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National Library of Medicine, WHO / Global campaign for violence prevention
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/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.
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Tags: Health, Public Health, Tobacco, WHO, World Health Organization
Save the Children, Save the Children 1932-2012
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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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
US House of Representatives - Office of Martha Roby, American Heart Association
US House of Representatives - Office of Martha Roby, American Heart Association, US House of Representatives, October 2019
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce…
Tags: AHA, American Heart Association, Cardiovascular Disease, Health, Nonprofit, Public Health, Stroke