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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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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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Medics and the bomb

Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.

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People against pollution

Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.

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  • Condoman, a cartoon figure, holds a packet of condoms on a beach; advertising safe sex among indigenous Australians. Colour lithograph by the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Australia, and the Aboriginal Health Workers of Australia (Queensland).
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • A figure engulfed by a condom with another figure walking away to the right disconsolately; advertisement for safe sex by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services, Australia. Colour lithograph.
  • AIDS : Australia faces the issues : a sampling of publicity produced by the Australian government, state governments/ territories and community groups / produced by the Dept. of Community Services and Health.
  • AIDS : Australia faces the issues : a sampling of publicity produced by the Australian government, state governments/ territories and community groups / produced by the Dept. of Community Services and Health.
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