Mechai Viravaidya
Mechai Viravaidya
Mechai Viravaidyais a former politician and activist in Thailand who promoted condoms, family planning and AIDS awareness in Thailand. Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately known as "Mr. Condom", and condoms are often referred as "mechais" in Thailand. From the time that he began his work, the average number of children in Thai families has decreased from 7 to 1.5...
NationalityThai
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth17 January 1941
CountryThailand
growth use facts
We're the ones causing global warming. In fact, what we ought to be saying is population growth is a major cause of it, so I hope to have a T-shirt out very, very soon: Stop global warming, use condoms.
moving government way
I left the government because I saw the only way to get family planning moving, was to do it outside the government. I was never disillusioned with government.
real rewards today
What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.
fun laughter nice
People like to have fun and they like to laugh. And when you laugh, it's much easier to convince people and they laugh with you, rather than being angry. And I think laughter's always nice and I've always liked it.
sex people choices
Most people don't want to work in commercial sex. They have little choice.
sex practice safe
AIDS is still around. Therefore, you have to practice safe sex.
tree rubber condom
The condom has saved so many lives and it'll save so many more lives. We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.
sex people parent
People were having sex before I was born. My parents had sex before I was born, nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to stop sex. I'm trying to stop people from dying from sex.
tree rubber deals
We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree
creativity innovation
Take No as a question.