It can happen to anyone-- it can happen to you [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

It can happen to anyone-- it can happen to you [inscribed]

Creator

National AIDS Council (Papua New Guinea)

Date

2001-09

Place of Origin

Papua New Guinea

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

A woman sits on the floor on a mat, holding an infant in her lap. She faces a window with partially drawn curtains. The room is dark, lit only by a lantern in the corner and dim light from the window. Poster suggests the mother's moment of realization that, not only is she infected, she has also passed the virus on to her infant.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item AT007.

Caption

Protect yourself from AIDS. Don't have sex, be faithful, or always use a condom

Physical Description

Dimensions

61 x 43 cm. (24 x 17 in.)

Condition note

Additional poster text: "I never thought AIDS would affect my family. I was always faithful to my husband, but he got the virus. It was only when I gave birth that I found out I had the AIDS virus... and now my baby has it too."

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Papua New Guinea

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Mothers
Sadness
Infants
AIDS (Disease)--Transmission
Lanterns