Courtesy PDA Thailand
THIS MONTH: THAILAND
1 December 2008 World AIDS Day (WHO)
10 December Human Rights Day (1948)
Mechai Viravaidya is known as “the condom king” in Thailand for his work promoting the use of condoms. He led the country’s AIDS-prevention campaign in the early 1990s, where information was given in all schools and broadcast every hour on state-owned radio and television.
GUEST COLUMN
Mechai Viravaidya is a former minister of the prime minister's office, Thailand, responsible for AIDS prevention coordination.
Based on an exhibition at the National Library
of Medicine
of Medicine
ONLINE ACTIVITIES & RESOURCES
Test your knowledge of the world of global health in online activities, and take this topic into the classroom with resources for students and teachers.
Hear more about careers in global health from advocates featured in the exhibition.
GET INVOLVED
Getting involved starts here. Find out what you can do to tackle the issues you care about.
