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  • A woman holds a syringe as if smoking a cigarette watched by a black man in a green tracksuit and another in a grey dinner suit; warning about drugs, needle-sharing and safe sex practices to prevent AIDS by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for AIDS Education. Colour lithograph.
  • A ring incorporating the words 'class of 90'; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • A black woman stands by a cot with a mobile representing a mother whose baby has AIDS; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1993.
  • A message about how AIDS spreads with the word 'AIDS' in letters with red blood vessel-like roots; an AIDS prevention advertisement for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. December 1993.
  • A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Croatian 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.
  • An information leaflet printed on four sides featuring a man in a denim shirt on the front and inner pages with a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS; an advertisement by Luc Bils of the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community) with the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph by Forum, ca. 1988.
  • One folded sheet containing the silhouette torso of Michelangelo's David and a list of excuses for not practising safe sex; advertisement by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Larry Stinson and Les Poppas.
  • A couple making love, two people sharing needles, a man in a bed receiving a blood transfusion and a pregnant Indian woman; warning by the World Health Organization about the modes of transmission of HIV. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A non-reusable syringe, with a warning about the risks of contracting diseases like AIDS, hepatitis and septicemia by reusing syringes. Colour lithograph by the Ministere della Sanità supported by Italian Pharmacy Federations, ca. 1995.
  • A cloaked figure of death bearing the word 'AIDS' on one sleeve and holding syringes that spill blood as if weapons; advertisement for the Sterile Needle Exchange by the Life Foundation Community Health Outreach Program. Colour lithograph.
  • A brick wall bearing graffiti about AIDS and a figure pointing to a bottle of bleach; advertisement by the Colorado Department of Health, Denver AIDS Prevention and Project Safe. Colour lithograph by Julee Wilets.
  • A list of ways in which you can and can't get AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1991.
  • A line of people shaking hands with a mother, father and their child representing a warning by the World Health Organization about who is at risk from AIDS . Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A prostitute approaches a man in a car; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • A woman with blonde hair, big earrings, pouting with painted lips; representing somebody who might be at risk of AIDS though reuse of needles. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • An information leaflet printed on four sides featuring a man in a denim shirt on the front and inner pages with a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS; an advertisement by Luc Bils of the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community) with the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph by Forum, ca. 1988.
  • A naked man with a towel around his neck and his arms folded representing an advertisement for HIV tests, safe sex and a warning about sharing needles by the Life Foundation. Colour lithograph by Douglas Simonson.
  • Ways in which AIDS is spread including a couple representing unsafe sex, a person receiving infected blood from a donor, 3 people sharing contaminated needles and a pregnant woman infected with HIV lying in bed; an advertisement by the Directorate of Health Services in Manipur. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A negative photograph of a crowd of people against a black background; advertisement for safer sex to prevent AIDS/HIV by the Department of Health. Lithograph.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Turkish 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.
  • Instructions on how to sterilize needles and syringes and a warning about the dangers of needle-sharing and AIDS within the silhouette form of 2 figures in black and grey; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Voluntary Health Association of India and the Manipur Voluntary Health Association. Colour lithograph by Ramesh Sukumar for VHAI, ca. 1995.