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Birth control

Practice of intentionally controlling the rate of growth of a human population

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Birth control

58 images from works
  • A pregnant mother in tears living in poverty with her many children: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • A couple with their heads together and a couple in silhouette representing Kamal contraceptive foaming tablets in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • A male-female couple hold hands looking at each other representing Secure oral contraception in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Program, ca. 2000.
  • A pregnant man with a message about being careful: family planning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Association of Kenya, ca. 2000.
  • International conference on population development in Benin. Lithograph by L'Association Béninoise pour la Promotion de la Famille, 1994.
  • A portrait of an Indian couple torn in two with the warning 'they could have saved their marriage'; an anti-AIDS advertisement for Sex Education Counselling Research Thearpy Training issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A family of five stand outside their house: family planning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Family Planning Association of Kenya, ca. 2000.
  • A woman accosts another at a water collecting point before a crowd of onlookers waiting to fill their buckets: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • International conference on population development in Benin. Lithograph by L'Association Béninoise pour la Promotion de la Famille, 1994.
  • An illustrated information sheet showing things you should know about AIDS; an advertisement by the Population and Community Development Assocation (PDA) in Thailand. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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Works from the collections

146 works

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    Aṉupavak kuṭumpak kaṭṭuppāṭu : avaravarkaḷē ceytukoḷḷalām / aṉupava āciriyar R. Turaicāmi eḻutiyatu.

    | Turaicāmi, R. | Date: 1967
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    • Online

    Best practice guidance on the provision of effective contraception and advice services for young people / Teenage Pregnancy Unit.

    | Great Britain. Teenage Pregnancy Unit | Date: 2000
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    What are you using? : a birth control guide for teenagers / Andrea Balis.

    | Balis, Andrea | Date: [1981]
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    Public illumination magazine : this month : contraception more pages!.

    | Date: 1982
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    Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use.

    | Date: 2002
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Related topics

Contraception
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Ghana
Kenya
Family Planning Services
Safe Sex
Condoms
HIV infections - Prevention
Egypt

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