Avoid AIDS
Poster
1987 (published)
1987 (published)
| Place of origin |
The 1996 V&A exhibition ‘Graphic Responses to AIDS’ highlighted the different techniques and media being used by designers in graphic work relating to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The curator, Shaun Cole, collected more than 100 posters from around the world for the display. This poster was given by the Health Education Division of the Bahamas Ministry of Health.
At 3%, the Bahamas has the third highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. While HIV continues to spread, the government’s AIDS programme has had significant success in tracking and curbing the epidemic. A relatively rich nation, the Bahamas has been able to spend more than some of its neighbours on HIV/AIDS control and prevention. Major public information campaigns, of which this 1987 poster was a part, have played an important role in reducing cases of HIV/AIDS.
At 3%, the Bahamas has the third highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. While HIV continues to spread, the government’s AIDS programme has had significant success in tracking and curbing the epidemic. A relatively rich nation, the Bahamas has been able to spend more than some of its neighbours on HIV/AIDS control and prevention. Major public information campaigns, of which this 1987 poster was a part, have played an important role in reducing cases of HIV/AIDS.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Avoid AIDS |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by Dionne Benjamin, 'Avoid AIDS', Bahamas Drug Action Service, Bahamas, 1987 |
| Physical description | Poster, with 'Avoid AIDS' written above heart shape enclosing heads of bride and groom. Below, 'One Partner Only / Do Not Partake in Casual Sex / Know Your Partner Well' |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Avoid AIDS / One partner only / Do not partake in casual sex / Know your partner well / Ministry of Health / Health Education Division) |
| Credit line | Given by the Health Education Division of the Bahamas Ministry of Health |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The 1996 V&A exhibition ‘Graphic Responses to AIDS’ highlighted the different techniques and media being used by designers in graphic work relating to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The curator, Shaun Cole, collected more than 100 posters from around the world for the display. This poster was given by the Health Education Division of the Bahamas Ministry of Health. At 3%, the Bahamas has the third highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. While HIV continues to spread, the government’s AIDS programme has had significant success in tracking and curbing the epidemic. A relatively rich nation, the Bahamas has been able to spend more than some of its neighbours on HIV/AIDS control and prevention. Major public information campaigns, of which this 1987 poster was a part, have played an important role in reducing cases of HIV/AIDS. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.965-1996 |
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| Record created | April 25, 2007 |
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