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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
  • Menstruation, artwork
  • 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?.
  • Advice on AIDS and where to get help, HIV statistics in Europe, and quotations from celebrities. Colour lithograph by Pierre Matthey in cooperation with PWA (People With AIDS) Schweiz.
  • Advice on AIDS and where to get help, HIV statistics in Europe, and quotations from celebrities. Colour lithograph by Pierre Matthey in cooperation with PWA (People With AIDS) Schweiz.
  • Advice on AIDS and where to get help, HIV statistics in Europe, and quotations from celebrities. Colour lithograph by Pierre Matthey in cooperation with PWA (People With AIDS) Schweiz.
  • Advice on AIDS and where to get help, HIV statistics in Europe, and quotations from celebrities. Colour lithograph by Pierre Matthey in cooperation with PWA (People With AIDS) Schweiz.
  • Reports upon Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, with statistical tables, for the year 1885.
  • Reports upon Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, with statistical tables, for the year 1885.
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