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Healthy Artifacts
Story by Melissa Hartman • Photography by Christopher Myers
During its three decades of campaigns on vital public health issues, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) has amassed a mountain of souvenirs. The collection contains a diverse assortment of artifacts from campaigns on everything from family planning and malaria prevention to smoking cessation.
Clockwise from top left:
Boy and Girl puppets (India, year unknown, CCP obtained in 2001) - Theme: family planning. Created by CARE India. Learn More
“Tsha Tsha” promotional magnets (South Africa, 2003) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by CCP for the ‘Tsha Tsha’ entertainment-education drama series for a campaign. Learn More
Handmade figurines (Bolivia, 1998) - part of 36-piece velcro playset. Themes: reproductive health, mother and child health, nutrition, general health. Created by CCP as part of the Bolivian Lilac Tent campaign. Learn More
Sexual health buttons, clockwise from top right:
Cool Guys Don’t Rape Girls (Nigeria, year unknown, CCP obtained in 2001) - Created by Action Health International. Learn More
DO IT! Safe Sex button (USA, year unknown) - Creator unknown.
“Ask Me About Family Planning” Get It Together button (Nigeria, 2017) - Theme - Family planning. Created by CCP for the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative’s ‘Get It Together’ campaign. Learn More
Condoman campaign button (Australia, 1991) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by the former Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health in Australia and designed in conjunction with AVERT. Learn More
Malaria bracelet and ‘485 Lives Saved A Day’ pin (South Africa, 2012) - Theme: malaria prevention. Bracelet made by South African women living with HIV, pin created by CCP for Voices for a Malaria-Free Future project. Learn More
Clockwise from top:
‘Frères Pour La Vie’ (“Brothers For Life”) keychain (Cote d’Ivoire, 2013) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by CCP.
Novelty keychains (USA, 1994) - Keychains with condoms inside. Created by Global Protection Corporation. Learn More
Assorted novelty condoms, clockwise from top:
Condoman campaign items (Australia, 1991) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by the former Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health in Australia and designed in conjunction with AVERT. Learn More
Orange Sathi condom (Pakistan, 1999) - Created by Greenstar Social Marketing. Learn More
Condom in see-through wrapper (USA, circa 1990s) - Created by Planned Parenthood Learn More
Raja condoms (Bangladesh, 1987) - Created by Population Services International (PSI), under their Family Planning Social Marketing project. Learn More
Clockwise from top:
‘Kuch Khele Kuch Seekhe’ Game (India, 2006) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by CCP for the Jawan hoon, Nadan nahin (“I’m young, not naive”) campaign. Learn More
Deck of cards with AIDS facts (South Africa, year unknown) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by The National AIDS Hotline. Learn More
Square toy (India, year unknown) - Theme: family planning, HIV/AIDS. Created by APAC-VHS (The AIDS Prevention and Control project administered by the Voluntary Health Services), supported by USAID. Learn More
“Stop AIDS Love Life” promotional hand (Ghana, 2000) - Theme: HIV/AIDS. Created by CCP. Learn More
Bracelets (Cote d’Ivoire, 2012). Theme: Empowering women and girls. Created by CCP for The Super Girl campaign. Learn More
Painted fan (Pakistan, 2005) - Theme: maternal and child health. Created by CCP as a promotional item for the Paiman entertainment-education drama series, part of the larger PAIMAN project led by John Snow, Inc. Learn More
Onesies (USA, date unknown) - Theme: maternal and child health. Created by CCP for B’More for Healthy Babies’ Safe Sleep campaign. Learn More
