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A man and woman from Laos hold hands within the blue outline of a heart shape with the word 'AIDS' within a circular logo below representing an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Numbered images and text including 2 images of a couple making love, a woman lying attached to a drip receiving a blood transfusion, a syringe injecting into an arm and a group of pregnant women; an advertisement from Laos about safe sex and AIDS prevention and the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and pregnancy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Laos. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

"Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [jungle illustration].

Laos. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

A group of men, women and child from Laos in both traditional and western dress representing an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Numbered images and text including a family sitting talking, syringes with a red cross and a variety of condoms representing an advertisement from Laos for education about AIDS, the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and the importance of condoms and safe sex. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

"Krao", the "missing link" : a living proof of Darwin's theory of the descent of man : special lectures, 2.30, 5.30 & 9.30... : all should see her : [seated illustration].

Ways in which AIDS cannot be transmitted including a woman on a telephone, people sitting in a stream, using public toilets, kissing, shaking hands, sharing food and mosquito bites; an AIDS prevention advertisement from Laos. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman.

Yû dî mî hèng : "être bien, avoir de la force" : essai sur les pratiques thérapeutiques lao / Richard Pottier ; postface de Didier Sicard.

Scientific annaul report for 2013 : Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit to Minister of Health, Government of the Lao PDR.

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Laos

Images from the collections

Images referencing Laos

Works from the collections

The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman.

A group of men, women and child from Laos in both traditional and western dress representing an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Yû dî mî hèng : "être bien, avoir de la force" : essai sur les pratiques thérapeutiques lao / Richard Pottier ; postface de Didier Sicard.

Scientific annaul report for 2013 : Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit to Minister of Health, Government of the Lao PDR.

Numbered images and text including a family sitting talking, syringes with a red cross and a variety of condoms representing an advertisement from Laos for education about AIDS, the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and the importance of condoms and safe sex. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Laos

Images from the collections

Images referencing Laos

Works from the collections

The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman.

A group of men, women and child from Laos in both traditional and western dress representing an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Yû dî mî hèng : "être bien, avoir de la force" : essai sur les pratiques thérapeutiques lao / Richard Pottier ; postface de Didier Sicard.

Scientific annaul report for 2013 : Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit to Minister of Health, Government of the Lao PDR.

Numbered images and text including a family sitting talking, syringes with a red cross and a variety of condoms representing an advertisement from Laos for education about AIDS, the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and the importance of condoms and safe sex. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

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