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Victoria Namukwaya Agir Kibirige
ID: UNCST-2024-R016385
 Globalisation and the informal sector in Kampala Central Division, Uganda
REFNo: SS3985ES

1.To examine the relationship between liberalised trade and informal sector sustainability in Kampala Central Division, Uganda.
2.To evaluate the relationship between technology use and informal sector sustainability in Kampala Central Division, Uganda.
3.To assess the relationship between migration and informal sector sustainability in Kampala Central Division, Uganda.
4.To assess the mediating effects of government policies on the relationship between globalisation and informal sector sustainability in Kampala Central Division, Uganda.

 Uganda 2026-02-10 16:09:27 2029-02-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria KAKOOZA
ID:
USING STATISTICAL MODEL TO ADDRESS THE DYNAMICS OF STARVATION IN KARAMOJA REGION.
REFNo: NS593ES

(i) To establish conditions for the existence and persistence of starvation in Karamoja sub region.
(ii) To formulate a statistical model for the dynamics of starvation.
(iii) To perform the sensitivity analysis with respect to the identified parameters and variables that lead to the onset of the starvation.
(iv) To find out the impact of education in solving the starvation problem in Karamoja sub-region.

 Uganda 2023-12-01 16:11:10 2026-12-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Vidhya Sivanantham
ID: UNCST-2026-R023441
 Unpacking the Work of Healthcare Providers in Short-Term Medical Missions: An Institutional Ethnography Study in Uganda
REFNo: HS7011ES

The overall aim of the study is to examine how healthcare provider work is socially and institutionally organized during short-term medical and dental outreach in Kalangala District, Uganda.

The specific objectives are to:
1. Map existing evidence on how short-term medical and dental missions organize provider roles and workflows through a scoping review.
2. Explore how institutional texts (e.g., protocols, referral tools, policies) and local practices shape day-to-day decision-making among local and visiting providers. 3. Analyze how decision-making hierarchies and communication structures influence care delivery and interprofessional collaboration across local and international teams.
 Canada 2026-02-02 12:10:35 2029-02-02 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Emmanuel Viga Emmanuel
ID:
MORAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN CIVIC HUMANITARIANISM: RELATIONAL AID AMONGST SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS832ES

This research will majorly attempt to answer the question How is accountability of relational aid in civic humanitarianism conceptualized and managed in protracted crisis. This will be achieved by answering the following sub questions:- 1. What differentiates civic humanitarianism from mainstream humanitarian actors? 2. What is relational aid within civic humanitarianism? and how is accountability understood within the concept of relational aid? 3. What are the accountability practices in civic humanitarian aid? 4- How do different accountability forms influence aid delivery?
Uganda 2021-11-23 2024-11-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria Nzarubara Patricia
ID: UNCST-2024-R015837
 Digital Transformation, Quality of Work Life, Subjective Well-Being and Coping strategies in the Uganda Police Force
REFNo: SS3574ES

7. To identify the most prevalent coping strategies adopted among police officers in the UPF.,6. To assess the perceptions of the police officers towards the digital transformation in the UPF.,5. To examine the experiences of the police officers in the UPF regarding their SWB. ,4. To determine whether coping strategies moderates the association between digital transformation and SWB among police officers in the UPF. ,3. To examine the association between digital transformation and SWB among police officers in the UPF.,2. To investigate the relationship between QWL and SWB among police officers in the UPF.,1. To assess the association between digital transformation and QWL among police officers in the UPF.,
 Uganda 2025-09-24 16:30:15 2028-09-24 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Vincentina Achora
ID:
Postpartum haemorrhage in Northern Uganda: Community perspectives; burden and associated factors; Health Facilities preparedness for its management; and outcomes
REFNo: HS518ES

1. To explore the community perspectives of PPH in Lira district.
2. To assess the level of health facilities preparedness for management of labour, delivery and postnatal care in prevention of PPH in Lira district.
3. To describe the burden and factors associated with PPH among mothers delivering in Lira district and Lacor Referral hospital.
4. To describe the factors associated with outcomes of PPH among mothers delivering in Lira district and Lacor Referral hospital.

 Uganda 2020-02-21 2023-02-21 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Anna  Vitari
ID: UNCST-2024-R002485
 The nature of the firm revisited: Documenting Relational Contracts within and between firms in Uganda
REFNo: SS3360ES

Our end objective is to shed light on the constraints that prevent a myriad of micro-entrepreneurs from turning into salaried workers hired by firms. This would contribute to our understanding of structural change and how it fundamentally hinges on a transformation in the organization of labor (Bandiera et al. 2022). Moreover, we aim to investigate whether the evidence points to the existence of multiple equilibria and, if so, what the transition phase of moving from one equilibrium to another involves. In doing this, we will also shed light on the role that policymakers can play in creating coordination devices to select the “good equilibrium,In this proposal, we seek to deepen our understanding of the dynamics and payoffs that govern relational contracts in different industries operating in Kampala, Uganda. This will enhance our knowledge of the barriers to firm growth and specialization in developing countries, a well-known puzzle in the literature on structural transformation and growth (Hsieh and Olken 2014). In particular, by documenting the nature of the relationships between and within firms, we aim to understand the organizational frictions that prevent firms from merging, a necessary condition for countries’ structural transformation. ,
 Italy 2025-05-14 9:36:07 2028-05-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
David Lwanga
ID:
CONFLICTING PRESSURES FOR CHANGE AND INSTITUTIONAL LEGITIMACY IN KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY, UGANDA.
REFNo: SS780ES

5. To find out the extent to which quantitative results on institution legitimacy of KCCA supports the initial qualitative results.,4. To examine the extent to which the legitimacy of KCCA is a result of harmonizing conflicting pressures for change. ,3. To find out how KCCA dealt with pressures resisting change during the transformation period.,2. To establish the strategic responses that KCCA adopted to attain institutional legitimacy.,1. To establish what institutional pressures influenced the transformation of KCC to KCCA.,To understand how Kampala Capital City Authority attained institutional legitimacy amidst conflicting pressures for change, that is how change initiatives can be positively embraced, hence creating self-reinforcing sequences for institutional legitimacy. ,
 Uganda 2021-04-06 2024-04-06 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Victor Kalenzi
ID:
Succession planning factors, transition process and the continuity of small and medium-size family businesses in Fort Portal City Uganda
REFNo: SS2862ES

i. To examine the influence of internal succession planning facets on family business continuity in Fort Portal Tourism City, Uganda. ii. To assess the influence of external succession planning facets on family business continuity in Fort Portal Tourism City, Uganda.
iii. To investigate the mediating influence of succession process (transition) on the relationship between succession planning facets and family business community in Fort Portal Tourism City.

 Uganda 2024-08-29 18:50:55 2027-08-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Viola Karungi
ID: UNCST-2024-R003996
 ENOUGH! Vulnerability, Perseverance and Resistance in the 21st Century: a Docu-Drama Film about lived-experiences of Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Uganda
REFNo: SS4572ES

To assess the aftermath of victimhood for the respondents.,To explore the copying mechanisms employed by the respondents to endure suffering. ,To examine the circumstances that led to domestic violence for the respondents. ,To analyze lived-experiences of victims/survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Kampala and Bushenyi.,
 Uganda 2026-01-19 16:54:10 2029-01-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
VINCENT KIBERU MICHEAL
ID:
Implementing and evaluation of a low-resource digital infrastructure in Uganda: Visualization and Interpretation of Radiographic Images (VIoRI) to improve access to imaging services at Mulago and Kayunga regional referral hospitals.
REFNo: HS1287ES

a) To determine the diagnostic accuracy (specificity and sensitivity) of ordinary core i3 PC based display systems when compared to the dedicated PACS Workstations.
b) To determine the quality of JPEG images on ordinary core i3 PC’s compared to the DICOM images generated by the PACS workstations.
c) To determine the turnaround time of patient’s diagnosis processes using ordinary core i3 PC based digital display systems relative to the PACS workstations.
d) To strengthen research capacity and collaborations with the Ministry of Health so as to allow continuity of innovative digital health research that informs improved service provision.

 Uganda 2021-03-17 2024-03-17 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Kisembo Vincent
ID: UNCST-2024-R003679
 NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN-ECOLOGICAL WELLBEING IN THE OIL AND GAS SUB SECTOR IN BUNYORO SUB-REGION
REFNo: SS2971ES

the study's main objective is to assess natural resource governance and human-ecological wellbeing in the oil and gas sub sector in Bunyoro sub-region, specifically in the districts of Hoima, Kikuube and Buliisa.
Specifically, the study aims to;
1. To analyse the established legal and institutional framework for oil natural resource governance in ensuring the well-being of human -ecological wellbeing in Buliisa, Hoima and Kikuube districts
2. To examine the policies on human wellbeing to the communities in the Oil and Gas sub sector in Buliisa, Hoima and Kikuube districts
3. To analyze the implications of oil and gas sub sector activities on ecological wellbeing in Buliisa, Hoima and Kikuube districts.
4. To examine social and environmental challenges emanating from Oil and gas activities in Buliisa, Hoima and Kikuube districts

Uganda 2024-08-26 15:11:29 2027-08-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Victoria Isika Kiasyo
ID: UNCST-2025-R017083
 WOMEN'S DIGITAL SAFETY: Measurement for bolstering policy response
REFNo: SS3824ES

1. Conduct formative, human-centered research. We plan to co-create an instrument and contextualize our understanding of TFGBV, we will hold co-creation workshops with women and institutional stakeholders. 2. Translate formative human-centered findings to measurement. We will use qualitative insights from Aim 1 to compare local findings with existing TFGBV measures (developed mostly in high-income settings). 3. Pilot novel measure of TF-GBV exposure. We will pilot a quantitative instrument and submit this in an amendment to this ethics proposal. This amendment will specify the instrument, sampling, data collection procedures, analytical plan, community engagement and dissemination plan. Briefly, a long-list of items will be tested through quantitative surveys delivered both in person and digitally. Output from these surveys will enable us to validate and refine the instrument before dissemination.
 Kenya 2025-05-07 18:23:51 2028-05-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Violet Korutaro
ID: UNCST-2019-R000618
 Baylor-IMPAACT-004: IMPAACT 2009; Protocol titled: Pharmacokinetics, Feasibility, Acceptability, and Safety of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Primary HIV Prevention during Pregnancy and Postpartum in Adolescents and Young Women and their Infants Ver
REFNo: HS252ES

a) Primary Objective for PK Component • To determine the concentration of Tenofovir diphosphate (TDF-DP) associated with adequate adherence to FTC/TDF among women observed ingesting daily oral Prep during pregnancy and postpartum. b) Secondary Objective for PK Component • To compare TFV-DP concentrations observed in pregnant and postpartum women c) Primary Objectives for PrEP Comparison Component • To characterise PrEP adherence among HIV- uninfected young women during pregnancy and for twenty-six weeks postpartum, when provided with enhanced adherence support through mobile technology and counselling based on observed drug levels. • To assess the safety of FTC/TDF for PrEP during pregnancy and postpartum by comparing pregnancy outcomes and maternal and infant safety between cohorts. d) Other objectives for PrEP Comparison Component • To identify individual, social and structural barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake during pregnancy, and to adherence during pregnancy and postpartum. • To compare reported sexual risk behaviours and incidence of sexually transmitted infection, among women who initiate PrEP during pregnancy versus women who decline PrEP. • To compare antiretroviral drug resistance among women and infants who acquires HIV and without exposure to FTC/TDF for PrEP, including whether resistance was transmitted or acquired at time of transmission. • To compare bone density in women who initiated PrEP during pregnancy and women who decline PrEP. e) Exploratory Objective for PrEP Comparison Component • To describe the composition of and changes in the maternal vaginal and gut microbiome and infant gut microbiome according to PrEP exposure.
Uganda 2018-10-30 2021-10-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Violet Korutaro
ID: UNCST-2019-R000618
 IMPAACT 2017: Phase I/II Study of the Safety, Acceptability, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Oral and Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir and Long-Acting Injectable Rilpivirine in Virologically Suppressed HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents. Short title: ‘MOCHA’ (More Options for Children and Adolescents), DAIDS # 30070, IND # 138,754
REFNo: HS1512ES

To assess the safety of CAB LA + RPV LA through Week 24 in HIV-infected, virologically suppressed adolescents,To confirm the doses for oral CAB followed by injectable CAB LA in HIV-infected, virologically suppressed adolescents by evaluating: Safety and multiple dose PK of oral CAB through Week 4, Safety and multiple dose PK of CAB LA through Week 16, and to confirm doses for injectable RPV LA in HIV-infected, virologically suppressed adolescents by evaluating safety and multiple dose PK of RPV LA through Week 16,To confirm the dose and evaluate the safety, tolerability, acceptability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of oral cabotegravir (CAB), long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB LA), and long-acting injectable rilpivirine (RPV LA) in virologically suppressed HIV‐1 infected children and adolescents aged 12 to <18 years.,
 Uganda 2021-08-16 2024-08-16 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Violet Korutaro
ID: UNCST-2019-R000618
 IMPAACT Early Career Investigator Award entitled, “Breastmilk Biomarkers of Inflammation, Immune Activation, and Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) in Women with vs. without Vertical Transmission During Breastfeeding
REFNo: HS4086ES

1. Determine the concentrations of total and various composition of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) (lacto-N-fucopentaose; lacto-N-neotetraose; lacto-N- tetraose; 2#-fucosyllactose; 3-fucosyllactose; and three #-sialyllactose); Immunoglobulin isotypes and subclasses (IgG1, IgG2b, IgG2c, and IgG3) in breastmilk of WWH at delivery (up to 5-days) and 4-6 weeks postpartum.

2. Assess the associations of HMO composition and immunoglobulin subclasses with breastmilk-associated HIV transmission.


 Uganda 2024-04-26 9:53:07 2027-04-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Victor Lomonyang
ID: UNCST-2025-R017018
 Prevalence of perceived stigma and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis (TB). A cross-sectional study in Napak district, Karamoja region, Uganda.
REFNo: HS6105ES

Overall Objective: To determine the prevalence of perceived stigma and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis in Napak district, Karamoja region, Uganda. Specific Objective 1: To determine the prevalence of perceived stigma among patients with tuberculosis in Napak District. Specific Objective 2: To identify the factors associated with perceived TB stigma among patients with tuberculosis in Napak District.
Uganda 2025-08-08 16:26:22 2028-08-08 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Valence Mfitumukiza
ID: UNCST-2024-R004532
 Enteric pathogens and intestinal injury in Ugandan children with malaria RefNO: KABREC-2024-155
REFNo: HS4732ES

To examine the association of invasive enteric pathogens with stool and circulating host markers of intestinal and systemic inflammation,To define the frequency of common enteric pathogens among children with malaria and diarrhea, comparing to controls without malaria and/or diarrhea.,To characterize enteric pathogens in children with falciparum malaria and diarrhea as potential drivers of intestinal leak and systemic inflammation,
 Uganda 2024-10-31 15:49:23 2027-10-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
VINCENT MUBANGIZI
ID: UNCST-2024-R004232
 Opti-MaP (Optimising Implementation of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response to prevent avoidable future deaths in Uganda
REFNo: HS4630ES

To review existing tools, develop and adapt a harmonised toolbox of resources to optimise MPDSR implementationTo co-design customised an "intervention package" using the toolboxTo evaluate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the "customised intervention package" to reduce perinatal and maternal mortalityTo develop and adapt a harmonised toolbox of resources to optimise MPDSR implementation
 Uganda 2024-08-06 18:02:24 2027-08-06 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
VINCENT MUBANGIZI
ID: UNCST-2024-R004232
 RAMPS: REDUCING ALCOHOL PROBLEM DRINKING AND MALNUTRITION THROUGH INCOME-GENERATING PEER SUPPORT GROUPS
REFNo: HS5394ES

To document and evaluate the first peer support groups for men with alcohol problem drinking in Isingiro district
 Uganda 2025-02-20 17:49:15 2028-02-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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