Jihane Farhat Ben
ID:
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Evaluation of two strategies part of the Differentiated Services Delivery Models
(DSDM) in Fishermen’s landing sites at Lakes George and Edward, Western
Uganda.
REFNo: HS1574ES
The main objective of the study is to describe acceptability and outcomes (VL suppression and
retention) relevance of MSF Landing site activities for the target populations to reorient
activities and document best practices.
The specific objectives are:
- To measure the proportion of eligible patients who enrol in CCLADs and FTR
- To compare characteristics of patients choosing CCLAD with those choosing FTR
- To measure the retention in care in CCLADS and in FTR at 6 and 12 months
- To measure the viral suppression for patients enrolled in CCLADS and in FTR for at least 1 year
- To describe acceptability and relevance of DSDM, peer zonal leaders, peers at the health facilities, VIP clinic days, OJT/CMEs for health workers and the information points.
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France |
2021-09-22 |
2024-09-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Caroline Fryns
ID:
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Infant-directed vocalizations in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
REFNo: NS272ES
There is clear evidence that surrounding and directed vocalizations have a part in the development of the vocal competence of infants. What part each input plays in vocal development is, however, unclear. As such, the overall aim of this study is to investigate further on the presence and the roles of the different vocal inputs available during the vocal development of wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). More precisely, the study sets out to identify infant-directed vocalizations and characterize its acoustic and structural properties as well as investigate on its function in respect to ISV on the three different levels of vocal acquisition (see Table 1 for a summary of the hypotheses): production, comprehension and usage (Seyfarth & Cheney, 2010).
This study is part of a wider initiative which sets out to understand the evolution of human language and consequently the evolution of the learning mechanisms set in place in parallel throughout closely related species.
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France |
2022-06-22 12:11:58 |
2025-06-22 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Guillaume DESOUBEAUX V
ID:
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microMONKEY
A model of international translational study to address the prevention of fungal infection in African great apes based on the One Health concept
REFNo: NS420ES
This study aims to better depict the epidemiology of microsporidiosis, to demonstrate the impact that the close proximity of humans to animals can have on the microbiological digestive carriage in great apes, and to understand its ecological consequences, in terms of their zoonotic potential. Preventive means to better control inter-species microbial transmission could thus be proposed. This project is totally part of the current international trend to preserve the environment and defend the animal welfare, supported by the One Health program.
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France |
2022-09-20 12:43:17 |
2025-09-20 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Loic SEGALEN
ID: UNCST-2022-R011339
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Uganda Palaeontology Expedition
REFNo: NS328ES
Study of the evolution of the past biodiversity (fossils), biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments (palaeontology + geochemistry) during the Miocene and Pliocene (between 25 to 2.54 Million years ago) in Karamoja and in the West Nile. New fossils and field data are collected every year following standard field techniques during field surveys in association with the Palaeontogy Department of the Uganda Museum at Kampala
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France |
2022-06-13 15:22:39 |
2025-06-13 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Klein Harmonie
ID:
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Social dynamics across communities of Wild Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan t. schweinfurthii) in Uganda
REFNo: NS539ES
The project aim is to shed new light on the degree of sociality and cooperation underlying social living in wild chimpanzees. In doing so, I hope to gain a better understanding of chimpanzee behaviour and of the evolutionary trajectory of ape and human sociality
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France |
2023-07-05 10:39:47 |
2026-07-05 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Mathias Gerecht
ID:
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Colonialism and racism in Uganda : a study of racial speeches and policies in the Western province (1890-1962)
REFNo: SS1854ES
1. Showing which racial theories and stereotypes were developed by which colonial actors and when.
2. Understanding how these racial theories and stereotypes were developed (how was this knowledge constructed ?)
3. Analysing the various ways the Ugandan people reacted to this racism.
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France |
2023-08-08 12:33:56 |
2026-08-08 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Chloé OULD AKLOUCHE Malika
ID:
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Punitive innovation and penal control: A comparison of community service orders in Kenya and Uganda
REFNo: SS1852ES
1- By analysing a punitive innovation, to reveal that public policies are always constructed by a multitude of actors and that models are always translated locally.
2- To identify the conditions of possibility and development of rehabilitative sentences that allow the reintegration of offenders and reduce recidivism.
3- To bring an empirical contribution to the functioning of community service orders in Kenya and Uganda by observing the way it is applied to understand its effects.
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France |
2023-07-13 11:11:18 |
2026-07-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Sandrine Perrot
ID: UNCST-2019-R001546
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The Bureaucratisation of Legal Identities in colonial and post-colonial Uganda: A Socio-History of State Registration and Documentation of Individuals
REFNo: SS2227ES
My main objective is to generate original insights on the construction of bureaucratic knowledge and techniques of identification and their impact on state construction and practices of citizenship in Uganda. Our goal is to
1. Identify the (un)favourable contexts for the introduction of identification policies
2. Map the players involved in identification over time
3. Highlight the changes in the instruments of identification
4. Examine the circulation of these practices
5. Observe the impact of state identification and registration on the practices of citizenship and the relation to the state
At this stage of my research, I would like to focus on three non-exclusive lines of enquiry: the debate surrounding the first identity cards during late colonialism; the documentation of non-indigenous people, and in particular the citizenship crisis of Asians in the 1960s and 1970s; and finally, the intense periods of identification during electoral periods, and more specifically the processes of voter registration.
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France |
2024-02-05 13:28:32 |
2027-02-05 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Margaux Dupuis
ID:
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Assessing the Role of Maternal Social Network Inheritance in the Social Integration of Juvenile Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
REFNo: NS802ES
I aim to answer the questions: how do maternal dominance rank, age, social network position, and mother-offspring proximity relate to the proximity and grooming networks of their juveniles? Does this differ by offspring sex and/or age?
I hypothesized that maternal social network inheritance occurs and differs by sex and age in vervet monkeys because of (1) mother-offspring proximity, (2) influences of maternal dominance rank and age, (3) patterns of youngest ascendency of female dominance rank in vervets, and (4) female philopatry.
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France |
2024-04-19 18:38:19 |
2027-04-19 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Manon Delvaux Alizee
ID: UNCST-2024-R002311
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Cultivating Cooperation: The Impact of Formalizing Land Rental Contracts on Refugee-Host Interactions and Agricultural Production in Rural Uganda
REFNo: SS3408ES
In northern Uganda, food insecurity is high for many refugees, who cultivate land for their subsistence in the vicinity of the settlements. A large majority of these refugees do not have a formal written land rental contract with their landlords. While informal institutions and agreements can have enforcement power in socially and culturally homogeneous groups, their efficiency tends to decrease with social and cultural distance. In this setting of cohabitation between Ugandans and refugees, the absence of clearly defined terms of trade often limits successful farming outcomes, as refugees’ rights to what they earn, produce, and consume are more vulnerable to changes. Suggestive evidence indicates that formal land contracts grant greater security, which can lead to increased farm profitability, investment and credit opportunities, and greater economic diversification and growth.
We will conduct a randomized pilot evaluation to measure the impact of formalized land rental contracts between refugee tenants and host community landlords. In the treatment groups, the landlords and tenants will receive support to formalize their land rental agreement. In the control group, landlords and tenants will remain with verbal and informal land rental agreements. We will evaluate indicators such as trust, social cohesion, agricultural practices, and food security. The study will also investigate why formalized land rental contracts are not more widespread in rural Uganda. The sample will include tenants from the Bidibidi, Imvepi and Rhino refugee settlements and landlords from the host communities.
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France |
2024-12-10 14:03:00 |
2027-12-10 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Caroline Berry
ID: UNCST-2025-R017515
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The role of emotional feedback in the acquisition of culture and the transmission of knowledge in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
REFNo: NS965ES
Overall goal - Tackle the impact of affective processes, particularly emotions, in the acquisition of cultural knowledge in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Ultimately, as part of a joint research, decipher the evolutionary roots of how human cultures developed to such a different extent compared to our closest relatives.
Objectives:
- Investigate longitudinally how young chimpanzees acquire knowledge in their first years of life about the environment or their social group through the emotional reactions of their closest kin (their mother).
- Investigate the material side of cultural knowledge transmission: experimentally assess the possibility of measuring the influence of emotional reactions in the mother on the exploration of novel stimuli in young chimpanzees and how this impacts their knowledge acquisition.
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France |
2025-05-14 9:57:19 |
2028-05-14 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Nora Doukkali Elamajidi
ID: UNCST-2025-R021292
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Practicing Time in Humanitarian Waiting-scapes
REFNo: SS4632ES
The aim of this research is to explore how humanitarian waiting-scapes are shaped,
sustained, and transformed.
The specific objectives are:
A. To analyze how humanitarian actors (local and international) design and manage waiting in aid
sites, including by documenting the spatial and rhythmic dimensions of waiting in specific places (medical points, distribution areas, information offices).
B. To examine how people affected by humanitarian crises experience these humanitarian practices of waiting (i.e. in terms of physical and psychosocial well-being, dignity, economic),
adapt and negotiate them.
C. To observe the social dynamics that emerge in waiting situations (mutual support, resource
sharing, tensions and violence).
D. To develop a better understanding of how waiting could become more dignified and/or
avoided.
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France |
2026-01-30 10:12:35 |
2029-01-30 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Mélissa Berthet
ID: UNCST-2025-R022378
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Commitment to joint action in chimpanzees and gorillas
REFNo: NS1125ES
The goal of the project is to investigate how wild chimpanzees and wild mountain gorillas signal and maintain their joint commitment to joint behavioural actions (for example, travelling together or defending territory).
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France |
2026-02-02 18:37:54 |
2029-02-02 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Prof. Dr. med. Hans Konrad Biesalski
ID:
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Dietary Intake and Nutritional Situation of Women of Reproductive Age (20-50 Years Old) in Lango Sub-Region of Northern Uganda: Implementation of Calculator for Inadequate Micronutrient Intake (CIMI) Program
REFNo: HS319ES
The main objective of this study is to assess the dietary intake and nutritional status of women of reproductive age in the predominantly rural North of Uganda. Therefore, the innovative
nutrition software called Calculator for Inadequate Micronutrient Intake (CIMI) will be used and validated with the obtained data.
Research objectives:
(1) To evaluate the dietary intake and nutritional status of women of reproductive age (20-50 years old) from Lango Sub-Region in Northern Uganda.
(2) To adapt CIMI program to the country Uganda and to compare CIMI with the software NutriSurvey for its ability to analyze dietary nutrients intake (Fe, Zn and Vitamin A and protein) and energy content in the study region. For the validation of CIMI, a new localization (appropriate to Ugandan Food) will be implemented in the nutrition software before.
(3) To identify the main causes of poor food consumption patterns of Ugandan women of reproductive age.
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Germany |
2019-04-03 |
2022-04-03 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Nele Jensen
ID:
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What matters, where and how – evidence-informed policy networks and the making of knowledge in global health
REFNo: SSH2ES
With the WHO as an early and influential proponent, evidence-based/-informed health policy approaches have become something of a shibboleth, separating the good from the bad in global health decision-making and deemed indispensable to improving health especially in low-income countries. This research project traces the emergence and transformations of evidence-for-policy approaches at the WHO; and explores how evidence-informed policy is currently practiced through the WHO’s prime evidence-for-policy mechanism, the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet).\r\nThe Uganda EVIPNet country ‘node’, run by the Regional East Africa Community Health (REACH) Policy Initiative, counts among the most active and successful evidence-to-policy initiatives on the continent (Ongolo-Zogo et al. 2014; WHO 2016). Using EVIPNet/REACH Uganda as an empirical case study, this component of my research project examines some the practices, promises and challenges of evidence-based policy in Uganda.\r\n
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Germany |
2016-06-01 |
2019-06-01 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Peter Schüle
ID:
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World-wide phylogeny and biodiversity of beetle associated nematodes and faunistic data of different groups of insects: Carabidae, Cicindelidae, Scarabaeidae and Odonata
REFNo: NS5ES
ï€ Increasing the knowledge of the inventory of the Cicindelidae species of Uganda\r\nï€ Obtaining better knowledge about biogeographic patterns about Carabidae and other beetle groups in Uganda\r\nï€ include the data of Central African Nematodes into the world-wide research project on the biogeography of Nematodes\r\n
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Germany |
2016-11-07 |
2019-11-07 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Anne Kantel
ID:
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Situating Legitimacy: Encounters between State-Based and Local Fisheries Lifeworlds in Uganda
REFNo: SS48ES
Questions of how to design successful environmental management systems have motivated research in anthropology, political geography and international relations for decades. To the extent that ‘success’ depends on compliance, this raises a fundamental question: When and why do people comply with regulations governing the commons? I address this issue from a specific angle: Why do the same natural management policies fail in some spaces, while they succeed in others? Using the exemplifying case of fisheries management in Uganda, I argue that variance in compliance rates with state policies can be understood by studying the constitution and interaction of different lifeworlds and the effects of such encounters on the perceived cultural legitimacy of state policies in specific spaces. Existing studies suggest that if state-based lifeworlds are incongruent with local fisheries lifeworlds, the perceived cultural legitimacy of, as well as compliance rates with, government policies in these spaces are low.
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Germany |
2017-02-21 |
2020-02-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Lucia Rost Aline
ID:
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Negotiating time use: an inter-generational mixed methods approach to intra-household decision-making on care and domestic work in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS59ES
My research develops an intergenerational approach to understanding intra-household decision-making on time use, especially with regards to time spent on care work—in the post-conflict setting in Northern Uganda.
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Germany |
2017-06-13 |
2020-06-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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John Simaika
ID:
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Developing and testing methods for wetland health assessment using dragonflies
REFNo: NS10ES
A major objective of my study is to adapt biomonitoring tools for use on wetlands of Uganda. My project is planned for a two-year period to incorporate seasonal changes with a high degree of confidence. This work will close the knowledge gap on two more objectives to:
(1) quantify the robustness of using dragonflies as indicators of wetland integrity in the region; and,
How representative are the richness and species composition of the integrity of wetland ecosystems in comparison to wetland plants, a commonly used indicator?
(2) quantify the performance of the ecological integrity indices.
How representative are the ecological integrity indices of wetland health (e.g. correlation with Wet-Health)? How much effort is needed to use the dragonfly indices in the field? How much effort is needed to calculate and interpret the indices? Is this effort more or less than that needed for conventional methods (e.g. Wet-Health)?
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Germany |
2017-05-09 |
2020-05-09 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Rene Dommain
ID:
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Testing Historical Presence of Mountain Gorillas and Elephants in an African Biodiversity Hotspot using Targeted Enrichment of Sedimentary Ancient DNA
REFNo: NS13ES
Reconstructing the floristic and vegetation history of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the past ca. 30000 years. Determining the past presence and invasion history of mountain gorillas and elephants at Bwindi Forest. Determining the natural climatic and habitat conditions that enable gorilla survival and predict future gorilla distribution in Uganda.
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Germany |
2017-06-13 |
2020-06-13 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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