Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert is a general practitioner, a public health specialist, an administrator, and a policy advocator. He was the Director of the Northeastern Public Health College, Director of Technical Division of the FDA, Director of Bureau of Health Policy and Planning, Assistant Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary and Senior Advisor at the Thai Ministry of Public Health.
He has been extensively involved in research and development covering many areas of health including human resources, economics, financing, international trade, information, advocacy, and pharmaceuticals. Dr. Wibulpolprasert has published more than 100 papers, reports, and books locally and internationally.
He currently chairs the Steering Committee of the Asia Partnership on Avian Influenza Research and the Steering Committee of the Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health. He is also a member and Chair of the Program Coordinating Board of the UNAIDS, and member and Chair of the Program and Policy Committee of the interim Board of the Global Health Workforce Alliance.
Dr. Wibulpolprasert served as a Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Thai Ministry of Public Health, in 2000-2003. Currently, he serves as the highest-ranking government official as a Senior Advisor in Disease Control, after serving as a Senior Advisor in Health Economics during 2003-2006. He is also responsible for Health Policy and International Health Works of the Ministry.
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