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A crowd of people appearing to wait with the message 'All are equal before the [HIV] virus'; an advertisement for the AIDS helpline by the Steirische AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph after Heimo Binder.

Three ghoulish faces attacking three figures wearing white coats bearing the letters 'T'; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph by MB.

A jagged yellow, blue and red design with four vignettes representing relationships and messages in German emphasizing self-help by AIDS patients: ; ; an advertisment for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph for the for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., 1996.

A woman standing next to a wall with a quote about how she slept with a man who had HIV; an advertisement for Local Sexual Health Clinics by the Community AIDS Resource Team, Auckland Sexual and Health Services. Photocopy.

A Japanese man in jeans and a leather jacket representing an advertisement in Japanese for The Aids Health Project. Lithograph.

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

Ways in which you cannot catch the HIV virus from hugging to telephones; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.

The naked torsos of two men touch with a message about AIDS and safer sex; an advertisement by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph, 1984/1985.

The hand of a woman pointing to a blood bag that has been tested for HIV representing a warning about the dangers of donating contaminated blood and AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.

List of symptoms of HIV infection that lead to AIDS from fever to red or purplish spots on the body; sixth of sixteen advertisement posters by the American Red Cross promoting education about AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1990.

A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

The AIDS red ribbon with a list of some of the 10,000 people infected with HIV in Costa Rica; an advertisement to mark World AIDS Day by the Fundasida, Department of AIDS control, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica. Colour lithograph, 1995.

3 films courts de prévention du Sida : pour les populations Africaines vivant en France et pour les jeunes.

A man in a vest and shorts sits on a chair by a window holding a condom packet within a red and orange decorated border; an advertisement for safer sex and condoms. Colour lithograph by Mark A. Vieira and William Sandoval/Graphic Works.

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A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

The AIDS red ribbon with a list of some of the 10,000 people infected with HIV in Costa Rica; an advertisement to mark World AIDS Day by the Fundasida, Department of AIDS control, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica. Colour lithograph, 1995.

3 films courts de prévention du Sida : pour les populations Africaines vivant en France et pour les jeunes.

A man in a vest and shorts sits on a chair by a window holding a condom packet within a red and orange decorated border; an advertisement for safer sex and condoms. Colour lithograph by Mark A. Vieira and William Sandoval/Graphic Works.