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Peter Olwoch
ID: UNCST-2021-R013221
Antimicrobial resistance sentinel surveillance at Tororo General Hospital (TGH), Uganda with a focus on bacterial urinary tract infections and gonorrhoea infections
REFNo: HS1881ES

To identify bacteria causing UTI in patients who present to TGH and determine their antibiotic susceptibility profiles

To determine the antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates cultured from genital swabs from patients who present to TGH

To determine associations between patient characteristics, treatments prescribed, and clinical outcomes, with identified bacterial isolates and their susceptibility profiles

Uganda 2021-12-03 2024-12-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Caroline Morogo Jerop
ID:
WUSC’s Volunteer Cooperation Program - IGNI+E Baseline Assessment
REFNo: SS835ES

The purpose of the baseline study for WUSC’s IGNI+E Project is to help the program staff and partners focus on program achievement related to a limited set of expected outcomes; and to empower partners to collaboratively measure and review these outcomes. Aligned with this purpose, the baseline study is designed to help the project achieve four specific objectives:
● To better understand the implementation context for the project at the onset of implementation
● To inform the performance measurement framework (PMF) by validating a SMART set of indicators, and establishing baselines for these performance measures
● To provide the foundation for a comprehensive results-based monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) plan for the project

Kenya 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Richard Wamimbi Wotti
ID:
Developing a National child focused policy research agenda (2021-2025)
REFNo: SS1018ES

a) Undertake a review of the current National Child Focused Policy Agenda (2015-2020) b) Develop a new National Child Focused Policy Agenda (2021-2025),
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Catherine Mwesigwa
ID: UNCST-2019-R000988
Commercial Baby Food Consumption and Complementary Feeding Practices in Kampala
REFNo: HS1784ES

To explain the motivations for use of commercial baby foods among caregivers of infants and young children between 6-36 months in Kampala,To determine the proportion of caregivers that use commercial baby foods among infants and young children between 6-36 months in Kampala ,To determine the level of commercial baby food use for complementary feeding and the associated factors in an urban/peri-urban Ugandan sub-population of caregivers of infants and young children between 6-36 months in Kampala. ,
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Rhoda Wanyenze
ID: UNCST-2021-R013352
Assessment of the HIV/AIDS legal, regulatory, and policy environment for key populations in Uganda
REFNo: HS1925ES

5 To develop recommendations on how the legal and policy framework affecting Key Populations can be improved to promote an enabling legal environment for the national response to HIV, particularly for key populations. ,4 To determine the extent to which the legal framework protects rights and promotes an enabling legal environment for the national response to HIV, particularly for people living with and affected by HIV and key populations. ,3 To analyze access to justice and law enforcement on HIV and human rights among key population and key service providers, access to legal support services, and law enforcement mechanisms. ,2 To assess the critical human rights issues affecting key populations and the extent to which the current environment addresses these.,1 To analyze existing HIV, health, and other related laws, regulations, and policy initiatives that impact the HIV response among key and priority populations in Uganda.,
Uganda 2021-12-02 2024-12-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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