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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare

The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.

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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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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.

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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars

‘Anti-vaxxers’ are taking their message online using powerful images as well as words. But is the pro campaigners’ response any better?

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  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: the Hospital of the Medical Department of the United States Army: a ward of empty beds. Photograph, 1876.
  • Tapeworms of poultry : how to control them / [prepared by the Animal Disease and Parasite Research Division, Agricultural Research Service]
  • Tapeworms of poultry : how to control them / [prepared by the Animal Disease and Parasite Research Division, Agricultural Research Service]
  • Tapeworms of poultry : how to control them / [prepared by the Animal Disease and Parasite Research Division, Agricultural Research Service]
  • Wipe out brucellosis : cut.. lifestock losses : stop.. human infection / Animal Disease Eradication Branch [of the] Agricultural Research Service.
  • Wipe out brucellosis : cut.. lifestock losses : stop.. human infection / Animal Disease Eradication Branch [of the] Agricultural Research Service.
  • Wipe out brucellosis : cut.. lifestock losses : stop.. human infection / Animal Disease Eradication Branch [of the] Agricultural Research Service.
  • Wipe out brucellosis : cut.. lifestock losses : stop.. human infection / Animal Disease Eradication Branch [of the] Agricultural Research Service.
  • Wipe out brucellosis : cut.. lifestock losses : stop.. human infection / Animal Disease Eradication Branch [of the] Agricultural Research Service.
  • Wipe out brucellosis : cut.. lifestock losses : stop.. human infection / Animal Disease Eradication Branch [of the] Agricultural Research Service.
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