Directions: View the TED talk titled Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place. The link is: http://www.ted.com/talks/mechai_viravaidya_how_mr_condom_made_thailand_a_better_place.html
After viewing the talk, please answer the questions in detail and email me back your answers.
1. Would Thailand’s approach of distributing condoms everywhere work here in the US?
2. How was Thailand’s approach successful in reducing the country’s growth rate?
3. If you were a parent in Thailand, would you like your children to be educated the way the children there are?
4. How are we, similar/different to the educators in Thailand?
5. What is the “right” age to start educating students about condoms and HIV prevention?
6. Viravaidya was able to reduce birth rates in even the poorest areas of Thailand. How can those tactics be implemented in other places suffering poverty?
7. What type of cultural differences do you think other parts of the world have that could hinder the attempt to spread contraceptive methods?
8. AIDS is a major issue globally and many countries have not received the attention that Thailand received. Like birth control, many cultures have reservations about modern medicine, what issues do you think get in the way of AIDS prevention?
9. What do you think about Viravaidya’s approach to birth control and AIDS protection?
10. Is there anything you would have done differently in regards to Viravaidya’s approach? What about using his framework for other countries such as India?
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