Dr Shahidul Islam
Deputy Country Director for Programs, Papua New Guinea; TB Specialist - Public Health
Working groups
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
Continuous quality improvement in a community-wide TB screening and prevention programme in Papua New Guinea
Public Health Action
Naomi Pank et al
Implementation of screening and management of household contacts of tuberculosis cases in Daru, Papua New Guinea
Public Health Action
Alice Honjepari et al
A pilot model of patient education and counselling for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Daru, Papua New Guinea
Public Health Action
T. Adepoyibi et al
Current projects
Integrated care for non-communicable diseases, HIV and tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea
We’re investigating a new ‘integrated care’ model in Papua New Guinea that considers non‐communicable diseases like diabetes, asthma and heart disease. We’re exploring how well this care model works in primary care clinics.
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
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.
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.
