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Designing better mental health wards

Bringing colour and natural light to tired, grubby mental health wards has a measurably positive effect on patients. A few groundbreaking projects are showing the way.

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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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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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Six personal health zines that might change your life

Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.

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  • The face of a man with one hand on his chin representing a man who appears positive about being HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A young black couple with their arms linked and a warning about the dangers of getting high and getting AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.
  • A woman looks directly at the viewer with the words 'Qué tienes en contra de un condón?'; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph.
  • The face of a man wearing glasses representing a man worried about HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1991.
  • The words "Let me help you" against a black background representing an advertisement for using condoms; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A young black man in a tracksuit holding a towel representing the risks involved in dabbling with drugs; advertisement about AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1993.
  • A woman holds a magazine with her hair in rollers under a hair dryer with an interview about how to talk about AIDS; an advertisement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1991.
  • Details of the driving licence of 'Don Halstead' with details 'expires on birthday 1994' and a warning about the risks of dying on the same date from the AIDS virus; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1994.
  • Two blurred figures with a warning about the risk of drug abuse and AIDS in Spanish; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Jennie Reyes, mother of a son who died of AIDS with a warning in spanish about how children can be infected with the disease; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph.
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