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Images about Family size

39 images from works
  • A couple with their baby within a map of Nigeria: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A man contemplates the logistics of having more children: family planning in Lagos, Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Lagos State Ministry of Health, ca. 1994.
  • A man raises his arms before a woman selling him food over a shop counter: promoting smaller families through family planning at Marie Stopes clinics in Kenya. Lithograph by Population Media, ca. 2000.
  • A pregnant mother bearing a basket of fruit on her head with her three young children: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Health Education Unit Abeokuta, 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.
  • A contented family of five: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Borno State Ministry of Health, ca. 1990.
  • A man surrounded by his large family: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, Nigeria , ca. 1990.
  • A man at a dispensary counter raises his arms in despair before crowds of waiting people: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • An elderly man gestures towards a man on a bike carrying his family: child spacing and family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 1996.
  • A couple in despair surrounded by their numerous screaming babies: family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.

Works from the collections

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    A couple with their baby within a map of Nigeria: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 771953i
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    Choosing childlessness / Fiona McAllister ; with Lynda Clarke.

    McAllister, Fiona | Date: 1998
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    Why children? / edited and introduced by Stephanie Dowrick & Sibyl Grundberg.

    | Date: 1980
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    A pregnant mother sits crying before a table surrounded by her large deprived family: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 754466i
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    A contented husband and wife with four children: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Owerri Nigeria, ca. 1990.

    | Date: [1990?] | Reference: 794758i

Related topics

Family Planning Services
Lagos
Nigeria
Ghana
Birth control
Nigeria, Southern
Family Planning Services
Fertility
Family Characteristics
Breast Feeding

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