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A wheelchair in the world

Five years ago, Jan Grue, author of ‘I Live a Life Like Yours’, became a father. A wheelchair user since age eight, Grue explores how parenthood helped him reimagine his relationship with his wheelchair.

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Audrey in the world

As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.

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Why the world needs collectors

Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.

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Navigating in a connected world

Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.

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  • Press release 15th May 1991 : "Journalists reluctant to focus on WHO HIV/AIDS figures" : HIV/AIDS global figures and the developing world / The All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS.
  • Press release 15th May 1991 : "Journalists reluctant to focus on WHO HIV/AIDS figures" : HIV/AIDS global figures and the developing world / The All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS.
  • "The World's Most Perfectly Developed Man"
  • 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.
  • Djibouti: involvement of women in computer work, agriculture, healthcare and child care, as a key to personal and national development, leading to health for women. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé and the World Health Organization, ca. 2002.
  • Bald-headed figures walking in different directions, one wearing a crown (?) against the face of a clock representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1, 1993 by the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development. Colour lithograph by Bami, 1993.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
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