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Know the Condom King of Thailand, Mechai Viravaidya

Bangkok: Mechai Viravaidya is famous in Thailand, a national hero in the war against AIDS. He has led one of the world's most successful campaigns against HIV infections. Viravaidya was born in Thailand to a

PTI Updated on: October 25, 2013 17:04 IST


He was able to start a large and quite successful AIDS education campaign and served until 1992.


For his efforts in various development endeavors, Mechai Viravaidya has been acclaimed with numerous awards, recognition, and honorary doctoral degrees as well as the United Nations Gold Peace Medal (1981), the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service (1994), one of Asia week's “20 Great Asians” (1995), the United Nations Population Award (1997), and one of TIME Magazine's “Asian Heroes” (2006).  



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