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The Minority AIDS Project

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AIDS is an equal opportunity disease!, 1986

Strong and straightforward, this MAP (Minority AIDS Project) poster presented the basics of transmission and prevention of AIDS using informal language and a stern tone. The poster also featured an image of a stylish African American woman who might not (but should) consider herself at risk.

  • Publisher(s):
    Minority AIDS Project
  • Type:
    Poster
Black and white photograph of an African American woman's head surrounded by text.
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    AIDS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DISEASE!!!

    TOO MANY BLACK MALES, FEMALES AND BABIES HAVE DIED FROM AIDS.

    • Limit Sex to one partner
    • Use condoms (rubbers). don’t exchange body fluids.
    • don’t share needles
    • Reduce alcohol intake and mind-altering drugs.
    • Reduce stress or worry. Exercise and get plenty of rest.
    • Eat well-balanced meals.
    • People can be infected with the AIDS virus and look healthy
    • AIDS can be spread sexually from men to men, from men to women, and from women to men

    REMEMBER - THERE IS NO CURE FOR AIDS.
    Prevention is the only way to stop this disease.

    WANT TO KNOW MORE? ASK US:

    Contact:
    MINORITY HEALTH PROJECT
    (213) 936-4949

    Other Referrals
    800/922-AIDS

    Spanish Hotline
    800/222-SIDA

    Funded in part by California Department of Health Services and The Liberty Hill Foundation

    ©COPYRIGHT UFCC 1986

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