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Author Archives: Kazi Rahman Kazi is a medical graduate (MBBS) from Dhaka Medical College, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He did Master of Science in Epidemiology from Harvard University and PhD from the Australian National University. Kazi worked for 10 years at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh as a public health researcher. As an adjunct faculty, Kazi also taught epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology and quantitative research methods at James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University in Bangladesh for five years. After finishing his PhD in early 2015, Kazi worked at Griffith University on the Gold Coast for 3 years as a Lecturer in Epidemiology. He then worked at James Cook University in Townsville – as a Lecturer in Public Health and Tropical Medicine for a year and as a Lecturer in Medical Education for six months. Kazi also does Distance Learning tutoring with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for th ....
Byron Shire Council’s award-winning West Byron Sewage Treatment Plant. Photo waterandcarbon.com.au An ‘operational error’ has resulted in Byron Shire’s sewage surveillance results being unreported since the week ending December 5. The tests are considered an addition to COVID-19 testing, as it only detects presence of the virus, including from those who have recovered. Director North Coast Public Health, Paul Corben said in a statement, ‘Sewage testing is an extra COVID-19 surveillance mechanism in addition to testing of residents and visitors’. ‘Byron Bay is participating in the state’s sewage surveillance program; however, no results are available from the two Byron Shire testing locations since the week ending December 5. ....