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A nonprofit family-planning group, founded by Thailand’s “Condom King”, has won the $1 million Gates Award for Global Health in recognition of its work in family planning and AIDS prevention.

Mechai Viravaidya, (the “Condom King”), is extremely popular in his personal leadership in family planning and HIV prevention.

The chief executive officer of the Global Health Council, (Dr. Nils Daulaire), said in a statement, “The world needs more leaders like Mechai, who are willing to tackle taboo subjects like sex and HIV/AIDS directly in order to save lives.”

To get the message out to more people Viravaidya’s group runs the popular Cabbages and Condoms restaurant in central Bangkok. The name of the restaurant refers to his goal of making condoms as common as the leafy vegetable.

The Gates Foundation set up The Population and Community Development Association of Thailand in 1974 to provide family-planning education to women in rural Thailand.

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