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  • An Indian couple, a vessel containing blood and a syringe; an anti-AIDS advertisement in Indic. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A couple wearing garlands, a packet of condoms, a nurse tending to sterilizing needles and a man receiving a blood transfusion in a hospital bed; a warning issued by the State AIDS Cell of the Goverment of Tamil Nadu about the importance of safe sex and sterilization of hospital equipment to prevent the spread of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Two personified condoms sit hand in hand as a couple on a bench; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the National AIDS Secretariat, Guyana. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A couple sit up in bed looking around at numerous other couples making love in rows of beds; with smaller vignettes showing someone receiving a drug injection, a needle piercing an arm and a range of condoms; one of a series of 4 AIDS education posters by the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) in Thailand. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A calendar for the year 1994 edged with gold at the top and containing numerous images of couples within borders bearing the words 'AIDS'; an advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society supported by Unicef and the Ford Foundation. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.
  • The black and white figures of a couple hugging within a border decorated with the national colours of Zimbabwe; advertising safe-sex in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph by J. Shepherd for the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) of Zimbabwe, 1991.
  • A couple in bed, a man having a blood transfusion in hospital, a range of sharp objects including a syringe and scissors and a pregnant woman; a warning about the importance of safe sex and sterilization within hospitals to prevent AIDS by the State AIDS Cell, Goverment of Tamil Nadu sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • A man and a woman taking tea in the garden of a refreshment house: she asks whether he takes suger, he replies in sentimental terms. Etching attributed to R. Seymour.
  • A couple dragging along a condom as though it is a dog on a lead; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas and Centro Nacional de Educacion para la salud Ministerio de Salud Publica, Cuba. Colour lithograph by Kumand (?), 1995.
  • A couple sitting with their three children with a warning in Arabic about AIDS against a larger faded impression of the couple. Colour lithograph by The Artshop, ca. 1995.
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    Big brother / Louis Quail.

    Quail, Louis | Date: 2018
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    A couple hugging representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Mozambique. Colour lithograph by Luis Cardosa, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 678768i
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    Twelve designs featuring couples and the words 'AIDS' used in a calendar for the year 1994 as part of an advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society supported by Unicef and the Ford Foundation. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1994?] | Reference: 678065i
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    Ways in which AIDS is spread including a couple representing unsafe sex, a person receiving infected blood from a donor, 3 people sharing contaminated needles and a pregnant woman infected with HIV lying in bed; an advertisement by the Directorate of Health Services in Manipur. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 677468i
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    A man and woman stand side by side with a warning in Arabic about AIDS against a larger faded impression of the couple. Colour lithograph by The Artshop, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 677067i
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Related topics

AIDS (Disease) - Prevention
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Safe Sex
Condoms
Blood Transfusion
Women
HIV Infections
Men
Chennai
Bangkok

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