Medical practice of testing a group or population for disease or medical conditions, who may not yet exhibit disease symptoms, enabling earlier intervention and disease management

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Silhouette figures with red kidneys highlight representing free screening to mark World Kidney Day on 11 March 2010 in Kenya. Colour lithograph, 2010.

A blue background bearing the white lettering: "L'enfant et le SIDA: un thème de discussion pour les parents et les médecins." [Children and AIDS: a discussion topic for parents and doctors]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [OFSP]. Colour lithograph.

A message about AIDS and HIV testing in Japanese black script bordered with vertical gold edges. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

The AIDS red ribbon with a list of AIDS helplines available in Germany; an advertisement by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Lucy Rüttgers.

A message from a child urging people to have x-rays. Lithograph, ca. 1970.

A map of Berlin highlighting the locations of AIDS-related organisations within the city with the words; a warning issued by the Senator for Social Health and Youth and Family. Colour lithograph, 199-.

A blue background bearing the white lettering: "Interrogez votre médicin sur les aspects positifs et négatifs du test du SIDA" [Ask your doctor about the positive and negative test of AIDS]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [OFSP]. Colour lithograph.

The face of a man wearing glasses representing a man worried about HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1991.

A white liver bird and messages to people in Liverpool advocating chest x-rays for diagnosis of tuberculosis. Colour lithograph, 1959.

A message in orange lettering in German that 'I don't use condoms because I often do the test' and in black lettering 'the test does not prevent AIDS'; 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.

AIDS for AIDS, a useful information sheet for physicians with numerous facts and figures by the National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Goverment of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Multi-coloured question-marks with a black silhouette figure jumping off a diving board at the top and appearing to land in a safety ring at the bottom; an advertisement for the Fifth Information campaign on AIDS education with a list of 10 Good standards for health professionals that perform HIV testing; advertisement by the Ministere della Sanità Commisione nazionale per la lotta contro l'AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

Samuel Gottlieb Vogels Kranken-Examen, oder, Allgemeine philosophisch medicinische Untersuchungen zur Erforschung der Krankheiten des menschlichen Körpers.

The face of a black man with his hand on his cheek representing a man worried about HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.

Information on what to do if an HIV test is positive representing one of a series of posters in an advertising campaign about AIDS by the Agence Française Lutte Contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.

Considering surrogacy? : your questions answered / issued jointly by the British Medical Association and the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.

Vielfachreihenuntersuchungen : Erfahrungen und Entwicklungstendenzen / Herausgeber, H.-J. Thiele, H.-J. Tredt, Hedi Friedemann.

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Medical screening

Images from the collections

Images referencing Medical screening

Works from the collections

Samuel Gottlieb Vogels Kranken-Examen, oder, Allgemeine philosophisch medicinische Untersuchungen zur Erforschung der Krankheiten des menschlichen Körpers.

The face of a black man with his hand on his cheek representing a man worried about HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.

Information on what to do if an HIV test is positive representing one of a series of posters in an advertising campaign about AIDS by the Agence Française Lutte Contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.

Considering surrogacy? : your questions answered / issued jointly by the British Medical Association and the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.

Vielfachreihenuntersuchungen : Erfahrungen und Entwicklungstendenzen / Herausgeber, H.-J. Thiele, H.-J. Tredt, Hedi Friedemann.

Medical screening

Images from the collections

Images referencing Medical screening

Works from the collections

Samuel Gottlieb Vogels Kranken-Examen, oder, Allgemeine philosophisch medicinische Untersuchungen zur Erforschung der Krankheiten des menschlichen Körpers.

The face of a black man with his hand on his cheek representing a man worried about HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.

Information on what to do if an HIV test is positive representing one of a series of posters in an advertising campaign about AIDS by the Agence Française Lutte Contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.

Considering surrogacy? : your questions answered / issued jointly by the British Medical Association and the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.

Vielfachreihenuntersuchungen : Erfahrungen und Entwicklungstendenzen / Herausgeber, H.-J. Thiele, H.-J. Tredt, Hedi Friedemann.

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