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  • Volidan 21 has the lowest oestrogenic activity of any combined oral contraceptive : domestic equipment and the British.
  • Volidan 21 has the lowest oestrogenic activity of any combined oral contraceptive : domestic equipment and the British.
  • A Ghanaian family of five representing Famplan, the injectable contraceptive in Ghana. Colour lithograph by GSMF International, ca. 2000.
  • A girl sheds a tear: reducing risk of pregnancy with emergency oral contraceptive in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A woman pointing to an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD): family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, ca. 2000.
  • Two smiling women one holding a pack of contraceptive pills: family planning at Marie Stopes clinics in Kenya. Lithograph by Population Media, ca. 2000.
  • Contraceptive methods and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / World Health Organization Special Programme on AIDS and Special Programme of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction.
  • A couple with their heads together and a couple in silhouette representing Kamal contraceptive foaming tablets in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • A warning in German that the contraceptive pill does not protect against AIDS; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A warning in French that the contraceptive pill does not protect against AIDS; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' by the l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Solanum laciniatum Aiton Solanaceae. Kangaroo Apple. Evergreen shrub. Distribution: New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. It contains steroidal saponins that can be converted into steroids, including progesterone, oestrogens, cortisone, prednisolone etc. In 1943, Professor Russell Marker discovered a method of obtaining an unsaturated steroidal saponine, diosogenin, from Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana), which can easily and cheaply be converted into steroids, such as prednisone and progesterone, reducing the price of steroid production to a fraction (0.5%) of its former cost. For 20 years drug companies showed little interest, and it was only as a result of Professor Marker forming his own company, and the concerted efforts of several gynaecologists, physiologists and birth-control advocates, that the contraceptive pill was ‘born’ in 1960. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A mother sits sewing as her children play: promoting Norplant as a family planning method in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Health Services Project, ca. 1994.
  • A contented family of six: bilateral tubal ligation family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Health Services Project, ca. 1994.
  • Progesterone only morning after pill
  • Progesterone only morning after pill + box
  • A woman with her hand on her head: Norplant birth control implant in Uganda. Colour lithograph by DISH, ca. 2001.
  • The pope reclining forward to kiss the floor with the words in French: 'Fight AIDS: condoms not skull caps'; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • M0006462: Condom description, from Grose: <i>Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</i> (1785)
  • Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.
  • Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.
  • Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.
  • Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.
  • Condomi Strong : CE0482 2012-12 ...
  • Mates : S-Strong SK70 CE0086 2004/11.
  • Mates : Superstrong SK70 0810350400 EXP 10/2003.
  • Mates : Superstrong SK70 0810350400 EXP 10/2003.
  • Condomi Strong : CE0482 2012-12 ...
  • Mates : S-Strong SK70 CE0086 2004/11.
  • I support mi££ionaid : now it's up to all of us / Durex condoms.
  • Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.