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Mohamed Farah Mohamud
ID: UNCST-2025-R016841
EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAVENOUS PETHIDINE VERSUS INTRAVENOUS TRAMADOL FOR PERIOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN UTERINE EVACUATION PROCEDURES AT JINJA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
REFNo: HS5960ES

1. To assess the effectiveness of intravenous pethidine versus intravenous tramadol for perioperative analgesia in uterine evacuation procedure at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
2. To compare the secondary outcomes encountered among women administered with intravenous pethidine versus those with Intravenous Tramadol for perioperative analgesia in uterine evacuation procedures at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
3. To compare the level of patient satisfaction with intravenous pethidine versus Intravenous tramadol in uterine evacuation procedures at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital

Jinja, rippon
Somalia 2025-04-30 7:27:21 2028-04-30 170 t All adult women with an indication for uterine evacuation admitted on gynecology ward of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital selfsponser Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Flavia Matovu Kiweewa
ID: UNCST-2021-R013337
An Open-label, Single-arm Study to Provide Continued Access to Study Drug to Participants Who Have Completed Pediatric Clinical Studies Involving Gilead HIV Treatments.
REFNo: HS5804ES

The primary objective of this trial is to provide continued access to the study medication received in the parent protocol or switch to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF; coformulated; Biktarvy®) for participants who completed a Gilead parent study evaluating medications for HIV treatment.
Kampala, kampala
Uganda 2025-04-11 16:20:58 2028-04-11 This study is not formally powered. The purpose of this study is to provide continued access to the study medication received in the parent study or to provide B/F/TAF to applicable participants who have completed a relevant parent study. Therefore, all participants who are on parent study medication and have completed a Gilead parent study evaluating medications for HIV treatment may be enrolled in this study dependent on eligibility. Participants who have completed a parent study and meet all eligibility criteria will be offered the opportunity to roll over to this study and receive the same regimen as in the parent study. Participants will also be allowed to switch to B/F/TAF when they enroll in this study if they meet the additional eligibility criteria. Gilead sciences Inc Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Janet Nakigudde
ID: UNCST-2019-R000444
TESTING MULTI-LEVEL SCALE-UP STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT A SCHOOL-BASED POPULATION APPROACH OF MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION: UGANDA
REFNo: HS5647ES

General Objective
The overall goal of this study is to address vertical and horizontal scale-up implementation framework gaps in Uganda. This study will test new recommended vertical scale-up and sustainability implementation strategies and study impact and underlying mechanisms when the new scale-up model is applied.
This research will guide the development of evidence-informed theoretical frameworks and processes to effectively institutionalize EBIs in LMICs such as Uganda. To achieve this goal, we will carry out 4 sequential steps (4 aims).
Specific Objectives
1.
To establish a cross-level partnership and strengthen stakeholders/leaders’ advocacy capacity to make evidence-based informed children’s mental health policy and practice decisions and to facilitate the EBI institutionalization through the educations system illustrated in figure 1.
2.
To develop implementation Protocols in collaboration with cross level partners (established in Aim 1) based on a new multilevel train-the-trainer scale-up framework to support the EBI/PD scale-up.
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Implement the new Protocols for scale-up and test the relative value of additional implementation supports intended to sustain teacher EBI practices through a Hybrid III cRCT.
4.
To explore underlying scale-up and sustainability implementation mechanisms.
Arua, Lodonga, Arua Hill
Mityana, Busubizi, Kyanja
Gomba, Kabulasoke, Nakato
Masaka, Ndegeya, Kyanamukaka
Buikwe, Nkokonjeru, Kasenge
Kabale, Bukinda, Nyaruzinga
Bushenyi, Nyakabirizi
Sheema, Nyabubare
Western Region, Burahya
Iganga, Lwawu
Soroti, Kolojjo
Gulu, Awach
Uganda 2025-04-11 16:03:54 2028-04-11 The study population and sample will consist of approximately 1,594 participants.46 Advocacy Leaders and Education System Leaders, including 10 from the Ministry of Education (MOE)/Ministry of Health (MOH), 12 from Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs), 12 from District Education Offices, and 12 head teachers (one from each school district/region). Additionally, 12 TTCs will be selected based on MOE prioritization and needs, with 96 tutors trained in Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) implementation (8 per TTC). The study will also include 120 schools that are stratified and randomized, with approximately 1,200 teachers (10-15 per school) and 240 Peer Teacher Trainers (PTTs) selected and trained. The study population will consist of participants from diverse backgrounds. The age group of the participants will vary, with Advocacy Leaders and Education System Leaders typically being adults in their 30s and 40s, while teachers, tutors, and Peer Teacher Trainers (PTTs) will range from 20 to 50 years of age. The study will aim for gender balance, with an equal representation of male and female participants. Participants will be drawn from various ethnic groups across Uganda, including, but not limited to, Baganda, Basoga, Banyankole, Bakiga, and other tribal groups, ensuring inclusivity and representation from all regions of Uganda. The study will also reflect the diversity of the Ugandan educational system, capturing perspectives from urban and rural settings, as well as from different educational leadership and teaching roles. This study is sponsor by the United States National Institute of Mental Health through a collaboration with New York University, Department of Population Health, New York School of Medicine and Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-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.

Mukono, All
Kibaale, All
Uganda 2025-04-11 14:30:15 2028-04-11 OBJECTIVE 1, 1292 This study will be conducted within the two districts of Mukono and Kagadi local governments. Study population: Patients admitted in Medical, Marternal and surgical wards aged 18 years and above. Tribes, all tribes both male and female. PROMISE CONSORTIUM PROJECT IN MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ouma Simple
ID: UNCST-2021-R012820
Harnessing Parental Social Networks to Increase HIV Testing Uptake Among Children of At-Risk Parents in Uganda: A Parallel-Group, Two-Arm Quasi-Experimental Implementation Science Protocol
REFNo: HS5741ES

Objectives:

Main Objective

To Adapt, implement and evaluate maternal SNS to improve access to HIV testing services among children of FSW.

Specific Objectives

1. To adapt SNS that harnesses maternal SN for HIV testing in children of female sex workers
2. To implement the adapted HASHTAG intervention targeting CARP in Gulu City
3. To evaluate the effectiveness and implementation science outcomes of the HASHTAG project
Gulu, All Parishes
Uganda 2025-04-11 14:13:08 2028-04-11 300 The target group for Intervention: We shall invite FSW with at least one child aged 0-17 years. For mothers to be categorized as FSW, each must have received money or goods in exchange for sexual services and consciously defined their activities as income-generating. In addition, we shall enrol active FSW who have been conducting sex work during the one year before setting up the cohort. Thus, maternal sex work status will be ascertained using three questions as follows: 1) Have you ever received money or goods in exchange for sexual services? 2) If yes, have you received money or goods in exchange for sexual services in the last year? 3) If yes, do you consider your receipt of money or goods for sexual services as income-generating? Mothers who answered "yes" to all three questions will be considered FSW. Conversely, mothers who answer "no" to either questions 2 or 3 will be considered non-FSW and be eligible to participate if they have been living in the same neighbourhood as the FSW in the past year before setting up the cohort (Attachment 1). We shall enrol only FSW who do not plan to move outside the greater Gulu in the one year following recruitment into the cohort. The comparator cohort: The comparative cohort will be matched 1:1 and will comprise non-sex working mothers matched on the neighbourhood, maternal age, child age, and child sex. The comparators must have lived in the same neighbourhood as FSW for at least the year before enrolment. Likewise, we shall enrol only non-FSWs who do not plan to move outside the greater Gulu in the one year following recruitment into the cohort. The children: Much as children of FSW are the direct target of the intervention, we shall not directly involve them as active participants in the cohort. Children of FSW will be randomly selected from both sexes and without stratification. Meanwhile, children of non-FSW will be matched to children on FSW in the neighbourhood, maternal age, child age, and child sex. IPHASA Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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