Thailand

Environmental Case Study: Family planning in Thailand

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In an article about the community-based family planning services at Thailand, I learned that Thailand has succeeded in the creation of the most successful birth control methods and programs.It all started when a man named Mechai Viravaidya also know as Mr. Condom, became concerned about the rapid population growth of his country and the effects that it would have in the long run both environmentally and economically. So he decided to put an end to the disadvantages of being in a really popularized country. He was tired of seeing the children die from poor nutrition or lack of drinking water; the child mortality rate in the 1970s were very high and he knew that something had to be done so he created a plan or should I say a program.

The program he created consisted of educating his entire country about different methods of contraception. This wasn’t an easy task because the subject matter was considered very private and wasn’t openly discussed. He decided to use mass media as his primary approach and educating his country. In my personal opinion I think that his approach was totally awesome because it allows the citizens of his country to become educated and then make a logical decision, he also got people talking to the children about sex and contraception so that everyone is comfortable with the topic of sexual intercourse and methods of contraception, I love the fact that these things were taught in school.

It is truly amazing how educating his country to the ideas of birth controls and condoms has caused a complete change. The countries child mortality rate was cut by 75% parents begin to have less children family income begin to increase and basically the country itself begin to Thrive.