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  • Death is challenged by a crusader representing the Red Cross; advertising the Third Red Cross Roll Call for the improvement of public health. Colour lithograph, 1919.
  • The Amref trachoma control project in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Amref, ca. 2000.
  • A red personified condom raising a thumb and arm as if in triumph; a safe-sex advertisement by the Department of Health, CTA (Central Tibetan Administration), Dharamsala. Colour lithograph by Passang Thupten, ca. 1997.
  • Medicine in 1850 Exhibition, 1950
  • A naked figure with a leaf hair garland and transparent shawl pulls down the 's' of the word 'AIDS representing an advertisement for 'Action for AIDS' in Japan. Colour lithograph by Kan, ca. 1996.
  • A warning that AIDS means death, with a skull incorporating the letter 'D' of 'Death', a couple below, and a warning to be responsible; advertisement by the Public Health Department, Rarotonga. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A syringe pointing upwards representing the letter 'i' of the word AIDS; a warning to use sterilized syringes to prevent AIDS by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A skeleton holding up a sign bearing the warning 'AIDS: the death warrant!" against a black background; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. 199-.
  • Three silhouette line figures with four further figures within holding pictures relating to Indian wedding ceremonies representing an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • The black hands of a man and woman touch by their finger tips within the 'o' of the word 'one'; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi, February 1991.
  • A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A disillusioned looking doctor holding a stethoscope looks down at his patient who is flattened by a large expanse of black bearing the words 'AIDS still no cure' with a reminder to practice safe sex; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1991.
  • Adult hands reach out for a child's hand representing an advertisement for AIDS Awareness Week 4th to 10th October 1993 by the Candian AIDS Society. Colour lithograph by Jules de Niverville.
  • A man and woman with their arms around each other as they lean against a wall with a condom representing an advertisement for safer sex 'dress code' for the '90's; Recto: English version; advertisement by the Canadian Public Health Association. Colour lithograph.
  • A man apparently with an STD looking alarmed as he holds up a sheet to cover his genital area; with three further anxious men and women with similar complaints to the right; a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STD's and AIDS; a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A two-headed multi-legged creature above a a shattered pot with emanating rays with Hindi lettering relating to the shattering effects of AIDS; an advertisement by the Indian Committee of Youth Organizations. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A pot, a two-headed multi-legged creature and smaller symbols relating to ways in which AIDS is not transmitted including mosquitoes, hands shaking and a hospital bed; an advertisement issued by the Indian Committee of Youth Organizations. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A man with his wife and family crosses a zebra crossing while swivelling his head back to admire two passing women representing a warning about the risks of new sexual partners and AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STDs and AIDS (Hindi version); a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Illustrations and text explaining how AIDS cannot be transmitted from sharing clothes, drinking cups etc.; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A woman sitting on a motorbike is embraced by her partner representing a message about the 'ABC' for life: 'A'bstinence, 'B'e faithful and 'C'ondoms; an advertisement by the Malaysian Ministry of Health and the Heal Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • Cindy, a girl with black hair tied up who holds a toy; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph by P. Beane.
  • The eye of a woman looking through a hole in an orange triangle decorated with winged cupids, flowers and fabrics as she holds up a world globe with 2 fingers; an advertisement for World AIDS Day 1 December 1992 by the AIDS Landsforeningen MOT, Pluss, Helsedirektoratet, Folkehelsa and Helseutvalget for Homofile. Colour lithograph.
  • A man lying on a bed with his hands by his shorts with two condom packets; advertisement for condoms and safe sex by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Lithograph, 1988.
  • Painted figures reach up towards the world representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1st, by the National AIDS Strategy [Canada]. Colour lithograph by Vivian Reiss and Quorum Graphics.
  • Four arms joining at the hands to form a square inside which are 6 gremlin like HIV virus cells representing the Youth Campaign to contain the deadly HIV virus; advertisement issued by ICYO Indian Committee of Youth Organizations for Youth Workers. Colour lithograph by Akash Gulalia, ca. 1995.
  • A woman pushes a trolley down a dilapidated street in Lima, Peru representing poverty; with 4 smaller images depicting social issues associated with AIDS including packets of money in bank safes, drugs and male prostitutes; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Pecos, the Programa Especial de Control del SIDA. Colour lithograph by Juan L. Gargurevich, ca. 1995.