Drexel University Libraries and the College of Nursing & Health Professions is proud to host this exhibit from the
National Library of Medicine from February 12 - March 23, 2024:
AIDS, Posters & Stories of Public Health: A People's History of a Pandemic
This exhibition explores how AIDS posters serve as highly adaptable, durable, cost effective, efficient tools in sharing public health messaging. Created by communities bonded together by illness and a desire to make change, these posters provide a gateway to AIDS history, illustrating how, in the face of illness, neglect, and, early on, the unknown, people came together to connect, create, and save one another's lives. Today, AIDS posters continue to be valuable resources for the ongoing epidemic. They teach us about community organizing processes and the ways that groups dealing with HIV heal, share fears, and strategize toward wellness together.
Visit the National Library of Medicine Exhibit Site
The National Library of Medicine produced this exhibition and companion website.
Visit the National Library of Medicine's Digital Gallery to explore even more public health posters and learn about the role identity, geography, and various lifesaving measures have played within AIDS awareness and education work over the years.
Poster 1: Health Education Department of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ, 1988; Poster 2: Images of the History of Medicine (via National Library of Medicine); Poster 3: Images of the History of Medicine (via National Library of Medicine); Poster 4: Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn AIDS Task Force, [1989]