Safiatou Thiam is a Senegalese public health doctor, a specialist in HIV/AIDS and former Minister of Health and Disease Prevention in the government of Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré.She later became Executive Secretary of CNLS National Council against AIDS Early life She earned her doctorate degree in Public Health 1995 at Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, with a thesis titled Le SIDA en milieu chirurgical : Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques (in English: AIDS in the surgical arena: Knowledge, attitudes and practises). She completed a Master of Science degree at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp in 1997. She completed many specialist diplomas in Dakar and in France, as well as a DEA in Santé publique et pays en développement (English: Public Health and Developing Countries) at l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) in 2001. At the Conseil national de la lutte contre le Sida (CNLS) (in English: National Council for the Fight Against AIDS), she directs the programs of the Fonds mondial de lutte contre cette pandémie. In 2007 she was recruited as the coordinator of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS program in Senegal. In 2014 she served as a consultant at GMS/OASYS Grant Management Solutions. Mali. Institute of Health and Development. At Paris VI University she earned a Diploma of Thorough (DEA) in " Public Health and Developing Countries " (2001). At University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar she garnered a Certificate of Specialized Studies (CES) in Infectious and Tropical Diseases (2001). At the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp in Belgium she picked up a Master of Science: Degree in Tropical Biomedical Sciences (epidemiology and disease control option) (1997). At the Paul Correa Institute of Dakar Diploma she completed a Course on Planning and Organization of control of STDs and AIDS in developing countries (1998). At the Fournier Institute Paris International she completed a Diploma Course on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). At the AIDS Institute Fournier in Paris (1998), University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar State she earned her Doctorate Medicine ( 1995). Career In 1998 in Senegal she for UNHCR / OFADEC she was a Consultant Physician for refugee Assistance. From August 1999 - December 2001 she worked in IMEA Physician Clinical Coordination and monitoring test cohort 1st clinical trials of antiretrovirals. From January to December 1997 in Senegal she was a NACP research Assistant Coordinator on intervention strategies among female sex workers in Dakar.