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. 2004 Dec;1(3):e43.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010043.

Picturing AIDS: using images to raise community awareness

Edwin Mapara  1 , David Morley
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Picturing AIDS: using images to raise community awareness

Edwin Mapara et al. PLoS Med. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

In Botswana, explicit color photos of people with AIDS have been used to spread knowledge, with the aim of saving lives

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Don't Worry—Only a Few Sticks This slide is used in workshops to show that while we only see a handful of patients with symptomatic HIV, many more of us are HIV positive and are infecting others; we do not know our HIV status, since we have not been tested and we have no symptoms. (Illustration: TALC)
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    1. Botswana Press Agency. Athlone resource centre is number one. Daily News Online. 2000. Dec 6, Available: http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20001206. Accessed 7 October 2004.