切勿共用針筒

Item Overview

Title

切勿共用針筒

Alternative title

Qie wu gong yong zhen tong

Place of Origin

Hong Kong, China

Publisher

Hong Kong (China). Dept. of Health. AIDS Unit
Hong Kong (China). Dept. of Health

Language

Chinese

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item CC004.
Date on back of poster, 2003, reflects when the vendor received the copy later acquired by the UCLA Library.
Blue background; yellow & white text. Stylized drawing of two people whose profile creates a syringe. Inside the outline of one person is a personified round, green HIV bug. The bug wears a red bandanna with initials "HIV" and spear in right hand; it resembles a Kungfu warrior. In lower right corner are icons for Hong Kong, Department of Health and Department of Health AIDS Unit, and the number for an AIDS hotline is in the lower left corner.

Caption

Don't share needles

Physical Description

Dimensions

76 x 51 cm. (30 x 20 in.)

Condition note

Additional poster text: 共用針筒可以染上愛滋病 [Gong yong zhen tong ke yi ran shang ai zi bing = Sharing needles could spread AIDS].

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Hong Kong (China)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
People
Martial arts
Scarves
AIDS (Disease)--Transmission
Hypodermic syringes