Sarawut Boonsuk
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Biography
Sarawut Boonsuk is the Deputy Director-General of the Thai Ministry of Health. He has a bachelor's degree in medicine from Rangsit University and diplomas in Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology), Thai Medical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology. He also holds a Master of Public Health including a PhD in Clinical Tropical Medicine from Mahidol University and recently completed the Doctor of Public Health Program (International Program) in 2022. He focuses on maternal and child health, specifically preventing HIV and HBV transmission from mother to child. He worked as co-director of mother and child work and collaborated with UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA to reduce HIV transmission. Thailand is the first ASEAN nation to receive WHO certification. He is also studying ways to decrease HBV transmission among mothers with positive HBeAg test.