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Two sets of syringes for injecting heroin: one on a red background representing shared needles/syringes as a cause of AIDS, and the other on a green background representing clean equipment used by one person. Colour lithograph by O. Miersch, ca. 2000.

A young man with tattooes standing under an umbrella in the rain; the umbrella representing aid for ex-prisoners with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by M. Steger and O. Miersch, ca. 2000.

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Two sets of syringes for injecting heroin: one on a red background representing shared needles/syringes as a cause of AIDS, and the other on a green background representing clean equipment used by one person. Colour lithograph by O. Miersch, ca. 2000.

A young man with tattooes standing under an umbrella in the rain; the umbrella representing aid for ex-prisoners with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by M. Steger and O. Miersch, ca. 2000.