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Doris Muhwezi Kakuru
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Centering Marginal Voices: Building Research and Advocacy Skills for Young Mothers to Negotiate for their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
REFNo: SS1114ES

(1)To examine existing policies, programs, and practices that shape adolescent sexual and reproductive health and (in)justice in Uganda;
(2) To assess young mothers’ everyday encounters, struggles, and resistance to the dominant gendered, generational, structural and cultural forces that frame young motherhood and how they negotiate motherhood;
(3) To analyze young mothers’ conceptualization of the gendered social norms that shape their SRH experiences and realities;
(4) To describe the process of co-creating youth-focused, contextually relevant knowledge required for young mothers’ SRH justice;
(5) To analyze public response to young people’s engagement in research, advocacy and conversations about young motherhood.

Uganda 2022-01-19 2025-01-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gideon Ariong
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REC.00.647.01:Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies: The Case of Smallholder Farmers affected by Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Invasion in Eastern Uganda
REFNo: A173ES

To examine the status of households' food insecurity among the smallholder maize farmers affected by fall armyworm in Ngora district
To analyze the households' vulnerability to food insecurity among smallholder maize farmers affected by fall armyworm in Ngora district
To determine the household food security coping strategies among smallholder maize farmers affected by fall armyworm in Ngira district
Uganda 2022-01-19 2025-01-19 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ROSCO KASUJJA
ID: UNCST-2019-R000504
STEPPED-WEDGE CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE PROACTIVE COMMUNITY CASE DETECTION TOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED 6-18 YEARS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: HS1955ES

The primary objective is to examine whether the CCDT is effective in increasing utilization of TPO’s mental healthcare services among children and adolescents after introducing pro-active case detection using the CCDT as compared to practice-as-usual.,
Uganda 2022-01-18 2025-01-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Gregory Klazura J
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Pediatric Surgery Training for Rural Ugandan Providers: An Evaluation and Quality Improvement Study
REFNo: HS1895ES

Evaluate the impact of the Pediatric Emergency Surgery Course on rural healthcare providers.
Objective 1: Measure knowledge retention for past course participants.
Objective 2: Measure provider knowledge before and after the course for new participants.
Objective 3: Evaluate course surveys to determine areas for course improvement.
Evaluate the impact of the Pediatric Emergency Surgery Course on pediatric surgical patients.
Objective 4: Measure pediatric operative volume at rural hospitals where the course was delivered before and after the course.
Objective 5: Measure complication rates (mortality, readmission, surgical site infection, reoperation) of patients treated or referred by providers at one of the designated sites before and after the course.
Objective 6: Measure the volume and time to referral of complex pediatric surgical conditions for patients who were treated at one of the designated sites before and after the course.

USA 2022-01-18 2025-01-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Catriona  Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
PHARMACOKINETICS OF DRUGS USED TO TREAT DRUG SENSITIVE-TUBERCULOSIS IN BREASTFEEDING MOTHER-INFANT PAIRS: AN OBSERVATIONAL PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY
REFNo: HS1948ES

To define transfer of Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide and Ethambutol to the breastfed infant.
To determine the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC), clearance and volume of distribution of these drugs.

UK 2022-01-18 2025-01-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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