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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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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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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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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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  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management workplace policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management workplace policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management Workplace Policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Guidelines for a joint Labour-management Workplace Policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong (large version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • President George Bush converses with Vice-President Dan Quayle with numerous speech bubbles; anti constitution protest against government policies including those relating to AIDS. Black and white lithograph.
  • The face of Peter Barton Wilson, Governor of California (1991-1999) with the message "Pete Wilson wants to kill you"; protest poster about U.S. government policies on health care. Photocopy.
  • President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush represented as members of "the Rich White Penis Club", with speech bubbles; anti-government protest about US AIDS policies by Enema Productions. Photocopy.
  • Sources of vitamins and minerals for children and adults: (a) carrots and apples, (b) citrus fruits, (c) brassicas and pulses. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • A young couple with an infant daughter; advertising the One-child policy in China. Colour lithograph, 198-.
  • A young couple with their daughter; advertising the One-child policy as essential for prosperity in China. Colour lithograph, 198-.
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