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  • A health visitor holding a small child, promoting a campaign against tuberculosis and infant mortality. Colour lithograph by A. Leroux, 1918.
  • A child eating a plate of food surrounded by images of a balanced diet: infant nutrition in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Health Education Unit of Lagos, ca. 2000.
  • A mother sits on a stool nursing an infant in her arms outside her simple house suggesting she is supporting herself and has avoided AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Dangers to the health of infants: germs and bacteria. Colour lithograph, 1922.
  • Health development chart for infants up to 5 years: children's health in Kenya. Colour lithograph by AMREF, ca. 2000.
  • Immunizations covered by Ministry of Health in Kenya: measles, tetanus in infants and polio. Colour lithograph by KEPI, Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Immunizations covered by Ministry of Health in Kenya: measles, tetanus in infants and polio. Colour lithograph by KEPI, Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Routine immunization schedule for infants in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, 2001.
  • Four immunization guideline cards for infants of varying ages: immunizing against malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Smallpox : Vaccination and re-vaccination are necessary for prevention : Infants should be vaccinated as soon as possible after birth : consult your doctor now : indigent persons will be vaccinated free of charge by the Public Health Department.
  • Smallpox : Vaccination and re-vaccination are necessary for prevention : Infants should be vaccinated as soon as possible after birth : consult your doctor now : indigent persons will be vaccinated free of charge by the Public Health Department.
  • A young woman shows a shepherd a basket with a baby and lambs in it. Engraving by P. de Colle after F. Londonio.
  • Childhood mortality: interior of a nursery with eight babies, watched by Death who opens the window from outside and reveals an industrial cityscape. Colour lithograph by Alice Dick Dumas.
  • Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.
  • Advice to mothers on healthy treatment of infants: cleanliness and warmth. Colour lithograph by A.A. Ioffa, ca. 1925.
  • Advice to mothers on causes of child mortality. Colour lithograph by O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.
  • Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.
  • Advice to mothers on healthy treatment of infants: cleanliness and warmth. Colour lithograph by A.A. Ioffa, ca. 1925.
  • Advice to mothers on causes of child mortality. Colour lithograph by O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.
  • A nurse holding healthy twin babies. Colour lithograph after L. Tarasova, 1983.
  • Let the toddler's first steps -lead to the welfare centre : get expert attention and advice before and after baby comes, advice on feeding -milk or special food, trained nurses who like children, do what the doctor tells you : Norfolk / Ministry of Health.
  • Saint Vincent de Paul receiving supplications from mothers; below, a procession approaches a church. Line engraving by L. Cars after himself.
  • A toddler in a walking frame is kicking bottles of sedatives, representing the preference for clean bottle-feeding over pharmaceutical sedatives for infants. Colour process print after F. Poulbot.
  • A woman changing her child's nappy, her husband is watching them in an amused manner. Mezzotint.
  • A woman changing her child's nappy, her husband is watching them in an amused manner. Mezzotint.
  • [Bookmark asking for help for the Fench Red Cross to aleviate children dying of a lack of milk, hygiene, baby linen, medical care, air and light. There is an advert for Citiba rayon stockings on the back].
  • [Bookmark asking for help for the Fench Red Cross to aleviate children dying of a lack of milk, hygiene, baby linen, medical care, air and light. There is an advert for Citiba rayon stockings on the back].
  • A Maasai mother with a child; representing support for the healthcare work of Memisa among the Maasai. Colour lithograph for Memisa, ca. 2000.
  • 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 father dips his displeased child into water from the new Artesian well in Grenelle; he emerges covered in filth. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1841.