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Equality in genetics

Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.

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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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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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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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  • A tree made of people, on which a bole grows like a cancer.
  • A healthy-looking man with a tourniquet having a blood test, as apparent health can conceal syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Karsakov, 1941.
  • A tree made of people, on which a burr (burl) grows like a cancer. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • Cancer: three vignettes showing radiotherapy and surgery as the only effective cures, all other remedies being by implication ineffectual. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • A lecturer pointing to a large screen, on which projected diagrams of the bodies of a man and a woman are marked with red flags indicating areas where cancer may be first seen. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • Cancer: three vignettes showing radiotherapy and surgery as the only effective cures, all other remedies being by implication ineffectual. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • A lecturer pointing to a large screen, on which projected diagrams of the bodies of a man and a woman are marked with red flags indicating areas where cancer may be first seen. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • Syphilis: ten people, one of whom is diagnosed as having syphilis. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1940.
  • A red medicine bottle in blue wrapping, attractive but unable to cure gonorrhoea. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1943 (?).
  • A red arrow on a graph pointing upwards through a human body, representing the increase in cancer in the USA. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
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