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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
Nicholus Nanyeenya
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Viral Non-Suppression, Drug Resistance, Perceptions and Effectiveness of Intensive Adherence Counselling among People Living With HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy with Low-Level Viraemia in Uganda
REFNo: HS2008ES

d) To determine the effectiveness of intensive adherence counselling in achieving a non-detectable viral load in the management of LLV among PLHIV on ART in Uganda (Sub-study Four).,c) To explore the perceptions of low-level viraemia among PLHIV on ART and healthcare providers in Uganda (Sub-study Three).,b) To understand the prevalence of HIV drug resistance among PLHIV on ART with low-level viraemia, highlighting the significant mutations, in Uganda (Sub-study Two).,a) To determine the viral non-suppression trends among PLHIV on ART with low-level viraemia from 2016 to 2020 in Uganda (Sub-study One).,The aim of the study is to determine viral non-suppression trends, HIV drug resistance prevalence, perceptions and effectiveness of intensive adherence counselling among people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy with low-level viraemia in Uganda; to generate information which may guide the review of the HIV consolidated guidelines and the review of the current viral load testing algorithm in the country. ,
Uganda 2022-01-18 2025-01-18 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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