Ouma Simple
ID: UNCST-2021-R012820
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Genomic profiling of plasmodium falciparum diversity and drug resistance markers and their effects on malaria recurrence among Ugandan children on dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for post-discharge malaria chemoprevention after severe malaria anaemia
REFNo: HS8267ES
Objectives:
Main Objective
To investigate the role of P. falciparum genetic diversity and antimalarial drug-resistance markers in malaria recurrence among Ugandan children receiving DP for PDMC following SMA, and to evaluate how the use of DP for PDMC may influence parasite genetic diversity and the prevalence of antimalarial drug-resistance markers over time.
Specific Objectives
1. To estimate the association between P. falciparum antimalarial drug-resistance markers and malaria recurrence among Ugandan children receiving DP for PDMC following SMA.
2. To explore the association between demographic, clinical, and nutritional factors and malaria recurrence among Ugandan children receiving DP-based PDMC following severe malarial anaemia.
3. To evaluate population-level changes in P. falciparum genetic diversity between enrolment and follow-up malaria recurrence among Ugandan children on DP-based PDMC.
4. To characterize malaria recurrence as recrudescence versus reinfection among Ugandan children receiving DP for PDMC following SMA.
5. To estimate the association between baseline P. falciparum genetic diversity and the risk of malaria recurrence among Ugandan children receiving DP for PDMC following SMA.
6. To evaluate population-level changes in P. falciparum antimalarial drug-resistance markers between enrolment and follow-up malaria recurrence among children on DP-based PDMC.
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Uganda |
2026-08-14 19:22:14 |
2029-08-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Mudarshiru Bbuye
ID: UNCST-2025-R019080
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Exploring the Community-led Adaptation to Climate Change-Health Risks in Urban Informal Communities in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS8145ES
Main objective: To explore community perceptions of climate change–related health risks and identify community-led adaptation strategies in urban informal communities in Kampala, Uganda
Specific Objectives
1. To identify existing community adaptation practices for climate change and Health hazards
2. To assess the Community Climate Health risks in selected informal communities
3. To co-develop community-led adaptation strategies for managing climate-related health risks
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Uganda |
2026-08-14 19:20:49 |
2029-08-14 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Anthony Vodacek
ID: UNCST-2026-R025546
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African Great Lakes Monitoring Program: Requirements Definition and Action Plan
REFNo: NS1373ES
The primary objectives are:
• Assess and organize existing lake data and monitoring efforts across the region.
• Identify steps for creating long-term lake monitoring networks, including priority sensor
types, communication infrastructure, and deployment strategies at a level of detail
beyond current assessments.
• Complete the system design by assessing the data and analysis workflows needed to
provide actionable guidance balancing scientific value with operational sustainability.
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USA |
2026-08-14 19:17:03 |
2029-08-14 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Racheal Nakazinga
ID: UNCST-2025-R022930
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TEACHERS EXPERIENCES IN IMPLEMENTING THE LEARNER-CENTRED APPROACH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: SS5188ES
1. To explore teachers understanding of the concepts of the learner-centred approach in the English language classroom in secondary schools.
2. To examine the strategies teachers of English use in implementing the learner-centred approach in secondary schools.
3.To investigate the types of support teachers need for effective implementation of the learner-centred approach in the English language classroom in secondary schools
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Uganda |
2026-08-14 17:01:19 |
2029-08-14 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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STELLA KYOYAGALA
ID:
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GROWTH AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES OF PRETERM INFANTS IN SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA: A CROSSECTIONAL ASSESSMENT AT ONE YEAR OF CORRECTED AGE
REFNo: HS8396ES
General Objectives
To determine the growth and neuro-developmental outcomes of preterm infants being followed up at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Specific Objectives
1. To determine the growth status of preterm infants at 12 months corrected age at Mbarara RRH
2. To determine the determine the developmental outcomes of preterm infants at 12 months corrected age at Mbarara RRH.
3. To determine factors associated with neurodevelopmental delay among preterm infants at Mbarara RRH.
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 19:52:14 |
2029-08-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Elke Verhaeghe Tine Leen
ID: UNCST-2026-R025001
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Due Diligence Mediation in Practice: Deforestation Due Diligence in the Ugandan Coffee Sector
REFNo: SS5753ES
This study focuses on the operationalisation of the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) in the Ugandan coffee sector. The EUDR is the latest tool in the EU’s toolbox to combat global deforestation, particularly imported deforestation. The EUDR establishes “due diligence” obligations for EU importers and traders, who are asked to prove that their goods are not linked to deforestation, forest degradation or illegal land use in the country of origin. Specifically, the EUDR applies to products from seven commodity groups identified as high-risk for deforestation, including beef, palm oil, soy, wood, cocoa, coffee and rubber (EURD, art. 2-3). The EUDR requires operators to conduct a risk-assessment on their products’ connection to deforestation or forest degradation (EUDR, arts. 8, 10) and to assume responsibility for them in a due diligence statement (EUDR, art. 4). To prove their products do not exhibit ‘non-negligible risk’ of deforestation, they need to provide the relevant authorities sufficient documentation to back their claims, including data on the geo-location of the agricultural or forest land of origin in the form of GPS coordinates or polygons (EUDR, art. 9).
Although the EUDR formally applies only to operators and traders placing products on the EU market, its effects extend far beyond EU borders. In practice, due diligence responsibilities are frequently passed up the supply chain, with significant implications for producers, traders and exporters in producer countries. As a result, questions of distributive justice and equity in EUDR operationalisation and implementation have become the subject of lively debate in the academic literature (Mcdermott et al., 2025; Verhaeghe & Ramcilovic-Suominen, 2024; Zhunusova et al., 2022). While some scholars argue that the EUDR could create opportunities for smallholders, for instance by shortening supply chains and strengthening producers’ bargaining positions (Blot & Hiller, 2022), the dominant concern remains that the regulation’s new due diligence requirements and associated transaction costs will impose additional burdens on smallholder producers and traders (Dupont, 2025) and potentially exclude them from global supply chains on which they depend (Naranjo et al., 2023; Zhunusova et al., 2022).
This study assesses activities and resources which aim to facilitate smallholder compliance with the EUDR and mitigate the EUDR’s most adverse socio-economic consequences, such as trainings, capacity building, technical support, open source technologies, and the establishment of a national digital infrastructure (Gallemore et al., 2022; Grabs et al., 2021). Focussing on the inclusion in deforestation-free value chains of smallholder farmers, micro- and smallholder traders and processors and coffee cooperatives, this study aims to understand from a bottom-up perspective how EUDR compliance is organised, mediated and experienced by upstream actors in the Ugandan coffee supply chain.
The specific study research objectives are three-fold:
OBJECTIVE 1: to understand how EUDR intermediary activities reach upstream coffee supply chain actors in Greater Masaka across different organisational and relational contexts. EUDR intermediary activities include horizontal measures, such as broad sensitisation campaigns and farmer registration initiatives intended to cover all value chain actors, and targeted measures, which are more selective and include buyer-specific registration schemes and private or donor-led traceability systems and traceability pilot projects (e.g. GIZ-supported EUDR Task Force prototype projects). Targeted activities typically focus on organised or affiliated actors, such as cooperative members or contract-linked farmers, and operate alongside more universal government- and donor-funded efforts. The study assesses whether EUDR intermediary activities reach actors evenly or unevenly across the value chain, and how different implementation modalities shape inclusion, exclusion, and disparities in compliance capacity among upstream coffee actors.
OBJECTIVE 2: to understand perceptions of upstream coffee supply chain actors about the EUDR and EUDR-related activities. Building on scoping discussions and existing reports that highlight distrust around farmer registration as a key challenge in EUDR intermediation in Central Uganda (Royalway Media, 2024; Wamala, 2025; personal communications March 2026), this study examines how trust in the EUDR and related mediation activities varies across levels of embeddedness in EUDR intermediation activities and across different organisational and relational contexts. Beyond trust as a functional concern, it also investigates broader normative perceptions, including perceived relevance of the EUDR, its contribution to sustainable coffee production, and views on responsibility and burden-sharing (Dupont & Pietrzak, 2025). In doing so, the study shifts from narrow implementation questions to bottom-up perspectives on sustainability regulation, contributing to a more decentralised and critically informed understanding of EUDR governance (Alcazar III et al., 2023; Reid & Ferrando, 2026).
OBJECTIVE 3: to understand remaining obstructions and challenges for EUDR-compliance of upstream coffee supply chain actors in practice. While prior work provides initial insights (Royalway Media, 2024), this research adds two contributions. First, it offers an independent assessment of the recently launched Task Force-led and donor-supported traceability prototyping initiatives. Second, by identifying constraints that recur across organisational, relational, and mediation contexts, the study seeks to surface structural limitations and biases in current EUDR implementation approaches. Through in-depth qualitative interviews, it examines how everyday practices and lived experiences shape, enable, or obstruct compliance in practice, thereby contributing to a grounded understanding of the EUDR’s socio-economic and environmental justice implications (McDermott et al., 2025; Verhaeghe & Ramcilovic-Suominen, 2024).
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Belgium |
2026-08-13 19:51:13 |
2029-08-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Eva Akurut
ID: UNCST-2021-R012648
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BARRIERS AND ENABLERS TO WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT IN DATA SCIENCE AND BIOINFORMATICS IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS5742ES
Primary objective: To identify barriers and enablers affecting women’s participation and advancement in emerging technology fields of Data Science and bioinformatics, with a focus on individual factors and socio-cultural, institutional, and training-related factors.
Secondary objectives:
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SO1: To identify barriers and enablers at key career transition points (graduate training, early career, and leadership) and assess socio-ecological, institutional, and training-related influences on women’s participation, retention, and progression in emerging technology fields of Data Science and bioinformatics.
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SO2: To identify coping strategies, support mechanisms, and enabling factors — including the role of male allyship, mentorship, and gender attitudes—that support women’s advancement in emerging technology fields of Data Science and bioinformatics.
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SO3: To generate context-specific, evidence-based policy and practice recommendations to foster equitable participation and advancement of Ugandan women in emerging technology fields of Data Science and bioinformatics.
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 19:48:22 |
2029-08-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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MIRIAM KATUSIIME
ID: UNCST-2021-R013958
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AFRICAN YOUTH PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE AND
SYSTEMS CHANGE (AYPReS) IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS5698ES
a) To analyse how youth voice and agency can either impede or accelerate their journey to
dignified and fulfilling work across sectors in Uganda, with particular attention to RDPs,
PWDs, rural young women, and youth in informality.
b) To analyse how perceptions of risk by individuals and group (including RDPs and PWDs, youth
in informality) across the 18 to 35 years’ age bracket and contexts determine their level of
preparedness to survive, cope, and thrive against socioeconomic, cultural, political, and
environmental threats.
c) To examine the obstacles faced by secondary youth in work (youth working in Mastercard
Foundation-supported enterprises) and how they can be supported to thrive.
d) To explore young people’s and other system stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainability and
systems change, including their vision of a transformed system, and the type of system changes
needed to achieve dignified and fulfilling work.
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 19:46:44 |
2029-08-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Rebecca Rowney Annabel
ID: UNCST-2026-R026174
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Beyond Access: Social Media Use and the Burden of Connectivity for Refugee Women in Kampala
REFNo: SS5745ES
1 To understand how refugee women use social media and digital technologies in their everyday lives.
2 To examine how burdens of connectivity shape women’s communication, information-sharing, and social support practices.
3 To explore how refugee women navigate digital risks and opportunities through tactics such as verification, selective sharing, or withdrawal.
4 To identify the role of human infrastructure, including family, peers, community members, research assistants/interpreters, and organisations, in shaping digital participation.
5 To generate context-specific qualitative evidence on refugee women’s digital lives in Kampala.
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UK |
2026-08-13 19:45:24 |
2029-08-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Damalie Nakanjako
ID: UNCST-2019-R000383
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Host immune recovery and HIV-1 viral reservoir decay during antiretroviral therapy (ART)- treated individuals during the test-and-treat era in Uganda (HIRT-STUDY)
REFNo: HS8309ES
To determine the role of autologous antibodies in host immune recovery and HIV reservoir decay during long-term ART,To determine the effect of ART on validated markers of immune aging during the test-and-treat era in Uganda,To characterize HIV reservoir decay and its predictors among ART-treated adults with non-B HIV subtypes during the first decade of ART in the test-and-treat era in Uganda,To characterize host immune recovery and its predictors during the first decade of ART in Uganda in the test-and-treat era ,To investigate immune recovery and HIV reservoir decay during the first decade of HIV treatment in the test-and-treat era in Uganda,
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 19:26:50 |
2029-08-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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STELLA KYOYAGALA
ID:
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BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG INFANTS ADMITTED AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL: BURDEN, PATTERNS, AND CARE NEEDS
REFNo: HS8064ES
1. To determine the proportion of infants admitted with birth defects at MRRH
2. To describe the patterns of birth defects among neonates admitted at MRRH
3. To determine the regional geographical distribution of birth defects among infants
admitted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital?
4. To determine the unmet clinical care needs for infants admitted with birth defects at
MRRH
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 19:23:48 |
2029-08-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Alex Mulyowa
ID: UNCST-2026-R024255
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Challenges to timely access to snakebite antivenoms among victims and care providers in Luwero district, Uganda
REFNo: HS8028ES
1. To explore the challenges faced by snakebite victims in accessing antivenoms in Luwero district.
2.To explore the challenges that healthcare providers face in managing snakebite victims using antivenoms in Luwero district
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 16:53:23 |
2029-08-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Richard Mwogereze
ID: UNCST-2025-R017204
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TEAM CONFLICT AND EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN KAMULI DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: SS5173ES
General objective
The central objective of this study is to examine the effect of Team Conflict on Employees Performance in Selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda.
Specific objectives
This research is designed to achieve the following objectives;
i. To analyze the effects of individual conflict on employee performance in selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda.
ii. To examine the effects of Dyadic conflict on employee performance in selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda.
iii. To examine the effects of subgroup conflict on employee performance in selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kamuli District, Uganda.
iv. To analyze the mediating effects of leadership styles on the relationship between team conflict and employee performance within NGOs operating in Kamuli district, Uganda
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Uganda |
2026-08-13 16:45:50 |
2029-08-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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VINCENT MUBANGIZI
ID: UNCST-2024-R004232
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ANTENATAL COUPLES� COUNSELLING IN UGANDA (ACCU) -2
REFNo: HS8325ES
(3) To evaluate the acceptability of the health education films for the target audience in the refugee settlements,(2) To adapt and translate health education films on family planning for the refugee population in Rwamwanja and Nakivale refugee settlements,(1) To measure the impact of ACCU training for health workers, combined with screening health education films on family planning,To scale up ACCU training for health workers and health education films for patients, to all 20 government primary health care facilities in Mbarara city and Mbarara district and in Rwamwanja and Nakivale refugee settlements.,
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:45:28 |
2029-08-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Ezra Kalule
ID: UNCST-2026-R026874
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ROLE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN ENHANCING REARING OF LOCAL CHICKENS IN TESO SUB-REGION, UGANDA
REFNo: SS5709ES
1.To identify and document the indigenous knowledge and practices used in the rearing of local chickens in the Teso sub-region of Uganda.
2.To examine the perceived effectiveness of indigenous knowledge in the management and productivity of local chickens among smallholder farmers in the Teso sub-region.
3.To analyse the challenges affecting the application of indigenous knowledge in local chicken production among smallholder farmers in the Teso sub-region.
4.To propose strategies for strengthening and integrating indigenous knowledge with scientific approaches to improve sustainable local chicken production in the Teso sub-region.
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:43:14 |
2029-08-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Michael Ojok Obwona
ID: UNCST-2026-R025254
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Interrogating Museums as Neo-Colonial Spaces: Implications for the Preservation of Acholi History and Cultural Heritage in Uganda; 1894 to 2025.94-2025
REFNo: SS5688ES
To unpack the concept of museum among the Acholi People in Northern Uganda from 1894-2025.
2. To explore the historical foundations of the development of Museums in Uganda from 1894-2025.
3. To investigate the nature of museums as space of identity, power, and voices in Acholi Sub-Region
from 1894-2025.
4. To interrogate the implication of Museum as neo-colonial spaces for the preservation of Acholi
History and cultural heritage in Uganda from 1894-2025.
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:41:45 |
2029-08-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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KIMANI MUTURI
ID: UNCST-2026-R024517
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POPULAR CULTURE AND TREND ADOPTION IN CONTEMPORARY UGANDAN TEXTILES: A CASE OF SELECTED TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN KAMPALA AND MUKONO DISTRICTS, ca. 2000-2020
REFNo: SS5355ES
i. To examine the trends in popular culture that shaped contemporary Ugandan textiles in selected textile organisations in Kampala and Mukono Districts, ca. 2000-2020
ii. To evaluate the key aspects of popular culture that influenced preference to imported textiles in Kampala and Mukono districts of Uganda.
iii. To establish if popular culture was an agency for the domestication of imported contemporary Ugandan textiles in Kampala and Mukono districts ca. 2000-2020
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:39:06 |
2029-08-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Carolyne Maholo
ID: UNCST-2025-R022340
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A Critical Study Exploring the Participation of Youth with Disabilities in Livelihood Development Opportunities in Rural Uganda
REFNo: SS5659ES
1.To conduct a scoping review that maps and synthesizes evidence on community-based interventions in low-income countries that empower youth with disabilities through livelihood development and social inclusion.
2.To explore how youth with disabilities access livelihood opportunities and the factors influencing their participation in these opportunities.
3.To identify the livelihood opportunities in which youth with disabilities engage and how these address the challenges they encounter.
4.To examine how participation in livelihood opportunities shapes the agency, identity, and social inclusion of youth with disabilities.
5.To analyse the roles of key stakeholders in promoting the livelihood development of youth with disabilities.
6.To develop a contextually grounded framework for designing livelihood development programmes that foster social inclusion for youth with disabilities.
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:37:27 |
2029-08-11 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Racheal Cheptegei
ID: UNCST-2025-R022499
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Assessment of Factors Associated with Dietary Practices and Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Kisuggu and Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS8249ES
1. To identify the socio-economic characteristics and food security status of women attending antenatal clinics in Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala district.
2. To determine the nutritional status of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala
3. To assess dietary practices associated with the nutrition status of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala district.
4. To determine the nutritional quality of diets consumed by pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Kisugu and Kiswa Health Centre III, Kampala District.
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:35:03 |
2029-08-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Simon Kasasa
ID: UNCST-2021-R012861
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Access to essential medicines and products for selected disease conditions in Uganda and Kenya: A baseline for African Medicines Agency (AMA) products and measuring impact of Africas regional work-sharing efforts
REFNo: HS6590ES
General objective
To estimate the level of access to essential medicines and products of priority interest to the AMRH for selected disease conditions in Uganda and Kenya along the medicines value chain.
Specific objectives
(i) To establish the availability of country-adopted essential medicines and products from the AMA priority basket of products.
(ii) To describe the level of acceptability of these essential medicines and products among health workers and patients in the two countries.
(iii) To establish the current market prices for the recommended/AMA product scope of essential medicines for the selected disease conditions.
(iv) To measure the affordability of the essential medicines and products for the selected disease conditions.
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Uganda |
2026-08-11 20:31:49 |
2029-08-11 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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