Senior Research Assistant

Description:

The Aga Khan University is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. Its teaching hospital, the Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission International for achieving the highest international healthcare standards.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Management Childhood Illness algorithm classifies neonates and young infants (0-59 days old) with clinically suspected sepsis as “Possible Serious Bacterial Infection (PSBI)”. WHO guidelines recommend that young infants with PSBI should be managed in a hospital with injectable antibiotics and supportive care. When referral to hospital is not feasible, the guidelines also, recommend managing young infant in outpatient basis with injectable gentamicin for 2 or 7 days and oral amoxicillin for 7 days. This study wants to evaluate the safety and efficacy of providing out-patient treatment to children with PSBI.

This is a contractual position.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• independently conduct interviews and write up detailed notes on interviews and observation visits
• managing field work process to ensure effective use of time
• facilitating meetings among the research team and junior research staff
• training new junior staff (Lady Health Workers - LHWs / Community Health Workers - CHWs) in research / interviewing skills and proper data collection
• visiting different households in the communities to ensure the successful completion of the data collection in their areas including Q/C
• liaising with admin regarding logistics for field work
• developing and conducting regular trainings of LHWs and CHWs
• providing supervision and support for approximately LHWs / CHWs liaising with their Supervisors
• raising wider community awareness on Child Health related issues based on prepared project activity guidelines
• following and ensuring field implementation of project related SOPs / guidelines as defined in the research project.