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PETER OMASWA
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Relevance and Factors Affecting Exchange of Plant Material and Data to Conservation
REFNo: NS156ES

General Objective
To assess the importance of plant material and data exchange between African and European Institutions for conservation.

Specific Objectives
1. To review the extent to which plant material and data are exchanged between African and European institutions.

2. To evaluate the opportunities and constraints to plant material and plant data exchange between African and European Botanical Institutions.

3. To evaluate the proportion of exchanged plant material and data translated into conservation applications.


 Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Carolyn Nakisige
ID:
Preventing cervical cancer in HIV-infected Kenyan and Ugandan women
REFNo: HS1372ES

1. To evaluate HR-HPV DNA testing of self-collected vaginal swabs combined with VIA in screening for cervical cancer in HIV-infected women.
2. Determine if aflatoxin is a risk factor for cervical cancer among HIV-infected Kenyan and Ugandan women.
 Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Alice  Emasu
ID: UNCST-2021-R013920
 EXPERIENCES OF LIVING WITH OBSTETRIC FISTULA AMIDST COVID -19 PANDEMIC IN EAST AND CENTRAL UGANDA: Qualitative study.
REFNo: HS1464ES

General Objective
To document the experiences of living with fistula amidst the COVID-19 pandemic among women who developed OF during corona virus pandemic, those who had fistula and had started seeking for care, those who were repaired and were at the stage of reintegration and those declared as incurable between 15-49 years of age from Eastern and Central Uganda

Specific objectives

1) To document participant’s awareness about COVID 19 Pandemic

2) To explore the perceptions of women living with OF amidst COVID 19 Pandemic

3) To explore the effect of COVID -19 on the livelihood of women with OF.

4) To explore experience in accessing fistula services among women reintegrating and screened for surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Scovia  Mbalinda Nalugo
ID: UNCST-2020-R014259
 Aging with HIV: Experiences and challenges of older adults 50 years and above living with HIV
REFNo: HS1759ES

3. To explore determine the challenges faced by older adults 50 years and above aging with HIV.,2. To describe the experiences of older adults 50 years and above aging with HIV.,The goal of this study is to explore the experiences, perceptions, and challenges of older adults 50 years and above aging with HIV.,
 Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Juma Kalyegira
ID:
The Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction for the Psychological Wellbeing and Social-Cultural integration of Refugees in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda
REFNo: SS905ES

• To estimate the relationship between the three psychological basic needs satisfaction (Autonomy, relatedness and competence) to the psychological wellbeing of refugees.
• To determine whether the basic psychological needs satisfaction influences refugee integration.
• To find out what factors influence the need satisfaction/frustration for refugees and how?
• To estimate whether physical and psychological need satisfaction interact in an “unprepared to benefit” or “buffering against adversity” direction?

Uganda 2021-10-08 2024-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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