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| Subject: 'Mr Condom' spearheads fight against Thailand's new AIDS crisis among young people Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:44 am | |
| Thailand's ''Mr Condom'', Mechai Viravaidya, who has saved millions of lives by raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, says his country is facing a new crisis from the infection.
''I innocently thought I had done the job … but the government has fallen asleep at the wheel. There is a total indifference to a war we have to fight,'' says the Australian-educated former politician whose 20-year campaign popularised condoms and led to a revolution in family planning and AIDS awareness in many developing countries.
''With a new campaign we can prevent a lot of early deaths,'' he says at his Birds and Bees Resort on a secluded beach near Pattaya, where restaurant diners are given free condoms.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/mr-condom-spearheads-fight-against-thailands-new-aids-crisis-20121220-2bpc4.html#ixzz2FfNFyEh4
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