Namibian HIV/AIDS and maternal and child public health posters

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Identifier: 7752

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Posters promoting AIDS awareness, safe sex practices, maternal and child health in Namibia, collected by Monica Ruiz-Casares. Of the 32 posters on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases in Namibia, 15 are part of a series called "Safe Sex Saves Lives," one is in the Afrikaans language, and some deal with AIDS orphans, discrimination and tolerance. One poster about AIDS orphans is in French and produced in Paris. One safe sex poster was issued by the United States Agency for International Development (U.S. AID). Of the 13 additional posters, six are related to the Day of the African Child or Day of the Namibian Child, six are related to safe pregnancies and healthy babies, one promotes girls attending school, and one is about farming. Also, one coaster from the Namibian HIV/AIDS media campaign "Take Control!"

Dates

circa 1990-2005.

Creator

Ruiz-Casares, Mónica (Collector, Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Afrikaans and French.

Extent

2 mapcase folders. (2 mapcase folders.)

Additional Description

Abstract

osters promoting AIDS awareness, safe sex practices, maternal and child health in Namibia, collected by Monica Ruiz-Casares.

Physical Description

Posters

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Elyse Finkel
Date completed:: February 2009
EAD encoding:: Elyse Finkel and Sarah Keen, February 2009
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2018