Namibian HIV/AIDS and maternal and child public health posters
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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.)
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
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Elyse Finkel
- Date
- February 2009
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu