Research Consultancy at Simprints Ghana

Research Objectives

The research will involve two components:

Research Objective 1: Comparative analysis of workflows

• Component 1 of the research is a comparative analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of 3 parallel workflows that community health workers use to collect patient and vaccine data. The research should answer the following questions:
• Where are the actual and perceived effectiveness and efficiency gains/ losses within and across each workflow; specifically investigating factors such as
• total time required to enrol and process clients?
• total time required to identify or verify clients previously enrolled by CHWs?
• impact on CHW workload?
• impact on data accuracy?
• Overall impact on service delivery including time lost in duplicate activities?
• What are the incentives/ disincentives to rely on digital rather than paper-based system (including an exploration of policies, working norms, digital literacy etc)?
• To what extent does the use of biometrics encourage/ enforce the accurate use of the e-tracker and support the Government’s strategy to digitalise the health system?

Research Objective 2: Integrated gender analysis

• Component 2 of the research should include a gender analysis to explore how the differences in male and female CHW and client’s conditions, roles, responsibilities, access to resources, and decision-making power affect the uptake of digital system to deliver and verify vaccinations

Specific areas to explore should include:

• How do the gender identities of male and female CHW and their supervisors impact the uptake of digital/ biometric system in the delivery of vaccines?
• How do gender identities of parents and their children affect the willingness of clients to accept the collection of their biometric data?

MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS

• The consultant should submit a proposal comprising the following:
• A technical proposal which indicates how the consultant is going to undertake the research outlined in the ToR, with indicative budget and timeframe
• A capacity statement detailing the consultant´s ability to deliver a quality research within the given timeframe, including an overview of relevant work and technical experience
• At least 2 samples of previous relevant works undertaken, including at least 1 research report that was authored by the lead consultant
• Contact details for 2 references for similar assignments done not more than 2 years ago
• CVs of the key personnel on the assessment team
• A financial budget with explanations about the line items
• Any other appendices the consultant sees as relevant to the application.