A man dressed in white with a blue turban holding a white sack greets a woman in a blue sari and her child on a rural road next to her hut; his horse and cart with further white sacks wait idle nearby; with a message about the dangers of having unprotected sex with foreign women; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.

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March 1995
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677439i
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A man dressed in white with a blue turban holding a white sack greets a woman in a blue sari and her child on a rural road next to her hut; his horse and cart with further white sacks wait idle nearby; with a message about the dangers of having unprotected sex with foreign women; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New Delhi (Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029) : AIIMS, March 1995 (India; Printed at Balaji Ads O Prints India Pvt. Ltd.)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 45.2 x 57.3 cm

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Jāo tum pardeś kamāne, jaldī ānā. Nārī ke pās na jānā, eds na lānā. Unesco/Aidthi Workshop: Bihar, India, March 1995. Printing sponsored by East-West Committee, London for NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi. NGO stands for Nongovernmental Organisation - the NGO AIDS Cell is part of AIIMS (AIIMS stands for All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Translation of main lettering in Hindi: Do go to "another country" ( i.e. far away) to earn ( more), hasten back; but do not go to a woman, do not bring back AIDS Lower part of poster is lined with decorative red swirls outlined with gold dots

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Wellcome Collection 677439i

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Unesco/Aidthi Workshop (Bihar) NGO AIDS Cell (AIIMS) March 1995 NGO AIDS Cell (AIIMS) India current contacts: see website for details: http://www.aiims.ac.in 08/07/2009 UkLW UK Transcription from the item

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