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Waiswa Peter
ID: UNCST-2020-R014921
 Evaluating the Feasibility of an AI-Powered Mobile Application for Mental Health Screening and Care in Uganda: A Digital Health Approach
REFNo: HS6700ES

1) To assess the perceptions of healthcare workers and the general public about the use of mobile applications for screening, self-help, referral and early detection of anxiety and depression in Uganda.
2) To develop an AI based mobile application for screening, self-help, referral and early detection of anxiety and depression in Uganda.
3) To assess the feasibility and acceptability of an AI based mobile application for screening, self-help, referral and early detection of anxiety and depression in Uganda.

 Uganda 2025-12-18 18:57:13 2028-12-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Eva Mirembe
ID: UNCST-2025-R021893
 Enhancing Educator Support in eLearning in Higher Education Institutions through Learning Analytics
REFNo: SIR587ES

i. To elicit requirements for integrating the insights from LA into Educator support in eLearning ii. To design a LA based tool that can be used to enhance Educator support in eLearning iii. To evaluate the extent to which LA can enhance Educator support in eLearning
Uganda 2025-12-18 18:51:24 2028-12-18 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JOSELYN RWEBEMBERA
ID: UNCST-2021-R013915
 A Non-Inferiority Trial of Stopping Penicillin in Early Rheumatic Heart Disease: GOAL-Stop
REFNo: HS6744ES

To explore if risk of progression differs between children who initially received 2 years of oral SAP as compared to 2 years of intramuscular SAP during the GOALIE trial. ,To determine in children with previously diagnosed mild RHD and echocardiographic stabilization after receiving SAP for at least 2 years, if stopping secondary antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is non-inferior to continuing SAP in preventing progression over the next 2 years. ,To determine in children with previously diagnosed mild RHD and echocardiographic normalization after receiving SAP for at least 2 years, if stopping SAP is non-inferior to continuing SAP for preventing progression over the next 2 years. ,To determine in children with previously diagnosed mild RHD and echocardiographic normalization or echocardiographic stability after receiving SAP for at least 2 years, if stopping SAP is non-inferior to continuing SAP for preventing progression by 4 years (2 years after SAP discontinuation). ,
 Uganda 2025-12-18 18:47:07 2028-12-18 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Asiimire Arinaitwe
ID: UNCST-2023-R008026
 ICT Paradigm and Academic Management Efficiency in Private Universities In Uganda. A Case Study of Uganda Christian University
REFNo: SS4598ES

1. To explore the perceptions of academic staffs on the role of ICT in improving academic management efficiency at Uganda Christian University 2. To investigate the processes through which ICT is effectively used to facilitate academic decision-making at Uganda Christian University. 3. To explore how University academic managers use ICT tools in the planning and utilization of institutional academic resources at Uganda Christian University. 4. To examine the application of ICT to support academic transparency and accountability at Uganda Christian University.
Uganda 2025-12-18 18:42:45 2028-12-18 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Pauline Byakika-Kibwika
ID: UNCST-2019-R001206
 A phase III, multi-country, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded adaptive platform trial to assess the efficacy and safety of treatments for participants with Mpox virus disease
REFNo: HS6913ES

To evaluate the safety and efficacy, as assessed by mortality, hospitalization, complications, duration of symptoms of IP + SOC compared to placebo + SOC in participants with Mpox.,The primary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by time to lesion(s) resolution, of IP + Standard of Care (SOC) compared to placebo + SOC for participants with Mpox.,
 Uganda 2025-12-18 18:34:19 2028-12-18 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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