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Ms. Tasnuva Wahed

Assistant Scientist
icddr,b
Mohakhali, Dhaka
 

Brief Biography:


I have been working with icddr,b, an international research organization in Bangladesh since 2006. Currently, I am holding the research investigator position where I am responsible to co-ordinate various research projects focusing on public health issues including collaborative as well as operation research projects. I have also experience on designing different research tools and collecting, compiling, analyzing data using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. As I have found that I really enjoy the public health areas, especially, on the maternal health and vaccine sciences research, I am participating continually in various trainings, workshops and international conferences to develop and update my concept and knowledge on this area.

Some examples of my working areas are as follows:

 

Public health areas

Issues

Role

Infectious disease,

Vaccine sciences

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of urban slum dwellers towards cholera and cholera vaccine

Research Investigator

Vaccine sciences

Oral cholera vaccine coverage, feasibility and acceptability study

Research Investigator

Vaccine sciences

Process documentation of “Introduction of cholera vaccine in Bangladesh” project

Research Investigator

Maternal health

The use of oxytocin during labour at home setting in urban slums

Senior Research Officer

Maternal health

The mapping of healthcare market in urban slums

Research Officer

Maternal health

Potential of community groups to improve maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) in urban slums

Research Officer

Maternal and newborn health

Newborn care practices among slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A quantitative and qualitative exploratory study

Research Officer

Maternal health

Extent and consequences of catastrophic household costs for caesarean section delivery among poor households

Field research Supervisor

Maternal health

Evaluation of two Home-based Skilled Birth Attendant Programme in Rural Bangladesh

Field research Supervisor

Family planning

The Role of Women in Decision Making on Family Planning among the Slum Women in a selected area of Dhaka city

MPH student

Infectious disease

A Health Education Intervention Programme on the Use of Water Seal Latrine and Safe Drinking Water Among The Rural  Inhabitants of A Selected Area

MPH student

 

I have completed the B.Sc (Honours) examination in Child Development & Family Relation of 1999 held in 2001 and was placed in the First class. My  M.Sc. examination in Child Development & Family Relation of  2000 which started on the 17th  ­July , 2003 and was placed in the First class . Over this period, from 1996 to 2003, I have learnt on various research tools and methods, the statistical measures and the practical use of these tools and measures. Thereafter, I have got admission at the department health promotion and health education of National Institute of preventive and social medicine (NIPSOM) and successfully passed my MPH course. I have learnt how to conduct an intervention programme in addition by this course. Consequently I am well conversant about how to explore fieldwork in different situation and possess deeper sense to understand the health systems, the society and culture applying the nature of social science insight.

 

Academic positions:


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Research interests:


As mentioned earlier (Biography section), I am currently exploring my choices in the area of social science focusing on various public health concerns which include maternal health, infectious disease and vaccine sciences. My contribution as first author and co-author in both international and national peer-reviewed journals may help to describe my desire and commitment in this area-

1. Wahed T, Moran AC, Iqbal M. The perspectives of clients and unqualified allopathic practitioners on the management of delivery care in urban slums, Dhaka, Bangladesh - a mixed method study, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2010, 10:50

2. Moran AC, Wahed T, Afsana K, Oxytocin to augment labour during home births: an exploratory study in the urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2010, 117:13

3. Moran AC, Choudhury N, Khan NZ, Karar ZA, Wahed T, Rashid SF, Alam MA. Newborn care practices among slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A quantitative and qualitative exploratory study;  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9:54

4. Wahed T, Bhuiyan M.S.A., Rahman M.Z. The Role of Women in Decision Making on Family Planning among the Slum Women in a selected area of Dhaka city; Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine (JOPSOM), Bangladesh, June 2006, 25:1

5. Wahed T etal, The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward cholera among Urban population of Low Socio-economic Group in Dhaka, Bangladesh, (manuscript submitted)

I have few working papers also-

1. Moran AC, Wahed T. The Use of Oxytocin during Labour in a Home Setting: Exploring the Demand Side Needs in Urban Slums,  ICDDR,B and BRAC, Manoshi Working Paper Series: 6, December 2009

2. Hossain MA, Mridha MK, Alam B, Nahar S, Wahed T. Mapping the healthcare-Market for MNCH care: The case of providers and facilities in Korail slum in Dhaka: ICDDR,B and BRAC, Manoshi Working Paper Series: 2, June 2009

3. Mridha MK, Hossain MA, Alam B, Sarker BK, Wahed T, Khan R, Roy S. The perceptions of community groups to improve MNCH in urban slums: An exploratory case study of Korial slum in Dhaka, ICDDR,B and BRAC, Manoshi Working Paper Series: 9, December 2009

 

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