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Annet Khaoya Irene
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Women (in VSLA) Respond
REFNo: SS847ES

The study will be guided by the following key objectives which will also inform the key assessment questions during the survey • To assess how VSLAs (as collectives) and VSLA members are being affected by and coping with the pandemic • To assess the role VSLAs (as collectives) are playing in local response, including not only financial but also social (including health) and political roles • What action and support VSLAs need or want to see from other stakeholders including local and national authorities
Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PaweÅ‚ SzymaÅ„ski
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Trade-off between species recognition and individual discrimination in tropical Turtur doves
REFNo: NS256ES

Song is a fundamental signal associated with sexual selection in birds. The processes that allow for species
recognition as well as for individual recognition are inextricably linked and prerequisite for subsequent
decisions about strategy of territory defence and mate choice. The two mentioned functions are somewhat
contradictory, as species recognition needs the uniform feature of a song within a species, whereas
individual recognition is only possible if individuals within a species are somehow acoustically
different. This may lead to conflicting selection pressures that are dependent on the chance of mistaken
species recognition and the importance of individual recognition. The problem that we want to deal with in
this project is the evolutionary compromise between species specific uniformity and individual-specificity of
acoustic signals produced in a sexual selection context. Our model system, the dove species from the Turtur
genus inhabit forest-woodland-savanna habitats in Sub-Saharan Africa. Firstly, we want to describe the
advertisement song variation among and within all Turtur species, in order to identify species and
individually specific song features. Second, we want to experimentally test how birds respond to songs of
the same species and different species in populations occurring allopatrically and sympatrically; and if birds
can discriminate between neighbours and strangers and how similar, co-existing species affect this process.
We plan to use molecular methods to confirm phylogenetic relatedness among the five species and analyse
the genetic structure of same- and different-species populations living in sympatry and allopatry.
 Poland 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JOAN TUSABE
ID: UNCST-2021-R013942
 Understanding knowledge, perceptions and healthcare seeking practices of rural communities in the management of snake bites in Kamuli district.
REFNo: SS912ES

1.To explore and learn from the knowledge, perceptions and preffered health care seeking practices for snake bites among the adult population aged 18-65 years in Kamuli district.

2.To explore knowledge, perceptions and the preferred health care-seeking practices for snake bites among health care workers in Kamuli district

3.To explore the knowledge, perceptions and preferred health care seeking bahaviour among victims of snakebites in Kamuli district.

 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francis Kalule Kizito
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Molecular identification of benzimidazole resistance associated with beta-tubulin gene in adult Haemonchus contortus worms from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda
REFNo: A133ES

1. To identify common intestinal parasites from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda
2. To determine the prevalence of Haemonchus contortus species identified from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda.
3. To determine the importance of ITS- 2 gene in analyzing genetic diversity among isolates of Haemonchus contortus.
4. To determine the frequency of benzimidazole resistant SNPS F200Y, F167Y and E198A in the partial β-tubulin isotype 1 gene of Haemonchus contortus identified from goats slaughtered in Kalerwe abattoir in Uganda.

 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Noeline Nakasujja
ID: UNCST-2019-R001428
 ASSESSING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY AND REGULATIONS AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT (PRASH) AT MAKERERE UNIVERSIT
REFNo: SS925ES

1. To assess the extent to which the recommendations from the 2018 committee on SM&H, and the 2018 amendments to PRASH have been implemented.
2. To conduct a dialogue among the University’s key stakeholders focused on addressing SM&H and creating a safe working and learning environment at the Makerere University.
3. To develop a set of recommendations to improve the monitoring and implementation of PRASH

 Uganda 2021-07-07 2024-07-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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