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傳病的蚊子 (Mosquitoes spread diseases), 1952

傳病的蚊子 (Mosquitoes spread diseases), Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health, 1952

This poster teaches Chinese citizens how mosquitoes spread disease. It shows the life cycles and types of mosquitoes, how they spread diseases such as malaria and Japanese encephalitis, and ways of disease prevention, such as habitat control to remove stagnant water and elimination of mosquitoes.


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Poster with 3 horizontal panels of images and text showing ways of preventing infectious diseases by keeping one’s environment clean, title on top

This poster series produced by the Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health in 1952 uses panels of images to educate citizens on the various ways of preventing disease from keeping their environment, water, and food clean to getting vaccinations and eradicating vectors of disease like lice, mosquitoes, and flies


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