West Nile Leprosy Operational Research and Case-Detection Pilot
Kabukye Trust seeks a Ugandan university or accredited research institution to run a five-month operational study and case-detection pilot in Terego, Adjumani and Yumbe districts.
Kabukye Trust, Kabukye Village, Kamuli District
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain (TLMGB)
Nine Health Centre IIIs and their host and refugee catchments; Arua Regional Referral Hospital as the referral point
Tue 1 Dec 2026 to Fri 30 Apr 2027
Mon 23 Nov 2026, 17:00 EAT
Leprosy in West Nile is found late.
People often visit traditional healers first. There is no routine active case finding, and contacts of known cases are rarely examined. Large refugee settlements add displacement, poverty and stigma to the delay.
The study finds people with undiagnosed leprosy through the government’s own services and links every confirmed case to treatment. It also documents the living conditions, livelihoods, rights and access to services of people affected by leprosy in displaced and host communities.
people screened, minimum: door to door and at nine government skin camps
health facilities assessed for readiness to detect, treat and refer
households affected by leprosy surveyed, at least 40% refugee
peer researchers affected by leprosy, paid at parity
Plus 39 in-depth interviews, 5 focus groups, a five-year routine-data review for every West Nile district, basic costing of each detection route, and two stand-alone sets of recommendations. Government runs every clinical function. The contractor runs the research and leads publication.
Maximum payable to the contractor UGX 202,051,120
Inclusive of all fees, costs, overheads and taxes. Paid in five tranches against accepted deliverables. Nothing is paid before the inception report is accepted. Amounts below are shown at the ceiling.
| # | Deliverable | Due | Share | UGX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inception report and approval submissions | 18 Dec 2026 | 20% | 40,410,224 |
| 2 | Routine-data profile and site plan; approvals granted | 5 Feb 2027 | 15% | 30,307,668 |
| 3 | Fieldwork complete; data handover | 31 Mar 2027 | 30% | 60,615,336 |
| 4 | Draft integrated report | 16 Apr 2027 | 25% | 50,512,780 |
| 5 | Final report, both briefs, validation, handover | 30 Apr 2027 | 10% | 20,205,112 |
| Total | 100% | 202,051,120 |
Bids above the ceiling are rejected. The ceiling is a maximum, not a target: value for money is scored on what the budget buys. Institutional overhead is capped at 10% of direct costs. Peer researchers must earn the same daily rate as other data collectors.
A Ugandan university or research institution with access to an accredited research ethics committee, registered with the Personal Data Protection Office, bidding under a named Principal Investigator. Consortia may bid under one lead institution.
Technical proposal of no more than 12 pages; draft protocol; CVs of the PI and Data Manager (three pages each); itemised budget in UGX; ethics committee meeting dates; two references for similar work.
- Advert publishedMon 9 Nov
- Questions closeMon 16 Nov, 17:00
- Proposals dueMon 23 Nov, 17:00
- Shortlist notifiedWed 25 Nov
- Interviews26–27 Nov
- AwardMon 30 Nov
- Contract startsTue 1 Dec
- Final reportFri 30 Apr 2027
All times East Africa Time. Dates in 2026 unless stated.
research@kabukyetrust.org
Subject line: KT/RES/2026/01 – [Institution]. Proposals due Monday 23 November 2026, 17:00 EAT. Late proposals will not be considered.