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Aloysius Ssennyonjo Ssennyonjo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013504
 COVID-19 Lockdown in Slums Informal Urban Settlements: Social and- Health Effects, Coping Strategies and Lessons for Improving the Livelihood of the Urban Poor in Kisenyi, Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS887ES

General Objective
To explore the social and health effects of COVID-19 lockdown, coping strategies and lessons for improving the livelihood of the urban poor in Kisenyi, Kampala, Uganda
Specific Objectives

1. To assess the immediate health effects of COVID 19 lockdown among the urban poor in Kampala
2. To assess the immediate social effects of COVID 19 lockdown among the urban poor in Kampala
3. To explore how the urban poor households coped with selected effects of the COVID-19 lockdown
4. To explore lessons for mitigating the effects of COVID 19 lockdown in the immediate recovery phase and consider implications for long term programming for urban poor.

 Uganda 2021-02-02 2024-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Julius Tumusiime
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Dynamics of Snail Species and Interventions to Reduce associated Schistosoma and Fasciola Parasitic Infections: A Citizen Scientists’ approach in Western Uganda
REFNo: NS148ES

1. determining the diversity and spatial-temporal distribution of freshwater snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma/Fasciola parasites.
2. evaluating the diversity of Schistosoma/Fasciola trematodes shed per snail host: comparison of traditional and molecular methods.
3. examining the biotic (macrophyte, vertebrate hosts) and abiotic (rainfall, pH, DO, EC, temperature, inorganic ions) factors that influence the occurrence of Schistosoma/Fasciola snail hosts.
4. assessing the dependability/reliability of citizen researchers’ malacological survey, snail species identification and disease risk hotspot identification.

Uganda 2021-01-29 2024-01-29 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Alex Saturday
ID: UNCST-2023-R007459
 INVESTIGATION OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS IN LAKE BUNYONYI, SOUTH-WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: NS149ES

i. To determine the Spatio-temporal variations of bacterial fecal indicators of water in Lake Bunyonyi.
ii. To assess the Spatio-temporal variations in phytoplankton composition and biomass in the water of Lake Bunyonyi.
iii. To determine the Spatio-temporal variations of physicochemical quality of water in Lake Bunyonyi.
iv. To examine the seasonal variations of the trophic state conditions of Lake Bunyonyi ecosystem
v. To investigate the processes that governs nutrient dynamics in Lake Bunyonyi ecosystem.

Uganda 2021-01-28 2024-01-28 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Emily Otali
ID:
A study of health and forage patterns of wild African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata) and their impact on the survival of Kibale National Park, its threatened chimpanzees and elephants.
REFNo: A82ES

The general objective for this study is to engage farmers and students living around Kibale National Park, Uganda, in an accessible and culturally relevant participatory science project that collects and analyzes data measuring colony health and foraging plants of wild African honeybees for a period of two years. This will be achieved through:
• Developing participatory science project appropriate for rural Ugandan farmers and partnering students.
• Establishing baseline colony health and forage patterns for the wild African honey bee in the Kibale National Park ecosystem.
• Determining if colony health and forage patterns for the wild African honey bee knowledge will help achieve maximum honey yields and increased forage diversity.

 Uganda 2021-01-28 2024-01-28 Agricultural Sciences Non-degree Award
Jackson Mukonzo
ID: UNCST-2021-R013916
 IDENTIFICATION, VALIDATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AVAILABLE DRUG MOLECULES FOR CLINICAL TREATMENT OF COVID-19.-IVCOM
REFNo: HS1065ES

1. Explore the clinical use of combination anticoagulant: lower dose aspirin and ivermectin, an FDA-approved anti-parasitic drug therapy in treatment of COVID-19 patients in an exploratory randomized trial.
2. To identify target molecules through testing and screening for SARS-CoV-2 activity of existing substances, molecules or formulations on basis of registered activity claims or scientific evidence for anti- SARS-CoV-2 activity including herbal preparations, quinolone derivatives (chloroquine and hydroxyquinoline) in combination with zinc, HIV entry and protease inhibitors, HCV protease inhibitors and entry inhibitors as well as agents with inhibitory and down regulatory effect on ACE2 and those that might be identified thorough literature search.
3. Use bioinformatics tools to perform structural optimization of molecules identified in objective 2 above for efficacy and safety of COVID-19 patents and conduct early phase clinical trials on the resulting molecules.
Uganda 2021-01-28 2024-01-28 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
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