On Tue, 29 May 2007 23:00:32 -0700, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
- Refer: <jhachmann-34EBD8.23003229052007@news.giganews.com>

Something tells me that the Vatican is not going to like this.

Good for this guy and good for Gates.!

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Thai "Condom King" wins Gates health award

Tue May 29, 3:03 PM ET

A non-profit family-planning group founded by Thailand's "Condom King"
has won the $1 million Gates Award for Global Health, the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation said on Tuesday.

The Population and Community Development Association of Thailand (PDA)
won the 2007 award in recognition of its work in family planning and
AIDS prevention, the foundation said.

"Mechai Viravaidya is widely known as Thailand's 'Condom King,' a
testament to his extraordinary popularity as well as his personal
leadership in family planning and HIV prevention," Dr. Nils Daulaire,
president and chief executive officer of the Global Health Council, 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."

As part of the message, Viravaidya's group runs the popular Cabbages and
Condoms restaurant in central Bangkok, serving Thai cuisine in a leafy
garden decked out with holiday lights.

The name refers to his goal of making condoms as common as the leafy
vegetable.

The Gates Foundation, run by the multibillionaire founder of Microsoft
and his wife, said the PDA was set up in 1974 to provide family planning
education to women in rural Thailand.

It helped establish Thailand's national HIV prevention campaign in 1991,
which led to a dramatic decline in new infections. Thailand's program is
perhaps best known for its liberal use of condoms.

"PDA has trained nearly 3,000 health workers from 50 countries in HIV
prevention, family planning, adolescent reproductive health, and other
health issues," the Gates Foundation said.
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I have a T-shirt & "cap" from this very restaurant!

(Bill Gates will burn in Hell for this outrage against the Vatican
inspired solution to overpopulation.)

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