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The importance of washing hands before cooking and sterilising water in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

A child washing his hands with soap and water: preventing diarrhoea in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

A girl holds a chicken on a plate as a man washes his hands: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.

Washing hands: global handwashing day October 15th in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2008.

Prevention of food poisoning by covering hand infections with a plaster, avoiding touching food, and keeping hands clean. Colour lithograph, ca. 1963.

School children visiting a segregated corrugated toilet and washing their hands: hygiene in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

A Muslim man at his ablutions being attended by two servants. Engraving by J.B. Simonet after J.B. Hilaire.

A boy washing his face beneath a leaky tin hanging from a tree: saving and use of water in Kenya. Colour lithograph by AMREF, ca. 2000.

Illustrated guide to preventing infection by washing hands: preventing spread of coughs, colds and influenza in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

Hygiene in food handling: types of food and ways of transmitting microbes. Colour lithograph, 2000.

Soap ephemera. Box 3.

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

A corona zine : stayed at home / Deniz Beşer.

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Hygiene in food handling: types of food and ways of transmitting microbes. Colour lithograph, 2000.

Soap ephemera. Box 3.

A girl holds a chicken on a plate as a man washes his hands: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

A corona zine : stayed at home / Deniz Beşer.