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Dr Shahidul Islam

TB Specialist-Public Health

Working groups

Shahidul.islam@burnet.edu.au
Dr Shahidul Islam

Qualifications

  • Sc: -Disease Control(Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
  • MPH –Epidemiology, North South University, Dhaka Bangladesh(On course)
  • MBBS-Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh

Appointments

  • Member of Bangladesh Medical Association
  • Member of Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council
  • Member of Medecins Sans Frontieres-France

Awards

  • Awarded Scholarship for M.Sc in Disease Control(Tropical Diseases), Belgium
  • Awarded Scholarship for Junior School examination, Bangladesh
  • Awarded Scholarship for Primary School examination, Bangladesh

Positions

  • 2017: TB specialist-Public Health, Daru Western Province, PNG, Burnet Institute
  • 2016: Medical Coordinator, Hepatitis C program, Cambodia Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres- France
  • 2014: Medical Coordinator, Tuberculosis program including drug resistant tuberculosis, PNG Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres- France
  • 2012: Project Medical Referent, Drug resistant tuberculosis in the prions, Donetsk Project, Ukraine Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres- Belgium
  • 2011: Medical Coordinator, Drug Resistant tuberculosis program, Armenia Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres- France
  • 2009: Medical Manager, Drug Resistant tuberculosis program Yerevan Project, Armenia Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres- France
  • 2009: Nutrition Manager, Aweil Project, South Sudan Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres- France
  • 2008: Primary Health Care Supervisor, Cherrati Project, Ethiopia Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Belgium
  • 2008: Medical Supervisor, Teknaf Basic Heath care Project, Bangladesh Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland
  • 2008: Medical Supervisor, Emergency Cholera Project, Bangladesh Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland
  • 2008: Medical Supervisor, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Bangladesh
  • 2007: Medical Supervisor, Teknaf Basic Heath care Project, Bangladesh Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland
  • 2006: Medical Doctor, Teknaf Basic Heath care Project, Bangladesh Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland
  • 2006: Lecturer, Anatomy & Histology, Chattagram Maa-O-Shisu Hospital Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • 2005: Lecturer, Anatomy & Histology, Chittagong International Dental College, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • 2005: Medical Officer, Halishahor General Hospital, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • 2004: Medical Officer, National Hospital Chattagram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Burnet publications

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01 Sep 2024

Continuous quality improvement in a community-wide TB screening and prevention programme in Papua New Guinea

Public Health Action

Tess Keam, Naomi Pank, Ar Kar Aung, Alexa Murray, Kailiang Huang, Jane Greig, Geoff Chan, Christopher Masah, K. Kaison, Scott Umali

Open access
11 Sep 2019

Implementation of screening and management of household contacts of tuberculosis cases in Daru, Papua New Guinea

Public Health Action

S. Islam, Camilla Burkot, Geoff Chan, S. S. Majumdar, Stephen M. Graham, Camilla Burkot, S. Islam, Geoff Chan, S. S. Majumdar, Stephen M. Graham

Open access
11 Sep 2019

A pilot model of patient education and counselling for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Daru, Papua New Guinea

Public Health Action

S. Islam, T. Adepoyibi, Tess Keam, Allan Kuma, B. Akumu, Kudakwashe Chani, T. Adepoyibi, Tess Keam, Allan Kuma, S. Islam

Open access

Current projects

Systematic Community-Wide Engagement and Elimination Project for Tuberculosis (SWEEP-TB) in Daru, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Systematic Community-Wide Engagement and Elimination Project for Tuberculosis (SWEEP-TB) in Daru, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

This community-centred public health project will screen all residents of Daru, Papua New Guinea to detect, treat and prevent tuberculosis.

Past projects

PRIME-TB: Papua New Guinea and the Republic of Indonesia for the Micro Elimination of TB

PRIME-TB: Papua New Guinea and the Republic of Indonesia for the Micro Elimination of TB

The program operates across Papua New Guinea and Indonesia to progress elimination of tuberculosis in the region.

Tackling TB and HIV Together in Papua New Guinea

Tackling TB and HIV Together in Papua New Guinea

This project supports priorities and interventions in alignment with Papua New Guinea's National STI and HIV Strategy 2018–2022 and the National Tuberculosis Strategic Plan 2015–2020.

News and features

New treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis begins in Papua New Guinea

New treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis begins in Papua New Guinea

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