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A brief history of contraception

From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.

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Sex and syphilis

Before antibiotics, syphilis unleashed centuries of misery, countered by desperate but largely useless remedies. With the spread of syphilis on the rise, it’s worth remembering what our forebears suffered.

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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability

By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.

  • Interview

How to design an HIV awareness campaign

Using carefully crafted, colourful graphics is one public health team’s creative approach.

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  • The seed heads of flowers flying like arrows towards the inner stamen of a yellow flower representing 'Love Question No 324', a warning that no pill in the world protects against unwanted sexually transmitted diseases; one of a series of safe sex AIDS prevention advertisements by Folkhälsoinstitutet, RFSU and RFSL. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • 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.
  • 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 (Creole version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • The range of condoms available from Durex to prevent sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • An opening into taking care : condoms can prevent: chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases.
  • An opening into taking care : condoms can prevent: chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases.
  • An opening into taking care : condoms can prevent: cervical cancer, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases ... and pregnancy.
  • An opening into taking care : condoms can prevent: cervical cancer, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases ... and pregnancy.
  • If you are having intercourse, using a condom makes sense for lots of reasons : condoms can prevent cervical cancer, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases ... and pregnancy, especially when used with a spermicide.
  • If you are having intercourse, using a condom makes sense for lots of reasons : condoms can prevent cervical cancer, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases ... and pregnancy, especially when used with a spermicide.
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