'We can only win against HIV/AIDS if we join hands to save our nation,' President Thabo Mbeki -- 9 October 1998

'We can only win against HIV/AIDS if we join hands to save our nation,' President Thabo Mbeki -- 9 October 1998

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Government Communication & Information System (South Africa), issuing body.
Publication:
[Pretoria, South Africa?] : Government Communication & Information System, [1999?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
HIV Infections -- prevention & control
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control
Community Participation
South Africa
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Multicolored image of 6 South African children wearing black and white school uniforms. Several of them are holding small signs with pictures of a red AIDS ribbon on them. The background is green toward the bottom, with blue sky and white clouds above. Across the top of the image is "'We can only win against HIV/AIDS if we join hands to save our nation.' President Thabo Mbeki -- 9 October 1998", written all in white except for HIV/AIDS which is in red. Below the text is a South African beadwork pin featuring a red AIDS ribbon on a white background. The postcard verso features a stylized globe with a map of the African continent in green, yellow, red, blue and black with the slogan "faranani, towards the african century, inauguration 1999" in white and black print.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 15 x 10 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
9918401087106676 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D06268
OCLC no.:
1370213833
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918401087106676