Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since December 20, 1999 with its own constitution. The island of Macau and adjacent islands are located off the southeast coast of China.
    

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A hand offering a syringe to another is stopped by a third hand representing a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS. Colour lithograph for the Unidade Educaçāo para a Saúde, Macau, ca. 1995.

Thomas Colledge attending a patient at his eye hospital in Macau. Aquatint by W. Daniell, 1834, after G. Chinnery.

Two people wearing paper bags on their heads, representing the dangers of ignorance about AIDS. Colour lithograph for the Unidade Educaçāo para a Saúde, Macau, ca. 1995.

A man's hand moving a Chinese character from the word 'AIDS' on a chessboard while leaving the word 'SIDA' (AIDS); a warning about AIDS. Colour lithograph for the Unidade Educaçāo para a Saúde, Macau, ca. 1995.

Macau e a assistência (panorama médico-social) / [José Caetano Soares].

History of photography in China : Chinese photographers, 1844-1879 / Terry Bennett ; [edited by Anthony Payne and Lindsey Stewart].

Portuguese society in the tropics : the municipal councils of Goa, Macao, Bahia, and Luanda, 1510-1800 / C.R. Boxer.

A medicina em Macau / P. Manuel Teixeira.

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A man's hand moving a Chinese character from the word 'AIDS' on a chessboard while leaving the word 'SIDA' (AIDS); a warning about AIDS. Colour lithograph for the Unidade Educaçāo para a Saúde, Macau, ca. 1995.

Macau e a assistência (panorama médico-social) / [José Caetano Soares].

History of photography in China : Chinese photographers, 1844-1879 / Terry Bennett ; [edited by Anthony Payne and Lindsey Stewart].

Portuguese society in the tropics : the municipal councils of Goa, Macao, Bahia, and Luanda, 1510-1800 / C.R. Boxer.

A medicina em Macau / P. Manuel Teixeira.