Women, girls and HIV/AIDS [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Women, girls and HIV/AIDS [inscribed]

Date

2004

Place of Origin

Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Publisher

Caribbean Epidemiology Centre

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Date on back of poster, 2005, reflects when the vendor received the copy later acquired by the UCLA Library.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item TR001.
The poster is a long narrow poster with a 2005 calander printed on it. At the top of the poster there are five photographs of smiling faces of people of different races and ages. Under the pictures there is a red AIDS ribbon with several country flags on one end of the ribbon and the logo for Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) PAHO/WHO on the other end of the ribbon. At the bottom of the poster there are logos for the three main organizations that have published and sponsored the poster. The websites for the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre are: www.carec.org and www.catin.org.

Caption

World AIDS Day

Physical Description

Condition note

Additional poster text: Women and Girls are three to six time more likely than men to contract HIV. Take the lead NOW. Trust in Protection.Having sex with only one partner can be high-risk behavior -- because your partner's sexual behaviour. Trust in Protection. Marriage or living with someone does not guarantee protection against HIV infection. Take the lead NOW. Trust in Protection.Women and girls are twice as likely as men to contract HIV from a single act of unprotected sex, yet they leave protection up to men. Take the lead NOW. Trust in Protection.Men, boys and social institutions can help improve the plight of women and girls when it comes to the AIDS epidemic. Support protection for women.Education and economic empowerment can stop the spread of HIV. Not chance. Not luck. Trust in protection.

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Trinidad and Tobago

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Unsafe sex
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
People
AIDS (Disease) in women
Responsibility
HIV infections--Prevention
Ribbons
Condom use
HIV (Viruses)
Condoms--utilization
Smiling
Sexually Transmitted Diseases--prevention & control
Calendars
Women--Health and welfare
Safe sex in AIDS prevention
World AIDS Day
Photographs
Sexually transmitted diseases--Prevention
HIV Infections--prevention & control