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Al Ravenna, World Journal Tribune, Virginia Apgar - Public Heath Pioneer, Library of Congress, October 2nd, 1966

Dr. Virginia Apgar examining an infant with a stethoscope. Born in 1909, Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) defied social conventions at a young age. She was…

Tags: Apgar Score, Infant Care, Public Health, Virginia Apgar, Women

Alaska department of Health and Social services, AIDS Preventing Project, Alaska department of Health and Social services, None

Various posters to provide education about AIDS
(i) A small boy standing on a stool with his hands on top of a very large blue book with
…

Tags: AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Campaign, Education, HIV, HIV Prevention, Public Health

American Red Cross, American Red Cross, National Archives, 1941-1945

After World War I, the Red Cross became involved with a variety of public health programs. In 1921, for example, they began offering nutrition courses…

Tags: American RedCross, Home Nursing, Infant Care, Nutrition, Public Health, RedCross, Sanitation

Bain News Service, Stephen Smith, Founder of the American Public Health Association, Library of Congress, 1-Jan-14

Stephen Smith, a physician and attorney, served on the New York City's Metropolitan Health Board and founded the American Public Health Association in…

Tags: APHA, Health, Healthcare, Public Health, Stephen Smith

Boston University, Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. - U.S. Public Health Researcher, Boston University, 2011

An American public health researcher helped shape AIDS law in Vietnam: Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. Messersmith moved to Vietnam in 1998 to serve as…

Tags: AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Health, Lisa J. Messersmith, Public Health, Vietnam

CDC, Government Reporting Chain: NARMS, CDC, No date

The federal government established the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) in 1996 as a national public…

Tags: Antibiotic Resistance, CDC, FDA, Health, NARMS, Public Health, USDA

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963, CDC, 1963

In 1961, oral polio vaccine (OPV) was invented by Dr Albert Sabin and introduced in the US. Sabin’s strategy was to give trivalent OPV to all children…

Tags: Albert Sabin, Campaign, Health, OPV, Polio, Public Health

District of Columbia Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Wash your hands, before touching your eyes, National Archives, 1941-1945

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Tags: Blindness, Cleanliness, Eye Health, Health, Hygiene, Public Health, Wash Your Hands

EPA, Drinking Water Security Poster, EPA, May 16th, 2003

This poster not only brings awareness to the importance of safe drinking water, but it also encourages the public to get involved and take action,…

Tags: EPA, Posters, Public Health, Public Water, SDWA, Water

Harris & Ewing, Trailer Clinic, Library of Congress, 1937

Dr. L.E. Burney and Nurse Fran Miller, members of the Public Health Service staff traveled with the trailer which was built for use in a syphilis…

Tags: Disease, Fran Miller, Health, L.E. Burney, Public Health, Public Health Service, Syphilis

Images from the History of Medicine (NLM); Center for Disease Control, Parents of Earth, Are Your Children Fully Immunized?, Center for Disease Control, ca. 1977

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in partnership with the Center for Disease Control, issued this poster to gently remind parents to…

Tags: CDC, Disease, DOH, Public Health, Vaccinations, Vaccines

Jose Perez, Public Health Doctor, National Library of Medicine, 1993

Artist Jose Perez published a series of his satirical paintings, including "The Public Health Doctor," where he caricatures former U.S. Surgeon…

Tags: Art, Artwork, Healthcare, Jose Perez, Paintings, Public Health, Public Health Doctor

Lawrence Jackson THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009, White House, Office of the Press Secretary, September 9 2009

United States President Barack Obama discussed his plan for health care reform in a speech delivered to a joint session of the 111th United States…

Tags: Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Obama, Public Health, Speech, US Congress

Library of Congress, Cook County Public Health Unit, Library of Congress, 1936-1941

This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. The posters…

Tags: Arts, Community, Cook County, Education, Programs, Public Health, WPA

Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC - Logo AP - Photograph, 2006 - Logo 2020 April - Photograph

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading, national public health institute of the United States. It is a United States…

Tags: CDC, Diseases, Media, Public Health, United States

Melvin Baker, Jeffrey Wigand, Tobacco Industry Whistleblower, Melvin Baker, 2006

Jeffrey Wigand, the one-time tobacco executive, is now known synonymously with the term "whistleblower". When he realized how his company, Brown &…

Tags: Consumer Protection, Jeffrey Wigand, Public Health, Tobacco, Whistleblower

National Library of Medicine, AIDS Education Posters, National Library of Medicine, 1986

AIDS education poster advocating condom use and aimed toward educating people about HIV/AIDS prevention, risks, social advocacy, and compassion for…

Tags: AIDS, AIDS Education, AIDS Prevention, Posters, Public Health, Safe Sex

National Library of Medicine, Public Health Poster, National Library of Medicine, Mid 1940s

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

Tags: Diseases, Posters, Public Health, Syphilis

National Library of Medicine, WHO / Global campaign for violence prevention, WHO, Unknown

The Global Campaign for Violence Prevention promotes the adoption of a public health approach to violence prevention, and provides a platform for…

Tags: Campaign, Public Health, Violence Prevention, VPA, War, WHO

National Library of Medicine/Mullick, Biman, Tobacco or Health: Choose Health, National Library of Medicine, 1988

The headline in this poster presents a choice between tobacco and health, while an abstraction of a human head chooses flowers over a cigarette.
…

Tags: Health, Public Health, Tobacco, WHO, World Health Organization

Save the Children, Save the Children 1932-2012, Save the Children, 2008

Creating lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Quotation from: Save the Children Save…

Tags: Childhood, Children, Health, Public Health, Save the Children, STC, United States

Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1918

This poster, released by the Social Hygiene Division (Army Educational Commission) was designed to spread awareness about venereal disease. This…

Tags: Campaign, Diseases, Public Health, Social Hygiene Division, Venereal Disease, World War I

The Straus Historical Society, Nathan Straus: Milk Depot, The Straus Historical Society, 1893

After the Civil War, there was some recognition that the quality of the milk sold to the city's poor was substandard. Small, but unsuccessful, efforts…

Tags: Anti-Poverty, Health, Milk, Milk Depot, Nathan Straus, Public Health, Straus Family

The Straus Historical Society, Nathan Straus: New York City Board of Health, The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1900s

In 1897, Nathan Straus (1848-1931) became the President and Commissioner of the New York City Board of Health for a two year term. Nathan took his…

Tags: Board of Health, Life Lines, Nathan Straus, NYC, Public Health, Straus Family

U.S. Government, Great Seal of the United States, U.S. Government, Basic design - 1782

The United States Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA) amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This act is related…

Tags: Drugs, FDA, Food, Modernization Act, Public Health

U.S. National Library of Medicine, Chinese Public Health Movement, U.S. National Library of Medicine., 1930 to SARS

Chinese Public Health movement is the large collection of Chinese Public Health materials, about seven thousand items produced from early 20th century…

Tags: China, Chinese Public Health, Collection, Posters, Public Health, SARS

U.S. Postal Service, Mary Breckinridge, Nurse, The Smithsonian National Postal Museum , 1998

Mary Breckinridge was an American nurse-midwife and the founder of the New Model of Rural Health Care & Frontier Nursing Service. She started family…

Tags: Healthcare, Mary Breckinridge, Nursing, Public Health, Rural Healthcare

Work Projects Administration, Cook County Public Health Unit, Library of Congress, 1936-1941

This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. The posters…

Tags: Art, Cook County, Posters, Program, Public Health, WPA

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Expecting? Get the Right Advice from the Right Sources, Library of Congress, September 2nd, 1938

Posters from the Works Progress Administration often focused on public health. This poster focuses on infant care, which was a particularly popular…

Tags: FDR, Federal Arts Project, Infant Care, Posters, Public Health, WPA

World Health Organization, World Health Organization Established in 1948, WHO, 1948

"The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 on April 7th, now known as World Health Day, the World Health Organization was first…

Tags: Health, Health Systems, Public Health, Research, WHO, World Health Organization