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How to design an HIV awareness campaign

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

  • Article

Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs

The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.

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Sharing breastmilk with parents

Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.

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  • The naked body of a child amidst empty bottles in a rubbish tip with a warning about the need to fight alcholism and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Shenoa Egawa Poster Designs, 1994, for the Seattle Indian Health Board.
  • A red and white criss-crossed painting by M.A. Plumelle with the words 'Lutte contre le SIDA - echange - partage - accueil - ecoute - information - soutien' repeated in blue lettering at the top; advertisement for AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Notice for annual medical conference in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2003.
  • Oui? : Oui! : Le préservatif est votre meilleur allié: dites oui! / SNEG, santé & prévention.
  • Oui? : Oui! : Le préservatif est votre meilleur allié: dites oui! / SNEG, santé & prévention.
  • Sex symbol : le préservatif est le seul moyen de se protéger du VIH et des autres infections sexuellement transmissibles / SNEG.
  • Sex symbol : le préservatif est le seul moyen de se protéger du VIH et des autres infections sexuellement transmissibles / SNEG.
  • www.histoiresdemecs.org ... : merci à l'ensemble des exploitants mobilisés autour des actions de prévention / SNEG prévention, Xavier Gickel [illustration].
  • www.histoiresdemecs.org ... : merci à l'ensemble des exploitants mobilisés autour des actions de prévention / SNEG prévention, Xavier Gickel [illustration].
  • London lube : make a pass / GMFA.
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