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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.

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The evil eye and social anxiety

The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.

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Finding consolation in social isolation

Feeling isolated and anxious during the lockdowns of the last year, Tanya Perdikou found solace in reconnecting to her past and reaching out to neighbours in the present.

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The friendly societies and healthcare

For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.

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  • Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day / edited by H.D. Traill and J.S. Mann.
  • Questions about AIDS : call us at National AIDS helplines ... / prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security ; issued by the United Kingdom Health Departments.
  • A green neon-lit pharmacy shop sign on the corner of a street with a message in French: 'There are places for protection on every street corner'; with a sterile needle and a condom advertising pharmacies as the first port of call for protection against AIDS; an advertisement by the Ministére du Travail et des Affaires Sociales, L'Assurance Maladie Sécurité Sociale, Ordre National des Pharmacies and CFES. Colour lithograph.
  • Social activities that carry no risk of AIDS including two men shaking hands, sharing food at a table, sharing water, sleeping together and mosquitoes; an advertisement produced as part of the Programme National de Lutte Contre le SIDA in Togo. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Two blue shapes torn in half to reveal an orange circle, as if the sun; an advertisement for the 1st national conference on AIDS prevention for drug users from 16 to 17 November 1994 at the Palacio de Congresos de Madrid; organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • People should be open and candid with their doctors about hereditary illnesses, so that the German state can act to eliminate them. Colour lithograph, 1933/1945.
  • People should be open and candid with their doctors about hereditary illnesses, so that the German state can act to eliminate them. Colour lithograph, 1933/1945.
  • A sculpture of a naked young man seated, representing the National Socialist ideal of strength and health resulting from willpower and self-confidence. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • A sculpture of a naked young man seated, representing the National Socialist ideal of strength and health resulting from willpower and self-confidence. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • The black silhouettes of men and women with arrows and the message that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease so stick to one partner and use condoms; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Seychelles. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
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