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Vaccinating a community, saving lives

Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.

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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching

The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.

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How music opens the doors of memory and the mind

People living with dementia can often still listen, perform or move to music. What does this tell us about how memories are formed?

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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet

Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

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  • The President of the European Commission, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the President of the French Republic, in conspiracy; with X-rays of their bodies, representing the transparency perceived to be absent from their deliberations. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • The European Union against HIV/AIDS : leaflet / European Commission Community Research.
  • The European Union against HIV/AIDS : leaflet / European Commission Community Research.
  • The European Union against HIV/AIDS : leaflet / European Commission Community Research.
  • The European Union against HIV/AIDS : leaflet / European Commission Community Research.
  • The European Union against HIV/AIDS : leaflet / European Commission Community Research.
  • The European Union against HIV/AIDS : leaflet / European Commission Community Research.
  • Children and HIV : Rome symposium / Symposium on the needs of children and familes affected by HIV - a European perspective, National Children's Bureau, The Institute of Health ; sponsored by the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. as part of its international Positive Action programme of HIV education, care and community support.
  • A multi-coloured wavy background with two black silhouettes reaching toward each other and an eye in between them; one of a series of [5] Aboriginal posters entitled 'Everybody's Business' concerning 'Caring for People with AIDS' commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services. Colour lithograph by Bronwyn Bancroft, 1992.
  • A husband holds his new born baby as his wife rests in bed: promoting health facilities for safe childbirth in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
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