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Henry Twinomujuni Kafunjo
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS1539ES

1) To assess the perceptions of traditional healers in Uganda on the use of an intellectual property system in the protection of traditional medicine knowledge.
2) To examine the suitability of an intellectual property system in protecting traditional medicine knowledge and practice.
3) To evaluate the factors that facilitate proper functioning of the intellectual property system in protecting traditional medicine knowledge and practice.

 Uganda 2023-02-27 10:10:15 2026-02-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
FRED TWINOMUGISHA
ID: UNCST-2024-R003414
 THE ROLE OF INVOLVING PATIENTS IN PROMOTING HAND HYGIENE PRACTICES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN MUKONO AND KAGADI DISTRICTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
REFNo: HS5449ES

1)To determine the level of knowledge and practice on hand hygiene among patients and health workers in selected healthcare facilities in Mukono and Kagadi districts, Uganda.
2)To explore the barriers and facilitators of involving patients in promoting hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers in selected healthcare facilities in Mukono and Kagadi districts, Uganda.
3)To explore the perceptions of healthcare workers on involving of patients in promoting hand hygiene practices in selected healthcare facilities in Mukono and Kagadi districts, Uganda.
4)To design and evaluate an intervention to improve hand hygiene among health workers.

Uganda 2025-04-11 14:30:15 2028-04-11 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ronald Twongyirwe
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Analysis of past and projected future land use change and its impact on sediment fluxes in the Rwizi catchment
REFNo: NS147ES

. Firstly, the project aims at strengthening the academic research capacity at the universities of Mbarara and Gulu (Uganda) by means of the training of two PhD-researchers and several postdoctoral researchers in the field of integrated watershed management. Secondly, the project will develop fundamental research on the, hitherto largely overlooked, coupling between demographic developments on the one hand, and the degradation of soil and water resources on the other hand. Thirdly, the results from this fundamental research will be translated into landscape transformation models that will allow land managers and policymakers to evaluate alternative devel-opment pathways for the catchment.
Uganda 2021-07-26 2024-07-26 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Timothy Wakabi Waiswa
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LINKAGE BETWEEN SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI INFECTION IN BABOONS AND HUMANS WITHIN FISHING VILLAGES OF KASESE AND RUBIRIZI DISTRICTS IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
REFNo: HS293ES

i. establish prevalence of S. mansoni in baboons and humans living in the fishing villages and factors associated with the infection ii. assess the knowledge and perception of people living in fishing villages in and around QENP on transmission of zoonotic Schistosomiasis iii. determine the geospatial and genetic relationship between S. mansoni in baboons and humans in fishing villages in and around QENP iv. assess feasibility of stakeholder-identified interventions for addressing Schistosomiasis within the fishing villages
Uganda 2019-01-22 2022-01-22 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Tyne  Williams Ashley
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Local Conceptions of Child Agency in Post-Conflict Reintegration
REFNo: SS1756ES

The aim of the study is to contribute a normative understanding and conceptualisation of child agency that moves beyond traditional assumptions to recognise the saliency of cultural and local normative conceptualisations
To achieve this aim, the primary objective is to formulate a new normative framework and conceptualisation of child agency in post-conflict reintegration based on the findings drawn from fieldwork conducted in northern Uganda.

The specific objectives to achieve the main objective are as follows:

1. To explore the conceptual and academic foundations of the key concepts inherent within the study, namely ‘the child,’ childhood, child soldier, agency, and reintegration.

2. To utilise the case study of northern Uganda’s former child soldiers and their experiences during both formal reintegration processes and informal participatory avenues to critically examine the applicability of the concepts to the reality of what is taking place.

3. To engage directly with FCS and their communities to draw upon their perspectives, realities, and actions to comprehend the nature of child agency and participation within a post-conflict society.

4. To determine the causal implications of a conceptualisation of child agency towards the formulation of reintegration programmes targeting children, particularly in relation to the incorporation of informal participatory avenues and local cultural norms within broader DDR processes.

5. To unpack the broader impact of the findings on the long-term sustainability of approaches to reintegration at a societal, regional, continental and international level.
 South Africa 2023-12-22 22:55:43 2026-12-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Tyler Zoanni
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In the Image of God: Christianity and Disability
REFNo: SS11ES

My research investigates the ideas and practices related to disability that arise within Christian disability ministries in Uganda, where they have become major providers of care and support (housing, advocacy, education, etc.). My research will answer the following questions: 1) In what sense are people with disabilities understood as made in the “image of God”? What ideas about disability, models of disabled personhood, and practices of disability sociality and politics do Christian groups in Uganda enact? 2) Why are Christian disability-focused efforts flourishing? 3) What catalyzed the rise of disability ministries? To what extent have ideas and practices centering on disability changed in recent Ugandan history in the context of Christian engagements with disability?
USA 2017-05-09 2020-05-09 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
EMMANUEL NAMBALE BUKUWA NAMBALE
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THE ROLE OF SAVINGS GROUPS ON SMALLHOLDER AGRO-INPUT USE IN SIRONKO DISTRICT, UGANDA
REFNo: A38ES

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of membership in a savings group on Agro-input use by smallholder farmers. Specific objectives 1. To determine the proportion of group savings spent on agro-inputs by group members 2. To determine the difference in use of agro-inputs between members and non-members of savings groups 3. To identify factors determining the level of spending on agro-inputs
Uganda 2019-02-12 2022-02-12 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Maureen Sylvia Kusiima
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Multisectoral maternal and child healthcare financing in Uganda
REFNo: SS1355ES

To develop a multisectoral MCH financing policy framework that can enable adequate funding for MCH programmes and interventions aimed at improving the MCH services and reducing maternal and child mortality by 2030.,To analyse the major determinants of enrolment of women and children for CBHIs to enable policymakers to adopt the best strategies for increasing enrolment and raise adequate MCH funds. ,To examine the relationship between Uganda’s healthcare financing strategy and access to MCH services that will inform decision making in MCH financing in Uganda.,To explore international best practices regarding multisectoral MCH financing strategies to gain knowledge and inform the development of a multisectoral MCH financing policy framework for Uganda.,
 Uganda 2022-07-13 10:42:17 2025-07-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lino Ika
ID: UNCST-2021-R011810
 A policy advocacy competency framework supporting municipal economic development in Uganda
REFNo: SS1159ES

The following objectives will guide this study. To conceptualise public policy advocacy in the local government setting using the Local Economic Development (LED) policy in public policy research. To discuss the challenges and weaknesses of policy advocacy and examine reasons for these. To analyse how Uganda's local government policy advocacy experience relates to the well-established frameworks that have been used to analyse policy advocacy in other contexts. To identify and examine the competency gaps among policy actors engaged in LED policy advocacy in the policy process in Arua City. To propose the construction of a competency framework for policy advocacy in local government context.
 Uganda 2022-02-15 2025-02-15 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lino Ika
ID: UNCST-2021-R011810
 Ergonomic safety factors and 3-6 year-old children's readiness to learn in selected Kampala City Nursery schools
REFNo: SS3770ES

The main objective of this study is to assess the effects of ergonomic safety factors on 3-6 year- old children's readiness to learn in selected Kampala City Nursery schools. The specific objectives are as follows: 1. Evaluate the ergonomic safety considerations for 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala City Nursery schools. 2. To examine the effects of the design of furniture on 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala City nursery schools. 3. To analyse the effects of sitting location on 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala city nursery schools. 4. Explore the classroom health related safety factors that influence 3-6 year-old children’s readiness to learn in selected Kampala city nursery schools.
 Uganda 2025-05-16 9:09:01 2028-05-16 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ucama Patrick ufoymungu
ID: UNCST-2023-R006573
 PERFORMANCE OF APRI SCORE COMPARED TO FIBROSCAN IN THE ASSESSMENT OF FIBROSIS AMONG ADULTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B INFECTION AT MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS4174ES

3. To determine the degree of agreement or disagreement between FibroScan and APRI Score in assessing the presence or absence of liver fibrosis among adults with Chronic Hepatitis B infection at the hepatitis clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.,2. To identify the factors associated with liver fibrosis among adults with Chronic Hepatitis B infection at the hepatitis clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.,1. To determine the prevalence of liver fibrosis among adults with chronic hepatitis B infection by using FibroScan and APRI Score at the hepatitis clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.,To compare the performance of APRI score to Fibroscan in the assessment of fibrosis among adults with chronic hepatitis B infection at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.,
 Burundi 2024-06-12 14:22:59 2027-06-12 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Robert  Lukande
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Post-Mortem Assessment of Pathogen and Anti-infective Distribution and Responses i HIV-Positive Patients
REFNo: HS24ES

• Use histopathology to determine pathogen (viral, fungal) distribution within and across tissue compartments\r\n• Improve diagnostic methods for HIV and AIDS-related infections\r\n• Determine distribution of anti-infective agents within and across tissue compartments\r\n
 Uganda 2016-12-13 2019-12-13 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Samson Udho
ID: UNCST-2021-R013728
 Respectful maternity care in childbirth among adolescents aged 14 to 19 years in rural northern Uganda: a mixed-method study
REFNo: HS2727ES

The objectives are to: 1. Determine the prevalence of D&A of adolescents by SBA during childbirth in public health facilities in rural northern Uganda. 2. Determine the predictors of D&A of adolescents by SBA during childbirth in public health facilities in rural northern Uganda. 3. Explore the experiences of D&A of adolescents by SBA during childbirth in public health facilities in rural northern Uganda. 4. Explore the drivers of D&A of adolescents aged by SBA during childbirth in public health facilities in rural northern Uganda.
 Uganda 2023-03-02 16:34:50 2026-03-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ulrike Lühe
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The politics of documentation and archiving: conflict and transitional justice archives in Uganda
REFNo: SS1924ES

Understand the impact of international TJ interventions in how the LRA conflict has been documented,Understand the interaction between international and local actors in conflict documentation,Understand documentation and archival practices at different levels if TJ governance,
 Germany 2023-10-02 15:46:58 2026-10-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Miri Stryjan
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Incentives, team work and borrower selection in Microfinance
REFNo: SS244ES

This research will evaluate a policy change taking place within a large Ugandan Microfinance institution (BRAC Uganda), in which the incentive schemes for the staff of the organization will be changed. Through this process, the goal is to study questions related to staff incentives, coordination, free riding, team work, team cohesion and local versus central decision making in management decisions.
Sweden 2018-10-02 2021-10-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Umaru Ssekabira Byansansa
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Assessing COVID-19 sero-prevalence from routine antenatal care visits in Moyo and Adjumani Districts, Uganda, 2021-2022
REFNo: HS1628ES

The aim of this activity is to determine COVID-19 sero-prevalence from women attending antenatal clinics for their first ANC visit in Moyo and Adjumani Districts from April 2021 to September 2022.
The specific objectives of this sero-prevalence assessment shall be to:
•Measure the sero-prevalence of antibodies to COVID-19 in the population of pregnant women attending first ANC by age group, in order to ascertain the cumulative population immunity
•Monitor trends and detect emerging hotspots of COVID-19 in selected geographic areas

 Uganda 2021-08-20 2024-08-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
George Alaneme Uwadiegwu
ID: UNCST-2024-R003261
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PREDICTIVE MODELLING OF MECHANICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF GEOPOLYMER-CONCRETE MADE FROM BLENDED BAGASSE AND BANANA-PEEL-ASH
REFNo: SIR365ES

i. To characterize Bagasse ash (BA) and Banana peel ash (BPA) as a geopolymer precursor
ii. To ascertain the optimal combination of the concrete mixture incorporating Bagasse ash (BA) and Banana peel ash (BPA) to replace ordinary Portland cement.
iii. To determine the mechanical and rheological properties of Bagasse ash (BA) and Banana peel ash (BPA) and blended geopolymer concrete matrix.
iv. To develop soft computing predictive models of ANN, GEP and ANFIS to explore the relationships between the Alkalis-activated binder blend and the rheological and mechanical strength response.
v. To compare and validate the models developed in (iv).

 Nigeria 2024-12-23 12:28:18 2027-12-23 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Esther Uwimaana
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Heme oxygenase-1 and neopterin plasma levels and their role in distinguishing active from latent TB in HIV/TB co-infected patients
REFNo: HS301ES

1. To determine and compare the median plasma levels of HO-1 1(in pg/ml) and neopterin (in ng/ml) among HIV patients co-infected with active TB, latent TB infection and individuals without TB infection alone attending Rubaga hospital. 2. To determine the diagnostic performance (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values and negative predictive values) of HO-1 and neopterin in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection using QuantiFERON2-TB test for latent TB infection as the gold standard. 3. To determine the diagnostic performance (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values and negative predictive values) of HO-1 and neopterin in diagnosis of active tuberculosis using sputum culture as the gold standard. 4. To determine the correlation between neopterin and HO-1 plasma levels with QuantiFERON2-TB Gold test in diagnosing latent TB infection.
Uganda 2019-02-19 2022-02-19 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Viola Karungi
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Critical Theatre: An Analysis of Plays Representing the concepts of Violence, Injustice and the nature of Imperialism in regard to the War (1987-2006) in Northern Uganda.
REFNo: SS605ES

The major research question for the study is:
i. How do the plays Silent Voices, Forgotten World and Forged in Fire about the war in northern Uganda contribute to understanding the role of contemporary critical theatre in light of Uganda’s history of critical theatre?
The sub-questions are:
i. How do the plays represent the concept of violence on victims of the war in northern Uganda?
ii. How do the plays expose the nature of imperialism by the donor countries and institutions from the West that gave donor and humanitarian aid during the war and in its immediate aftermath?
iii. How do the plays represent the concept of injustice and how it is shaped by violence and imperialism regarding the war in northern Uganda?


Uganda 2020-11-23 2023-11-23 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Velma  Kivali Majani
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Microbial contamination at slaughter and retail points of the pork value chain in Uganda
REFNo: HS1820ES

1.To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for non-typhoidal Salmonella infection among meat handlers in the pork value chain in selected cities in Uganda 2.To determine prevalence of non-typhoidal Salmonella in pig carcasses and pork at various points in the pork value chain and to evaluate risk factors associated with those prevalences in selected cities in Uganda 3.To determine the levels of contamination with coliforms in pig carcasses and pork at various points in the chain and evaluate risk factors associated with those levels in selected cities in Uganda 4.To characterize non-typhoidal Salmonella from swine, humans and the slaughter/retail environments in Uganda and determine the potential for pig to transmission.
Kenya 2021-11-03 2024-11-03 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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