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GLOBAL HEALTH HISTORIESDept of Knowledge Management & SharingLUNCHTIME SEMINARWednesday November 28 200712.30 – 14.00, Library Meeting Room
Public health posters: past and present
Remember the iceberg? It was one of the most striking images of AIDS prevention campaigns in the 1980s. Throughout the 20th century, posters have been powerful tools in health education around the world, at the same time creating their own vibrant history that involve a mixture of medicine, marketing and media.
Today's presentation contains some of the most memorable posters and is drawn from the books and collections of William H. Helfand, former pharmaceutical executive, author, enthusiast and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Association of the History of Medicine.
It also links with a WHO book in progress, Getting the message across – public health campaigns: 1948-2008 aimed for publication in WHO's 60th anniversary year.
Contact: Thomson Prentice, Global Health Histories +41 22 791 4224 ([email protected])
See website: http://www.who.int/global_health_histories/
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A pharmacy in England in 1825
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Effects of alcohol: a man, a woman and their son looking at a drunken man who has fallen down
in the street outside a bar. (Switzerland)
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Sanatorium for Syphilis patients in Barcelona, 1895
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Ayer's Sarsaparilla tonic 1895 (USA)
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Advertising for bandages and dressings (Germany) 1902
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Advertising for a first-aid kit (Germany) 1910
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Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which crushes a man, his wife and children Hungary
around 1920
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Diphtheria campaign Chicago Department of Health. between 1936 and 1941
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Tuberculosis campaign (USA?) 1941
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Malaria: a construction worker receiving medical attention year 1953 (USSR)
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Healthy eating campaign, Czechoslovakia 1959 1961
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Anti-smoking campaign United States of America 1968
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Road safety campain "Observe traffic regulations, safeguard public order". china 1987
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Safe sex campaign for Australian Aborginals, 1991.
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"If you don't want it to be like this - then use your right to solve the problem". Committee for Health and Safety of Workers (Thailand) 1999
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Luxembourg 2002