Short Biography

Zarin Tasnim is a Research Associate at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University. She is a medical graduate from Bangladesh University of Professionals (2018). She pursued her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from BRAC JPGSPH (2021). Her current works include health systems researches on community-centric health service delivery, health workforce, and health services utilisation following both qualitative and quantitative approach. In her recent study, she has been engaged to explore current situation of Maternal and New-born Health (MNH) services and Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) services from supply and demand side perspectives, including Quality of Care (QoC) and patient satisfaction. In one of her earlier studies, she assessed the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to strengthen the delivery of quality Primary Health Care (PHC) services. She was also involved in formative evaluation of the Regional Chapters (RCs) of Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW) to facilitate the design of evidence-based programme through capturing the citizens’ voices from the grassroots. The formative research was aimed to determine the barriers faced and coping mechanisms adopted by the health service users to access and utilise healthcare services at the grassroots. For another study in 2022, she explored existing Community Engagement (CE) structures in Bangladesh during COVID-19, challenges of CE, and contributed developing appropriate engagement model(s) to strengthen pandemic preparation and response. In addition to her research career, she has also served as a Teaching Fellow (TF) in Health Systems Management module in the MPH programme at BRAC JPGSPH.