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Communicable diseases--Transmission

Images

  • Two heads with decorative headpieces representing a man and woman as part of a statement about HIV and AIDS in Indonesia; by Epoch (Enabling Private Organization to Combat HIV/AIDS with support from The Ford Foundation and Hotline Surya. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • How AIDS can and cannot be transmitted; an advertisement by AIDS-Hilfe Salzburg. Colour lithograph.
  • An information sheet about an anti-AIDS poster exhibition designed and produced by Artis as part of a collaboration with the Unesco/WHO AIDS prevention education programme; with explanation about the contamination risks of HIV infected women to their children through pregnancy and childbirth. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • Precautions to prevent the spread of AIDS with illustrations; an advertisement by the National AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health, Sierra Leone. Lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Two line-drawn fishing boats with large fishing nets capturing a decorative circular object (the HIV virus structure) in between a sequence of illustrations demonstrating how the HIV virus can and can't be transmitted; an AIDS warning issued by the Gipuzkoako Hies Kontrako Elkarte Hiritarra Asociacion Ciudadana Anti-SIDA de Gipuzkoa. Colour lithograph by Xabi, 1993.

Catalogue

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    Western diseases, their emergence and prevention / edited by H.C. Trowell, D.P. Burkitt ; foreword by John R.K. Robson.

    | Date: 1981
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    A steam train transporting its passengers and plague through countryside and towns. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

    Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 10471i
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    A woman and child caring for a man sick with AIDS in bed with further illustrations demonstrating how to protect from and prevent AIDS (French version); an advertisement for AIDS education from the Ministry of Health AIDS Control Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 678852i
    Part of: Ouganda Ecole de Santé. Matérial pour le Contrôle du SIDA
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    Zymotic diseases : their correlation and causation / By A. Wolff.

    Wolff, Abraham, 1819-1892. | Date: 1872
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    Nine green and red diagrams with Spanish lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 675009i

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