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Hypodermic syringes

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  • A message in German that drug problems concern everyone; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Waste disposal practices in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A message in German purple lettering that drug problems must not be ignored but dealt with; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Fourteen illustrated instructions in Basque on the necessity of taking precautions when handling blood or fluids contaminated with blood to avoid transmitting HIV, hepatitis B and other related infections; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by the Eusko Jaurlaritza Gobierno Vasco. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A black and a white syringe against a background of swirling white lines representing an advertisement for Project 'AIDS en Druggebruik' and the AIDS Information line in the Netherlands; advertisement by the N.I.A.D [Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs]. Colour lithograph.
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    Fourteen illustrated precautions to be taken when handling blood or fluids contaminated with blood, in order to avoid transmitting HIV, hepatitis B and other related infections; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by the Eusko Jaurlaritza Gobierno Vasco. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 675854i
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    A man's hand holding a syringe poised to inject into his arm with five further smaller images showing the procedures for safe drug use; an advertisement by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Torsten Schmidt and Detlev Pusch.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 674206i
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    Ampoules stérilisées et titrées pour injection hypodermique: product label. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [1890?/1910] | Reference: 524308i
    Part of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.
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    A mosaic of handprints of children, some of which form a hypodermic syringe; representing the use of narcotic drugs by children. Colour lithograph, 200-.

    | Date: [between 2000 and 2009] | Reference: 589603i
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    Two men and two women using unsafe methods of drug injection and sexual contact, as an advertisement for safe sex as a protection from AIDS. Colour lithograph by Peter Knoch for Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 674220i
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