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Jonathan Mayito
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Utility of the monocyte to lymphocyte ratio in diagnosing latent tuberculosis among HIV-infected individuals with a negative tuberculosis symptom screen.
REFNo: HS1066ES

1. To determine the diagnostic performance of the monocyte to lymphocyte ratio against IGRA in diagnosing latent TB among HIV-infected individuals with a negative tuberculosis symptom screen.
2. To determine the change in the monocytes to lymphocytes ratio measured at baseline, and three months among HIV-infected individuals during tuberculosis preventive therapy.

 Uganda 2021-03-05 2024-03-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Namulema Edith
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Evaluation of the Safety and Tolerability of the ‘LeVe CPAP Flow Generator’ in Healthy Volunteers at Mengo Hospital in Kampala Uganda
REFNo: HS1250ES

To determine the safety, tolerability and acceptability of the LeVe CPAP Flow Generator’ among healthy volunteers at Mengo Hospital and to ensure they do not cause harm.
 Uganda 2021-03-05 2024-03-05 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Patrice Mawa Akusa
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Establishing a pool of school-going adolescent girls and boys as immunisation ambassadors in Entebbe, Uganda
REFNo: HS1215ES

Overall rationale One way of engaging and empowering mothers and communities and linking them to immunisation services is by use of their own daughters and sons. The relationship between mother and her daughter is full of learning experiences and one of the strongest bonds. Mothers also have emotional relationship with their sons and will likely listen to them. Objectives The objective of the project is to establish a pool of school-going adolescent girls and boys as‘immunisation ambassadors’ and change agents able to engage and empower mothers and community members and link them to maternal and neonatal immunisation services by training them on vaccines and leadership skills.
Uganda 2021-03-03 2024-03-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Sylvia Nabukenya
ID: UNCST-2019-R000906
 UNDERSTANDING STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES, PREFERENCES AND EXPERIENCES FOR THE RETURN OF PHARMACOGENOMICS RESEARCH RESULTS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AIDS.
REFNo: SS735ES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To explore stakeholder perspectives, preferences and experiences in contribution to development of locally contextualized institutional guidelines for returning individual pharmacogenomics research results to people living with HIV.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1. To explore stakeholders’ attitudes, perspectives and experiences towards the return of individual pharmacogenomics research results among people living with HIV.

2. To determine factors that influence decisional preferences for receiving individual pharmacogenomics research results among people living with HIV

3. To develop institutional guidelines for the return of individual pharmacogenomics research results to research participants.

 Uganda 2021-03-03 2024-03-03 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Patrice Mawa Akusa
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Exploring immune responses in primary and more advanced Schistosoma mansoni infection and treatment of preschool-age children using Aurora spectral flow cytometry
REFNo: HS1223ES

Objective 1: To characterize immune responses of PSAC in primary and more advanced S. mansoni infection

Objective 2: To determine the effect of PZQ treatment of S. mansoni on immune responses in PSAC.

 Uganda 2021-03-03 2024-03-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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