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Invisibility

Why do menopausal women feel invisible? Because nobody talks about menopause or because society doesn't value older women?

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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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How to design an HIV awareness campaign

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

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Lying low for lockdown and beyond

For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.

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  • National immunisation programme in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé, 2002.
  • Ovulation, artwork
  • A purple condom against a yellow backdrop with a message that condoms work; advertisement by the North, Central and Southern Health, New Zealand and numerous other organizations. Colour lithograph.
  • Mont Alto Sanatorium for tuberculosis, Pennsylvania: view showing the Men's Camp (left) and the Women's Camp (right), with the Recreation Hall in the foreground. Photograph, 1920/1940?.
  • Menstruation, artwork
  • A crowd of Indian women holding babies; representing a warning by the World Health Organization about for the vulnerability of women and HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • The female sign incorporating the faces of five women who work in the AIDS field with a list of list of HIV-related conditions common in women by the Maricopa Area Health Education Center. Colour lithograph by Jeff Dorgay and Creative Syndicate.
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.
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