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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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How hip-hop can save your mental health

Hip-hop is an unusual tool in the mental health professional’s armoury. But fans and performers can testify to the sympathetic and restorative powers of the genre.

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Getting around the rules of sex education

What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?

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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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  • The message 'You can prevent AIDS'; advertisement for the AIDS information lines in California by the California State Department of Health and the California Medical Association.Colour lithograph.
  • A condom called Proud Pete with speech bubbles warning parents to talk to their children about AIDS; advertisement for AIDS hotlines by the Pharmacists Planning Service. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A glass with a warning that you can't catch AIDS from sharing a drink; advertisement for AIDS information lines by the California Medical Association. Colour lithograph.
  • Children's artwork from the World AIDS Day poster contest, each bearing the words 'time to act'; advertisement for AIDS awareness by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Lithograph.
  • Two partially skeleton couples embrace representing the risk of death from AIDS; the winning poster by Mirjam Kongi from a competition entited 'Teenagers and Health' organised by the Estonian "Anti-AIDS" Association. Colour lithograph, ca.
  • Association of County Medical Officers of Health of England and Wales: members of the association, 1952. Photograph, 1952.
  • Two hands shaking with a warning about sharing needles; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A doctor inserting a needle into a patient's arm with a warning about the importance of using sterilized needles; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A man puts his arm around his colleague representing a couple affected by AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A woman carrying her HIV positive child on her back within her elaborate sari wrap; with an AIDS prevention message about caring for those who need you by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
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