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Vandana Sharma
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Assessing StrongMinds’ Community-based Therapy Groups with a Gender Lens
REFNo: SS954ES

The overall objective of this research is to better understand gender outcomes of StrongMinds programming, including the experience of women participants of both in-person and remote IPT-G with respect to safety and GBV risks.
 Canada 2021-08-16 2024-08-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Achilles Katamba
ID: UNCST-2019-R000540
 Validating a Clinical Risk Score for early Management of Tuberculosis in Ugandan Primary Health Clinics - PredicTB study
REFNo: HS1622ES

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of the PredicTB clinical risk score on clinical outcomes. 2. To evaluate the implementation of the PredicTB clinical risk score. 3. To project the long-term impact and cost-effectiveness of PredicTB implementation.
Uganda 2021-08-16 2024-08-16 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Denis Muhangi
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Enhancing Institutional Capacity for Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Animals
REFNo: A141ES

Program objectives
1. To enhance technical capacity of MakSVAR-IACUC to international accreditation level.
2. Establish an Institutional Biosafety committee at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity.
3. To enhance awareness of the national guidelines for the use of animals in research and teaching among researchers and training institutions.

Specific study objectives

1. To determine the status of practices for the ethical conduct for research involving animals in Uganda.
2. To evaluate the available practices for ethical conduct for intervention.

Uganda 2021-08-16 2024-08-16 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kenneth Ssebambulidde Ssebambulidde
ID: UNCST-2021-R013976
 Relationship between maternal or newborn cholesterol levels and neonatal septicaemia: A Ugandan cohort of mother-new-born pairs
REFNo: HS1204ES

Primary objective: To elucidate a relationship between maternal and neonatal cholesterol levels and neonatal septicaemia

Secondary objectives:
1. To determine whether abnormal maternal cholesterol levels are associated with a risk for neonatal septicaemia.
2. To describe the correlation between maternal cholesterol levels and cord blood neonatal cholesterol levels at birth.
3. To determine the association between cord blood cholesterol levels and neonatal septicaemia

Uganda 2021-08-11 2024-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
ANTHONY KAYIIRA
ID: UNCST-2020-R014108
 Prognostic value of serum hCG-β level, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting live birth among Ugandan women.
REFNo: HS1569ES

4. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of serum hCG-β level cut offs, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting pregnancy loss,3. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of serum hCG-β level cut offs, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting clinical pregnancy ,2. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of serum hCG-β level cut offs, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting biochemical pregnancy ,1. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of serum hCG-β level cut offs, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting live birth,To evaluate the prognostic value of serum hCG-β level cut off, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting pregnancy outcome among Ugandan women following an IVF-ET cycle.,
 Uganda 2021-08-11 2024-08-11 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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