A doctor in the form of a shield with a smiling face holds hands with a mother and child; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004.

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[2004]
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659137i
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A doctor in the form of a shield with a smiling face holds hands with a mother and child; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The law was introduced in the wake of the SARS outbreak to establish new procedures both for doctors and the public to take in respect of notification and isolation of cases in the event of epidemics of SARS, bird flu, meningitis etc.

Publication/Creation

[Beijing] : Beijing Shi Wei sheng ju, [2004]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 76.5 x 52.4 cm

Lettering

Top, the name of the law (Chuan ran bing fang zhi fa) and date of implementation (1 December 2004). Below, cursive Chinese characters equivalent to "Prevent and treat infectious diseases to protect the people's health". The name of the law is repeated on the shield

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Wellcome Collection 659137i

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