Three Indian women dressed in saris sit together with the message that men deserve to go abroad to make money but to avoid foreign women to prevent the spread of AIDS in his own home; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by S. Ghosh for Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.

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March 1995
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677443i
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Three Indian women dressed in saris sit together with the message that men deserve to go abroad to make money but to avoid foreign women to prevent the spread of AIDS in his own home; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by S. Ghosh for Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Indian women represent the man's wives (?)

Publication/Creation

New Delhi (Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029) : AIIMS, March 1995 (India; Printed at Balaji Ads O Prints India Pvt. Ltd.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 57.2 x 44.7 cm

Lettering

Unesco/Aidthi Workshop: Bihar, India, March 1995. Printing sponsored by East-West Committee, London for NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi. NGO stands for Nongovernmental Organisation - the NGO AIDS Cell is part of AIIMS (AIIMS stands for All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Translation of Hindi lettering: 'My beloved has gone far away (to another country) to earn not to bring back AIDS/If my beloved avoids other women/AIDS will not torment (our) home'

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S. Ghosh (illustration) Unesco/Aidthi Workshop (Bihar) NGO AIDS Cell (AIIMS) March 1995 NGO AIDS Cell (AIIMS) India current contacts: see website for details: http://www.aiims.ac.in 08/07/2009 UkLW UK Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 677443i

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