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David Musoke
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A Health Systems Approach to Strengthening Community Health in Wakiso District, Uganda
REFNo: HS1965ES

The project is aimed at strengthening community health using a health systems approach with a focus on: (a) enhancing the capacity of CHWs (locally known as village health teams (VHTs)), their coordinators and supervisors; (b) supporting the completeness and timely submission of data from VHTs; (c) enhancing timely delivery of drugs and other commodities to CHWs; (e) improving performance of CHWs in relation to quality of care, respective care, and timely referral of patients; and (f) supporting the supervision and coordination of community health.
Uganda 2021-12-21 2024-12-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victoria Nankabirwa
ID: UNCST-2021-R011871
Effectiveness of mobile money payments to vaccination campaign health care workers on polio vaccination campaign coverage and quality: a cluster randomized controlled trial
REFNo: HS1932ES

Primary Objectives:
1) To compare vaccination coverage in areas where campaign health care workers are paid using mobile money versus in cash.
2) To compare the motivation, satisfaction and performance of vaccination health care workers in areas where they are paid using mobile money versus in cash

Secondary objectives:
1) To compare vaccination campaign quality in areas where health care workers are paid using mobile money versus in cash
2) To estimate the incremental cost of the intervention.

Uganda 2021-12-20 2024-12-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
SSEMBATYA RENNY
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COVID/COPE Study: An Interdisciplinary Empirical Approach to Understanding Unequal Economic and Health Consequences of COVID-19 Measures among Pregnant Women in Uganda
REFNo: SS936ES

Objective 1: To analyze the effects of Covid-19 measures among pregnant women in Uganda of varying size, socio-economic, health and poverty indexes.
Objective 2: To assess the proportion of pregnant women with symptoms, rates of social interactions; financial and non-financial costs; how pregnant women have recently responded to the Covid-19 measures, especially in relation to their personal circumstances and expectations.
Objective 3: To provide recommendations how to improve access to care for these vulnerable populations and prevent unnecessary, delayed care while safeguarding public health concerns.

Uganda 2021-12-17 2024-12-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Obondo Sande James
ID: UNCST-2019-R000241
Capacity Building towards Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Research, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management in Uganda
REFNo: HS1867ES

3. To strengthen local laboratory screening and research capacity in the management of PIDs. ,2. To increase knowledge on PIDs among clinicians, pediatricians, laboratory technologists, immunologists through training focused on detection of potential PIDs cases. ,1. To map and create profiles of the current PIDs knowledge and diagnostic capacity in Uganda,To evaluate clinical and laboratory diagnostic knowledge about PIDs, and undertake PIDs-focused training in Uganda,
Uganda 2021-12-17 2024-12-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Claudia Ringler
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Endline Evaluation for Reaching Smallholder Women with Information Services and Resilience Strategies to Respond to Climate Change
REFNo: SS1127ES

3) At the endline (The subject of this application, to be undertaken in January of 2022), the study will establish the impact of the strategies used to disseminate the climate-smart technologies and approaches and whether these translate into closing gendered yield gaps, enhanced equity and inclusion.
Germany 2021-12-17 2024-12-17 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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