and treatment
REFNo: HS2028ES

To Identify factors associated with the intention of persons living with HIV to use telehealth for follow-up care and treatment.
To explore perceptions of patients regarding the use of telehealth for follow-up HIV care and treatment.
To explore perceptions of nurses and counselors regarding the use of telehealth for follow-up HIV care and treatment

 Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Pieter Rutsaert
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Next Generation Product Profiles in Maize: Using video descriptions of future products to identify farmers’ preferences
REFNo: SS1173ES

• Understand farmer preferences on the next generation profiles of hybrid maize in East Africa;
• To ensure seed companies can improve their communications by focusing on farmer needs;
• Identify differences in farmer needs based on maturity class, gender, farming practices and socio-demographic profile

 Belgium 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Daniel Kibuuka Musoke
ID: UNCST-2021-R011749
 Endline survey of the Radio Serial Dramas (RSDS) Akakunizo and Sotakai Conducted by population media centre-Uganda. Ref No: SS1165ES
REFNo: SS1179ES

The endline survey will generate endline information on socio-economic, demographic and programmatic indicators that can be used for measuring progress in achieving project objectives and to evaluate the overall impact of Akakunizo and Sotakai radio serial dramas (RSDs) at the end of the project period
 Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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